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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
ELECTION OF
CONGR ESSMAN
POSES PROBLEM

The death of Cong. James F. O'Con
nor making the election of repre-
sentative from the second congress
sional district mandatory, to fill the
vacancy, the procedure to do so has
been discovered to pose problem
the solution of which is believed to
require immediate legislation.
1t was thought at first that candi-
dates could be named in party conyen-
tions, but there appears to be an open
question if that can be done. The
congress is additionally scrupulous
about the manner in which a vacancy
in its body is filled If party conyen-
tions are called, the entire state would
be represented, whereas, only the sec
ond district is entitled to have a voice
in the selection of its congressman.
Two bills are being presented to
the present legislature for prompt
consideration and action. One will
provide for district party conventions
to which the precinct and county COM
mitteemen in the district would elect
representatives to name candidate.
The other bill provides for direct
primary election.
In view of the fact that Congress
man O'Connor was named as candi-
date in primary election, it is the
opinion of many that candidate to
fill the vacancy caused by his death
must be chosen in that manner or
there may be question of the elected
candidate being seated by congress.
1t is expected that action will be
taken promptly by the legislative
bodies ON the issue.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
ENROLMENT AT NORTH
MONTANA INCREASED

Enrolment at Northern Montana
College for the winter quarter is ia
students according to S. Kendrick
Clarke, registrar of the college. For
the first time in the history of the
institution, the winter quarter regis
tration exceeds that of the autumn
quarter. College officials attribute
this to the beginning of an upward
trend in attendance at the institution.
The increase appears to be due to the
increased desire of high school grad
yates to complete professional courses
as soon as possible and take advan-
tage of practical training in qualifying
for positions. Some returned veter-
ans have registered and others are
expected to enter later. The heaviest
registration is in the education depart
ment and in the courses in business
and secretarial science.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
Bills Introduced
During the Past
Weeks Sessions
HOUSE

l. Appropriations committee - Leg
islative expense and per diem
2. Horrigan, ct al-Jurors' fees an(
mileage.
g. Employment mmittee-Compen
sation employees, 10Th legislative as
sembly.
A. Stout and Oliver - Hospital for
the insane.
5. Anderson = Standard time for
Montana.
6. Baldwin Compensation, election
officers.
Z. Baldwin-Certified copies, births
and deaths.
s. Williams = Disseminating streets
and alleys.
9. Williams - Municipal utilities
closing accounts.
10. Agriculture committee--Standa
weights, containers.
IL. Busch and Blenkner-Financial
statements, cities and towns.
~. Oliver-Bonds issued by public
bodies.
10. Patterson, ct al-Licensing slot
machines.
IA. Williams, Baldwin-State indus
trial school.
Is. Judiciary committee-Inspection
of files re adoption of children.
16. MISUNDERSTANDING election sup
plies.
II. Parker (Flathead) -County SUI
perintendent of schools.
IS. Judiciary committee-Repeali
section 9484.
10. Judiciary Confirma-
ton deeds.
20. Military affairs-Veterans well
fare.
81. Appropriations committee Re-
funding bonds on highway.
%. Blenkner, Bricker and Stout
Inheritance taxes on personal prop
erty.
20. Blenkner - Trust receipts and
pledges of personal property.
"a. Busch - Issuance of bonds by
cities and towns.
25 Horrigan-License rates of NOV
ing picture theaters.
26. Krieg - Manner in which cleo
ton returns should be made.
81. Krieg-Custody of election re-
turns.
%. Krieg = Filing of ballots and
stubs by county clerk.
20. Toole, ct al-Discontinuing state
normal college.
80. Toole, ct al Removal, aged,
Warm Springs to Dillon.
81. Graybill-Relates to acquisition
of landing fields for aircraft.
80. Chaffin and Krall An act to
provide for insurance on the lives of
children.
80. Krieg- Relating to notification
of signatures on initiative petitions.
"a. Tool, ct al-Repealing statues
establishing normal college at Dillon
35. Toole, ct al-Establishing home
for the care of aged and senile per-
sons.
HIM 1. Bricker, ct al Missouri
Basin.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
LONDON Co-oPs
DAMAGED BY
FLYING BOMBS

! MANCHESTER, England (CLNS)-
Now tina the second battle of London
is over it can be revealed that nc
fewer than 700 cooperative shops
were damaged by flying bombs during
the attack on the Metropolitan area
according to a feature story in the
Cooperative News Although not
more than 10 cooperative premises
were completely destroyed, the dam
age to 700 shops represents a formid-
able problem, particularly when quite
a number were damaged on two or
three different occasions.
In many places 1t was a heart
breaking task, for as soon as one lot
of damage was cleared and shops
made workable again, down would
crash another bomb and everything
would be blasted again. The South
Suburban Society was the most
bombed of all of the London districts.
The cooperative has 145 shops and of
these no fewer than 140 were dam
aged Some branches were extraor-
dinarily unlucky, being blasted time
and time again just as repairs were
completed.
At he Church-lane and Woolwich-
road cooperative, four employees
were buried in the wreckage for about
21s hours. When another Church-lane
branch was destroyed the butcher
shop manager was injured fatally and
four other employees were killed near
their homes.
1t has not been possible to secure
new premises for the Evelyn-street
branch so a van is loaded up at the
grocery warehouse every morning and
travels to the old site where it serves
the members. A total of 222 shops
owned by the London Cooperative
Society there are four cooperative
societies serving greater London)
were damaged by robot bombs. AZ
shops of the Gray's Society were dam
aged, some being blasted on three
different occasions. The London
Joint committee which has been max
ing ambitious plans for the presenta-
ton of the Centennial Pageant re-
ceived shock when a bomb des-
troyed 200 of the pageant costumes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
By SECRETARY GARFIELD

|
Under President Theodore Roosevelt
The State of Montana is situated in
the far Northwest, remote from both
ocean coasts and the busy centers OF
population and industry. 1t is a state
but little exploited in literature and
newspapers. Things done there are
not bruited abroad as in many other
states. It has been in the limelight
but little, and then not much to its
credit.
It has gained considerable notoriety
on account of senatorial scandals,
bought legislatures and copper wars,
but many of its most notable events
have been "lr4lwritten, unfonored and
unsung" Some of the shrewdest,
smoothest and most adroit pieces of
political deviltry ever perpetrated by
rascals and financial sharpers have
had Montana for their stage and have
never been exploited in the newspa-
pers, nor caught he attention of the
industrious and argus-eyed muckrak-
ers of the magazines.
But the mischief is there, the plots
have been worked out, and the har-
vest garnered by the marplots and
grafters, nevertheless.
Does the American public know, or
did it ever hear, that one of the great
est real estate deals, with dishonest
profits of millions of dollars to the
perpetrators, was Matched and prose
cuted to a finish by the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company, its employees,
agents, political heelers, and its
United States senators, right under
the governments very nose, by means
of government officials? 1t was
shrewd bit of rascality, of great mag
nitude, carried out under the guise
and cover of serving Montana and her
people.
Here is set forth the details in
brief chronicle of events:
The mineral resources of Montana
are probably second only to those of
Pennsylvania in magnitude and value,
and, no doubt, even surpass those OF
the great eastern commonwealth
This is a statement that may be
somewhat startling to many, but it is
the truth. The mineral wealth of
Montana is but little known, with the
exception of copper, but it is hidden
in her innumerable hills and noun
tains, awaiting development and ex-
ploitation. A few millions have been
taken out, but untold millions await
the hands of industry to extract.
ha az ripIIlfnrqI raC0lIrH4G
of the state of small consequence.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
NV AGAIN LEADS NATION
IN BOND DRIVE

For the third successive War Bond
Drive region IL of the WPB again
leads the other IL regions of the coun-
try in the Sixth War Bond campaign,
announced Oscar A. Baarson, Helena
WPB district manager.
Washington has notified us that our
seven offices in Minnesota, the Da-
kotas, and Montana beat the second
place region, San Francisco, by hun
bred per cent. The Denver region
was third, Boston fourth and New
York fifth Philadelphia and Seattle
were last in the campaign rank.
This continued top rank support OF
these bond campaigns signifies that
we have a high morale in our organi-
cation, said Mr.. Baarson, which we
have built by service and sense of
responsibility to the public.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
RESOLUTIONS

The Lake County convention of tn
Union of America at its meeting oil
December 16, 1914, adopted the fol
flowing resolution:
Whereas, The immense water re
sources of Montana are not being de
veloped for the greatest benefit to the
industrial development of Montana il
being retarded, we wish to go on rec
ord as favoring Missouri and Colum
bia Basin authorities. A coordinate
plan of regional development embrac
| ing all possible features of utilization
pie living within the region and the
nation, can be attained only by estab
fishing a centralized authority.
We therefore recommend that the
Montana Legislative Assembly of 1916
adopt and forward to the United
States congress joint memorial urg-
ing the creation of a Missouri Valley
Authority
ALICE SELL, Legislative Chairman.
MARY ROGNRUD,
Lake County Secretary.
Whereas, In his recent message to
congress, Pres. Franklin d. Roosevelt
proposed National Service Act,
which in effect means a CONSUMPTION
of labor, and
Whereas, Such an act would be con-
trary to the intent of the Thirteenth
Amendment of the Constitution which
provides that "No slavery or involun-
for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist
in the United States or in any Terri
tory subject to their Jurisdiction, and
Whereas, To make such provision
effective would require the assent and
support of majority of the American
people, which assent and support
should be given only under circum-
stances of direst necessity and with
the assurance that equal sacrifices
were to be required of all groups and
classes of society, and
Whereas, To insure that all groups
and classes of citizens would make
equal sacrifices, would require that
capital and management, as well as
labor, should be subject to conscrip-
ton, and
Whereas, There is sufficient evil
dence tina there is an ample supply
of labor, were it not for industry be-
cause of it's greed and desire for cost
plus profits is deliberately boarding
labor, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Missoula County
Central Trades and Labor Council
that under the circumstances we are
definitely opposed to the proposed
National Service Act, and tina should
any other method of free labor to man
war industry fail, then in that event, |
congress in enacting National Serv-
ce Act, shall include capital, manage
nent, wealth, resources, and indus
rial facilities, and that owners, man.
ayers, superintendent and necessary |
officials of plants and industries be |
along with their employees
Ind the labor forces, and that the
salaries of such officials, managers |
Ind superintendent be fixed at not |
more than double the annual wage of
he highest paid craftsman in that
liant or industry, and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this reso-
ution be transmitted to VIM. Green,
PRESIDENT of the American Federation
# Labor, the Montana State Fedora
ion of Labor, to all affiliated unions
# the Missoula County Central Trades
nd Labor Council to the Montana
delegation in Washing
% tho lnhn1.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19

ing the conditions at the 1nst1-
tuition, passed the house this
week. Up to this writing no
definite time for this has been
fixed.
Provision for a home for the "aged
and senile" many of whom are pres
emily in the state hospital for the
insane at Warm Springs, is proposed
in House Bill No. 35, introduced by
Toole, Udin, McGreevey, Gunderson,
Healy, Parker of Cascade, Little,
Helding, Hall and Greenan. The home
proposed is at Dillon, in the buildings
which up to the present has been the
State Normal. An appropriation OF
$125,OOO for the first year and 100000
for the second year is asked House
bill No. 20 introduced by the sponsors
Of H. B. 35 provides for the discon-
tinuance of the Montana State Normal
College as a Normal College.
Constitutional Amendments
A proposal to amend the constltu-
ton of Montana to separate the De-
partment of Labor from the Depart
ment of Agriculture is submitted in
a bill presented by Helding, Nc
Greevey, Harken, Gunderson, Gray
bill, Healy and Parker of Cascade.
Many of the measures introduced
so far, will require careful scrutiny
by the representatives AS this Is
written, House Bill No. %, admittedly
presented at the instigation of the
Anaconda Copper Company has passed
the house and in all likelihood will
pass the senate. 1t purports to be a
bill relieving investors in stocks and
bonds of a Montana corporation but
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19

tsurplus for postwar work
which would aid returning vet.
Grams during any war period
(3) May the legislature fol
any biennium appropriate ar
amount in excess of amounts to
be raised by taxation but not
in excess of such amounts plus
the surplus in the general fund
of the state?
In his opinion submitted in reply
to these questions, the attorney gen
eral gave it as his opinion that the
determination of the first question,
will automatically answer the other
two questions.
Mr.. Bottomly quoted Section IL of
Article XII of the state constitution
as follows:
mo appropriation shall be made nor
any expenditures authorized by the
legislative assembly whereby the ex-
penditures of the state during any fis-
cal year shall exceed the total tax
then provided for by law, and apple
able to such appropriation or expendi-
ture, unless the legislative assembly
making such appropriation shall pro-
vide for levying a sufficient tax, not
exceeding the rate allowed in section
nine 90 of this article, to pay such
appropriations or expenditures with
in such fiscal year. This provision
shall not apply to appropriations or
expenditures to suppress insurrectiOn,
defend the state, or assist in defend
ing the United States in time of war.
No appropriation OF public moneys
shall be made for a longer term than
two years"
Since the question has arisen N the
state legislature because of a surplus
of some s5,0000O0 in the state gen
eral fund, it is probable that the issue
of whether or not the legislature can
take this surplus into consideration
in making appropriations this year,
will be taken to the supreme court for
final determination.
In his opinion, Mr. Bottomly refers
to several decisions of the Colorado
supreme court on similar questions,
the section of the Montana constitu-
ton quoted being practically com
plete copy of the section in the Colo
RADIO constitution, pertaining to the
right of the legislature to appropriate
moneys.
A Trust
Taking the view that the surplus
in the state general fund
is a result of collection of excessive
taxes from the people of the state
the attorney general says:
ITO me, these surplus funds, accru-
ing from tax and other revenue meas
ures which have come into the hands
of the state in excess of the needs of
the state government are impressed
with a trust This surplus money be-
longs to the sovereign people of this
state. Since the legislature is pro-
hibited from appropriating or author
izing its expenditure for state bust
ness, the sovereign people of the state
should by amendment of our constitu-
ton direct its disposition.
"The whole theory of taxation and
income for state or political sub
division thereof, is that only such tax
shall be levied or income received
as is necessary for the expense of
government.
Where large surplus of revenue
Continued on Page Four
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residing elsewhere, from double in
heritance taxes. The roll call vote OF
this measure will be in next weeks
Voice.
A Problem
With the Surplus" in the state gen
eral fund apparently untouchable by
the legislature unless they decide to
purchase United States War Bonds
with it, and facing the need of plan
ming for assistance to returning yeter-
ans and other contingencies which are
sure to arise in the postwar period,
the assembly will in all likelihood be
compelled to search for new revenue.
It has been quite reliably reported to
this writer that conferences have al
ready been held on the chances of
getting sales tax measure adopted.
It will be well for the people of
the state to watch maneuvers of the
assembly quite closely and be ready
for action.
Hearing
A public hearing has been called
nv the Water Conservation and Flood
Control committee of the house on
the memorial opposing the MVA. The
hearing is set for next Wednesday
night at the Placer hotel. Each side
has been allotted an hour for presenta-
ton of argument and Is minutes for
rebuttal.
There is much discussion going on
in both houses and both parties about
a possible successor for the place in
congress from the second district,
made vacant by the death of Cong.
James F. O'Connor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
MUCH TALK,
LITTLE ACTION

CHICAGO (CLNS) There is nc
phase of cooperation of which we
have talked so much and done SC
little as in the field of cooperative
medicine" George Jacobson, secre
tary-treasurer of the Group Health Co
operative, st. Paul, told 60 delegates
at a special meeting on Cooperative
Health Services during the Co-opera-
tive Centennial Congress here, Octo
Der 18th.
Other speakers were DR.. Nathan
Groin of the Chicago Civic Medical
Center and H. H. Mccarthy of the
Federal Security Board.
The operation of the cooperative
health services in the Twin City area;
Washington, d. c.; New York; Elk
City; Oklahoma and other sections
were described to the conference and
delegates form the Ohio Farm Bureau
Co-operatives told of the organization
of Coop health committees over all
the state and the pressure being
brought to bear to secure the right to
develop cooperative health service in
Ohio.
Dr. James P. Warbasse, president
of The Cooperative League
urged that health committees be or
ganized in every local cooperative.
People who have learned to coop
crate to secure food or farm supplies
should rapidly expand their co-opera-
ton into the health field" he de-
clared. The conference went on rec
ord urging the organization of ma
tional cooperative health bureau to
be financed by the cooperative move
ment and presented to the congress
resolution urging immediate action in
this direction.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
A R.R. Real Estate Deal of Consequence;
"A Story Of Sinister Financial Jobbery;
An Excellent Field for Investigation

They are enormous and in the infancy
of exploitation and development. The
timber resources of the state are vast
and worth the ransom of an empire.
The population of the state is
sparse and clustered in small COM
munities in the valleys and near the
mines. The travellers through the
state can gain but little knowledge
of the wealth and value of its re-
sources and possibilities. They gain
no true appreciation of the magnitude
of mineral and agricultural wealth
within the states borders.
Continued on Page FOUR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19

Attorney General R. " Bottomy this week replied to
Speaker George W. OConno who had asked for his opinion
three questions follows:
() Whether IL of Article XII of the Constitution
prohibits the legislature from appropratng than the in
for that (2 May the legislature appropriate
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19

The conditions the hospital for the insane at Warm
Springs may received attention than
other consideration at the present session and some defn
regard to the conduct of this institution may
be looked for this motion made by Ole under-
son of Cascade the entire body spend day in nvesgat
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-19
ATTY. GEN. BOTT0MLY
RULES ON RIGHT TO
APPROPRIATE SURPLUS

Holds That Legislature Is Restricted in
Appropriations to the Total Tax Levied
To Meet Expenditure for the Period for
Which the Appropriation Is Made, Except
For Defense of State and Nation.
Washington Journal., 1945-01-12
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Washington Journal., 1945-01-12
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geIest un0 etlpa 5000 Gonnen 8ei8en
uno 8orrdte Oes @oten Grelt5es ger
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Washington Journal., 1945-01-12
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