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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
By w. w. "Luke" WRIGHT
In Great Falls Tribune

Helena, April 11.-Application of
the Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. to
increase electric service rates in %
eastern Montana communities was
denied in an order of the Montana
public service commission today.
The company was allowed higher
tariffs for steam heat at Glendive
and Miles City but application for an
increase in live steam service rates
in the latter city was denied.
The commission concluded no in
crease in electrical rates is justified
on the present record, which indi-
Gated a return of 5.04 percent on
system plant value as of last Sep
TENDER 80.
Montana-Dakota policy of differ
entail in rates on service up to $50
kilowatt hours of electricity in large
and small towns and the practice of
a monthly service charge for which
no electricity is delivered were crit
icized in the commissions report.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15

water and prevent water erosion
in the east, and to conserve water
and prevent wind erosionSsin the
west. Some features: Converting
100000 acres of cropland to
grasses and legumes; putting 20,-
100000 acres in the west under
the modern practice of planting
crops in alternate strips; better
handling of stubble on 100000
acres of grain land; provision. of
100000 miles of terraces to hold
soil and water in fields; encourage
ment of tree shelterbelts and wind
breaks for farmsteads.
Reduction of Flood Loss
''Significant reduction" of dam
age from floods and silt due to I'M
controlled runoff and erosion,
through varied conservation prac-
tees. This would include, largely
as a public investment, "small up
stream floodwater retarding struc-
lures, sediment retention struc-
lures and desilting basins, minor
floodways, control structures for
head cutting gullies, diversion
bitches and other similar meas
ures."
Adequate drainage of 1894, 900
acres of wet land.
Aid of agricultural agencies in
ity of new irrigation. Intensive
soil surveys and land classification.
Broad program of agricultural re-
search. Fostering of public under
standing of "the adjustments in
farming, range use and forest land
arrangements that must come
about" Provision of additional
credit to farmers for irrigation
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
Locke Questions Sloan On
Allotment For Navigation

Col Jerome G. Locke, chief en-
gineer of Regional Committee for
MVA was advised of Engineers
Sloan's statement that the Bureau of
Reclamation contemplates four and
one-half million acres of additional
irrigation in the upper valley and
thereby leaves 10000 cubic feet per
second of river flow for lower valley
navigation. Mr.. Locke said: ''This
agrees rather closely with cur fig
ures. However, Mr.. Sloan failed to
tell his audience that according to
the Army Engineers, 9-foot flow
ing navigation channel will require
10000 second feet of water at Yank-
ton, $4,000 at Kansas City and
35, 900 at Herman, Missouri. More
over the Flood Control Act of 1914
which contains e O'Mahoney
on which Mr.. Sloan re-
lies for some protection of western
water, also authorized the 9-foot
flowing channel which requires about
30 percent of this western water"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
Two COP Senators Claim
PICK-SLOAM is In NO
SENSE A CO. 0RDINATED
development PLAN
By GEORGE H. HALL
A Washington Correspondent of
the Post-Dispatch
Rv GEORGE

Washington, April 7. "A resolu
ton calling for a $25O,000 survey OF
the flood control, irrigation, naviga-
ton and power needs of the Missouri
river basin was introduced in the
senate today by Senator Reed Or,
Kansas. Reed was joined by Sen
ator KEN Or, MissourD.
The particular reason for the pro-
posal, Reed asserted, is that the re-
ports of the Hoover Commission on
Organization of the executive branch
of the government, made public re-
Gently, showed the presently operat-
ing Pick-Sloan plan to be wasteful
Hand in no sense an integrated de-
velopment plan for the BASIN"
The report of the Hoover commits
sion task force on natural resources
shows, Reed told the senate, "that we
have been misled. This congress was
not told the whole truth. Enormous
appropriations were made while men
who should have warned congress
stood aside deliberately silent to pro-
tect their own bureaucratic preroga-
tives in the Missouri basin. For a
time they warned about wasteful
but later they made a
deal to keep mum about each others
extravagances and waste"
Scandal Implied in Report
''The full implications of the re-
port" Reed continued, actually add
up to a scandalous episode of the
history of our government. I be-
ieve we should call before an appro-
pirate committee the men who have
been telling us that this was a uni
led, co-ordinated plan in order to
get appropriations, and see what they
Jay now"
Reeds proposed survey would be
conducted by committee appointed |
~ President Truman and would con-
lists, at least in part, of Competent |
engineers. The group would hire
uch assistance as needed, request |
he appearance of witnesses and hold |
hearings. 1t would report by the
nd Of this September.
At least one strong supporter of
he proposed Missouri Valley Author
ty said he felt inclined to favor the
He pointed out that MVA
egislation is in difficulties because
f the makeup of the senate commit
ee appointed to hold hearings. He
bought such survey, combined
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY
CRACKS DOWN ON
GAMBLING

Lewis and Clark County Attorney
Melvin E. Magnuson made written
requests Saturday of Sheriff E. R.
Munger, Public Safety Commissioner
Hugh K. Potter and Police Chief
Harvey w. Rosencrans that they
"make a thorough and complete in
vestigation of all possible or prob
able infractions lin the county and
city, of the gambling laws of the
state"
Magnuson's request included an
investigation of "the so-called non
profit organizations operating
to the end that they be prose
cuted to the full extent of the law
where such investigation discloses
evidence sufficient to warrant prose-
cution for any violation of gambling
laws by them or any of their of
ficers, servants, agents or employees"
The county attorney assured the
county and city law officers that
they have his full cooperation in
"this worthwhile campaign"
81 will prosecute with vigor and
diligence all violations of the law
reported to me when supported by
reasonable evidence" Magnuson
continued. "Will you please submit
to me written reports of the results
of your Investigations so that l may
forward copies of same to the at
torney general and so that / can con-
duct the prosecution warranted
thereby"
Magnuson included copies of At
torney General Arnold H. Olsen's
five-page letter to Magnuson in his
written requests to the law officers.
Helena Independent Record.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
W. G. SLOAN TELLS HELENA AUDIENCE ~
RECLAMATION and ENGIN AS WORK
In CLOSEST OF HAhmONY

for the engineers. average annual
run-off Of Missouri above Yankton,
Sd, is 18,400,000 acre feet, accord
ing to reconcilment of records of
various governmental agencies.)
At the present time Reclamation
has IA dams under construction in
the basin and the Engineers have
eight. Flood control phases of the
development will be completed by the
Engineers within the next ten years,
while it will probably be 40 years
before Reclamation can complete its
program.
In addition to reporting on the
progress of development and defend
ing Pick-Sloan as the Z" only
plan which offers any sterilization
for the basin -, Sloan also brief
ly reviewed the history of Reclama-
TONS study of basin possibilities
over the last IL years.
Henry Hellend, Carson Construc-
ton Co. engineer was master of GER
emonies for the annual banquet of
the association, and Gordon Eber-
sole, Reclamation Engineer on Can
yon Ferry, introduced the speaker of
the evening.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
Transfers WANT M0GUS
ON HIGHWAY BOARD

John Mogus, president of the Ana
conda Trades & Labor Council, and
a longtime member of the Transfers
Union. has been suggested for mem
4 bership on the state highway COM
mission. The request to name Mr..
Mogus to the next vacancy on the
commission was made in a resolution
adopted at the close of a two-day
meeting of the state council OF Team
sters in Livingston, Sunday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15

"The people of the United States
are as one in their opposition to
policies of military conquest and
domination. They are as one in re-
jecting the thesis that any ruler, or
any people, possess the right to
achieve their ends or detectives
through the taking of action which
will plunge countless millions of peo-
pie into war and which will bring
distress and suffering to every ma
ton of the world, belligerent and
neutral, when such ends and objec-
tives, so far as they are just and
reasonable, can be satisfied through
processes of peaceful negotiation or
by resort to judicial arbitration. =
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in appeal to
Hitler for Peace, August "a, 1889.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
BRANNAN SUBMITS BROAD PLAN FOR
development OF RESOURCES
OF MISSOURI VALLEY
By RICHARDkG~ BAI1MH Sic r..

Staff Correspondent of ost dispatch
jefferson CtyA plan that would reach the heart of
of the biggest problems development and control of
land and of the entire Missouri valley made
public here March Is.
This ambitious, longrange laid before the
Missouri Basin nteragency by the United
Agriculture through GIadwn Young,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15

"Both the Army Engineers and the
Bureau of Reclamation have worked
in closest harmony since the shot
gun wedding over four years ago.,
w. G. Sloan, chairman of the Mis-
souri, Basin Inter Agency committee,
told over 200 members of Montana
Association of Civil Engineers and
their guests Saturday night in
Helena
Emphasizing that prior to late
1914 the Engineers and Bureau had
been hopelessly deadlocked over
whether navigation or irrigation was
to have first priority on Missouri
water, Mr.. Sloan stated that when
congress ordered the two branches
to get together and submit a COM
promise, they did just that. Within
ID hours working agreement had
been developed, and, what is now
known as the Pick-Sloan plan was
launched a few months later. Since
that time there's hardly ever been
a cross word between either parent
of the development proposal.
Not only are the two major bu-
reaus working tremendously together
according to Mr.. Sloan, but accord
ing to the committee chairman, "The
people are united in support for the
Pick-Sloan plan-that is, all except
possibly ten per cent of them. -
The opposition to the plan Mr.. Sloan
laid to either outside-the-valley
sources, saying $50 per cent of the
criticism comes from outside of the
basin. - or, that critics 9.
don't know anything about the
Places Reliance in O'Mahoney
Amendment
Referring back to the time when
the "shot gun wedding" was per-
formed, to settle long standing diff
ferences between Reclamation and
the Engineers, Mr.. Sloan pointed to
the O'Mahoney-Milliken amendment
to the Flood Control Act of 1914 as
proof positive that the states of the
upper basin would be forever pro-
tected so far as water for irriga
ton of approximately Az million
acres of land was concerned. In
stead of the Engineers getting
$4,000 second feet for navigation,
hey are now limited to 10000. In
acre feet this amounts to a reduc
ion from 23,892,000 to 1854, 1000 i
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-04-15
A MATHEMATICAL
ENIGMA

Oct. 1947, Wheat, bus $3.50
Bread, loaf - 20
April 1949, Wheat, bu. $1.86
Bread, loaf - 20
!? ??
"The solution for high prices is
more production without bureau
cratic interference -. :" Sen. Tales
N. Ecton, before COP convention.
Billings, August, 1913.
Evening star., 1949-02-11

ROOMS UkFURklsHED
TWO UNFURN. ROOMS with kitchen
privileges for working couple or =
girls. Call AT. 1916. IL
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HOUSES UkFURkiSHEp

BRAND NEW 7-rm det brick home
venient to Naval Ord. Lab: about u
acre Of sround included; $500 month
qS qS,, best offer s5oo KAY REALTY GO
bsshs sereensd 0r1sa porcG 0fasn
rm., garage; conv. location; SI75
REALTY CO, 81. 3olo till 9 pm
LOVELY DET. BRICK corner house
oil rPs 0s5h: psr aswly go deeoratsa eo ysai
TWEED CO 55o4 Conn. ave, EN-
UPPER 10Th ST. .AREA-Lovely brk
home, desirable large spacious rm,
8 baths, .-car det garage. Fol
with JAMES L. DIXON & CO. 1922
1T, st. ~. ST. 1900; ewes. WI
NV aHs4 GRIN. elas5Ss HOUSE; Sc. Fl. puaqn, Z
sid5. si5 'FrW' TW 1895. 7eHo-'''e 0a'k E1i yaro'
NEAR sth and Sheridan n.w.-Va-
cant 6-roc@' semidetached brick,
oil heat. adults only; SIPS monthly.
Call MICS sLABAcH, SH. 1874 till
aoBEDRooM BRICK HOUSE, 5 Minis.
from Pentagon; immed. occupancy;
Sl10 mo. Open Sat and Sun. 12-
). To reach: 14th st. or Memorial
Bridge to Ridge I'd, Ridge rd. to
Glebe rd., right to Troy St., right to
"6c5 s Troy. MALCOM MATHE-
son, Jr., INC, oV. o97l; ewes, TIE.
UNFURN., $50 mo-; 8 rms. and bath;
adults only Franklin Park rd, :,
blocks of Dominion dr.. 3sth st.
,rRo6M ns55b 70 HousE n n 5ets4son k9tSAs village,
close to stores and TRANSPORTATION;
$3.50 a month. ARFAX REALTY
FA 1450 or CHI. 1850. -l2
SILVER SPRING. MD.-New. brick, g
bearms., open fireplace side porch
oil heat: $40. FA, 6O95 ewes. Avail
500 MONTH. year lease; 2 bedrms.
equip. kit; mi. south of Alex
High%ay No; l.. Alex, 1892; la Ia
bedrms., with Ia baths, may be
purchased $1,000 cash, $3.50 mo
&. G. ADAMS, OIL. 2442 la
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ROOMS WANTED
pooAs WITH BOARD

1925 1sth ST. N.W.-Newly decor;
rm., End a., double or triple 81 .nu
each: share room for girl nice
bsnt. single room; excellent meals
ROOM FOR WORKING MOTHER
with kitchen and laundry privileseS
board and day care for child oyer
14o1 1eth ST. N,w.-single ana
double rooms, newly oecosa'ea,i eui,eS- e.
cellent food and service sW55sA- 9s
MANSION H9ssd CLUB, $3.50 MASS; AVE;
a fine home. nice young boys, ana
elEls; s9Sso so topd; i.S33 SSS mo; no. employed mt
% Business S. lady or nurse able 70 fur, fur,
With With board and pvt. bath in lovely
home, near Chevy-Chase Club and
busline. offered IN exchange rhmrssa t0T eyev 9
ming eompanionssh1ip, es6eciaiIR on fRufsPsS Pox
wES6ELs aSslSE pa; aT1E;RRAcE-pleasant rms,
excel. meals. maid service aoonv, oso
transp.: recrsation. rooms ef"oo
GiRLs oNLY-ciean, quiet vacancies.
so05 Mass. ave. NV, co, 9742 i +
$500 18th 81. N.W.-Douhle rm:, and
rooms to ssTe' nE doa6 5oE men bataTe ana SInrn
ROOM AND BOARD for mother and
child. day care child. 500 mo,
FIR. 1904, ewes, $40 to $50. -
THE oAKMONT, 1774 Mass. ave,
n.w.-Vacancies for young men :
excellent food; s47.5o to s6o mo,
LARGE DOUBLE ROOM, next to
bath: good neighborhsoSed; excellent
board; % soupIs PU; or gbg9}i },,r, studio
rm., meals beautifully served; l
bus. woman preferred; bus. or stu
den. couple DE 5e4s. -l2
1898 18th ST. N.W.-Nicely furn :
for young ladies or young men
switchboard, showers. excel. ooaro'
KENNEDY, on 18th st. w:--Excel-
lent meals, maid service and laundIy
privileges; good transp. IA, s42H
Evening star., 1949-02-11
HOUSES FURNISHED

NEW 5-RM. ROW BRICK, complete
with furnace, SIPS per month In
quire 1916 MINI. ave. ne. 10
NEARBY MD. of Mass. ave. extended
-2-bedrm. house; March and April;
S125 per month. Call OIL, s232.
wooDsIDE FoREsT-Det. brick, 3
bedrms, 2 baths, lge liv. ana din.
@ rm Kit; with break mock: rec I'm I'm.
dix washer; immed. occupancy. sH.
4io@ o@0 FEssENDEN ST. N.w.IDet.
brk,. i rms. tiled bath, auto. gas
r. 1G & pUNNE, HJN f" Ho. 900 mi '"
APPROX. IL MILES from downtown
to this cute stone bungalow; s rms,
exceptionally vel furnished. 1-acre
ioL; avail immed; $3.50 per mo
Cal! Mrs, christman' ALLIED
Mclean. vA.-owner desires to
lease for = mos; lge. 3-bedrm.
home in nearby Va; 5000 per mo
5as Rsl oEers?r OF snd and ask ,ai for T5m~oqd m
LAUGHLIN. Reaitor, Mclean Va
WILL SHARE lovely home with 2 or
8. girls; fireplace, plano, record
PLAYER; excellent transp. Cali EN-
1851 after 8 pm. III
WILSON LANE, Bethesda-3-bedrm
2-bath brick house; l bedrm. and
bath downstairs; $3.50. OIL. 234a
CHEVY CHASE CIRCLE, . blocks
Beautiful home, 4 bedrooms. 2 baths
maids room. oil heat, garage, S24U
mo. MRS. HUNTINGTON, WI. 2635.
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ROOMS. APIS. TO SHARE

GENTLEMAN TO SHARE yell. sp-
tleman; clos to Pentagon and Ft;
Myer; Army ofncer preferred az
conveniences. Call CH. 523l atter D.
YOUNG MAN wanted to share lge.
rm. with another man. 4s04 l4tn
YOUNG GIRL to share apt. with an
other girl, near Boiling Air Force
Base. Call Ii. 92es. -13
GIRL to share Groom, kit. bath apt,
lst floor, with another girl; NV.
Nj O947 after $50. ,-l3
ANACOsTIA-1 or 2 girls share =.
bedrm. apt: with ! other EiTl; S15 phone ION
Cail after pm, TR 1868. -12
Or GIRLS to :aesen share fq5' With sPt sP.
nioyed girl; reasonable rent; refer
ences exchanged. AK. 6526 after
pm. or all day Sat. and sun
NEWLY DECORATED APT: in mod
ern apt. bldg. TO share with l girl
Ant T. AID. 2612.
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APrs. WANTED Cont J

AIR CORP VET, wife need unfurnished
apt, nearby Va. NV. Wash. MRS.
FERGUSON, co. 1921. 9:3o-5 80.
IL"
2 EMPLOYED ADULTS need unfur-
nished apt; pref. NV. section. AID.
1884 evenings. 13'
NURSES desire two-bedroom fur
In Sc. section, near Gaiiinger Hosp.
Phone FIR 5053 after 4 pm. III
YOUNG WOMAN, permanent Govt
empl.. needs 1-bedrm.. kit, bath, un-
furn. apt, Brookmont or Macarthur
blvd area; Box SOW, Star, 13'
3-rm. furn. apt. bsmt apt. consider
ed. Box 52-V. Star. IL
ARMY MAP employe, wife, Q healthy
boys, 2 yrs. and 3 mos, need q
bedroom M, pnfgrn, ans apt outside Dis
Evening star., 1949-02-11
HOUSES FOR sALE-Nerthws.,
CRESTWOOD

Under s42.5Oo, in this section OF
White House; Georgian Colonial,
overlooking Rock Creek Park: espe-
cially suited for entertaining; .fea-
turing large liv. rm. with fireplace,
formal dining rm. with corner cup
boards, den and powder rm., de luxe
space. formal entry hall with special
Colonial stair, recreation rm. with
fireplace, five bedrooms, 3h baths.
maids rm., screened porch and sun
deck; barbecue pit, formal garden
2-car built-in garage. A special
value In this area. Mr.: Holmes, EN-.
Evening star., 1949-02-11
MOVING. PACKING G. STORAGE

MOVING AND HAULING-Reason-
able. rates; careful handling, salts
faction guaranteed. SMITH, 1910
18TH St. Sc, AT. 2o77. IL
MOVING BY VET-Exper. help; every
piece wrapped, insured: reas. Gail
anytime. Mr. COOK, GL. 5137.
ANACOSTIA MOVING COG expert
movers, IS hr. Every pc. guar.
against damage. AK. 6446
MOVING ACROSS THE STREET or
across he country: safe storage in
separate rooms. expert packing.
eaaone II 10 o.. olo4I Iods UNION STORAGE
,NDIviDUAL COMPARTMENTS. as
low as So 'er month. Local and
Va moving. For service, call TIE.
5l8s; Sun. and eve. TIE. 1885,
SAFETY SIG, & TRF co.
MARINE VETERANS MOVING CO..
24-hr. service, furniture; trunks and
baggage. AT $3.50 or FIR 03s6.
EDELMAS MOVING g. STORAGE
Will accept surplus furniture as part
payment on your moving. storage.
ia 293T: ewes. GE. 1915 -17
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HOUSES WTp. TO RENT tcons. !


QUIET EMPL. PROFESSIONAL cou.
pie, don't smoke or drink, desire
furn. house in Bethesda or vic. OIL.
5656 days. EN-. 0511 ewes. or SUN
IN NICE NV. SECTION or Spring
Valley, furnished three bedrooms
and maids quarters. EN-. S067.
PATENT OFFICE EXAMINER desires
rent unfurnished house In D. c.:
or more bedrms.. play yard; near
tIansp. and SCHOOL, By April lst
RELIABLE FAMILY desires unfur-
nished house near high school at
approx. S10O monthly; prefer house
with large lot. MRS. MACDONALD,
RE. 0234.
WANTED Immediately 2-bedrm. house
or apt, Virginia area; one-year
lease preferred. Phone RE. 1885.
UNFURN. HOUSE, Q or 8 bedrooms,
NV; adults. WO. 5915. Ill
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HOUSES TO SHARE

EMPLOYED WIDOW and schools age
child will share 7-room house with
couple or 2 women. Call after s
pm, CHI. $3.50. Ill
empl. couple: refs; will consider
care of child. 8 or yrs. old. .TW.
2033. Ia
BACHELOR will share completely
furn. home, especially nice grounds
with couple in middle life; no chill
dren. Send complete information
to Post once Box 20. Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1949-02-11
GOODACRE APIS.

New freproef. sarden-type liv. rm
din, kit, bath, ] hedrm.; SS5 mo.
2 bedrms, S97 so inc utilities; lge
rooms, parquet floors, Venetian
blinds, stainless steel sink, kit ven.
tilatine fan, GE retgr.. laund. fac
parking area; conv. to schools
churches and shopping; bus stor
anG rental Office on developme ent
some avail immed open o to 5
s6l9 Piney Branch rd., Silver Spring
Nd Ill
Evening star., 1949-02-11
COOPERATIVE APTs. FOR SALE

TILDEN GARDENS-Attract apt
with bedrms., living rm., dining
rrn., modern kitchen and bath: price
of equity. S19.500; immediate occu.
pancy. Call MR.. MANN. DI. 94s4
between and 8.
THIS LOVELY 3-bedroom apt. down.
town and most cow. to everything
transp. is excellent; possession within
2 weeks: substantial cash payment
balance we'll financed; payments
much less than rent; first time
offered; open for inspection Satur-
day and Sunday 8 am. til dark
Apt. 101, 66 New York ave. NV,
or call Ii. 7434 for appt.
LIv. ROOM, bedroom. kitchen. dinette
and bath, large closets; convenient
transportation. 1909 Summit pl
NV. Vacant; available for inspec-
ton Friday. Saturday and Sunday;
S6,5n0; terms. Michigan 9069.
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ARLINGTON

Country Club Hills Well-furnished
white brick. in exclusive residential
section; l bedroom and bath on 1st
floor, bedrooms. den and bath on
2nd: 2-car garage; s225 per mo.
GEO. H. RUCKER co.
Realtors, 1403 N Courthouse I'd, :
OK O197; ewes. and Sun. GL. 1852.