The people's voice., 1946-04-12

The talk by Jerry Locke on tn
was such to inspire all Montanans
that this state of ours really has
every thing, once We The People gain
the opportunity to develop it for our
own greatest good rather than for the
absentee landlords" who have been
constantly tightening their grip on its
resources for the last three decades.
! Governor Ford's piecemeal army en-
gineer-bureau of reclamation picayune
proposal sinks into the insignificance
it richly deserves when the much
greater overall value of an MVA is
considered from it's many angles. 1t
is much the same as comparing
"tin lizzy' to a spanking-new twelve
cylinder job. On the one hand there
is flood control, some irrigation, a
half-hearted public power program,
and heck of lot of scrapping be-
tween rival bureaus, from Washing
ton headquarters on down to opposing
rear chainmen. While with regional
authority, not only do we get away
from the red-tape mill in the nations
capitol by having authority decentral-
ization, but everything else is oper-
ated on basis of pulling together"
AS in modern industry, there is syn
chronization of all the many phases
that go to make up the economic life
of a region. Under an MVA, as under
the IVA, there would be harmony
and teamwork between the various
branches developing flood control, ir-
rigation, public power, soil conserva-
forestation, public parks, hunting and |
fishing, phosphates for fertilizers, and |
general all-around better life for the
seven million people of the Missouri
Basin. In view of what the IVA has
done, what the MVA can do, it seems
to the point of insincer-
ity, for some of Montana's political
leaders to assail such a project to the
extent they do. One is tempted to
wonder at times if they are actually
masters of their own behavior.
!. X I.
Lowndes Maury, longtime Butte at
torney, and frequent contributor of
articles to The Peoples Voice, ex-
posing the insurance racket, and short /;
;omings of some of our large corpora
ions, accompanied by John Collins, i
llso a longtime attorney, from the |
Dillon region, were callers at the Of t
ice Tuesday '
I. X 4.
In his recent Jackson Day dinner I
peech before Butte Democrats, Su-
rene Court Clerk Frank Murray
lentioned that the Helena aerie, Fra T
ernal Order of Eagles, recently passed t
resolution to the congress asking n
hat body designate January 80 as a f
ational holiday, in honor of the late g
resident Roosevelt. 1t seems partic- r.
larly fitting on this first anniversary s
f the death of our great president, n
nat we quote the following portion F
Mr.. Murray's speech g. and my 81
lends, I sincerely hope that the day q
ill soon arrive when this national A
Oliday is designated by congress to t,
0nor the greatest humanitarian this ts
orld has ever known-Franklin Del W
10 Roosevelt" Let us hope that sim :
ar action will soon be taken by other
ubs, fraternal orders and unions, to
ing about such holiday. Of
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Mr.. and Mrs. Jack TooIe, Ferdig, th
pole County, were in the state capitol w
rst of the week in the interests of M
curing a stockyard license. While be
re Jack dropped us a call to let us w
low he has filed for reelection as WI
ate representative from his home OF
unity. Good luck Jack, we'll need a sit
of young, forward-looking Montan- hi
S in the 1947 assembly if we are to su
old another fiasco, similar to the pr
45 edition. OF