The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-02-18
State Doesn't Need So Much Money-Says
The gentleman From Cascade"

1--WE have found don't need much money
thought at first thus spoke Representative Domke (Cas
cade) following passage of his lone armed bandit 1881
and the killing truly
proposals. recommendation of his
taxation committee
From such statement it reasonable conclude
that majority of the committee through its
either bissfu of the great need for additional
OFF other forthcoming the
senate and the will be forced to putting
Montanas welcome mat to underworld character from
Seattle to Chicago.
bring myself believing members of the
committee naive believe there for adj
dtional particularly when the school financing crisis
has been hitting all OF -four square for several
Likewise that the real property taxpayers of the
state struggling under staggering county and school district
eves will not be gube to put much stock in the classic
undesatemen poncated by the gentleman from Cascade
doubt that his constituents Cascade county will
swallow such baloney without considerable gagging
But it reasonable to that squeeze play"
has been engineered the senate and the governor
effect Either egaze Nickel dime and dollar grab
bling PROPOSAL there be for the schools
the aged the dependent widows and kids To the point
this time we've got where want you and what
going to do about it 2? Admittedly it's pretty
clever and it the house and the
the spot but have enough faith the good of both
of the latter feel that they will permit
mtee to 'buyrag them into accepting such purpored
While this matter of slot machines attention should be
called article in the February 10 GOLFERS
magazineThe Big Slot Machine Swinde Bearing out the
frequently reiterated contention of The Voice that egaza
ton the door ulcae racketeerng Montana the
"The majority of these machines are owned by few
thousand operators With the silver flood that into
their pockets they activities corrupt
governments and purchase police protection
Law enforcement authorities fully agreed that the
sotmachne business whole is tied closely to the under
world The operation of slot machines is almost entirely in
the hands of racketeer the Chicago Crime Commission
fatty The International Police Chiefs Association backs
this statement"
But the political impcations-the growth of mobster
uence and control state and
only phase Equally the
to family fe to little businessmen to community life
era should the flooding of the state with slots become legal
This racket though illegal in varying degrees in 46 states
has ake of So 100000 900 annually from national in
Showing the havoc this immense amount has wrought
Golfers points after of savings bad check
epdemcs increased welfare burdens because paychecks
being fed into the bandits Twenty murders Cook county
Illinois, the years have been concusvey attributed
to the racket.
playing the slots" adult weakness only. AS
Helena where kids play punchboards although the law
mo- other parts of the nation kids play slot
chimes opportunity presents itself checkup by
the New Albany Ind Jaycees found that high school
students being permitted to play.
During weeks there's been considerable of the
might we'll legalize slots and get the
because they'll operate anyway :" Since the goal of the
machine manufacturers to achieve egazation wher
directly the main offices of Mills Novelty Co., Chicago
push through the machines Illegal slot machine
purely through sufferance of law enforcement
officers either cut in have not the courage to
up office The obvious of
officials but there guarantee that such
action will improve the situation
Rather there to be at least two other sources OF