The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-01
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SEATTLE. Feb 25-Scraps OF me- arefuly omitted
from the columns of Monana Copper and Powerowned press
through via other These clearly indicate that Mis-
Basin Committee the much boasted
dnang etup for PckSoan socaled unified plan is again
in trouble-much trouble, in fact
Apparently the widely advertised agreement between army
engineers binding pact after
ALL Several weeks oprankng reclamation officials sought
secured meeting with of the house committees
Therein they protested the extra 20 feet of height
which engineers want to add to Gavin Point dam IN
engineering standpoint the reclamation engineers
undoubtedly right They would be still more right had they
insisted they did that Gavin Point dam and
eliminated entirely This the
that there need to flood IS cent of the valuable Mis-
valley through both Dakoas Much less there
provide by of the five colossal
vors proposed along manstem Missouri in these two
states storage for four and oneh times the average annual
flow of this stream.
This useful development. What does
SPELL in box-car letters foot high is WASTE.
hundreds of thousands of fertile waste of
millions of dollars and waste of opportunity to bring navga
ton channel far into or through the Dakotas Indeed
very questionable whether dams and
along the Missouri below Fort Peck The place to store
water for maximum on the tributary streams In all
probability clever engineering talent find enough storage
for that all the from Fort Peck to St Louis
engineers we'll know that this basic principle
S the way maximum development Probably many army
engineers do too However, neither working toward the goal
fuscae and maximum development Personal and poiti
considerations have first Two sides of struggle
between competing government agencies have to be served
Orders from above must be carried out certain politicians must
appeased certain vested interests particularly privately
owned power and railroads must be protected All this has
appeal and makes little to the general public which
maximum development and neither waste boon
dogglng So Missouri Basin InerAgency Committee is in hot
and will -temporarily-by setting
machinery another wheel their wheebaow that already
has two extras that seldom touch the ground.
Last week gentleman of the opposition forgot to
his name) broke out in Colorado "MVA is stymed
The Unified Plan has get something done
presently MVA will sneak in and take Forthwith there
must be coordnatng and machneryan organ
zaton that state and excud
the MVAers of course) must be set to get things
ing Pull the elements together and apply
for appropriations Hurry hurry do it now
Thus carefully chosen language the burden of his
that the gentleman will invade Montana with
in a week two.
In all this getno-where make-sh foolthepubic, boon
doggng there element of comedy Efforts to slow down
halt job opportunities and wealth creation
and generally deny the creative and construction impulses
of of people, be worth laughf they not
succeed Unfortunately the danger of tragedy lies too close
to the surface in the event tactics do
Since VI Day America has been steadily slipping back into
sagnation Volume of purchasing is dwindlng
poymen compensation rolls growing and despite controls
prices still Initiation draws and final crash
real danger There only one real remedy This
is tremendous internal deveopment Lets all back to
work. create wealth. unleash the productive and creative s
and abilities of millions of people, they may all into
useful productive and satisfying channels Valley Authority
development here and elsewhere furnish much of this
answer-there is other in sight. G
JEROME G. LOCKE S