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The future outlook., 1949-09-03
City Council Votes
Against ReZOninq
On BenboW. Road

> City Council Tuesday voted
against rezoning a 40-acre tract
of land off Benbow Road for use
as site of a 256-unit Negro hous-
ing project.
By a. vote of three to two, the
council turned down the petition
of w. H. Weaver Construction
Company for rezoning the area
from residence A to apartment
usage.
The council disposed of the re-
.zoning matter in 20 minutes.
Council members Mack Arnold,
Paige Holder, and Mrs. c. w.
Dwiggins voted against the re-
zoning, and Mayor Ben Cone and
E. L. Faulconer voted for the
measure.
Robert H. Frazier, who had
earlier stated his opposition to
the rezoning, was absent from
the session, and Roy Morgan de-
clined to vote, stating that he
owned property in the affected
area.
After the vote was taken, Nor
gan told the council that he
would have voted for rezoning
! had he notthad, an interest in the
property. He termed the recon-
ing matter Zone Of the most heat
ed fights in council history" -.
81 M More than 90 Spectators, most
sSS whom were Negroes, were
present at the special session
held in the. courtroom at city hall.
n Major opponents of the recon-
ing were Negro residents of Ben
bow Road and adjoining areas,
!; and several white residents near
the site of the proposed NEGRO
housing project i.
~ Z. An unexpected move was made
before. the: special session, when
city council members were serv-
edtwith antinjunction restraining
them from passing the rezoning
measure without three-fourths
vote. ......i, -.
The injunction was issued by
Judge F.. Donald Phillips, and
required the interested parties
to appear before him ats2 p. m.
Tuesday. The injunction was
asked by N. E. Hargett, Jr.
The future outlook., 1949-09-03
Man Murdered
By AK

James Creech was killed with
an AK at his home, 1901 Gorrell
Street, about $50 a. m, Friday,
September 2. The investigating
officers, Sgts. D. B. High and R.
l.. Paschal, are holding Creech's
wife, Leoa Creech, for further
investigation.
Creech's body is at Browns
Funeral Home. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete.
The future outlook., 1949-09-03

>. degree at "A. q 1. OOlleSe JuSI
one year ago. What he stated as
being a native of Siler City, N. c.
in the rural area of Chatham
County is true and also his fam
lily life as to the number of
brothers and sisters he has may
be true, but it is doubtful that he
is in position to educate one Of
his younger brothers and sisters
which is indicated in Sundays
Daily News.
1t was stated in the Greensboro
Daily News that 19-year-old
Clemont Paige is the youngest
Negro ever to be granted a Phi.
D. degree by any American uni
versity. 1t further stated that
Paige received his doctorate last
January from McGill University
in Canada in the field of Physi-
illogical Psychology.
The FUTURE OUTLOOK staff
made a thorough investigation
through the registrars office at
A. & T. College of Paige's where
abouts and his record at that
time. The registrar, Prof. c. R.
A. Cunningham, presented us all
of his qualifications which shows
that Paige was just an average
C-grader student at A. & T. and
was teaching at Bethune-Cook-
man College at the time he was
said to have been studying to-
ward a Ph. D. No request, has
ever come to them for his trans
I.cript to do any further study to-
ward masters degree less
known a Phi. D.
In 1947, which was stated as
being the year he received his
masters degree in Bacteriology
from the. City College in New
York, Paige was student at A.
& T. College working toward his
B. S.
President Bluford of A. & T.
College stated that he doubted
very seriously that he had been
invited to deliver a paper on
IAN Exploratory Investigation
of the Commensality of the Sea
Anemone and Hermit Crab with
Comparative Reference to the
Existing Symbolic Relationship
Among Mankind" before the
British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science at New
Castle-Upon-Tyne.
President Bluford stated that
he seriously doubted but it may
be possible that the. paper could
be delivered by Paige.
It was further stated that
Paige finished high school in
New York, but records show in
the registrars office at A. & T.
College that he finished from the
Chatham County Training School
in Siler City, N. c., in 1945, at
the age of Is. 1t is true that he
finished college in three years
by attending three full sessions of
summer school.
President Bluford further stat
ed that all elevation and honor
and promotion of any A. & T.
College graduate is done through
the recommendation of the insti-
tuition and no such recommended
ton as so stipulated in Sundays
paper of all these credentials
concerning J. Clemont Paige have
ever been called to his attention
and as far as A. & T. knows
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

You apparently labor under a fur
Their delusion in the belief that val
ley authority proponents want MVA
and eva on top what we have and
inquire "why?" The truth is that
valley authority advocates want MVA
and eva in place of what we are
now getting, not on top of it. This
they do for the sound reason that our
region is not getting a real develop
ment but very complete rocking.
In Missouri Valley the Pick-Sloan
so called development plan will pro-
duce only about one third of possible
hydro-electric power and in the states
of Montana, Wyoming and the two
Dakotas very little of the 100000
acres of irrigation that has been
promised, to say nothing of another
four or five million acres that we
can have under a real plan. More
over Pick-Sloan has now officially
shut out the checking of soil erosion,
elimination of silt and the restora-
ton of failing wells upon which half
the population of the valley depend.
The Army Bureau of
Reclamation plan for Columbia Riv-
er is apparently not nearly as bad as
its Missouri River counterpart. 1t
is however an incomplete conception
and plan that cannot be materially
bettered without change in the laws
under which these agencies work In
neither case is it now legally possible
to coordinate in and dovetail the
work of some 25 other Federal agen-
cies each of which is carrying some
part of the development work. Equal
ly bad is the practice under which
funds for various development agen-
cies now come on the initiative of a |
of subcommittee in con-
gross and nobody ever gets complete |
picture of what is to be done, or
how to do it. A lot of money down |
rat holes is the harvest we are reap |
ing now.
| believe that if you will take time
to acquaint your self with some of
the facts relative to what we can
have and what we are now getting
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
ROLE OF eva and MvA EXPLAINED TO EDITOR OF
HAVRE DAILY NEWS

Assuming that the Editor of the
Havre Daily News (and the Editor OF
the Great Falls) may not be alone in
laboring under decisions concerning
the method of regional development
under valley authorities, MVA Re-
gional Engineer Jerome Locke, has
written the following explanatory
letter to the Havre editor:
Helena, Mont.
Nov. Is, 1949
Editor-Havre Daily News
Havre, Montana
Dear Mr.. Editor:
l note by reprint in the Great Falls
Tribune of Nov one of your edi-
torials entitled Montana on List for
SAL, 100000 of Federal Gravy" Per-
haps the list should also include
road money, school money, benefits
to veterans and all the lesser items
that get back here from the Federal
Treasury. Even if the total be double
the sum set forth above, what of it?
Even if this keeps up for 25 years,
Montana will only get back part of
the millions it has heretofore sent
out for power bills, freight, insur-
ance of all kinds, most of the pro-
cessed or manufactured goods it con-
sumes and to add reserves, or pay
dividends, on absentee owned prop
erty.
If measured in dollars with a pur-
chasing power equal to that of rs
years ago, it is doubtful if the total
wealth of all the people who actually
live in Montana is greater now than
it was then. This despite very high
productive rate during the interven-
ing years. The state is a producer
of raw materials and has increas-
ingly become colonial dependency
which works for an absentee owner
ship on control rather than the en-
richment of it's own people. There
is little hope for betterment except
thru development plans that will
bring more naturalization and a
better balanced economy. This is the
objective of MVA and CVAA.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
KEYNOTE Address
Honor Accorded
Mary Condor

Miss Mary M. Condor, Montana
State Superintendent of Public In
struction this week gave the keynote
address at the National Council OF
Chief State School Officers Work
shop which is being held in Biloxi
Mississippi. Miss Condor chose as
her topic "The Major Problems in
School Education"
Among those problems, Miss Con-
don emphasized the Importance of
education of the whole child which
can be accomplished through the COM
bined cooperation and coordination
of the state department personnel and
the local and county school officials.
Miss Condor pointed out that i'm
portance of keeping people aware of
solving schools problems, which is
their responsibility, through demo-
cratic action.
She also stated there is need for
Qualification of federal and state re-
lations. Mis- Condor pointed out the
need of local people and the school
boards, including county and state
officials, correlating their efforts to-
ward improving our educational sys-
tenn.
On emphasizing the need to equal
ize the educational burden and for the
economy of school cost, Miss Con-
don said eve must maintain econom-
ical schools, but not cheap schools"
Miss Condon's philosophy of edu-
cation is aimed at equal educational
opportunity for every boy and girl
in Montana for basic functional ed
ucation, with emphasis on the develop
ment of the individual as a useful
and productive member of society.
In stating this philosophy, Miss Con-
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

carcaSSeS set aside for the Indian
tribes of the nation, would rot on the
range-i.e. would be wilfully destroy
ed property belonging to all the pc
ople. They further contend that every
effort should first be made to trans
plant the reported surplus elk pop
ulation, not only on Montana ranges,
but in other parts of the nation as
well.
To bring this matter to a head
and save the elk herd-sportsmen's
groups are asking Montana people
to Immediately wire their protests
against the slaughter to Governor
John w. Bonner, and our Con-
gressional delegation.
Thus does the matter presently
stand. The Park Service claims park
ranges are overstocked. The Board
of Examiners figures that since more
than $50 elk set aside for the Indian
tribes, may have to be slaughtered
that it's only good business for state
institutions to buy all of the carcasses
they can satisfactorily handle. And
some sportsmens groups insist that
the slaughter not come off until every
effort has been made to transplant
the big game animals in other areas,
and that the board is in error in au-
thorizing the game commission to CO.
operate with the park service.
The Slaughter Plan
The slaughter repeatedly will start
about December 10 unless heavy
snow drives the elk out of the Park
into Montana. Slaughter will start at
south end of the herd in order to
encourage elk to make tracks for non
park territory.
1. The Park service will trap elk
for transplanting in various game
Continued on Page Threel
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
BRANNAN TO s EAK AT
FU GRAIN $, ANIMAL
meet, &c. I3

Secretary of Agriculture Charles
Brannan will top the list of nation
ally recognized farm spokesman
when he speaks in ST. Paul, Deem
Der IS, at the twelfth annual meet
| ing of the Farmers Union Grain
| Terminal Association in the ST. Paul
auditorium. The three-day stock
holders meeting of the grain coop
opens on December IL.
Brannan's remarks will be carried
over a radio network covering Min
nesota and the Dakotas. He is ex-
pected to launch a renewed drive
for enactment of the farm program
he presented to congress last April.
The farm price support issue looms
as one of the major issues before
congress next year.
M. w. Thatcher, general manager
of the regional grain coop, said more
than 1000 northwest farmers are
expected at the convention, Deem
Der IL to ID. The ST. Paul auditor
ium-largest meeting place in the
Twin Cities-will house the conven-
ton.
Thatcher reported the co-op's OPP
erations for the past year as "satis-
factory" in view of the drops in the
grain market. GTA is now building
five million bushels of additional
grain storage space, to be ready for
next years crop, Thatcher reported.
This gives the coop approximately
20 million bushels of terminal stor-.
age in four northwest states. Mem
bers are. expected to act by resolu-
ton on plans for future expansion,
particularly with regard to building
additional elevators.
In addition to Brannan, Mime
sofas Governor Luther Youngdahl,
Fred Heinkel, president of the Mis-
souri, Farmers Association, James E.
Patton, president National Farmers
Union, and Roy Hendrickson, Wash
ington representative of the Nation
al Federation of Grain Co-operatives,
are scheduled to address the farm
ers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

The above information has
been forthcoming as a result of
the controversial letter publish
ed early this week by the State
Board of Examiners. The ex-
aminers, while pointing out that they
are powerless to change national park
policy regarding the slaughter, de-
fend their decision to permit the
fish and game commission to dress
and freeze the slaughtered elk as good
business for Montana. Under terms
of this decision, the various state
institutions, including residence halls
at the various college units, would
be able to secure all of the elk meat
they could handle at SIS to $25 per
carcass. This represents a consider
able saving to the state on meat pur-
chases.
Transplant Elk, Say Sportsmen
Sportsmen's groups contend the
board is in error in permitting the
fish and game. commission to cooper
ate, and that if such cooperation
were not Forthcoming, the park
slaughter could be effectively stopped
that, under federal court decision,
the park service cannot wilfully de-
stroy property belonging to all the
people. Without the cooperation of
the game commission, sportsmen con-
tend, all slaughtered elk above $50
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02


the food-gathering compaign.
Flathead county gathered two loads
of produce and about 500 as a result
of direct appeal from the strike com.
mittee. A Ravalli county farmer, John
Burden of Stevensville, gave 40 boxes
of Bitter Root valley apples. In Cas-
cade county $500 pounds of produce
were gathered in the Sun River area.
Cash was raised in Pondera, Cas-
cade, Fergus, Valley and Yellowstone
counties; cash and wheat in Judith
Basin and Teton. With these dona-
lions five tons of flour were pur-
chased and approximately $475 was
left over which went into the strike
fund.
Referring to the flour purchase,
Kinsey stated: Because we had the
full cooperation of the Farmers I'm
ion Grain Terminal Association dis
trict manager, Ben Danforth, we were
able to get flour laid down in kellogg
for $1.40 per cwt cheaper than the
strike committee had been able to
purchase flour"
Best Collection Made in Judith Basin
The best single collection was made
by Fred Maxi and Mrs. Anne Leland
in the Stanford Windham area. They
used truck and collected wheat and
some cash worth almost $500.
Where wheat was collected the
average donation was nearly 10 bush
els. The cash donations to the fund
averaged So each.
Farm Union locals whose members
made contributions included:
Cascade: Arlington, Willow Belt,
Cashier Falls, Sun River, and Head
quarters local;
Pondera: Ledger, Manson, East
Community;
Teton: Beck, Pendroy, Greenfield,
Diamond Valley;
Judith Basin: Stanford, Geyser;
Fergus: Brooks;
Ravalli: Stevensville;
Valley: Nashua;
Yellowstone: Broadview;
Flathead: countrywide;
Individual Farmers Union mem
oers in Daniels and Roosevelt counties |
also made donations in the campaign. |
Farm-Labor Cooperation Necessary
Looking back over the drive, Kinsey
noted that g. nearly all farmers
contacted felt that their income de-
pended on the purchasing power of
abor. Nearly all agreed that farm
abor cooperation is necessary and |
hat monopoly is common enemy"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
Much Food Given Striking Couer d'Alene
Miners By Montana Farmers

Many hundreds of dollars of
food stuffs and cash were con-
tributed by Farmers Union loo
ais and members in eleven
Montana counties to aid the
5000 Couer 'd'Alene miners during
their recent strike for living wage
and better working conditions, Mon
tana food committee co-ordinator,
Chef Kinsey reports. Twenty-Five
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

particularly Garfield county, were
gone into thoroughly. This discus
sion resulted in passage of a resolu-
ton favoring the making Of formal
request by the federation for loan
funds from REA Administration to
construct a lis XIV line from Fort
Peck bus bar to Jordan, county seat
of Garfield county. Funds would also
be asked to carry the 115 XIV line to
point between Roundup and Bill
lings where connection would be made
with REA Montana 9 Yellowstone.
In another resolution the fedora
ton also requested that loan funds
for SO XIV line in the Huntley-Har-
din area be made available.
In still another resolution, a sys-
tenn study was recommended that
planning and placing Of transmission
facilities be co-ordinated with the
Bureaus plans, and subject also to
the approval of the Administrator of
REAs
Want Rate Schedule Worked Out
A final resolution urged that the
Bureau, the FPC, REA and the fed
Grafton work out rate schedule for
purchase of Bureau power at the Fort
Peck bus bar to the end that the rate
the federation wculd permit the
carrying out of construction program
so badly needed in eastern Montana.
Such reasonable rate schedule would
effect substantial savings to the CO.
ops who would be served during the
waiting period for completion of Vel
lowtail.
In another decision by the group,
Governor Bonner will be asked to in
clude representative of public power
on the State Resources Planning
Commission.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

Most immediate need of the
various REA co-ops is to Sc
cure more favorable wholesale
rates on power. Eddie j. Will
liams, Lewistown, secretary
er of the group, pointed out that 21
co-ops could have saved approximate
ly $4,000 in 1913 had these co-ops
been able to secure energy from Mon
tana Power Co. at standard Bureau
of Reclamation rates.
Immediate starting of construc-
ton of Yellowtail dam in southeastern
Montana was held to be imperative
if sufficient power is to be available
for rural southeastern Montana in
years to come. Yellowtail is now in
"phase Az. To hurry up start of act
ual construction, the federation de-
cided to request meeting with the Di-
rector of the Bureau of the Budget
to more fully acquaint him with the
urgent necessity of this dam being
placed under construction immediate
ly.
Help of Governor Sought
To emphasize upon the director
the Importance of such a meeting
the federation further decided to seek
the assistance of Governor John w.
Bonner and our entire congressional
delegation not only to bring about
the holding of such a meeting, but
also to bring additional facts be-
fore the Budget Bureau concerning
Yelowtail. Mote: Even though con-
struction gets underway by 1851, it
would be the latter part of the SOS
before the project could begin pro-
ducing power).
Immediate need for transmission
facilities and power availability in
certain parts of eastern Montana,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
WORKERS, NOT PROFITS
HIT BY SLUMP

Although continued and increased
unemployment threatens workers,
profits remained remarkably high
even during the slump in the first
half of 1949.
In discussing current profits the
Journal of Commerce July IL, 1949)
reports profits Holding Up In Re-
cession's First Phase" One reason
is that employers have been much
more successful in retrenching and
cutting unit costs than the pessimists
expected"
Profits Per Worker
How manufacturing corporations
exploited workers by speed-up and
by price increases is shown by the
increases in profits per worker.
Mfg. Profits before taxes,
Per Worker
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
TO PREVENT ELK SLAUGHTER
SP0RTSMEN SHOULD CONTACT STATE
GAME WARDEN Immediately

Montana sportsmen who want the proposed saugh
Yellowstone Park elk stopped slowed down should inn
edatey contact State Game Warden Lambeth regarding the
possibility of ranspanting these elk and federay
owned lands Reports that there number of such
available which could absorb of the 1900 elk
renty marked for slaughter after December 10.
(Note According to Sportsmen this 500 is msnomer
Actually the original Park Service order reduce the herd
by 000 the spormen contend still stands whether the elk
transplanted other slaughtered within
out park boundaries).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02
R.E.A. OFFICIALS STRESS need FOR
POWER development

Discussion of the need for development and
the of low Monana % REA
featured the meeting of the of Montana Transmission
Electric Coop Federation Lewsown November 81
A. Twed Havre chairman the federation presided
meeting of approximately dozen REA and rec-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-12-02

The annual rate of net profits in
the first quarter of 1949 was SIP
billion; in the second quarter the an
nual rate was still $15.3 billion (Es-
Inmates of the Council of Economic
Advisers). This rate of profit is con-
siderably greater than the $13.9 bill
lion net profit in 1916 which was one
of the important arguments used by
labor in getting its largest of the
postwar wage increases.-U News.
you will speedily join a rapidly grow
ing chorus for valley authority acts.
Sincerely yours,
JEROME G. LOCKE
Member Regional
Com. for MVA
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-12-01
MroSIMSNTI ANA IN AND FOR TIE
OOONIY OF RIG rrnnnrti

MONTANA IN AND Fop rr,r
COUNTY OF BIG HopNI LIE
EsTaTrIH E MATTER OF THE
ss1I3I "a OF JOSEPH GRAHaMaG
Esq KNOWN AS JOSEPH a
1,SAaAM, Deceased. a.
NStICE Is HEREBY GrvrN,
py the undersigned. administra
Gra.oi the estate of Josenb
Graham, also known as :Joseph
sScaham, deceased, to The
ne ua9orS OF and all persons hsve
aals claims against the said &c
CEASED to present and exhihi+
mem, with the necessarv un'1
sftar' Mltnln ten (10) months
fbie the first publication of
Sc tIoGlce, to the said admin
at her home on Star
rs9ate' located about tWentvHtwo
m1tlles southwest of iodgo
tS ans Big Horn County. Mon
for tne same being the place
= o4r Gne transaction of business
OF the said estate. SS
lated at Hardin, Montano
ILLS 9th day of November. 1ada
FRANCES GRAHAM. Admir-:
assratr1x Of the estate of 10
Seph Graham, also known &c
Joseph A. Graham, Deceased.
9. c. CiSel,
Stapleton Bldg.
Billings, Montana.
Attorney for Administrotr;y
'Puo. Nov. 10, II, "a, Dec. II