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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22

propaganda has been used by the
private utilities of Montana to con-
fuse the public and prejudice them
against the government transmission
program for Western Montana as
projecte by the Bonneville Power
administration" Don Treloar, presi-
dent of the Flathead Valley Citizens
committee, said at an executive
5uneem
He said minority groups with
plenty Of money to spend had, in
his opinion, used the atomic plant
location fight in March as a red her
ring to lead the people of Montana
to believe that Hungry Horse power
was going to be exported from the
state to Idaho.
He also declared that Cong. Mike
Mansfield, in the appropriation fight
on the floor of the house late in
April, had said that, while the Mon
tana Power company was circulat-
ing this atomic story in Montana
about Hungry Horse power going to
Idaho, J. E. Corette, Jr., vice presi-
dent of the Montana Power company,
was in Washington asking congress
to take the power over to the state
of Washington on the grounds that
no power shortage existed in Mon
tana.
Contrary to statements, Treloar
stated that never had an industry
been located in Montana because of
a favorable power rate.
"The time has come" he said,
''for Montana to become competitive
with other Northwest states on this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
Life Insurance Business Boosts Monopoly

| The continued operation of such
an investment agreement guarantees
progressive concentration of business
controls in this nation.
The assets of life insurance COM
panies have been doubling every ten
years since the turn of the century.
In 1906, life insurance company
assets were $4,000, 100000.
At the end of 1947, the total had
grown to 51,735, oO0,0O and it is
probably near SIS billions today.
The president of the Aetna Life
Insurance Company, with a billion
and third dollars in assets, has
written one of our editors that it is
true that they have gone entirely out
of farm loans.
Insurance companies have always
been heavy investors in railroads and
public utilities, and so-called natural
monopolies. The tendency now ap-
pears to be to go into fields where
large business combination has estab-
lished monopoly or near monopoly,
which supposedly makes their securi-
ties highly secure.
Congressman Celler and Senator
McCarran have introduced a resolu-
ton to authorize an investigation of
the life insurance business. Such
investigation is needed and should be
highly significant to this committee
and everyone interested in the ma
tional economy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
Noted US Banker Questions Allan
act

| sign on the spot-bec y Norway
and the Netherlands >, r UP and
Denmark and Sweden DUN'T and
they are OVER-RUN, then defense
of Norway and the Netherlands is
practically IMPOSSIBLE.
2. The treaty preserves the right
of congress to declare war and ap-
propriate money. This means that
until congress acts NO ONE will be
CERTAIN what the US. WILL Do.
1t was SUCH AN UNCERTAINTY
on the part of Great Britain and the
US. that led the Kaiser to MISCAL-
CULATE IN 1914, and Hitler to RE-
PEAT the ERROR in 1889.
3. The proposed rearmament of
Western Europe will NOT PROVIDE
them with ADEQUATE DEFENSE
because they lack manpower, indust-
rial capacity and political stability.
These deficiencies could ONLY be
overcome by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of WESTERN GERMANY which we
are COMMITTED NOT TO DO and
which would SPLIT WESTERN
EUROPE ASUNDER, or by station
ing large American fighting forces
in Europe. This might we'll PRO
woke countermeasures by Russia
and BRING ABOUT the WAR we are
trying to AVOID.
A. "The treaty creates an INEF-
FECTIVE DEFENSE against the
DANGER of MILL
TARY AGGRESSION at the price
of WEAKENING the DEFENSE
against the PRIMARY DANGER of
PENETRATION" The
pact requires Europe turn from re-
covery to rearI1ament and makes
them poorer and MORE VULNER-
ABLE to political penetration.
5. Finally, the proposal raises the
question of whether we have not
reached the POINT in our present
policy at which the COLD WAR will
CEASE to be method of seeking a
PEACE SETTLEMENT and become
instead, merely the PREPARATION
Tor an ATOMIC WAR tacitly AS
5UMED to be INEVITABLE"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22

question of power rates. We must
broaden our tax base in Montana
if we are to continue to improve our
highways, our schools and other
American democratic institutions.
This can only be done through adj
justed taxes"
In this connection, Treloar pointed
out that as a result of an investment
of $170,000,000 in power generating
facilities and transmission lines in
the northwest, over 1888, 100000
had been added to the tax rolls of
those same northwest states.
He mentioned letters which had
been written to labor, business or
CARNATIONS and farm groups
throughout the state asking them to
oppose the government transmission
program in Montana, because cheap
power would interfere with reclama-
ton and irrigation development.
Nothing can be further from the
TRUTH" he said, and cited as an ex-
ample the fact that the Bonneville
Power administration has assumed
the repayment of $288,000,000 of
the cost of irrigating the Columbia
basin in their payout schedule on
Grand Coulee dam. The Bonneville
Power administration is ahead of
their schedule on their pay-out pro-
gram, despite this huge benefit to
irrigation which they assumed, and
the payment of additional interest
charges.
Unfortunately, he said, many
worthwhile organizations and indi-
viduals have been duped by clever
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
By JAMES G.. PATTON
President NFU

1t is becoming increasingly obvious
that the life insurance industry has
taken full partnership in the build
ing of highly concentrated business
controls in the United States.
With around 81 billions of new
capital to invest annually, their eff
feet upon the economy and the ma
tional business level, as we'll as their
effect on the nature of the economy,
has become of almost unparalleled
Importance.
The public has recently been
startled by huge private place
ments" of insurance loans. The New
York insurance Investigations has
shown that Equitable has $1,441,-
100000 out of 100000 total
assets invested through private place
ments. 1t has loaned $100,000,000
to Gulf, one of the major oil COM
panies. 1t has $90,000,000 in Rey-
nolds Tobacco, one of the major to-
bacco companies, and another $751;
100000 is out to American Tobacco.
Metropolitan is shown to have
100,000,000 in the Shell Caribbean
Oil Co., $84,O0O,OOO with Gulf Its
third largest loan is $77,000,000 to
Union Carbide &, Carbon Co., which
is major concern in the fertilizer
field. Unicn Carbide also has $685.
100000 from Prudential.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
HlGHLiGHTs FROM HOUSE LIQUOR INVESTIGATION

NOTE: This is a continuation from
last week of the testimony given be-
fore the McKenna Liquor Investigate
ing committee by Roger Murray of
Helena.
Mr. Corcoran: Do you know
whether or not Alley had a commits
sion house in the state of Washing
ton, in Seattle or Spokane?
A. This man Campbell had a brok-
erage there.
Q. Was that Alleys man Camp
bell?
A. Yes, Alley was Campbell's man.
Campbell was higher up than Alley.
@. Did this Dennis Dineen, did he
sell liquor through the store of
Campbell's in the state of Montana,
take orders?
A. He could have; that was the
bookkeeper, he could. Yes, | would
imagine he did take orders because
it is in the telephone book and they
had man there day and night to
take these orders. And then this
other man, Van something-I think
Burr Hill can tell you his name, he
was the big millionaire that under
wrote everything. | don't know his
first name.
@. What is the firms name in
Spokane?
A. 1t is in Seattle; l did know, too.
o. Is it x and L Distributors?
A. l wouldn't say for sure; they
had two or three stationaries. X
and L could have been one. Pacific
is one.
McKenna: Were you called before
a grand jury?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And you gave the same testi-
mony?
A. Just about what 1 give you.
@. That is the Federal Grand
Jury?
A. Yes, sir.
@. That was in connection with
Mr.. Alleys business operation, and
his indictment followed?
A. Yes.
@. You were soldier in the first |
World War?
A. Second World War.
0. You were injured in the war?
A. / got cracked up.
@. What is your business, Mr..
Murray?
A. Well, l was a journalist before
went to the army; | have been in
The hospital practically ever since l
got out.
@. What papers?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22

A. | edited the old Producers
News at Plentywood at one time. |
have worked with several labor pa
pers in Montana; l contribute across
the street now
@. Was your home in Butte?
A. l was born and raised in Butte !;
for the past twenty years | have
lived at Clancy; have mining claims
there. For the past couple of years
| can't walk in the snow and ice so
moved in here.
@. Did you have any other bust
ness dealing with Mr.. Alley, other
than mentioned here, or any other
person connected with the liquor set
up?
A. No, | didn't. :. :.
@. What did you ever do about
the $4,000?
A. I haven't done anything; was
going to file suit.
Q. Did you ever make demand
upon Alley for it?
A. Yes.
q. What did he say?
A. He said, eve changed liquor,
we brought in Jack Rose; you would
MT have anything to do with it."
And | didn't like to be mixed up
with this re-labeling business.
@. "You actually sold
A. Ben Franklin and Tom Moore.
Tom Moore was supposed to have
been five years old, aged in the
wood, $92 and 500, not more than
S93. Ben Franklin was bar whis-
Key, $68, maybe $40, not over $72.
@. Per case?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know about when the
abels were changed on this liquor?
A. In l would say the latter part
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
HEALTH-WELFARE
PLANS COVERED
in COOP BILL

Washington, d. G. (CNS)-Sen.
Hubert Humphrey Cd, Mimi has in
troduced a Cooperative Health bill
in the senate which provides for an
appropriation of $25 million year
for each of five consecutive years
to be used for loans or grants for
the acquisition, construction or
equipping of clinics or health cen
tiers.
The bill does not confine the loans
to rural areas, however, Humphrey
pointed out, for there is shortage
of adequate medical care at a cost
within the reach of hundreds of
thousands of industrial workers.
Members of labor unions having
health and welfare funds would be
eligible to secure loans for capital
for adequately equipped medical ia
cilities.
The purpose of the bill is to slim
ulate the development of co-opera-
tive and other non-profit voluntary,
prepaid medical care plans by pro-
viding the capital with which ade-
QudCe ldCllIIleS can De pTOVlueu W
make possible adequate medical care.
Senator Humphrey said in intro
ducing the legislation that this meas
ure would provide the necessary
funds to finance about $50 plans
per year at an average of 100000
per health center.
The centers would be smaller than
regular hospitals and would be a
clinic with five to twenty-five beds
in the same structure, which, stated
with few doctors, could take care
of 80 to 90 percent of the day to
day medical care needs of an area
while other cases could be referred
to hospital in a neighboring area.
The program would be under the
direction of the Surgeon General of
the U. S. and would operate on the
pattern of the Rural Identification
Administration.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22
COOP FUEL, OIL DEMAND
HITS PEAK!

Shipments of gasoline, fuel oil and
lubricating oil during April by the
Farmers Union Central Exchange
broke all records.
There was an increase in gasoline
and fuel oil of 5,118,0OO gallons, a
total of 22,236,000 gallons for April
1949, in comparison with 17,118,OOO
gallons for the same month a year
ago.
In lubricating oil the percentage
increase was much larger, more than
100 per cent. Shipments in April
1919 were 475,000 gallons in COM
parison with $4,000 gallons in 1948.
For the first quarter, shipments
were down slightly, due to the heavy
snow which made transportation diff
ficult, but the gains in April brought
the total for the first four months
of 1949 we'll above the same months
year ago.
The reason why the lubricating
oils made a bigger percentage gain
in April than gas and fuel oil was
that the transportation facilities were
given over during the storm period
to the emergency needs rather than
to advance purchases of oil for the
spring farm needs.
From MFU NEWS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-07-22

What is the Atlantic Alliance, and
what questions does it RAISE BUT
NOT ANSWER? James P Warburg,
noted banker and student of inter
national relations, has outlined the
issues the clearest of anyone. He
He breaks it down into five parts.
1. The treaty will attempt to PRO
TECT ONLY the Western European
countries WHO SIGN-this invites
aggression against those WHO
DON'T. This puts the nations that
Evening star., 1949-02-13
'49 Soap Box Derby Rule Book
Containing 2 Changes Is Ready

AS sure q sign Of spring rs the
first robin was the arrival at
The Star this week Of the 1949
Soap Box Berby rule books.
The new manuals, which con-
tain two important rule changes.
may be had Ia Room 724 Of The
Star Building.
This years Washington race
THE eighth to be held In the Dis
trict-will be run sometime after
the Fourth Of July. Winner Of
the contest for boy-built cars
driven by the builder will get a
free trip to Akron. Ohio. for the
All-American finals.
The rule changes are:
/. The use of power tools In
construction or finish Of the car
is prohibited. However. certain
Evening star., 1949-02-13
benefited from its successful ST.
500, 900 campaign.

benefited from its successful ST.
500, 900 campaign.
All Seats Reserved.
Services of more than 20 volun.
teer Chest presidents Of interven.
ing years, as we'll as those Of vol.
unteer campaign chairmen and
Community War Fund leaders. vii
receive recognition at the annual
meeting.
Printed summaries Of the work
Of these men and women. and Of
the Community Chests Of Wash
ington. Alexandria and Arlington
Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties will be distrib-
uted.
Daniel w. Bell. Chest Fedora
ton president now completing
his second term in omce, an
nounced all seats in the auditor
ium are being reserved and ad-
mission must be restricted to
those applying for tickets. be-
cause Of limited seating capacity
Nominations to Be Made.
Since the first Chest campaign
in Washington, q total Of approx
mately $5S, 900 900 has been raised
for maintenance of family and
child welfare, health and hospit-
alization and recreation service
agencies In this area, Mr.. Bell
said.
Other business to be taken up
by the Federation's directors will
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Community Chest SET!
21sf Annual Meeting
For February 23

The 2lst anniversary Of the
Community Chest in the Washing
ton area will be observed at the
annual meeting Of the Commu-
nifty Chest Federation at 8 pm
February 23 at the Interior De-
partment auditorium. it was an
nounced last night.
The 1lrst formal organization Of
the Community Chest Of Washing
ton-now the United Community
Services-was launched 81 years
ago. The first Chest here was
comprised Of 81 health, welfare
and recreation agencies. which
Evening star., 1949-02-13

parts Of the car, such as Axles,
springs or steering shafts may be
taken to q workship for drilling
or cutting.
z. The side panels Of the
cockpit may not measure more
than 10 inches from car floor To
top rim. This enlargement Of the
cockpit was ordered as safety
precaution.
Although under the new rules
cars which raced last year may
again be used provided necessary
alterations are made with hand
tools, most Of last years race driv-
ers are starting from the wheels
up"
For instance. Alfred Ashton. the
13-year-old redhead who last year
came within inches of nosing out
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Jet Flies From Dayton
To D. G. in 80 Minutes
Nv the Associetsd Press

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. IA new
unofficial speed record from Day
ton to Washington of 80 minutes
and three seconds was set Friday
in a jet plane, the Air Materiel
Command announced today.
Maj. Frank K. Everest, 20, fiew
his North American F-86 single
engine Jet fighter at an average
speed of about ITO miles-per-hour
in the 800 mile fight to Andrews
Field. Officials said they would
not claim an oficial record be-
cause the flight started out as
routine mission.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

eral chairman OF the washington
Derby, who pointed out. that with
this years race set for July. there
should be. no reason why any in
terested boy should fail to have
his car ready In time"
information on the 1949 Wash
ington Derby and advice on build
ing the gravity-powered cars will
appear regularly in The Star.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
|Yuqos|avia S Abandonment
OF Austrian Claim Denied
by the Assoejoted Press

LONDON. Feb. 12.-Yugoslavia
has not abandoned her claims fol-
$50, ,o0o, 900 war reparations from,
Austria, an informed source said
tonight.
The source, close to the Yugo-
slavian government. said it was
not significant that DR.. Ales Beb-
Ter. Yugoslav deputy foreign min
lister, omitted mention Of repara-
tions in his letter yesterday to the
four power deputy foreign minis
Evening star., 1949-02-13
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. G.

include nominations to the 1949
board. election of officers, the final
report Of the general chairman of
the Red Feather campaign ended
last December. and annual reports
of the president. treasurer and
the executive director.
The Chest Federation Board of
Directors includes SO men and
women, named by the five Chests
and United Community Services
Of Washington. The Chest Fed
Grafton, successor to the Commun-
ity War Fund Of Washington, was
set up in 1916.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

ters discussing an Austrian 1nde.
pendence treaty, here.
Bebler said In his letter that
Yugoslavia was ready to Cooper
ate in drawing up an Austrian
treaty. Bebler said Yugoslavis
was especially interested In And
ing settlement to the Austrian
Yugoslav border question.
"Yugoslavia considers the border
question one of the principal
problems" an informed diplomat
said, but is not offering to drop
its reparations claims of $780,
100000. to get an agreement on
Evening star., 1949-02-13

the city champion, Jack Broylss
In the final heat. Is already ut work
on q brand-new car.
Charles Z. Combs. shop instruc-
tor ut Paul Junior High School
whose seven students in the 1s4a
race all placed high In the contest
says his "repeaters" are building
new cars on the basis Of lessons
learned last year.
And this time. we're getting q
much earlier start" he said.
The need for an early start wal
echoed by Howard p. Bailey, gen
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Heads Cancer Fund Unit

Warren r. Forster, vice presi-
dent of Hamilton National Bank.
has been named chairman OF the
special gifts division Of the 1949
cancer fund campaign, which
will open in April.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-06-02
Thomas E. Carroll
Rites Held Yesterday

Services for Thomas Earl Car
roll, 80, landscape contractor Of
Colesville, and lifelong resident of
Montgomery County, were held on
Wednesday, June l at Warner E.
Humphreys Funeral Home, Silver
Spring. He died on Sunday, May
20, 1919, at the Washington SAM
tarium after an illness of several
months. Burial was in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Born in Norwood, Mr. Carroll
spent much of his career in land
scaping on Government buildings
and private estates in Washington.
He lived in Rockville before NOV
ing to Colesville in 1882. He was
a member of the Sandy Spring
Fire Department and the Mont
gomery County Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Carroll, two children, Roger
w. Carroll and Loretta Virginia
Carroll, all of Colesville; two
brothers, Leon Carroll of Wash
ington; Harry Carroll, Colesville;
and a sister, Virginia Carroll, Sill
yer Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-06-02
Sandy Spring WE'D
Explains Stand On
Outlined Fire Area

Since nearly all of the county
is being divided into fire taxing
areas it seemed absolutely neces-
sary that the Sandy Spring Vol
unteer Fire Department should
have a definite area outlined by
law so as to avoid future conflict
and misunderstanding with other
fire departments which had esta-
blished boundaries, Frederick S.
Gilpin, president of the Sandy
Spring Company explained this
week.
Enactment of this law does not
limit the locations to which the
Sandy Spring Department will
promptly respond when called on,
and there is not the least intention
on the part of the Sandy Spring
Volunteer Fire Department to ask
that any special fire tax be collect
ed in this area so long as hearty
support is given to carnivals, en-
tertainments, etc, by the general
public as has been done in the past,
he said.
The Rockville Fire Department
several weeks ago announced that
it too will use its former program
of carnivals for it's support.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-06-02
Damascus Leads
In MOntg. Co.
Baseball League
By Sam DGcson

Damascus won undisputed lead
ership in the Montgomery County
Baseball League by beating out
Sandy Spring, 81, in a twelve
inning game on Sunday, May goth,
and then edging out Silver Spring,
"a, in a Memorial Day classic at
Baden Stadium. These two VIC
tories coupled with Rockville's
Sunday win over Colesville, 6-5,
raised the Damascus Firemen into
the top slot and dropped Colesville
to second.
In another league game on Sun
day, Silver Spring nosed out
Bethesda Is to Ia, when Bethesda's
eight run rally in the bottom of
the ninth fell one short of sending
the game into extra innings. In all
four of the loop games there was
only one run difference in the final
scores as single tally spelled the
margin of victory in each contest.
On Sunday, June 9TH, Silver
Spring entertains Rockville in the
league feature, while Damascus
plays host to Bethesda and Sandy
Spring journeys to Colesville. All
games start at P. M.
IaaUua STANDINGS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-06-02
Rev. Herman Nj. Wilson
HOnOred By Western
MARYLAND College

In recognition of his outstanding
service to the Methodist Church,
particularly in the field of philan-
thropy, Western Maryland College
conferred the degree of Doctor of
Divinity on the Rev. Herman M.
Wilson at its Commencement ex-
ercises on Monday. DR.. Wilson has
been superintendent of the Asbury
Methodist Home at Gaithersburg
for twenty-five years and has serv-
ed as president of the National
Association of Methodist Ho79itals
and Homes.
He received his law degree from
the University of Maryland, his B.
A. from George Washington Uni
versity, his M. A. from Emory
University and his B. d. from
Yale.