The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-01-21

proval of House Joint Memoir
al / to the 81st Congress, re-
questing that body to repeal
the Taft-Hartley law. The vote on
this measure was strictly along party
lines with the Democrats for it, and
the Republicans opposed ~ that is,
all Republicans except two who were
absent.
Of more Importance so far as la
Dor is concerned is the favorable
House consideration given lib s.
separate Department of Labor and
Industry constitutional amendment,
and to lib %, providing for $3.50
weekly benefit increase to disabled
workers, as well as extention of COM
pensable weeks from 400 to 500 for
the family of a worker fatally in
iured in an industrial accident.
Not so favorable would seem to be
the position of HB 44-the Old Age
Pension proposal of Montana Old
Age Pension Association, introduced
by Mernin ID, Silver Bow. This
bill, which, if enacted, would be
long step forward in building secur-
ity for Montana's senior citizens,
narrowly escaped death in commit
tee, and appears to be in for tough
shedding before the house. Because
of the introduction by Lobe O.,
Lewis & Clark of another old age
measure proposing to raise pensions
an estimated 81 per month";, lib Al
has been further weakened.
House Bills Approved and Sent
To Senate
House bills so far sent to the SEN
ate include:
HB 6, McKenna Cd, Fergus) II
permitting county offices to close on
Saturday afternoons, thus permit
ting county employees to gain 51a
day work week at long last.
lib ID, Dryer Cd, Silver Bow
providing veterans credits on state
merit examinations.
HB II, Appropriations committee !
-appropriating and re-appropriating
money for printing, binding, distri- |
button of Revised Codes of 1947.
lib 10, MacElwain Or, PowelD, !
Barnard Cd, Valley)-making ada
cent property owners mutually re-
sponsible for cost of erecting and
fences. Since this bill
passed the house 7414, the question
has arisen whether, should this pro-
posal become law, this would mean
mutual cost of erection and mainte-
nance, for example, of railroad right
of-way fences. This question will
bear checking, since it is doubtful
that such a construction was the in
tention either of the bills sponsor or
of the house membership as whole
in passing it. Il
HB 21, Duppler Or, Fallon) and
Oliver Or, Carter)-to limit endur-
ance horse races to five miles. Re- '
ports are that endurance racing has ]
become quite fad, and gambling !
in some parts of the
state, with result that horses as well
as riders have suffered considerably i,
from physical fatigue. This bill APP :
pears to be a good piece of humane
legislation. !;
HB 26, Macdonald ID, Garfield) !
= raising compensation of county :
commissioners from SO to SO per
lay while in session. Another good Z
Measure. Initiation has hit commits :
ioners like every body else. Could :
'eally stand to be even higher than :,
SO. :
Committee Overruled i
lib 10, Hawks Or, Big Horn is "
he first bill to come out of commit |;
ee with '"do not pass" recommen- Il
lation, and to have that recommen- e
ation overruled by house committee Il
f the whole. This measure would o
ermit the levying up to two mills a
or maintenance of county Libraries. p
n view of the growing demand by a
ural folks for more ready access to o
God books, and the need for "book-1 e.
lobiles", this measure is very time VI
7, and should be enacted into law. p
HB AZ, Tripp-to abolish capital ri
has less than fair ri
nance of passage, following it's COM st
1g out of committee with mo rec