The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
Glad To Be Back

After more than years engineering service with
the Armed country back in Montana and
happy home again This probably feeling quite
among who served in, WITH the military
establishments during the recent emergency.
Montana looks fine. Green and gold of autumn, tang
October feeling of exheraton at release from rule
book conduct of activity conspre to give much deeper under
standing of the value of real democracy and keener
of the opportunity for both development and democracy now
knocking at door,
tana prosperity This good but all thinking
people know largely the result of vast expenditures and
consequently temporary There has already been twenty
per decline in volume of business and consequently
radiance West Coast prosperity where maximum
activities being rapidly curtaled Fortunately
these results not likely to be seriously reflected in Montana
months to Meanwhile, Montana and other
states keny alive to this situation making
ready replace temporary prosperity with permanent
greatly expanded brand that will inevitably with
development of many and abundant through MVA
and eva.
Truly the most encouraging and heartwarming sign
the fact that great organizations and
people, nation turning active and
gresve support half magnificent projects that
several valley authorities proposed
for separate regions MVA well be the maker for
all of these.
Since VI day. America has begun march for common
welfare permanent prosperity distrbuton
opportunity higher living standards just certainly as
began march toward military victory five The
final result this peaceful quest just certain was
in the march toward into and through
1t to many people in Montana do not yet COM
prehend magncence of the development
posed engineering standpoint final results
and benefits will be- in several respects much greater than
proponents of the project claiming This has
partially VA leadership
repect largely because such leader
ship has been obliged rely in part plans statements and
proposed by those who have enthusiasm for authority
type of development.
Power production glazing in point. An
impression abroad that the Missouri river will not and
power the Tennessee There
engineering for such conclusion If
correctly the Missouri transports about
and it falls about twice far from it's
confluence with the Mississippi does the Tennessee
times two is four and the potential power
possibility should therefor be four times along the
Missouri
estimation of these basic conditions has
turay MVA because neither Army Engineers
Report (Pck Plan) Bureau of Reclamation Report (Soan
Plan) lists anything like total possibilities
any the twenty contemplate The Sloan
Plan lists only eight dams producing out of
the eighty ninety it has approved for construction
There to be why cannot be de- 3
veoped all nearly all of these structures Even full
veopmen dams proposed would only dent the surface
total power possibility There remains hundreds of miles of
tributary pouring from mountain
of the thousands of below These young
where twenty hundred feet
mile the real potential producers These have
been listed development in any of the engineering t
reports. lee
while every project should carefully and Ell
relative the merits of this grand project should cheat
of benefit it will bring This should
particularly the quantity possible power
all will be the sale of power that will
argey reimburse Treasury the the project
Again let say it is good to be home p
JEROME G. LOCKE h