The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-15
Let's Go On From Here

special Washington carried last
Great Falls Tribune and reprinted elsewhere in this issue of
The Voice. tells of opposition by the Montana Power
the appropriation for the construction of transmission
line from Kerr dam at Poison to the site of the Hungry Horse
dam the Fahead An Associated Press dispatch from Wash
ngton appeared together with the special stating that Con
Mansfield appealing to Montana citizens for
assistance in getting the appropriation through
is understandable of that the Montana Power
would oppose the construction
line by the unless had that when the
Hungry Horse developed and available that the
could purchase the power at the switchboard bv the
and profiteer by it's distribution. With a government
owned transmission line from Hungry Horse control of
distribution and prices the distributed
would certainly follow And this anahema to the Montana
Power monopoly.
Now let enter into the realm of conjecture space
Senator Wheeler reported in the special to have appeared
before the committee in support of the Hungry Horse and the
transmission line appropriation together with Congressman
Mansfield.
Wheeler open fighting the proposal
Missouri Valley Authority Congressman Mansfield has not
committed himself, the other He is sitting the
fence Both of these gentlemen know well they know
anything that the Montana Power together with
all other privately owned electric power utilities in the Mis-
souri, Valley are the Leading opponents to the establishment
of MVA, realizing that the MVA is immediate and
certain threat to their monooes than other proposal for
river development They also know that development which,
proposes development and sale of public will draw all
of the opposition of the private nteresuness heyI
assured OF control of and profit by distribution of that
power
And the people of Montana know that Senator Wheeer
attitude the MVA proposal fright alley
of the Montana Power that he actually leading
their fight The conclusion that he expects its support for
reelection inevitable Mansfield is cagiy lodging any dec
araon of his stand He has always had the support
lied labor which is unanimously record for Missouri
Valley Authority Whether or not he has had the support of
the Montana Power and the Anaconda in the past
only they know But this year. by his attitude far the
MVA proposal he at least not to want to hurt their
feelings and incur their enmity.
Thus have two gentlemen who apparently astound-
ed that the Montana Power company should be opposing the
construction of this transmission line which would eventually
public And this writer admits that he is the
fortunate of low suspicious mind developed by
observation of political Vaccinations forty
Therefore, submit the possibility that gentlemen
be protesting too much that there might be note
fully that the word mighty nicely conceived and
craftily developed political plot.
Please remember that still cropping the field
of postulaton.
Now aforesaid low suspicious mind suggests this pos
siblity please note carefully that did probab
ity'O:
That the Montana Power company having followed out
regular pattern of opposition to the development and
mission to of public has cleared the
ator Wheeler to rushing vaanty to the rescue the
knowing all of the time that it's opposition
vain Thus the senator who has been with all of
the time previously the much greater question MVA
will be absoved of control by the power company And Con-
Mansfield with the burden of getting this appropra
through together with his deep China will
have time to give sufficient thought to the proposal
he MVA So both the senator and the congressman have