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Evening star., 1949-10-13
Goren on Bridqe

A Neat Example of Picture Bidding.
Few readers will demur to the
general proposition that in order to
bid slam safely you ought to find
out what your partner has. This
statement on the surface appears to
be so naive that I fear some will
see in 1t the symptoms of premature
senility. There is, however, method
to what may appear to be my mad
ness.
The highly mechanized age in
which we live has left its mark on
our slam bidding methods. In the
quest for aces and kings many play
ers overlook equally important
features of hand. The singleton,
for example, has been rudely
neglected. And just as many slams
are dependent upon the possession
of a short suit as upon the holdings
of certain aces and kings.
The North and South pair in to-
days hand showed a very delicate
touch. North was presented with
an immediate problem for his second
bid. None appeared to be completely
satisfactory His choice of two
hearts was probably the best While
the hand is rich in honor tricks, the
distribution is very barren, and
there are many losers to be taken
care Of. Many players with the
South hand would merely have
contracted for game, but South saw
possibilities in the hand if North
had some high clubs. He therefore
bid three clubs "a one-round force,
since hearts have been temporarily
agreed upon.
North, to compensate for his
previous underbid, now quite
properly bid four clubs, because he
felt South was fishing for that in
formation. South naturally could
do no more at this point and re-
turned to four hearts. 1t became
clear to North that if South had no
more than one spade loser the slam
should be just around the corner.
He, therefore, bid five hearts. The
common sense of the situation was
clear. The bid must mean: Partner,
everything seems to be under con-
troll except the spades. What do
you say?" South's answer was easy.
"I can take care of the spades. "
Had South's spade and diamond
holding been reversed the COM
plexion of the hand would have been
entirely different. It was all
matter Of having the right singleton
Tomorrow's problem-As South
you hold:
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
I heart Pass clubs Pass
2hearts Pass 2N-T Pass
3spades Pass ?
What do you bid now?
(Copyright, 1949. by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-10-13
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Evening star., 1949-10-13
Not This

Mother-But we've always had
Friday evenings for our family fun
nights, dear. I think you should
tell the girls you can't ever make
any plans for Friday nights.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Points for Parents By Ed,th 1he"o. we''oe.

We defeat hen make family recreation
duty instead OF pleaurabe factor in chdrens
Development
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Answer tn CHARGING

in every edge, before settling down
to sleep. Towels and small blankets
also are made into tents.
Each tamarin appears to have a
characteristic song and you learn to
know each singer by his voice, but
all of them are shy with audiences.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
British Peers Help
Wives With Dishes

After a gruelling days debate in
the House of Lords, some peers
are not above going home and
helping their wives to wash the
dishes.
This was stated recently in the
House by Lord Pethick-Lawrence.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Test Your Horse Sense-hDzew G. w. croo.

so tiny they cannot be seen under
the ordinary microscope. You are
entitled to one point for each correct
judgment in distinguishing between
the cause of each disease. Place a
check mark under the appropriate
heading for each.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

livestock industry as organized in
this state. Its secretary is George
Kern, chief auditor of the Northern
Pacific Railway.
There is a peculiarly cordial, in
fact a sublimely happy, relationship
between the railroads, and the ship
pers of livestock. There is also COM
radeship between the management of
! Yellowstone Park and the Northern
Pacific.
The "Absarokee conservation COM
mittee" got together with the Vel
lowstone Park Service and advised
the. Montana Fish and Game Com
mission to kill 5000 elk. No one
else in Montana was consulted, and
the decision was announced, not as
a proposal to the adoption of which
the public might object, but as an
accomplished fact. The public, par
ticularly, the sportsmen, were AFRO
gantly told that the facts had been
determined - on a higher level, of
course, than that to which ordinary
hunters and working people might
aspire.
We are told that the elk will die
of starvation if their number is not
reduced by this kill. That is mere
opinion of this self-constituted and
self-proclaimed conservation COM
mittee,' i.e., if we give them credit
for good faith. 1t cannot be any
thing but a prediction, prophecy,
a guess, that so many elk, or any elk,
are going to starve next winter if
they are not killed off. But if 5000
elk are shot by the orders of this
then WE WILL KNOW
THAT THOSE ELK ARE DEAD. If
they want to prove their case, the
easiest way is to let things alone,
and see if the elk starve! We dare
them to the test.
That enmity exists between some
part of the organized livestock people
and the sportsmen, is, of course, the
fault entirely of the elk. They
eat grass. Therefore they should be
killed 49,. The charge (by the stock
growers association that livestock in
Montana have become diseased from
elk and deer is so barefaced lie
that the livestock association has
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

pledge of a 1880 ton carload of po-
tatoes has been made by the Farmers
Union in this area, as well as tons
of dried beans.
8. In the Kalispell area, Farmers
Union members are stockpiling pro-
duce to be shipped in bulk to the
strikers. This is pretty well diver
sified farming region. Crews of
strikers are out in this area helping
the farmers harvest their crops,
working for the farmers at prevail
ing wages.
4. In the judith Basin" area of
Montana (east of Great Falls, Mont.)
a number of farmers have already
committed themselves on contribu-
lions of wheat. The plan is for
Farmers Union and Cooperative
units to pledge an individual quota
of wheat, have one of the Co-ops
put up the full amount at one time
with the individuals returning to the
Coop their share. This will make it
possible to secure a full carload
quickly. The wheat will then be
milled at Coop.
5. In the Bonner's Ferry (Idaho)
area, individual farmers, including
many members of the Farm Grange,
are working out plans for common
collection center for farm produce to
be sent to the strikers. One truck,
bearing freshly-butcher meat, po-
tatoes, cabbage and fruit, has already
been sent
6. Cooperation of apple-growers
in the Otis Orchard, Washington, re-
gion has been notable. One large
scale apple-grower has advised the
union that it can have all of the
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

Biggest sums provided for recla-
dam, Ariz.-Nev., $50, $50; Cen
trail alley, $6O,789, 800; Colorado-Big
Thompson, $2O,172,75O; Hungry
Horse, Mont, $22,093, 125; Column
bia basin, Wash, $68, 000,000; Mis-
souri, basin, $81, 668,560 plus &c.
I364,000 contract authority, and Fort
Peck, $2,815,200, including Havre-
Shelby transmission lines.
Southwestern power administra-
ton was given 100000 cash and
$5,000,000 contract authority, main
ly for construction of transmission
facilities.
Among other items, the senate ap-
proved $9,089,975 for the Navajo
Hopi Indian service, including ST.
014,975 the senate added to the
house bill to bear cost of social Sc
curity benefits paid to reservation
Indians.
Committee recommendations for
reclamation projects include, Milk
River, Mont, $64,24O; Palisades,
Idaho, $189,625; Kendrick, Wyo.,
$1,327,910; Riverton, Wyo., $2,447,-
900; Shoshone, Wyo., power $107,-
400; Shoshone, Wildwood division
100000.
Senate action in eliminating re-
strictions on the reservoir capacity
behind Canyon Ferry dam in Mon
tana and use of funds for power
installation and transmission lines
was upheld by the conference COM
mittee.
The committee eliminated $780,
900 for the San Luis valley project
in Colorado.
1t accepted special allowance of
100000 for Investigations in the
upper Colorado basin. Funds for
Alaskan reclamation Investigations
we're fixed at 5000, Great Falls
Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

the Izaak Walton League of
America. The following are
high lights of a letter written
to the leagues western repre-
sentative in Denver, J. w. Pen
fold, condemning the great in
fluence the livestock interests
have with the commission, and
pointing out what the sports
men feel to be the rank unfair
ness of the action taken by the
commission:
=. No one who is informed will
dispute that IF a range will not
sustain an elk herd, reduction by
planned killing is a proper measure.
The trouble in Montana is that the
''1F'' is not proven to the satisfaction
of anybody except the livestock in
terests who have an axe to grind.
In our letter to Governor Bonner
of 9-23-49 it was stated: "The public,
and particularly the sportsmen, have
never yet been permitted to examine
the evidence, either as to the size of
the herd or as to the carrying cap
acity of the winter range" The
Montana legislature is VIGOROUSLY
controlled by livestock interests, and
that legislature has given ever-in-
creasing bureaucratic power to the
state Fish and Game Commission.
There is no provision for public hear
ings and decent regard for the people
at large or any group to oppose game
slaughtering projects, or to demand
the evidence for critical inspection
We therefore justly call a decision
to slaughter 5000 elk irresponsible,
because the commission is response
BILE to no one but itself.
But it is worse than that. The
current proposal to kill off 5000 of |
the Yellowstone Park elk comes from
a group which calls itself the cab
sarokee Conservation Committee"
This committed created itself. No |
one and no organization Openly, at
least) appointed it or committed any
thing to it. So far as the public are
allowed to know, it appointed itself.
It's chairman is the Hon. Wesley
D'Ewart, member of congress for the
I'd district, a wealthy livestock OPP
orator completely identified with the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

dIlQ CllC pIOllIUlClOu dS dIllSC GIlc
building of a public power
plant at Canyon Ferry dam,
has been removed.
For more details, the follow
ing release from Washington
is informative:
Washington, Oct. 5-A conference
committee packaged a 1854, 098,797
interior department money bill today
for final delivery to the house and
senate.
Proposing the biggest yearly out
lay for the interior department in
history, the bill is a compromise be-
tween the $595,262,257 voted by the
senate and $537,461,9O voted by
the house.
The conference committee report
is expected to be acted on by the
house and senate this week. The
money is for the fiscal year begin
ming last July 1. Since the bill has
been delayed, interior has been OPP
Grating under stop-gap resolutions
passed by congress.
Biggest item in the committees
bill is $354,014.510 for the reclama-
ton bureau = with most of these
funds being earmarked for a half
dozen projects.
Another big item is $3O,284,5O0
for the Bonneville power administra-
ton in the northwest.
AS cleared by the conference COM
mittee, the bill carried most of the
interior departments request for
public power projects funds includ-
ing the west side power lines of the
Central Valley project in California,
lines of the southwestern power adj
the Kerr-Anaconda and
transmission lines in
Montana and some lines of the Colo
rado-Big Thompson project in Colo
RADIO.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
BY JEANETTE RANKIN

Seattle-I was in India in 1916 but
was unable to make a prolonged visit.
/ promised myself return visit and
this has been my first opportunity.
In 1916 I attended the meeting of
the All-India Congress. I had an
interview with Jawaharlal Nehru and
with J. B. Kripalani, who was presi-
dent of the All-India Congress.
In 1918, when I was in Congress,
I met Lajpat Raj, one of the pre-
Gandhi leaders for independence for
India and read his books, young
India" and "England's Debt to In
dia''. Since then I have followed,
through the press and through Indian
visitors to this country, the activities
of Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi used spiritual
power to solve a modern political
problem. Without violence he OBJ
tanned the independence of India.
This fact is of great Importance
to a world which is rapidly progress
sing in the development of weapons
of greater and greater destructive
ness.
All the nice words about under
standing and good will are accompan-
led by the parade of new engines of
destruction. The abyss between
word and deed creates a problem for
those who know that real progress
can only be achieved through their
harmony.
American people interested in
idea and ideals and in a modern in
telligent substitute for the war meth
cd. and for the destructive threat of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
Why | Am Going To India

war, may find in the details and back
ground of Gandhi's achievement
new knowledge and a new faith in the
power that works without violence.
India, with all its misery, is less de-
pressing than modern Europe, be-
cause the people are looking forward
to an ideal, to building a new gov
eminent based on understanding and
good will rather than the threat of
violence.
India is miles ahead of all Asiatic
nations in her determination to build
la new civilization to fit the needs of
her people. They are travelling
new road and it should be watched
with intelligent and sympathetic in
terest. Even if it fails, the expert
ment may shed light on some of our
preconceived ideas of progress. All
Asia is watching India. Let us do
the the same.
We can never take the actions of
one country and apply them unchang-
ed to another. A foreign neighbours
example can only serve to stimulate
new thoughts and new plans, which
must then be adapted to our own
changing needs.
There is tendency in the United
States to go back to something that
has passed. That can't be done. We
have to go forward In going for
ward, there are many choices. 1t is
never either the one thing or the 9TH
er: it may be a combination of the
two or something entirely different
The important thing is to generate
a living ideal of progress.
Civilization can be saved only by
new ideas. If India has anything to
give us in the way of inspiration, we
should receive it gladly. There is a
new awakening in those old coun-
tries with their long backgrounds
and we can profitably share in it, if
we have the will and the knowledge
to do it.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

large truckload of potatoes
and other vegetables to the
miners, and, according to Mine
Mill food collection chairman
for Montana, Chef Kinsey,
more loads are expected from
that and neighboring counties
within the next few days.
In addition to the developments in
Flathead, food committees have been
set up and are already functioning
in a number of other Montana coun-
ties, including: Lake, Sanders, Ra-
valli, Madison, Cascade, Teton and
Judith Basin. Those desiring to
help the miners in their desperate
struggle against wage slashes and
sub-standard living conditions, are
asked to write Mr.. Kinsey at Box
$50, Great Falls.
The following statement by Henry
Horowitz, western editor of 'The
Union, Mine-Mill publication, gives
more complete report on food COM
mittee activities throughout Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington:
1. Several dozen truckloads Zone
half ton to two-and-a-half ton loads)
of truck-farm produce have come in
to strike headquarters during the
past three weeks from small farmers
in the rich Spokane valley area. This
produce included fresh vegetables,
dried beans, and fruit.
2. Fourteen tons of produce has
already come in to the strike area
from Farmers Union members in the
Rupert-Burley area of southeastern
Idaho. Included in this IA tons was
an 8-ton truckload of potatoes, most
of which (within a week. had been
distributed to union families. A
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
WHO CARES ABOUT THE
S0IL.2

The Army Engineers and the Rec
lamation Bureau are ganging up on
the Department of Agriculture in
the Missouri Valley, to the detriment
of soil conservation and electric
power production. Meanwhile, they
continue their own fight between
themselves about how the valley shall
be developed.
1t is interesting to observe how the
Army Engineers and the Reclamation
Bureau are changing their tune
about there being enough water in
the Missouri River system for every
body. That was what they said
when acceptance of their premature,
makeshift Pick-Sloan "plan" de-
pended on there being enough water.
Now, when the Department of Agri-
culture plans for 100000 farm ponds
in the valley to conserve range and
pasture lands by making grazing
more uniform, it's a different story.
w. G. Sloan, author of the Rec
lamation Bureaus end of the Pick
Sloan "plan'', says the ponds would
seriously jeopardize the water sup
ply for projects now planned. This
is a masterpiece of understatement,
inasmuch as some of the problems
now planned already jeopardize the
water supply for other projects now
planned.
The farm ponds are one of the
means by which the Agriculture de-
partment proposes to keep the soil
where it belongs. One of the good
results of keeping the soil where it
belongs would be to reduce the
amount of silt in the Missouri river.
One of the good effects of reducing
the silt in the river would be that a
amount of electric power
could be produced in the main stream
between Sioux City and St. Louis,
according to Federal Power Commits
sion Chairman Smith. Pick-Sloan
does not plan to produce any power
there at all.
1t is just now becoming apparent
now costly the makeshift plans of
the Army Engineers and the Rec
amation Bureau really are. They
Are wasteful of money and natural
resources.
The answer is one single agency
% conduct the development as a
whole-an MVA.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
Truman Asks For Higher
Unemployment Benefits

Washington Under state unem-
ployment compensation rates, the
maps a drive for a
federal floor. President Truman
asks minimum of $50 per week for
at least 26 weeks. Present weekly
benefits vary state-by-state, averag-
ing about $40 weekly.
1t is hoped by the Democrats that
the northern COP legislators who
sided with the Administration for a
75-cent minimum wage, will plug for
increased jobless benefits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
Medical Monopoly Hit

Washington.-As part of Justice
department drive to eliminate mo-
nopoly in the public health field, a
Los Angeles grand jury has indicated
six corporations and four individuals
on charges of violating the Sherman
antitrust law by the fixing prices
on medical X-ray film sold in the
southern California area.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07

miss Rankin is today sailing on
the Canadian Mail Freighter from
Seattle for India. The voyage will
take six weeks. Thereafter, she
plans to spend six months making
"grass roots" study in India.-Ed.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
GRAND JURY HANDING
DOWN INDICTMENTS

Reports are that the Lewis & Clark
County Grand Jury will hand down a
number of indictments today. At
press time, nothing definite as to
the grapevine has it that one or more
public officials may soon be in dur
ance vile. For further details, see
your daily newspaper.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
RE: PROPOSED SLAUGHTER OF 5000 ELK $500.
SPORTSMEN CONDEMN ARBITRARY
ACTION OF FISH & CAME COMM.

Continuing their protest against the arbitrary decision of
the Fish & Game Commission ordering the slaughterng of
5000 elk without first holding public hearing presenting
evidence of by the elk than 5000
bers of the Rocky Mountain Sporsmens Association through
their president John Stanton this enlisted the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
Food For Strikers

Farmers Unon people in the beautiful FIahead valley
been the first Montana farmers respond to the appeal
for food by the 5000 Occur dAlene
strike preserve hardwon living gains
made of turbulent negotiations with
operators in that Idaho Fahead has
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-07
He re-Shelby, Kerr-Anaconda, Are
A proved By Conference Committee

The yearsong battle carried by Sem James Murray
and Cong. Mike Mansfield bring public Montana
cleared another legislative hurdle Wednesday when the senate
house conerees reached
half billion dollars in Interior department projects
KerrAnaconda and Shelby transmission lines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
DON'T GIVE 1T AWAY!
Continued from page fourteen

the strained relationship between
his parents.
He ate with zest, his blue eyes
dancing with excitement. "Dyou
know that Jack Potter's the only
other kid around here with a
Triple-Ace? An he's twelve and
delivers papers. An his hasn't got
a Magi-beam headlight. Nobody
but mes got that, Bill York says"
He savored that thought happily,
then grinned. IN deliver papers
when I'm twelve, and earn enough
to get a new Triple-Ace. expect
this one'll be kinda beat up by
then. Boy" He took bite. chewed
and swallowed carefully, then
said, his attempted casualness not
hiding the excitement surging be-
hind the words. Bill said he bet
they'd let me in the Shoppers"
''lHE Snoopers?" Jane forced a
smile, not looking at Jim.
Yea, the bike club. It's swell.
They go shopping around finding
the best shortcut streets to get
places in hurry"
Jim opened his mouth. shut it
tightly, excused himself and left
the table.
Where's Dad going?" Tommy
asked.
Probably for his cigarettes.
Hes gotta come watch me,
soon as dinners over"
I'D let Dad off tonight" Jane
said. He didn't complain, but l
sort of imagine he has headache.
You know"
"Oke. But can ride a while,
can't II"
Remembering our rules?"
Sure, | won't 60 near Aiken
Street. But it's okay if | wheel
her across Camden at the signal
and go on the school field"
why there, SOM"
"You gotta ride without hands
to be a Snooper, and l gotta
practice"
HE talk with jim had to come.
Tommy was finally in bed and the
house quiet. Jane felt herself tens
ing to meet the situation.
Jim had been reading Now he
lowered his paper and looked at
her, no yielding in his face. He
said, 1T would have been easier
to tell him at once and have it
over with"
Jane sat erect on the sofa. She
belonged on the arm of Jim's
chair, not here, the room between