The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-18

The passage of time and develop
ment of conditions since the propose
for the establishment of a Missouri
Valley Authority was first preached
has served to stress the increased
need for this agency if any co-ordinat
ed development of the resources of the
Missouri River region is to be OBJ
tanned in the foreseeable future.
While the existing agencies, the bu'
lreau of reclamation and the army en-
gineers have presented what they call
a unified plan for regional develop
ment, it has been obvious to all I'M
prejudiced observers, that this plan
has been merely patchwork effort
to cloud the issue, and that the same
jealousies and strife for advantage
that has formerly characterized the
activities of these agencies still exist,
and the proposed unified plan which
they present does in no appreciable
degree insure any co-ordinated devel-
opment of the resources of the region
for the benefit of all the people Of
Montana, of the region and of the
nation.
The need for immediate action has
grown daily for the last year and par
ticularly since the ending of active
fighting on the battle fronts of the
world which is bringing a constantly
increasing number of men and women
released from the armed services and
from the war production industries,
who are now seeking unemployment
and places in our peacetime world.
The two existing agencies have shown
clearly that they are unable to meet
this need; that having been created,
forts of each of them are devoted en-
tirely to securing appropriations for
their separate detectives and any pos
sibility of unity of action for a pro-
gram of all-over development with con-
sideration for all of the needs of the
region as a whole cannot reasonably
or logically be expected of them.
In consideration of these existing
conditions calling for immediate de-
cisiye action by the representatives
in the congress, your committee on|
resolutions presents the following for
your consideration and action:
1. That the scheduled hearing on
Senate Bill 555 to establish an MVA |
be held by the full agriculture commit
tee and not before hand-picked, pri-
vate power-controlled minority as was
the case in the hearings held before
the commerce and irrigation commit
tees.
2. That the hearings of the commit
tee be held in the Missouri River ba-
sin, so that the common people of the
region may have a better opportunity
to tell the committee why they favor
the passage of the bill.
g. That the committee complete and
ings and that the congress immediate
y consider and enact into law, Senate
Bill 555.
A. That Senator James E. Murray
be commended for introducing and
the Missouri Valley Author.
ty proposal.
5. That the stand of Senator B. K.
Wheeler on the proposal for Mis-
iouri Valley Authority is keen disap-
continent to the people of Montana,
md the reasons he has given for TAX
ng the stand that he does indicates
hat he is influenced by and follows
he lines established by the private
lower interests of Montana and the
egion.
6. We condemn the stand of Con- 3
ressman D'Ewart in opposition to the 4
1issouri valley, and recognize that it
5 in consistent line with his estab
shed policy of support of the spe-
ial interests in the state.
7. We demand from Congressman 4
like Mansfield clear-cut expression
{ his stand on the proposal for Mis- Il
ouri Valley Authority and the Column II
ia Valley Authority. II