The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23
Was Testimony Rugged?


This publication may possibly be charged with some pref
udce in refusing to accept wholly sincere without large
number of the proverba grains of SALT the of Gov
Ford with John Coree executive presi
dent of the Montana Powe Company the extension
Bonneville public into Montana and appropriations fol-
the construction of the Hungry Horse dam transmission
lines to the generated there through Montana
and tying with the public transmission lines of Idaho
and Washington According to an AP dispatch which ap-
peared in the Great Falls Tribune but apparently overlooked
by the ACM daily in the state this argument
took place before the senate appropriations con-
serng the requested increases in appropriations for reclaim
alton development in Montana
We that there odor reminiscent decayed
fish about this when Governor Ford previous
attitudes towards the development of public is
condered that he has fought side by side with the
Company opposition the establishment
Missouri Valley Authority and knowing that the development
power has always been and still matter secondary
the Reclamation Service and only considered
adjunct phases of land reclamation and
rgaon Moreover he everyone ee knows that it the
generally accepted policy of the Reclamation sell
surplus produced at its dams to private inter
resale the people profit though the power
is produced at the expense of the public.
the report of the argument Governor said
have stated that the Montana Power Company wants to gen
the Canyon Ferry project that
buys from the Fort Peck DAM fearing that the federal
government might distribute power"
This the first time known that any criticism
of this policy which to be established of the Army
Engineers and the Reclamation Service has been voiced by
He has, of known all of this time that
the of Fort Peck the people of Montana have
been gouged for profits from this publicly produced mower b
the Montana Power Company He knows ALSO without
possible doubt that is the of the Reclamation Service
to sell the power produced at Canyon Ferry to the power
company and when this project Of the Reclamation
Service constructed for the benefit principally of the
tana Power Company
All of this brings the statement made in the paragraph
that all of this argument of Coete and the smells
"fishy"
party, Old Party" majority party
and be noted that his
from his last ojoun Washington the other day. he auded
the efforts of stating that the public did give
the credit deserves This the that has the
proposed appropriations for reclamation work in the 1t
surely not unfair suppose that the leader of
the party in Montana must have pretty good general idea
of what his party intends do about appropriations directly
ha
"Chinamans chance the appropriations
needed here asked for that his party has
appropriations order to make good at least token
its promises made during the campaign last and in
the face of the campaign reduce expenditures
and thus juStifyng a reduction in
So there have the background for suspicion that
the argument with Coree of the Montana Power Company
have been deud the Montana voters
whose support the governor probably woong for election
the United States Senate next for reelection the
govenohp There be question that the fact that
Senator Buddy Ecton who also has appeared of
the increased appropriations also had received the light
from his friends the Montana Power Company and the party
speak with probable understanding
it imperative for political that he do
We print below excerpts from Senator Murray's speech
which urge you to read and consider carefully:
the Idaho which of