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Aides Smoothing 7ruman's Way

That pleased, relaxed look on
President Truman's face Is partly
due to what he calls "the excellent
staff work" that has gradually
developed at the White House during
his term.
Early IN his administration there
was conspicuous on the presidential
desk q small sign, THE BUCK
STOPS HERE" meaning that the
Chief Executive and the Command
er in Chief had to make final
decisions and take the responsibility
BY ;delegating authority to his cabi-
net and other top officials and with
the aid of small group of men, who
like himself, have a flair for con-
ciliation, he has reduced govern
mental quarreling in public to new
low in washington.
Besides himself, the men prima-
rily responsible for the present "team
play" are comparative youngsters,
Presidential Adviser John r. Steel
man, AZ years old; Special Counsel
Clark Clifford Of st. Louis, 40, and
Secretary Matt Connolly. 80. They
take much of the load from the
Presidents shoulders by settling diff
ferences within the administration
through informal meetings so that
the final decisions the President
has to make are as few as possible
Their age is no accident-older mGn
could not stand the pressure and
the long hours.
The range of such problems runs
from Mr.. Clifford's recent bringing
together the officials of five agen-
cies which were giving Mayor
Kaufman the Washington run
around on the st. Louis airport to
the highly complicated armed forces
merger that is stiil the subject of
continuous negotiation between the
Army, Navy and air force.
Handle PreIiminaries.
The. plan of operation is for Mr..
Truman to select one or several of
his aides for the preliminary han
ding of particular problem. In
Washington this is easier said than
done since even the seemingly
simple questions have intricate
ramifications. Such an assignment
requires an intimate knowledge Of
Government and personnel.
Their work is informal and
flexible. Sometimes Charles e..
Ross, White House press secretary,
is called in for problems with pub
lie relations angle. At other times
it may be James E. Webb, budget
director. although the director does
not make as many policy decisions
,as his predecessor, the late Harold
D. Smith, did under Roosevelt. Their
immediate co-workers are Special
Executive Assistant to the President
George ]. Schoeneman, and Ad-
ministrative Assistants to the Presi-
dent David K. Niles, who has semi
political duties with minority groups;
Raymond r. Zimmerman, who takes
care of personnel and inter- agency
liaison, and Charles J. Murphy,
formerly of the Legislative Counsel
Office, who does the technical work
of drafting legislation.
For top-f1ight conferences, Mr..
Steelman and Mr.. Clifford arrange
meetings with cabinet members and
agency directors and their execu-
tives. The result is that when a
problem is eventually presented to
the President, all concerned have
participated in the preliminaries
and should know what has led up
to the Presidential decision.
The present procedure is in sharp
Evening star., 1947-02-09
By Raymond p. Brandt

contrast with what happened under
President Roosevelt and his numer-
GUS advisers, but is far from the
simple days Of President Wilson
whose principal aide was Joseph
Tumulty, or of President Coolidge,
who relied on Bascomb Slemp and
Ted Clark to handle "staff" details
No Prima D0nnas
The Truman cabinet, either by
plan or chance, is remarkably free
from prima donnas such as Interior
Secretary Ickes. Secretary Of Agri-
lculture Wallace, Commerce Secre-
| tary Jones or Treasury Secretary
Morgenthau, who fought privately
and publicly for their governmental
theories. The nearest person to a
public controversialist in the pres
ent cabinet is Secretary of Agri-
culture Anderson, and he has
quieted down lately.
Many Rooseveltian cabinet men,
bers and agency heads were great
believers in the efficacy of public
opinion and several had their pet
gossip columnists to whom they
leaked" self-serving, one-sided in
formation. Others were strongly
individualistic, combative or imagi-
native. A mere listing Of a repre-
sentative group shows why they
could not work as a team. These
headline names included such per-
sons as the late Louis Howe and the
late Harry Hopkins, Thomas G.
Corcoran, Ben Cohen, Mariner
Eccles, Bernard M. Baruch, William
o. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter. Rob-
ert H. Jackson, Sumner Welles,
Donald Nelson, Adolf Berle jr., Ray
mond Moley, Rexford G. Tugwell,
Donald r. Richberg, Hugh johnson,
Leon Henderson, Samuel I. Rosen-
man and Frances Perkins.
Few of these officials were at
tached directly to the White House
and only Mr.. Howe and Mr.. Hop
kins had the Presidents full conf
denee. Unlike the present staff,
they were primarily concerned
about their own bailiwicks and could
not get the whole picture.
OF fewer still could it be said that
they had a passion for anonym-
ity," the watch words of the pres
ent staff. The White House boasts
that most of the "leaks" have been
plugged. A certain key-holer, it was
said, has not had a scoop" for two
months.
Times have changed from the
days of the New Deal and the
energetic Roosevelt. Mr. Truman,
although he proclaims that he. like
Mr.. Roosevelt, is "a little left of
center" does not have the crusad-
ing ardor. In the Senate he usual
ly worked quietly behind the scenes
until a decision was reached. He
is proud that during his chairman
ship the War Investigating Com
mittee did not have single minor
ity report. He found he could work
with Republicans, and now that
they control the Congress, he is
conferring almost weekly with
Senators Vandenberg of Michigan
and White of Maine and Speaker
Martin of Massachusetts, and Major
ity Leader Halleck of Indiana.
Wants Frank Expressions.
He is great believer in around
the-table informal discussions and
has encouraged free-for-all talk
at the cabinet meetings, of which
there are now two kinds, the formal
weekly meetings in the Executive
Offices cabinet room and informal
fortnightly luncheons in the resi-
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let their hair down.
/ At these meetings the President
calls for the frankest expressions
of disagreement. The questions are
threshed out in private and while
no formal record is kept, the Presi-
dent retains clear idea Of what
has gone on. Occasionally only two,
three or four cabinet members are
interested in problem-for in
stance, the Army-Navy merger. In
such cases, he gets the controver-
sialists together and tells them to
work out a compromise all can
support. Rarely does he have to
instruct them to keep their sub
ordinates quiet, as ne did with
Navy.
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
has advocated a more formal stan
system, a modification Of the British
! cabinet secretariat. This would
entail a permanent, career White
House staff, which would record
cabinet decisions, inform the ofii-
cials and agencies affected and see
that the decisions are promptly
carried out.
Mr.. Truman has delegated con-
siderable authority to his cabinet
members and agency heads and ex-
poets them to make their own deci-
sions unless those decisions would
! impinge on some other department
or agency. He rarely by-passes an
official, and If he had any tendency
to do so, he was promptly cured by
the public and official reaction tc
the Wallace speech on American
Soviet relations that infuriated Sec
retary Byrnes. He has refused to &c
abroad for any more Big Three con-
ferences with the British and Rus
slams, apparently believing that is
the job of the Secretary of State.
Roosevelt Great on Details.
| He did take at least one foreign
affairs problem In his own hands
the Palestine issue-much to Secre-
tary Byrnes' temporary relief. He
said that this was question fol
Prime Minister Attlee and himself
to decide. The issue got too hot fol-
him, however, and he quietly handed
| It over to Secretary Byrnes. Now II
is Secretary Marshall's problem.
Nor does he, as Mr.. Roosevelt
did, bother about the details o1
departmental problems. The late
President was proud of his memory
and his knowledge of the country
Besides the wide scope of his mind
and his bold initiative, he had many
minor hobbies and favored friends
and places had to be found in the
Government for them. He wanted
his thumbprint on everything, and
although he complained about the
distracting details, he liked to de-
sign stamps, put in such ideas as q
tax on undistributed corporate
profits, locate a national monument
| or set the price of gold. The ex-
ample was contagious and lesser
New Dealers got the habit.
Where Mr.. Roosevelt often glee-
fully SET one official against another
Mr.. Truman has tried to form q
team. So far as Washington can
learn, major inner cabinet feuds
died out with the forced resigna-
ton of Commerce Secretary Wal
lace. Perhaps it is because Mr.. Tru-
man is not the forceful, colorful
character that Mr.. Roosevelt was
that the cabinet officers and theil
agency counterparts are working
for the President rather than work
ing for themselves.
One of Mr.. Truman's most priced
possessions is a Christmas present
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Better Women's Rights
u. N. Commission Goal
Follows Up General Assembly Recommends
ton That They Get Same Political
Privileges Granted Men
By adelaide Kerr

sUccEss-Wih notable victory in womens rights al
ready United Nations N. Commission
Status further
IL, obtaining world
entirely delegates
in
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C.
SUNDAY, p
Progress Of Communism
Among Latins Irks US.
Parties, Now Operating Openly in Many
Countries, Are Hostile Toward North
America But Back Kremlin
By George Fl. Hall

Nearly century the authors Of the Communist Manifesto
notable its durability that the OF
haunting Today the persistent phantom has
found friendly World and ndusousy
bedeyng America causing in Washington
whole communism far stronger in Latin America
Evening star., 1947-02-09

emily at VdEidIlCG Will lIle CuII eut
Moscow doctrine. A number of the
delegates roundly criticized the "re-
dictionary" American Federation OF
Labor.
Stakes Immense in Brazil.
Both CIO and AFL are interested
in the affections of Latin American
labor. The CIOs and Lombardo's
CTAL are members Of the World
Federation of Trade Unions. Soviet
control Of the WITH frequently is
alleged. The AFL does not belong
to the WFTU. 1t recently sent a
delegation to Argentina for "sur-
vey."
The fact that the Brazilian Com
munist Party is the largest and fast
est growing in the Western Hemis-
phere is important because Of Bra
zil's strategic position. The country
is larger than the continental United
States; three times as big as Argen-
tina. 1t emerged from the war as
the dominant power in Latin
America, partly because 1891 $50, 900
In lease lend aid provided the base
for a new economy. The beginnings
of a great nation are present, but
the country is suffering from bad
administration, poverty, disease and
shortages. The overall situation is
favorable to Communism and the
stakes are immense.
There are about 10000 regis
tered voters In Brazil, OF which
about 5000, 900 usually vote. In the
elections Of December,
1945, the Communist machine rolled
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-10
NOTICE OF MEETING OF SCHOOL
BUDGET SUPERVISORS

Notice is hereby given that the
preliminary budgets for all school
districts in the county for the en-
suing school year, as prepared and
adopted by the boards of trustees
of such districts, are on file in this
Office, and same are open to in
spection of all taxpayers.
The board of school budget sup
ervisors will meet at the office of
the County superintendent of
Schools on Monday, the 18th day
of July at the hour of 10 o'clock
A. M. for the purpose of consider
ing and fixing and adopting the
final budget, and fixing the amount
of expenditures which may be made
for each purpose. by each school
district, which session may be ad-
journed from day to day until the
final adoption of all school district
budgets Any taxpayer in a school
district may appear at such meet
ing, and at any adjournment there
Of and be heard for pr against any
part of the budget for this district
W. j. ANDERSON
County Superintendent Of
Schools and Clerk of Board
of School Budget Supervis-
ors of Lincoln County, Mon
tana.
Dated July 10th. l947. 1T
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. THE libby ACTIVITY DIRECTORY .


Libby Chamber of Commerce:
Paul Church, president; Dexter
Shaurette, secretary.
American Legion Auxiliay No.
81 meets 3rd Thursdays. Mrs.
w. c. collars, president; Mrs.
Harold Miller, secretary.
Lions Club meets End and 4th
Mondays. E. E. Barkee. presi-
dent, H. Zwang, secretary.
Libby Woman's Club meets
End Tuesday at 200 p. m. in COM
munity room Of courthouse. Mrs.
Frank Baney, President; Mrs. W.
R. Littell, Secretary.
American Legion Post No. 81
meets 3rd Thursdays at Legion
Hall. Irwin ]. Flesher, Post Com
mander, Francis Mcclure, Adj.
= Libby Farm Woman's Club
meets lst Wednesday. Mrs. Ev-
elyn Burrell, pres. Mrs. P. c.
Vanderwood, sec-treat.
Libby Modern Art Club meets
End Tuesdays at 8 p. m. at COM
munity room, court house. Mrs.
Clarence Brown, president and
Mrs. Stella Reid, secretary.
Kootenai Valley Grange meets
first and third Fridays at the
American Legion Hall. - Kyle
Beebe, Master; Mrs. Geo. Vent
ley, secretary.
Regular meeting of Internation-
al Hold Carriers, Building and
Common Laborers' Union of
America, A. F. L., Libby Sub. No
1892, End and 4th Wednesdays at
American Legion Hall, Libby.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No 1881. Meets End and |
4th Tuesdays at 7:30. William |
Shawl, president; William Baeth, |
rec. sec'y; A. c. Role, Bus. Agt. !
. Veterans Foreign Wars Post
No 1548. Fred Metzger, COM
mander; Harold Miller, adju-
tant; Fred F. Clarke, Jr., Quar-
Meets End and 4th
at club.
: Auxiliary to v. F. w. Post No.
I548 Mildred Flesher, pres;
Mrs. Mabel Solem, sec'y. Meets
Ind and 4th Thursday of each
month in Moose Hall.
Loggers' Union Local 1862. Ed
Outton, pres; Allen Goodgame,
iec'y.; A. c. Role, Bus. Agt-
on call.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

On the oath day of July 1947,
between the hours of 1000 o'clock
A. M. & 800 o'clock p M. all prop
erty in the County, upon which
Delinquent Taxes are lien will be
sold at public auction, unless prior
to said time. said Delinquent Taxes
together with all interest, penalties
and costs due thereon are paid.
A complete Delinquent list of all
persons and property in the County
now owing Taxes, is on file in the
office of the County Treasurer. and
is open for public inspection and
examination.
KENNETH BIGELOW
Lincoln Co. Treas.
(3T July 3-10-l7)
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BIDS WANTED

The Trustees of School District
No 10, Lincoln County, desire bids
on 10000 gallons of No. 3 fuel oil,
deliveries to be made in 5000 gal
lon lots in the fuel tank on the
grade school lot in Eureka, Mon
tana, and at such times as the Dist
riot requires. Bids will be received
up to o'clock P. NJ, July II, l947.
The Trustees reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
c. H. BELMONT, Clerk
School District No ID,
Eureka, Montana
(2T-July BIO
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u Il l. 4
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that a hearing will be held in the
Courthouse at Libby, Montana at
200 p. m, July l4th, l947 by the
Board of County Commissioners of
Lincoln County for the purpose of
hearing the question of the aband-
onment of a County road designated
in Road Petition No 154 as be
ginning at the Northeast corner of
Section 10, Township SO NJ. Rye
81 W., M P. NJ, and ending 2400
feet South of that point"
Anyone interested for or against
the abandonment of the aforesaid
road will be heard at this time and
a formal order entered vacating or
not vacating the road as shall then
be determined.
BY ORDER of the Board of
County Commissioners of Lincoln
County, Montana.
G. c. EARLE
County Clerk
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Lodges

l. o. o. F. Cabinet chapter No,
68, meets every Wednesday even
ing. Orville Haines, Noble Grand
Clarence Karnes, rec. -sec'y.
Royal Arch Masons Libby lodge
No. SO meets LIST and 3rd We'd
nesdays at Masonic Temple. Thos.
J. Jewell, high priest; D. o.
Mount, secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No.
IS meets End and 4th Thursdays
at Masonic Temple John L.
Blackboard, w. M, William Half
ferman, secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star, Lib
by Chapter No. SO meets LIST and
3rd Tuesdays at Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Gale Weidner, worthy ma
iron, Mrs. E. E. Jaqueth, sec'y.
: Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899
meets End and 4th Mondays at
Moose Hall. Oscar L. Wells,
Governor; Melvin P. Paulson,
secretary.
Z" Royal Neighbors, Mountain
View Camp No. 1858 meets End
and 4th Wednesdays, Moose Hall.
Mrs. Mabel Solem, oracle; Mrs.
Bessie Clowers, recorder.
= Medora Rebekah Lodge No. SO
meets LIST and 3rd Mondays at I.
o. o. F. Hall. Mrs. Howard
Blanchard, Noble Grand; Mrs.
Chas. Oertel, secretary.
: A. o. U. w. meets End Friday
of each month at Legion Hall.
Harry Hartle, M. w; S. A. Ras-
mussen, secretary.
A. o. u. w. Junior Club meets
4th Friday at Legion Hall. Janet
Johnston, M. w; Rosella Barr,
secretary; Delina Carlson, super
visor.
Rainbow Girls meet End and
4th Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Ruth Hepner. worthy advisor;
Helen Church, recorder, Mrs.
z. ]. Driear, mother advisor,
. Women Of the Moose, Libby
Chapter No. sos meets LIST and 3rd
Thursdays at Moose Hall. Mrs.
Ellen Cole, Senior Regent; Mrs.
Mary Kochel, recorder.
. Theta Rho Club No. q meets
LIST and 3rd Tuesdays in IOOF
hall at 7:l5 p. m. Shirley Switzer,
president; Donna Adamson, Rec.
Sec'y; Mrs. w. E. Williamson,
Officer.
; Libby Rod and Gun Club meets
Bird Tuesday at 800 p. m. Ray
Aujawa, president; G. c. Earle,
Granite Encampment No. z, /.
,. o. +. meets 2nd and 18th Fri
lays. Orville Haines, c. p; Glea-
ION Pitcher, scribe.
Junior Odd Fellows meet End
md 4th Mondays. Fred Brown
,hief Ruler; Bob DeRosia, Recor-
Ter; Clifford Hayden, Al. officer.
Libby Ski Club, Chris Ramlo.
Pres, Mrs. Jim Christie, Secy.
Meetings when called.
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Bids will be received up to and
including Two P. M July 10, 1947
by the Board of County Commits
sioners of Lincoln County for the
painting of Kootenai' River Bridge
No. at Troy, Montana. Labor and
scoffolding only, to be furnished by
the bidder Paint will be furnished
by Lincoln County.
Bids will be opened Monday, July
81, 1947 at Two P. NJ All bids must
be addressed to the County Clerk at
Libby, Montana. The Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners Of Lincoln County.
JAMES MAHONEY
Chairman
ATTEST:
G. c. EARLE,
Clerk of the Board
a times June 1926, July 3-l0)
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G.. c. EARLE
County Clerk
3 Times-June 26-July 3-10)
N o TIC E

Sealed bids for hauling Grade
and High School pupils on the fol-
lowing routes, will be received by
the Trustees of School District No.
|, Troy, Montana, not later than
July Is, l947.
l. Route known as Lake Creek
Route, to go from Troy School
Building on Highway No. 2, to Lake
Creek Road, thence on along Lake
Creek Road to the junction of
Neills and Keller Creek Roads and
return. Bus to accommodate at least
% pupils Approximate mileage, %
miles round trip.
2. Route known as Iron Creek
Route, bus to accommodate IS pupils.
to J. E. Pattie's Ranch and return.
The Board reserves the right 10
reject any or all bids.
Signed:
MARTHA A. COBBLEDICK,
Clerk
g Times-July 3-1O-lD
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STATE TAX COLLECTIONS
ARE ABOVE LAST YEAR

Montanas fiscal 1947 state tax
collections totalled $13,740,007-
more than 20 per cent above those
for the previous fiscal year, accord
ing to Sam Coca, chairman of the
state equalization board.
Collections were up 81, 926. ABS
from the $10,813,572 collected dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1916,
GOA said.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF
COUNTY, MONTANA

Notice is hereby given that un-
der and by virtue of Section 2113
R. c. NJ, 1885, the Commissioners
of Lincoln County, Montana, will
meet as a Board of Equalization at
the courthouse in Libby, Montana,
on Monday. July 81, l947, at 1000
a. m, for the purpose of examining
the assessment books and equalizing
the assessments in Lincoln County.
Any and all persons interested
in having their assessments adj
Justed may appear in person, or
by written application, make and
file any complaint with the Board
The Board will continue in ses-
sion from time to time as a Board
o. Equalization until the matter is
disposed of, but will not meet for
such purposes after the second Mon
day of August
Unless you appear at said times
and place or file a written applica-
ton, you will not thereafter be
heard in the matter of your assess
mcit
G.. c. EARLE
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N o T &c E

NIeIk OF the bOdIu
a times June 1926, July 3-l0)
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Mrs. Tom johnson returned re-
Gently from Whitefish, where shs
had spent a week visiting Mr.. and
Mrs Warren McClentch.
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C. c. EARLE
County Clerk
Tnnes-June 26-July 3-l0l

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
LINCOLN
No. 2I70
CHARLES H. VanALSTINE,
Plaintiff
SIVOLI N. PLUMMER, individually
and as the administrative of the es-
tate of F. M. Plummer, deceased,
ADDIE BALLOU, OLIVE PLUM
MER, LEWIS L. BARR, the I'M
known heirs of F. M. PLUMMER,
the unknown heirs of ZILPHA
PLUMMER. the unknown heirs of
JOSIAH PLUMMER. the unknown
heirs of FLORENCE w. KELLEY,
the unknown heirs of DAISY
THURSTON, the unknown heirs of
CARRIE HOWARD, the unknown
heirs of EMMA DUBOIS, the I'M
known heirs of ADDIE BALLOU,
and all other persons, unknown
claiming or who might claim any
right, title, estate or interest in or
lien or encumbrance upon the real
property described in the Com
plant, or any thereof, adverse to
plaintiffs ownership, or any cloud
upon plaintiffs title thereto, whe-
Their such claim or possible claim be
present or contingent, including any
claim or possible claim of dover, in
choate or accrued. Defendants.
ALIAS SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MONTANA to
the above named defendants and to
all other persons unknown,
GREETING: You are hereby sum-
moned to answer the complaint in
this action which is filed in the Of
flee of the Clerk of this Court, a
COPY of which is herewith served
apon You, and to file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiffs attorney within twenty
(20( days after the service of this
summons, exclusive of the day of
end in case of your failure
10 Gppear or answer, judgment will
be taken against you, by default, for
The relief demanded in the Com
plant.
This action is brought for the pur-
pose of quieting title to the land
situated i'll Lincoln County, Mon
ana. described as follows:
The Southwest Quarter (SWA) /
OF Section Eight g. in Township .
Twenty six (26) North, Range
Twenty-eight (28) West, M. NJ, /
according to the official plat of
survey of the said land returned
to the General Land Office by
the Surveyor General, together
with all and singular the tene-
ments, Entertainments and appur
tenances thereunto belonging or
in anywise appertaining
Witness my hand and the seal of
aid Court this 18th day of June,
CAT.
FRED F. CLARK,
Clerk of Court
NTH MCNEIL
libby, Montana
attorney for Plaintiff
t. June 1926 July $40.