The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-02
Let's Keep the Record Straight
Mr. Warden

VII. WdTUcIl
Editorials in the Great Falls Tribune issues of July 80 and
July 3D. and AP stories of Pick
printed in the fit we'll together But the sum
total OF both add to far from complete statements of fact
The Great Falls Tribune be carrying
Associated Press reports of statements by General Pick but
we feel that can be charged with failure to give its readers
days In other words the editorials amount to nothing
than propaganda for the Pcoan plan of development
the resources of the Missouri basin.
The editorials we'll the Associated Press reports
statements by General Pick stress the Importance of the
the dams proposed under the Pckoan plans
the editorials General Picks statements
the tremendous loss of potential development which the
construction of the PickSloan makesh DAMS than
dams built with plans for the coordnated maximum develop
ment of the Missouri waters resources.
The writer presumably Mr. Warden) of the
the July 80 issue of the Tribune states:
"The dinner address of Engineer Greene of the fed
era commission at Helena convincing explain
alton of the farreachng benefits to agriculture
dusral of power that come to the Missouri
river watershed"
This prompts to ask questions of Mr. Warden
Mr. Greene of has had part in the making of the
and that of the Federal Power Commission clear in his
ductory remarks at the dinner meeting that his job
job is to the of that
o paIS WIN oeveop ana TO supervise Wltn the agency
authority the distribution of that in accordance with
existing law. Now for the questions:
L. Did not Mr. estimate the lowatt hours of
hydroeecrc power which would be developed total about
five billion kowatt hours?
2 Do you eighteen billion kowatt hours of
developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority last
year?
Do you want to state that power development po-
tena of the Missouri under plan which would give the
greatest possible consideration to that feature of river develop
ent without limiting other features is less than that of the
Tennessee river?
you not know that the Federal Power Commission
has estimated that the upper Missouri and Yellowstone
produce 25 billion klowatt hours?
he $64 Question
Why made of the 1854 Question" asked
after Mr. Greene's speech by Locke former
executive director Of the Montana MVA Association which
neither the engineer Reclamation Service nor the
IN
this an oversight part repeat the question
here so that you may have it, The question was:
"Mr. Chairman-Possiby the fact that have had some
engineering training along the lines of water development
prompts me to submit question which have
long pondered think the will be of inter-
est TO the people of four Missouri valley states
"There is but one Missouri river. | think all
agree that what ever plan of development is adopted
there hereafter be development than
is provided in such plan. Certainly all agree
irrigation, development flood control and
navigation be accomplished higher
than the storage places that will provide the upon
which such development is dependent.
"Offcal records disclose that than eighty per
of the that flows past Yankton, below
dams and of South Dakota into Nebraska, orig
mates in Montana and Wyoming Storage capacity for
this under the so-called Pick-Sloan plan will
largely in the Dakotas. According TO official
figures, these furnished congress,
eighty of said storage capacity will be provided
in the Dakotas.
What engineering other justification is there
such plan?" F.,
Do you not remember that Mr. Greene that for
10000 of kowa hours of developed and
be expected? .
T. Did not hear Mr. Greene admit after Mr.. Lockes
question that series of farther upstream would
the output and that General Pick had stated that the
the plans did not provide for of small
that they would build than the
the plan proposed?
g. Don't you think and don't you believe that the people
the Missouri would be willing money
spent power 100000 owatt produced
would bring in $50 million dollars in industries?
Doesn't that sound like good investment when rs to
30 billion kowatt hours of could be produced
co-ordinated plan instead of the shotgun wedding Pick
Sloan plan? g
Don't you know that the Pick plan mention of n
production of and the Sloan plans
practically limited to the ii
TO- Are prepared that the obvious interest
the ACM Montana Power Company daily the
urthering the PckSoan plan prompted by anything
these built