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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

new books as "Our Plundered Plan
ct" and "The Road to Survival en-
phasize the critical need for saving
the soil.
Members of the new congress must
be told, too, how the generation of
electric power could transform the
economic life of the Missouri valley.
It's population is now declining, but
the jobs which power can create
could not only stop this trend, but
reverse it. The Missouri valley can
be made into one of the richest reg
ions of the earth, instead of one
which is slowly sliding into poverty
But it will be said that the Pick
Sloan plan is designed to do this very
thing. The trouble with the Pick
Sloan plan is that it was hastily
devised to forestall an MVA. 1t was
a shotgun wedding of the Army En-
gineers and the Reclamation Bureau,
who want to preserve a bureaucratic
vested interest in the valley. They
and other federal agencies can never
accomplish what unified MVA
could do. Right now there are too
many cooks stirring the broth. What
is needed is one big plan for one big
river.
Governor Dewey was never farth-
Ell off base in the late campaign than
when he labeled the valley authority
idea as totalitarian. He could not
have known the history of IVA when
ne made that remark. IVA, far
from being totalitarian, could not
work at all without the enthusiastic
md voluntary cooperation of the
people of the Tennessee valley. 1t |
las had that cooperation in full |
Measure. SO would an MVA have
he cooperation of the people of the
Missouri valley.
This newspaper, which has ardent
Y campaigned for MVA for nearly
our years, will renew it's efforts to
ring about the passage of Senator
Iurray's bill. We salute the sena-
OF on his reelection and urge him
o proceed in the spirit of Adm.
'arragut's famous hne-"Damn the
full speed aheadw
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
WHY HOMES Are
BOUGHT

Most newspapers featured re-
cent Federal Reserve Board report
that the number of home owners hac
increased as proof of their increased
prosperity.
But these same newspapers failed
to reprint an important paragraph
from that same government report
stating that:
"The permanence of at least
some of the recent increases in
home ownership is questionable.
The acute shortage of rental units
has no doubt forced many families
to buy homes, often at inflated
prices and somewhat beyond their
means, simply in order to obtain
shelter"
One additional proof of this is the
fact that home mortgages have in
creased by $14 billion or So percent
between 1889 and 1947 when the in
crease in home ownership took place.
The fact is that, unable to find
housing at rent within their means,
many working people invested their
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
Progressive Party
Lists Its Proposals
For Congress Action

Chicago (AP)-The national com
mittee of the Progressive party has
listed jobs on which it intends to ask
Congress to get busy. At the top of
the list was reopening of negotiations
with the Soviet Union.
The statement also called for re-
peal of the peace-time draft law, San
end to the re-arming of Germany"
and termination of aid to China.
At the conclusion of two-day
meeting of the 100 committeeman
here yesterday, Henry A. Wallace
told reporters he would be a Prog
ressive presidential candidate again
in 1852 eff it would be the best thing
for the party
The legislative program called for
repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law,
full rent control on all housing,
roll-back of prices, funds for 4,OOO,-
900 low rent homes, income tax ex-
emption of $4,000 for families of
four, federal veterans bonus, ma
tional health insurance with 500 a |
month pension for all persons at age
go, and maintenance of a 80 per
cent farm price parity support.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26


written.
Over the past few years, Senator
Murray's name has been synonymous
with MVA and there seems little
doubt that the elderly Montanan will
devote his energies to the end that
MVA will cap his career, just as IVA
capped the career of the late Senator
George w. Norris of Nebraska.
Twice has Murray offered MVA bills
and now he is preparing a third
measure. Just as his second bill was
an improvement over his first one,
the third one is designed to improve
on the second, meeting objections
that were raised when Murray, at his
own expense, held series of hear
ings year ago.
In his renewed efforts Senator
Murray will have at his right hand
new and powerful ally, Senator-elect
Humphrey of Minnesota. This cru
sading progressive, who proved as
Mayor of Minneapolis and in the last
Democratic convention that he is an
antagonist to be reckoned with, an
nounces that he means to throw him
self intellectually into the battle
for an MVA. We welcome him
warmly. From Senator-elect Ke-
fauver of Tennessee, also, Senator
Murray will receive powerful new
support. Kefauver not only is heart |
and soul with the fight-he knows |
a great deal about it from his first
hand acquaintanceship with IVA and
his constant work for that agency.
In the new Congress, it is to be
that Murray's new bill will
not be sent to hostile committees.
1t is a black mark against President
Truman, who has often given lip
service to MVA, that he helped kill
it as vice president when he referred
the legislation to a committee which
was determined to kill it. 1t is to be
too, that MVA will be
made the subject of fair and extern
sive hearings, "a process it did not
have in the last two congresses.
Members of the new congress must
De impressed with the urgency of 7
he need for a valley authority as
irrigation and flood
control agency. They must be told
again and again how some of the
most valuable natural resources of
he United States are being squand-
red or washed into the sea. Such
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

our young students in the institutions
might consider worth investigating
in detail. One is ethnic. There is
in North Dakota a much higher per-
centage of Scandinavians than in
Montana. Being of Virginia an
cestry myself, I do not admit superb
GRITTY on the whole of the Scandi-
navian race over English, Irish,
French, or any others of our melting
pot, but in one social aspect, they
do excel; that is, in their power to
co-operate-to unite their efforts for
an overall benefit.
(Lack of this faculty for 1900
years kept the Jews from being able
to perfect and maintain a separate
nation. Though for ten years now
the River Shannon is in a valley
disunity among the Irish
people themselves enabled England
to keep strangle-hold on, and ex-
plot, Ireland for 500 years. The
separate tribes of Indians could not
unite against the White man,
The main spring of the Farmer
Labor movement IN North Dakota of
35 to 40 years ago was a desire to
make the state somewhat of a CO.
operative commonwealth. This found
expression in state-owned elevators,
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

at the f1oteI commodore yesterday,
Snyder said that real estate men had
been too pessimistic" about the
change in Washington brought about
by the last election.
Fright after the election we got a
real deluge of pessimistic view
points," he said. "That was false
picture"
The NAREB, which is holding a
week-long convention here, has some
As, 900 members organized in over a
thousand real estate boards. 1t takes
credit for having blocked the Wag-
-Ellender-Taft housing bill in the
last Congress.
Snyder, as executive secretary of
the realtors Washington committee,
is chief national legislative lobbyist
for NAREB, working directly under
Herbert u. Nelson, NAREB's execu-
tive vice-president.
His speech yesterday to the Sec
retaries' Council, composed of eXecu-
tive secretaries of local real estate
boards all over the country, followed
a meeting of the realtors Washing
ton committee from which the press
was barred.
Snyder told the secretaries, "I'll
say the same thing to you that |
just said at the Washington commit
tee meeting. This Congress will be
q tougher fight than ever before, but
there's no reason to be discouraged"
Snyder dispassionately surveyed
the prospects for New Deal legisla
ton in the senate and house, and said
there was majority of one or two
n the senate and 80 to 35 in the
house which could be counted on to
oppose rent control and public hous-
ng.
He said there were IS Democratic
senator's who would vote with the
majority against the Tru-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

clays, that state lacks producing
mines. Because of the gentle grade
to it's rivers, it's developed water
power is negligible, and to harness
the possible water power requires
untold expense.
We, too, have in eastern Montana
above $4,000 square miles of Ignite
coal. There, as also in north Mon
tana, are vast fields of natural gas
and some oil. Our wheat lands
about equal those of the sister state
to the east.
Yet we dwindle for 20 years. They
increase.
The causes why, should be as
signed for study, in detail, in every
one of our university units. Our ill
ness cannot be bettered until cor
rect diagnosis of it is made, and then
made known in every hamlet in the
state to the folks young enough to
change policies.
Here are some suggestions that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

used). The total population (194O)
of Idaho 524,0O and of North Da-
kota 641, 900, is more than twice that
of Montana. In 1880 our state was
the only one that had less people
than it had in 1920. Estimates are
that this phase is present again for
the census of 1850.
Idaho approaches us, but does not
equal us, in mineral resources. Idaho
does not near approach us in posi-
BILE, or developed, water power. Her
timber reserves are not so extensive
as ours. Her grass lands are not so
vast as ours, nor are her wheat lands
nearly so large as ours. Yet, her
people do steadily increase. Why
the difference? There is very little
coal, and no producing oil or natural
gas land in Idaho. The climate in
western Montana is about as mild
as that of Idaho.
When North Dakota is considered,
there is an immense margin of nat
lral resources in our favor. Except
for Ignite coal, and some ceramic
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26

man program on these issues, and
named II of them:
Spessard L. Holland of Florida,
Walter F. George and Richard B.
Russell of Georgia, DIN D. Johnston
and Burnet r. Maybank of South
Carolina, Clyde R. Hoey of North
Carolina, James o. Eastland of Mis-
sissippi, John L. Mcclellan of Arkan-
sas, Harry F. Byrd and A. Willis
Robertson of Virginia, Ernest w.
Mcfarland of Arizona and Pat Nc
Carran of Nevada.
FDR Didn't Get 1t
He named five Republican sena-
tors who could be expected to vote
for rent control and public housing:
Wayne Morse of Oregon, William
LANCER of North Dakota, Ralph E.
Flanders of Vermont, Charles w.
.Tobey of New Hampshire and George
d. Aiken of Vermont.
ut isn't a matter of Democrats
versus Republicans, Snyder said
"It's matter of men of both parties
believing in the American way of
doing things.
Remember that Roosevelt had a
Democratic Congress in 1888, and he
asked a billion dollars for public
housing. Roosevelt was a pretty
smooth operator. But he didn't get
the money for housing.
There was a Democratic Con-
gress in 40, and they didn't get it.
In AZ and IA they didn't get it
either"
Snyder cautioned against starting
out with compromise position.
Nov is not the time to COM
PROMISE" he said. "Now is the time
to get in there and punch.
"Now is the time, if you'll pardon
The expression, to adopt the tactics
IF Harry Truman in the election.
Get in there and fight"
Snyder urged that the realtors not
wait until January 2 to start work
ng on their congressman, but to
Degin right away He suggested
hat local boards arrange to keep in
constant contact with their repre-
entatives, and prescribed, as one
ure way to congressman's heart,
praise for votes on issues
ot directly connected with real
state.
He promised to send to each board
ecretary copy of the "highly
uarded list" of members in that
cards state of the enlarged real
)rs' Washington committee" a ma
on-wide lobby of some $500 per-
)ns organized to put pressure on
ongressmen when the signal is given
'om Washington.
After the speech the board secre-
Try from Stamford, Conn.,, got
nyder aside and asked him if he
dn't think maybe some of the criti-
SIN of NAREB for taking too strong
position against the Truman adj
inistration was justified. Snyder
piled that it was sound strategy
take the strongest possible posi-
ON to start, and compromise if you
Id to-
We're for complete decontrol of
nts," he said Actually, I think
hat will come out of this next con-
'ess is law turning rent control
ok to the states -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
Our Backward Montana
By LOWNDES MAURY

IN area 5s square miles, Montana ranks third the
is
but has So
Dakota 10000 miles, Idaho
5000 the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
Realtors See Hope In Tory
Bloc In CONGRESS

publication edtoriay this Time
following
BARLEY Star" which the
real
and kill action for housing sum clearance etc Andhavng read
social
the 81st
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
By TOM O'CONNOR

K. Washington lobbyist
yesterday predicted
be
to block and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-11-26
MVA Back On Map, .Ays
St. Louis Post Dispatch
From ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

"MVA back S Murray's
to
Shortly
offered the
defeat- hut The euzilu hea
Evening star., 1948-09-28
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Take Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
Get to Go.

@. Will you please explain the
correctness or incorrectness of such
expressions as. Il didn't get to CO.?
My English class can find nothing
on it in our school library.-Mrs.
F. B
A. Such expressions are dialectai.
Better say: I was unable to go; I
couldn't go.
Avoid: "she didn't. get to get
married" Get to- get'' is impos-
sible. Get married" is dubious.
Better say: She was unable to be
married. ..... ..., e..
Wrong: "They will visit us if
they can get to-" Right: They
will visit us if they are able, or if
they can, or if nothing prevents,
Wrong: He said that be didn't
go to do that" Do not use go in
the meaning OF intend" or mean.
Better say: He said that he didn't
mean Gntend) to do that.
Wrong: What made you go to
say that?" Right: What made you
say that! Or: Why did you say
that?
Wrong: II went to go for a walk,
but it rained.' Right: I started to
60 walking, but it rained. Or: ]
started to go for walk, but IT
rained
Wrong: GAS he went to sing, his
voice broke" Right: When he be-
gan to sing, his voice broke.
Wrong: Just as he went to leave
he slipped and fell down" Right
just as he left, he slipped and fell
("Fall down. though commonly
heard, is redundant. 1t would bt
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Test Your Horse Sense
By Dr.. George W. Crone

Score one point for correct solu-
ton to each Of the first five prob
lens. The last problem counts five
points.
/. Which one of these sports draws
the most spectators in America?
Basket Ball Football Baseball
Hockey
2. A blackboard should make one
think primarily Of:
Shinto Pinto Gilt Eve
3. philatelist would probably
want to show you his collection OF
Old Coins Butterflies Buttons
Stamps
4. In the same room, at the same
air temperature, which one OF these
floor coverings would feel the coolest
to your bare feet?
Linoleum Tile Wool Rug Wood
5. Which one of these materials
Is measured by the cord?
Sheet Music Coal Wood Gravel
6. Here is an interesting problem
in simple mathematics which you
can use at parties to cause a lot OF
protests that it can't be solved. Yet
it is comparatively easy and involves
no trickery: Two numbers, when
added together, make the sum OF
II. And when the larger is divided
by the smaller, the quotient Is ex-
actly Z. What are the two num-
bers?"
Score yourself as follows: o.,
poor; 3-6, average: TO, superior; !;
e-1O, very superior.
Stamps sa''fii, J. He. 5. WOOD. 3. III. two
Plumbers are Q5a and IA
Evening star., 1948-09-28
PANGOLIN.
Mopic Torrico7Jfd
By LiIIion Cox Athey

Pangolins of South Africa, China
and Java are such self-sutf1cient
and independent creatures they are
rarely seen in ZOOS. Through the
centuries they have evolved mode
of living that insures their conti-
nuity.
The four-foot- long Pangolin Is
clothed in steel-like armor. His
brown scales begin at the base OF
his long snout ending at the tip OF
his tail. When frightened the pam
COLIN rolls up into tight ball. He
tucks his unprotected snout between
his front legs and presses his tail
against his body between his hind
legs. There is no spot an enemy
can find unprotected at this stage.
-Four strong men cannot unwind the
roller, try as hard as they will. Fur
ther. the scales are all standing
erect. presenting a sight to discour-
age the most aggressive intruder OF
the jungle. If bullet is fired at
the pagolin it is likely to bounce of,
not disturbing the creature at all.
At times the pangolin takes on a
large jungle neighbor in a wrestling
match. Though he possesses no
teeth for biting, his sharp claws
are effective for ripping. Opponents
aware of these tools seize the first
opportunity to get away.
Hunting at night affords much
protection. Early in life the pam
COLIN realizes the need of a home
and safety. He >excavates . long
hallway from the surface to a
chamber IL feet wide, then he locks
his door with dirt. Coming out at
dusk, he thrusts his long snout into
every crevice promising ants or in
sects. At an ant mound, he rips
open the entrance then waits pa
tiently for the angry hordes to flow
out. At this stage he lays his long.
sticky wormlike tongue among the
swarming ants, having no teeth to
grind them up, he swallows fast,
soon reducing the number to few
struggling ones. If he unearths or
uncovers q fat beetle he settles on
his launches with an air of pleas
ure ahead. His claws pass the juicy
morsel to his tongue, which passes
1t quickly into the mouth, then the
hunter goes smiling about for bees,
honey and insect neighbors.
Though he Is q silent fellow he
does indulge in kissing to express
emotions.
Twins arrive each year. Their
scales are soft and pliable. The
youngsters rell up effectively when
attacked. They are at the mercy OF
eager natives who hunt for all pan
collins. The flesh of the animal Is
tender and white. Honored guests
are always served pangolin meat.
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Inactivity should not be interpreted as goodness
hard to imagine falling anywhere
but down excent nerhanS "fall in -

hard to imagine falling anywhere
but down, except, perhaps, fall in, y
as in military usageD
Avoid "All men are not subject
to the draft "All men" includes
every man; and some men, OF
course, are subject to the draft
Better say: Not all men are subject
to the draft.
Wrong Every one is Dem
ocrat.' Untrue: for millions of
Americans are Democrats. Right:
Not every one is Democrat.
Wrong: Every American does
not hate communism" Not true,
for, unfortunately, some Americans
do not hate Communism. Right:
Not every American hates COM
munism. So, -,,->
Wrong: Everybody is not patri-
otic." Untrue, for most of us are
patriots. Right: Not everybody is
patriotic.
Mr.. colby's Lie-Lay, sit-Set Pamphlet
makes these confusing word irs as sim
pie as ABc. The nontechnical key docs
the trick. For a copy, send ) cents N
coin, and a stamped. self-addressed en-
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