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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12


comes into our state basal laws from
the immortal Declarations words
about George Ill:
HE has affected to render the
Military Independent of, and supe-
rior to, the Civil power
Most state Constitutions have
adopted the idea. The supreme court
of the United States has commended
it. Our provision, Section %, Article
ILL., Montana Constitution is: "The
Military shall always be in strict sub
ordination to the Civil power"
Just after the Revolutionary War,
the Military were still in the saddle
politically. George Washington, a
soldier, was not a signer of the Dec
laration of independence, 1875. He
presided over the Constitutional Con-
vention, 1887. 1t put forth a wondrous
document, but there was no Bill-of-
Rights. 1t was, without such, quite
Fascist. In that form, Patrick Hen
ry fought it's adoption by Virginia;
Jefferson fought it, unless there should
be added the Bill-of-Rights, usual to
English people, and set forth largely
in the Immortal Declaration The
war spirit subsidized The Military
crowd left politics for the plow The
was added to this previ-
ously fascist document. With these
and so modified, the Dec
laration, the First Constitution, the
Bill-of-Rights, became (not perfect
perfection without experience is never
achievable in broad human laws) the
most benign, most nearly just, most
efficient system of fundamental legis-
lation ever, up to. that date, devised
by the mind of man.
Not only Americans proclaimed it
such; Gladstone thus spoke of it in
Parliament, James Bryce, the eminent
English author of The American Com
monwealth SO classed it when it had
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12

been working for a century. The
greatest little democracy of Europe
before the Hitler invasion, Czecho-
slovakia, wOrshipped it. Scandinavia
has adopted much of it. After it had
worked with slight amendments for
1853 years, 175 million people in Russia
adopted it with three additions. These
were: % Every worker must have
g job good enough to support himself
and his family (2) Every one able
to work, must work. 90 Public edu-
cation for all.
Not one in five Americans have ever
read our three basic documents. Prob
ably not one in one thousand of the
editors of our daily newspapers, that
now, at the behest of their employers,
daily declare war on the Soviet Union,
have read the Soviet constitution.
After the Civil war; until the cleo
ton of Grover Cleveland, the Military
were running Washington The south
was held down as subject nation.
General Grant served two terms as
president. The scandals of his second
term smell bad to this day, though he
himself was an honorable man. He
was trying to run this nation with
his old military clique. He ran the
ship of state" aground.
After the First World War, the Mill
tary were too powerful. The witch
hunting of Attorney General Mitchell
Palmer was in vogue. For two or
three years the war mongers were
crying that good citizens who opposed
their high-handed methods were Sub
versive". Labor's just ambitions were
declared reasonable. The large
wealth owners, who wanted another
war, and got it by lending billions to
German cartels, induced congress to
lend money to foreign nations to buy
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MISSOURI farmer
have had EN0UGs.

Missouri farmers indicated last
week they had had enough"
Angered by congressional action
to cripple and destroy farmer CO.
operatives as well as government
lending agencies for agriculture
such as the Farm Credit Admins
tration and the Rural Electrical
Administration" the Missouri
Farmers Association, with a mem
bership of $4,000, took to political
action.
A resolution adopted by the MIA
at its annual convention condemned
the seeming persecution" of farm
er co-operatives by the house small
business committee and called on
its members to see to it that
known enemies of the farmer now
in office are retired to private life"
Rep. Walter Ploeser, chairman
of the committee Investigating
co-operatives, is from Missouri.
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"A bill to establish a Missouri
Valley Authority to provide for uni
fled development on the Missouri
river and surrounding region in the
interest of the control and preVen-
ton of floods, the promotion of fam
iIy-type farming, the development of
the recreationaI possibilities and the
promotion of the general welfare of
the area, the strengthening of the
national defense, and for other pur-
! poses."
The lengthy public hearings on this
bill are now history. The Power trust
and other large private interests con-
cerned only with their own profits
and oblivious to the welfare of the
people put up savage fight against
the bill All the arguments used
against the establishment of the IVA
were resurrected and, although they
had since been proven utterly wrong,
were echoed just as vociferously never
theless, along with many new ones
emanating from the fertile brains Of
the attorneys for big business. The
final result was the temporary defeat
of the bill and the granting by congress
of appropriations for the carrying out
of q program under the so-called Pick
Sloan plan which same plan is by
now also well know to the American
people, What the Pick-Sloan plan is
worth has been demonstrated by this
years floods, which reached catastro-
phic proportions. 1t has been shown
that some of the work already done
under this plan has not only not i'm
proved the situation but has actually
made it worse.
Would An MVA Function Properly,
And Who Would Benefit BY 1t?
To answer the first question one has
only to look at the accomplishments
of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Before the act establishing it was fin
ally passed by congress it was assailed
just as viciously and by the same mon
opoly groups as are opposing the MVA
movement. The same arguments were
used and for the same motives. Time,
however, has proven all arguments
against the IVA utterly false. It's bit
terest former opponents have been
forced to concede that the IVA turned
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12

program for the control and
development of the Missouri
Basin, including flood proven
ton, navigation, water conser-
walton and last but by no means
least, soil conservation. Such
a program is proposed by the
supporters of the establishment
of a Missouri Valley Authority
-MVA-under the Murray
bill.
Missouri Rampages-An Old, Old
Story
These periodic sprees of the great
Missouri river are certainly not new.
Many have occurred during the life
time of persons now living; many more
have occurred and are on record ever
since the valley was first settled by
European immigrants. There is auth
oritative evidence too, that long before
the white man landed on these shores
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers
were wont to frequently go on big
bender and send torrents of water
rushing down to the sea and driving
the early Indian inhabitants, who gain
ed their living mainly from primitive
agriculture, to vacate and seek their
livelihood on higher ground. There are
MANY legends to that effect among the
Indian tribes. Those early floods how
ever were probably not on such vast
scale and not so disasterous to animal
and human life and to the economy
of an entire nation as the floods that
have occurred during the memory OF re-
cent generations There is no doubt
that the all-conquering white man,
since he arrived on the scene has,
with his usual carelessness and lack
of foresight, not to mention the inordi-
nate greed of many of the giant priv
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12
PROPERTY RIGHTS HELD
SACRED BY Goth
CONGRESS

The S0th Congress mas restored
property rights above human rights
1t was a negative congress. 1t looked
backward longingly and stepped back
ward definitely. 1t was a National
Association of Manufacturers Con-
gress with the welcome sign out to a
few special interest outfits, such as
the private utilities, sugar interests,
real estate dealers, etc. Fifteen major
problems were ignored by the S0th
Congress says the NEW REPUBLIC.
Those problems include housing, mon
opoIy, prices, fair employment, social
security, farmers, unemployment COM
pensation, health, education, poll tax,
Iynchngs, minimum wages Missouri
Valley Authority, international Geo.
Monies and displaced persons.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12

out of government ownership is not
| based on a careful study or under
standing of the consequences that
would result. In times of prosperity
such as prevail at present there is
always a desire to take advantage of
prosperous conditions and use sub
marginal lands for the immediate re-
turns that can be gained. But our
experiences of the past, when vast
stretches of submarginal lands were
cultivated later on to become a part of
the dust-bowls OF the west, demon
strated the mistake of following such
a course.
Would Practically Destroy WiIdIife
Program
These lands also provide the habitat
for wild game which is so important
to the western states. Private own
ership is not compatible with proper
management and production of wild
life in the west. Private ownership
of these lands, as proposed in the
bills now pending in congress, would
practically destroy our present pro-
gram of production of wildlife and
public recreation. Hundreds of thous-
ands of people other than livestock
men are interested in these phases of
western lands.
l am confident that congress would
never agree to program which would
turn over these public lands to private
ownership, creating problems of seri-
Gus consequences to the nation. A
program of that kind should not be
instituted except upon the basis of
careful study.
There may be some public lands
Continued on Page Four)
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ting up a separate authority as with
iva. The bill, although not so all
embracing as the act creating the IVA
was apparently premature. 1t died in
committee. Since that time the Army
Engineers and the Bureau of Reclama-
ton, continued in their respective
spheres the spasmodic efforts at flood
control which over all the years they
had been operating, had proven futile.
No lasting or even temporary good
had come of anything they had ever
attempted. The river, in fact, became
more and more unruly In 1913 and
1914 occurred the most disastrous
floods in history. In these two years
four and one-half million acres of good
land were flooded and damage done
amounting to more than one hundred
and twelve million dollars. These
floods are only surpassed by the stu
pendous bililon-dollar disaster of the
present year
Sen. Murray Introduces a Real Bill
For An MVA
1t was during the sessions of the
18th Congress that Senator James E. |
introduced S. 555, bill to estab- |
fish Missouri Valley Authority with !
scope and powers similar to those of |
the IVA. The title of this bill reads:
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ate corporations, done much to destroy
many natural flood checks and give the
rivers greater opportunities to wreak
destruction throughout the valleys.
He has done this by denuding the
mountains of their forests, leaving
nothing to hold the rains and the
SHOWS in the hills; by improper farm
ing methods everywhere and by failing
to take proper measures to bride the
wild waters, measures which are now
being proposed by supporters of MVA
Legislation.
The people living in the lower Mis-
souri, states, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska
and Missouri, to say nothing of those
living farther down on the Mississippi,
have endured the havoc and destruc-
ton wrought by the wicked waters of
the Missouri when on rampage for
many, many years without doing much
of value about it. Primitive, abortive
and uncorrelated attempts were now
and then made to control floods to
some extent. Two governmental
agencies, the Corps of Army Engineers
and the Bureau of Reclamation have
supposedly been on the job long, long
time but nothing effective was ever
accomplished by any of their efforts
1t was not until the year 1884 that any
serious proposal was made to not only
check floods but to utilize the waters
of the Missouri for irrigation, naviga-
ton and the production of hydro-elec-
trio power. In that year Senator Nor
ris of Nebraska, sponsor of the Tennes-
see Valley Authority, which had been
approved the previous year, introduce
ed bill to provide for the creation of
a Missouri Valley Authority.
Senator Norris's bill, however, pro-
posed to vest the authority with the
Bureau of Reclamation instead of set
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12
NOTICE

Generous contributions were
made at the MVA meeting Satur-
day evening at the Placer. Many
failed to turn in the yellow slip
to show name of contributor and
amount given. Those who gave
$500 or more are entitled to
membership in the Montana
MVA Association and also to a
subscription to Voice of the
Valley, the Regional MVA pa
per. If you belong to this group,
you can help both yourself and
the MVA bookkeeper, by writing
your name, address and amount
contributed on a slip of paper
and mailing it to Montana MVA
Association, Box 729, Helena, or
by leaving it at the MVA Office,
Room 7, Penwell Block, Helena.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12

The senator's statement follows
| am opposed to the transfer of
public lands in the west to private
ownership because it would be injuri-
GUS to the public interest and welfare.
The greater part of these public lands
are now being administered under the
Taylor Grazing Act, which has been
very successful in preventing over-use
and erosion. Those lands perform a
great public service in western states
and thousands of citizens benefit from
their use under the administration of
the Taylor Grazing Act Some por
tions of this public land is within the
national forests, national parks, and
wildlife reservations which must be
preserved and protected in the in
terest of the general public.
These lands constitute a vital part
of the watershed of our western
streams and river systems, so import
ant in connection with problems of
flood control, power development and
reclamation. Such lands under pri
vate ownership could not be managed
and protected in the interest of the
general public as they can be under
public ownership.
Would Add To Serious Problems of
Erosion
Private ownership would not main
tain these lands in favorable condi-
ton to prevent floods and soil erosion. |
The unrestrained use of such lands in
private hands will add to the serious
problems we are already confronted !
with in respect to erosion, filling of
streams with sediment, and general |
deterioration from over-use and drouth |
The proposal to take these lands
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12
Establishment Of MVA Viii End Annual Flood Menace
By WILLIAM MASON, III

By WILLIAM MASON, IUMM&SW Executive Board
This has another of the disastrous
floods that from time to time have devastated millions of
rich farming land flooded hundreds and villages
destroyed thousands of valuable livestock and human
the Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys Water rush
the mighty Missouri has been responsible
ncalcuabe damage done and has thus again shown the
necessity the establishment of unified negrated
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-12
Senate Will NOT SANCTION LAND
GRAB, SAYS SENATOR MURRAY

Declaring proposals pending
eress for the
James
Taylor Grazing Act and that
conditions favorable
widfe and other
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's.Militaxy Shall Always Be
Sub6ds,salljilpa!te To Civil
AHtfl6fities'
By LOWNDES MAURY, Butte

history;
n 1t
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Jerusalem, Mufti Aids
Arab League Prepare
Defense Of Palestine
by the Assosioisd Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon. Oct. s.-Ha.
Amin ell Husseini, the Grand Mutt
Of Jerusalem, took q back seat today
to watch and help the Arab League
map an armed defense for Arabic
Palestine.
The bearded, berobed Mufti, leader
Of all Palestine's Arabs and q power
In the whole Moslem world, arrived
yesterday at the mountain resort OF
Alley, where the conference Is being
held, flying from his place of exile
in Cairo.
He held q round Of conferences
today as the leagues executive sub
committee went into session.
Action Held Necessary.
One subcommittee source said
there was now unanimous agree
ment among delegates that definite
practical action is necessary to pre-
pare the whole Arab world for the
defense Of Palestine.
Jews Of the whole world, with
e1AC oupP0G "a cOAnC VI t1lC uldJO1
powers, are trying to drive our peo-
pie OF Palestine out Of their own
country, while at the same time
shouting at each other In Lake
Success about democracy" this
informant declared.
I'VE are here for this meeting
because we have come to know that
only If we prepare to fight will we
be able to repulse this invasion"
It was learned that at confer
ences this morning, attended by the
Mufti, an outline was drafted for
presentation to the Arab League
Council, showing the full strength
and resources which Palestinians
would be able to muster for the
fight. The Council, it was said, was
expected to draft similar outlines
of the resources Of neighboring
states.
Full Council Meets Today.
The full Council, consisting Of
nine members each from Lebanon
and Egypt, seven from 1raq, nve
from Syria, three from Trans
Jordan and two each from Saudi
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Fourth Barefoot Woman
Fugitive Back in CUSTODY

Lucille Miller, 2S. last Of four
barefoot women who escaped from
the Womens Bureau early yester-
day, was back in custody today.
She surrendered at the Women's
Bureau yesterday afternoon, sew
eral hours after her three COM
panions were caught. The quartet
fed down q fire escape at the
bureau, 1924 Fifth street NV. The
other three went to court yesterday
to face the drunk and disorderly
charges fled against them by police.
The Miller woman, who was ac-
companied by her husband when
she gave herself up, Is charged
with disorderly conduct. While
being arrested at Twelfth street and
New York avenue NV. early yes
terday, Mrs. Miller allegedly kicked
and bit q policeman.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Burke Says D. {. Mail
Ho|dsUpWe|I in Slump

The Washington Post Once has
withstood the postwar mail slump
well, Postmaster Vincent G. Burke
said today.
He expects to finish the year with
SIG, ,700, 900 realized from the sale o1
postage stamps, compared with $1S,-
381 900 for the peak year, 1945
Stamp sales in 1910 totaled only
81, SOC, 900.
Mr.. Burke expects Washington to
maintain the place it has occupied
for the past five years, when Its
total business topped 100000, ,000
This represented the sale Of postage
stamps, bonds, money orders ano
postal savings.
Pieces Of mail originating in the
Washington area totaled 47,600, ,000
last month. The record was 56,O00,.
600 in September, 1914.
Late mail collections that were q
feature of wartime were eliminated
July Is, Mr.. Burke said. The COL
lections have been moved up an
average Of an hour and a half all
over the city but have resulted in
few complaints, he declared. Now
the mail men leave the post Office to
collect between 9 and II pm. During
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Roomer Exoneruted
In Death After Fiaht

A coroner's jury yesterday re-
turned verdict Of justifiable homi-
eide in the death Of Charles
Hemans, so, exonerating Robert G.
Mosby. 40, with whom Hemans had
been fighting when he was fatally
injured.
Hemans. colored, who lived in the
1900 block Of Wallach place NV,
was fighting with Mosby October
in the Hemans home, where Mosby
was roomer, police said.
Hemans died In Freedmen's Hos
pital Saturday of injuries received
in the scuffle.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Man Gets 24o- -Doy Term
For Lootinq Parked Cars

jail terms totaling 240 days were
given yesterday to q 34-year-old man
convicted on four charges Of petty
larceny, including looting Of three
automobiles.
Sentence was imposed In Munich
pal Court upon John Tague Of the
200 block Of Third street NV. after
police testified he had broken into
three parked cars since last Thurs
day and stolen two suitcases, q
topcoat and q camera.
On the same night on which he
was charged with carlooting, Tague
was charged also with taking $40
in cash from the pockets of 3 soldier
he invited to his room to spend the
night. The soldier told police when
he woke up next day his billfold
and Tague were gone.
Judge Walter ]. Casey heard the
case.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Britain Protests to Lebanon
On Grand MuftTs Presence

LONDON, Oct. 8 R.-The Foreign
Office announced today that Britain
had complained to the Lebanese
government that admittance of the
exiled Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem tt
Beirut for secret Arab talks on Pal
estine would create a bad i'm
preston In this country"
Hal Amin el Husseini, titular head
Of Palestine's Arabs and q power ir
the whole Moslem world, was given
sanctuary by King Farouk of Eel pt
after his 1916 escape from France
on the understanding that he die
not participate in political activity
Evening star., 1947-10-09

I, Arabia and Yemen, meets late this
afternoon.
Riad Bey es solh, Premier Of Leb-
anon, said the Mutt "is now a
guest Of the Lebanese Republic. ~
He had been granted sanctuary in
Egypt after fleeing from exile In
a Paris suburb in May, g1946. The
British have barred him from
Palestine, whence he fled in 1887
under British pressure.
The British accused him Of broad
casting for the Germans during the
war
Evening star., 1947-10-09

the war, collections used to be made
between 1890 pm. and 1880 am.
The first city-wide collection Is
made between Z and $3.50 am.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
SoiIor TO Be JournuIist

Joseph M. Gregory, seaman frst
class, u. s. N, 2222 @ street NV,
has reported to the Fleet Home
Town News Center ut Great Lakes.
ILL.,, for . 12-week course on the
duties Of an enlisted naval cores
pondent, leading to the rating Of
journalists mate.
Evening star., 1947-10-09
Waltz RidicuIed at First

The waltz, introduced from Ger
many into France and England at
the turn Of the 18th Century, was
ridiculed at first.
Evening star., 1947-10-09

LIKE FINDING MoNEYI Here's all
you do. Just get three cakes of
Sweetheart Soap. After you have
used them, mail the three green
Sweetheart Soap wrappers to
Sweetheart Soap, Box 1876, New York
8, New York. Write Us a letter telling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-13
; Apartment Houses
Ask Rent Increases
ey the Associated Press

Rent boosts of from 10 to llh
per cent for three large apartment
houses in Northwest today are
before the District Rent Control
Administration.
On October Is. hearing will be
held on the request for increases at
the Carlyn, $500 @ street NV; on
October % for the Marlyn, Cathed-
raj avenue and Thirty ninth street
NV, and on October % for the
Woodley Park Towers. 2737 Devon
shire place NV. This was an
nounced by William F. Mansfield,
SECRETARY and docket clerk of the
administration. Examiners will con-
duct the hearings.
The liz per cent rent increase was
asked for 270 units at the Carlyn,
where current rates are from sos to
sl45 monthly. The same rise is sought
for the Marlvn, which has 119
units, and where rents are from SOS
to Silt monthly. These requests
were filed by Attorney Ernest F..
Henry.
A 10 per cent rent increase was
asked for the Woodley Park Towers,
which has ITS units. Rents there
are from S47.50 to S275 monthly.
The law firm of King e. Nord-
linger filed this request.