The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-07-05
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GOV. FoRD's SINCERITY ON MvA
PROPOSAL QUESTIONED
Great Falls, Mont,
( Mr. Sam c. Ford.
Office of the Governor,
Helena, Montana.
Dear Sam:
In commenting ON a recent letter
written by our fellow-townsman, Leo
c. Graybill, correcting the mis-impres-
sions you tried to put over at the
Stockmen's meeting at Miles City,
Montana concerning the MVA, the
writer will probably not be as genteel
as Mr.. Graybill was.
I Perhaps Mr.. Graybill did not know
you 40 years ago as I did. When, you
were poor and honest
Do you feel honest at the present
time, Sam?
You evidently told the Stockmen
that an MVA would be socialistic and
autocratic in action, that you, like
Bob Darling of the Montana Power
chamber of commerce of Great Falls,
was afraid of such authority, but
neither of you two seem to be afraid
of the authority of the Western vice
president in charge of mining of the
ACM who some years ago, well within
your recollection, was convicted in
federal court, for tampering with a
jury.
If you are so absteminous Of any
thing that tends toward Cooperation,
democracy on the march or pure So
cialism in action you should not have
sent your children to public school
or should not now send your mail
via the United States postoffice sys-
tenn.
If you have life assurance policies,
cancel them
Life insurance is true cooperation
in action Why? Because they are
made large by the deposit of small
sums of money Proof, average life
insurance policy, $4,000. Fly in the
ointment, the co-operators do not con-
troll the vast funds.
Never thought about that did you, |
Sam? Just took the word of 10 per |
cent of our population who control |
Of
Only thing wrong with the public |
schools, most of the corporations do |
not pay their just share of the taxes |
and the distributions of newspapers |
fourth class makes deficit for the |
postoffice system, that the first class
mail has to pay for.
Think things over Sam, while
again quote you. The 23d Psalm bet
ter get back in the paths of righteous
ness Sam, while there is yet time.
Sam, you were once associated with
one of the best5nformed waterright
attorneys in the United States, Judge
Lew L. Galloway so you should know
better than to say that MVA would
interfere with water rights, more than
gineers.
You know Sam, that water rights,
when the water is used on the land
becomes a part of the homestead and
cannot be taken any more than the
land can be taken by any authority
of whatever name, and you also know
that an MVA or a eva would have
10 fhn
control or reclamation engineers
would be headed by one jealous man,
a dictator and either one
or both get the money to operate
from the same congress.
Are you afraid of that congress, or
are you more afraid of Dan M. Kelly, {
"mouth-piece" of the Montana Power
Then you know Sam, IVA accom-
plished more in IL short years than
the flood control engineers have done '
in over 100 years, also, the flood con-
troll engineers have had the aid of {
the reclamation engineers since ever {
they have been in existence. s
Sam, you have been such staunch {
Republican for such a long period OF I
time that it surprises lot of your j.,
friends for you to be so closely as [
ISOLATED with Burton Kendall Wheel !
er, whom the nine newspapers from S
whence cometh your orders-used to /
mention as that "shyster," "socialis- 2
tic" lawyer from Butte. 7
And Montana's senior senator then f
said of them: when ever you see c
my (Wheeler's) name on the front e
pages of any of those nine papers" G
vote against me-"
Well, Wheeler's name has been on
he said front pages for some time.
Wonder why Sam? Is he better law
yer, or is he just shyster as they :,
irst stated?
SAM Your "Kamerad" Wheeler
axes full credit for getting and To-
Eating the Fort Peck dam where it is.
Now let us reason together for
Sam. Now just what would
We think of an irrigation farmer who
would build reservoir at the lowest l.
point on his farm, thinking maybe :
after a while he would pump the wa
.er to the high points farther up =
stream, but making no provision for -
electric energy. Then ne
,essity causes the farmer to require
hat energy forcing him to spend
thousands of more dollars, to install u
equipment Then, if said preparation i
lad been made along with the con-
of the dam-then after equip y
nent was installed along with his own Il