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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
LIBBY

Ms Fred Garter left Tuesday fer
Portland % visit with her sister.
Mrs Geo. Hastings
Ms Rov Ellis from KallSpeIl has
been visiting AZ the home CT her
daughter. Mrs Pete Ran-lo. Ms
Ellis w.l return 20 her home n
Kallspeu SUNDAY
NJ and Ms Ingvar Ronnlng VIII
return tomorrow from Wlll-ston- y.
D Glendive and Miles City Mont
after z TWO week trip Miss Anna
Rorn-ng VIII return with them from
Boze-zn- wnere she has been .
student for the past WeeE
DEAR MOTHER Mystic Foam IS
proving real GOO. 20 Housewives
boxing Eo- shortcuts n keeping W
nOlsrery and rugs crlght and fresh
looking How Il cleans Absolutely
safe too L certainly VIII give yoI
more leisure tine You can get L
At Candies LOVE MARY
The Just Ne.ghbo-s Club All hold
-uCUsge sale q good used az
tlcies On Saturday June I8. AZ For
activities Coffee and cake wlu be
z a-lzlAE III l-4El-l4- Tx ~ ~ NON
Of the sale which starts a. loo . r.
Ms Henry Green cane Sunday
from Great Falls 70 visit her sister
Ms Charles HzSchke- Ms Green
and MIS- Hzschke left Monday
evening for Tacoma, where they
XII sCend tire week visiting Mrs.
Green's son and MS family.
Mrs James " Johnston LEFT Sun
day for New Jersey where she
VIII spend Z several weeks WIS.,
Co- Martin and Bill Brewlngton
v.sired friends II Kzllspeu over ire
week end
NJ a1d Ms Marvin Kessel Of
Boomers Ferry spent the week end
n LIBBY where they visited friends
ard relatives
NJ and Mrs Ruben Ha-z1- and
3Lr ard Mrs. Auner Role drove
&c Glacier Park SUNDAY. ard went
ID over Logan Pass 70 Bsoo. She
bourne Lake ard 70 ST Mas con-
1g hone 81 way OF Many Glaciers
and Glaciers PARK Station an5 Kali
spell
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
CLYDE S. WEBB RETRES FROM
FOREST SERVICE JUNE 80

On June 80. 1893 Clyde 5 Webs
VIII retire from the Forest Se---c-
with more than 35 years service
He IS we'll known throughout Non
tana, northern Idaho and northeast
ern Washington and II recent wears
has held q number Of important s1-
minlstrative positions During ,ne
war period he was acting regional
forester when Major Kelley. thar
regional forester was assigned .
the Emergency Rubber Project
His first appointment with the
Forest Service was as 4 scaler or
the St. Joe National Forest anc IN
November 1890 he was appointed
supervisor of the Kootenai Forest
at Libby. He is now living in Ms
soula.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
REXFORD NEWS
lContinued - e 8

John Fenholt OF Kalispeu vas
here last week tuning pianos II this
vicinity.
Phyllis DeLapp visited her sister.
Mrs, Art Martin II Bolton few
DAYS last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A z Sp.ers and
small son Of Honolulu 7 H spent
a few DAYS the past week a. the
home Of Mrs Spiers father 4 7.
Thompson. Mr.. and Ms Soiers
are en- route 70 Denver Colo
where they VIII be stationed Mr.
Spiers IS an army man
Mrs. Harry Butts IS attending =
teachers college IN Hav-e this sun
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Anderson re-
turned last week from N-ssouls 70
set some Of their personal belong
ings. They returned 70 that city
Thursday where they VIII make
their home
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
Locals

Mrs. E. NJ. Boyes and daughter
Phyllis left Friday on an extended
visit with relatives in Arkansas. En-
route they plan to stop at Sheridan.
WyO. for a short visit with Mrs.
H z. Robinson and daughter Edith,
former Libby residents
Walton Clay of Troy was the
guest of 7. X Dwinelle Sunday af-
ternOon.
Nj. and Mrs W. NJ. Cady we're
IN Spokane the latter part of the
week.
Glen Thorn, pharmacist at Welch's
drug store. returning Friday from
Wolf Point He also visited other
eastern Montana cities while away.
Nj and Mrs Ned Joughln are
driving q new Oldsmobile Sport car
which they purchased last week
from the J. and c. garage.
Miss Ethel Rundell, who was a
member of the 1924 graduating class
of the Libby high school, left Sat
urday for her home in Warland
Wesley Staudacher has accepted
a position in the Libby postofice
Mr. and Mrs Cecil Gompf re-
turned to Libby Friday from Cali
fornia where they had spent the
winter, having motored through.
They plan to remain in Libby.
Mrs. Richard Lee of Warland
spent Saturday in Libby shopping
and visiting friends. Mrs. Lee will
be remembered here as Miss Dolly
Baenen, formerly of this place.
A S. Fraser, who has been con-
fined to a Spokane hospital for the
past several weeks, due to an in
jured limb, was able to return to
his home here Saturday.
Paul Neils, of Cass Lake, Mimi,
in Libby yesterday, driving
over with Walter Neils from Kalis-
pelL He expects to leave tomor-
row for Portland, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Greiner
and children arrived here Sunday
from Harrison, Ida, to visit Mrs.
Greiner's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
They were accompanied
by Mrs. Greiner's sisters, Mrs. Geo.
Smith of Libby who spent the past
two weeks in Harrison and Miss
Lorraine Rayome who makes her
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Greiner.
The party were joined at Couer d.
Alene by VIM. Lee and Misses Ar
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16

Mrs Ambrose an1 family spent
y e51es1av and Thursday N Kal-s-
pel where t1ey met Tommy An
o-oSe who returned home from
school n Mlssoula for The s--,1ae-
vacation
AIr and Ms 4 z Sp.e-z o. Hon
olulU 7vere dinner guests a. ire
L y Fetterly home Wednesday %
lsst week
A-r ard Ms Nocs and son Al
bert spent Tuesday Il last week IT
F-a1lspell They we're accompanied
~ Ms Mar Campbell
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
Eureka News
IConiinued from Page FIve1

|Conil1led from Page FIVef
Nr and Mrs.. L D Frost we're
kzllspeu visitors wednesday q last
week They were accompanied b.
Maroon Frost
Mss Los Johnson Of KziSpeIl
attended tire Van Leishout fl1neral
b Eureka on Monday
NJ and Ms z Meul were Kali
spell visitors TUESDAY Of last
week. and attended the Osler fun
eral while there.
z L Smith OF the KaIizpeu high
xay dept spent Tuesday IN Eureks
on nusiness-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16

Mrs Stella Reid ard 3Earieaa left
tbs week for Richmond WASH and
Portland. Ore where they VII
spend . two weeks vacation
Morris krlEbau-1 left FRIDAY for
NeE Meadows. Ida. where ne WI.
VISIT MS Grandmother
Capt and Mrs G.. Spiers and son
u Hawai- V--s5ted with Mrs Splers
gra1d-othe-. Ms. Fred Carter. and
other relatives Friday and SztlT-
cay Capt Soiers has reinlste5 n
the Army and VII Be Stationed a.
Denver. Colo Ms Splers was the
former Ms Marion Thompson q
Pev<o-4
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
Buy Out Transfer Company

A deal was closed this weel,
whereby the Libby Transfer com
pany is to purchase the transfer and
oil business of Dewitt and Shea, pos
session to be given June /. W. H
Kemp, who heretofore had been
proprietor of the Libby Transfer
company, will have associated with
him George Blackwell as a partner
Messrs- Dewitt and Shea will here
after devote their entire time to
logging, Mr. Shea having heretofore
been engaged in that work.
Both Mr.. Kemp and Mr.. Black
well are we'll known in Libby hav-
ing followed the transfer business
for some time, and the public is
assured good service from them.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
Silver Threads of
Twenty-Five Yeors
Ago In Libby
Severely Shocked by lightning

During the shower and electrical
storm last Friday. Lorne Gompf. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Gompf. SUI
fered a severe shock from lightning
that ran into the house over the
radio wire. The shock rendered
Lorne unconscious for about Is
minutes, and after gaining conscious
ness he was in a rather serious con
dition for three or four hours. For
Junately he seems now to have
thrown off entirely the bad effects
of the shock
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-16
ATHLETES FOOT GERM
HOW TO KILL IT
N ONE HOCR

IF NOT PLEASED. your 40c back
Ask any druggist for this STRONG
fungicide. T-4-L-- Made with 50 per
cent alcohol. it PENETRATES. -
Reaches and kills MORE germs fzs-
ter. Today AZ
LIBBY PHARMACY
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH

The right of free speech still ex-
lists in America by a 5-to-4 decision
of the US. Supreme Court handed
down May 16 in the case of Arthur
Terminiello for an allegedly wild,
Incorporate and inflammatory"
speech he gave in Chicago auditor
ium in 1916.
Justice Douglas delivered the ma
jority opinion. Chief Justice Vinson
wrote a dissenting opinion. Others
who dissented were Justices Frank
furter, Jackson and Burton. On the
majority side with Douglas were Just
ices Black, Reed, Murphy and Rut-
ledge.
Observers wonder that the decision
would be so close even when remarks
may cause unrest or anger. Free
dom of speech has long been one of
the basic freedoms. In this case it
hangs by the slender vote of enc
man.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03

tiers, trying to find out how he in
tended to vote on it, but got only
evasive replies. Evidently Mike in
tended to vote for it, and did vote
for it, but lacked the courage to
defend his position.
Then we have Mansfield's vote for
the Mundt-Nixon, Thought control
bill. This vicious thing sought to
negate our entire Bill of Rights. 1t
remains to me inconceivable that any
man even calling himself a liberal
should have voted for it. Yet Mans
field did. Later, he made an ex-
PLANTATION for his vote in the pages
of The Peoples Voice-an "explan-
alton" which failed to explain how
Mansfield the "liberal" could have
voted for thought control. | note
that Mr.. Sullivan evidently failed to
remember this instance of Mikes lib
crafty.
Then it is a fact, which Mr.. Sulli-
van does not attempt to deny that
Mike did vote for billions to the cor
rupt Chang Kai Chek regime-"Op-
GRAFTON Rat Hole. Mr.. Sullivan is
naive indeed if he still thinks, as che
has been led to believe" that this
was used to feed the hungry
of China.
Here are three examples of Mans
fields support of reaction. Is he
then still liberal? | say no. | say
that his reactionary record far over
balances his liberal record. And as
to that, some of us here in Butte
were told by Mrs. Verda Barnes,
former PAC representative in Wash
ington, DC, that active workers for
the PAC, who were at that time try
ing desperately to beat down the
I aft-Hartley bill before its passage,
did not consider Congressman Mans
field an active fighter against the
dill, although over a hundred other
were so listed.
HAL briggs,
7081a S. Washington, Butte
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Brannan Farm Plan
Backed By Meat
Union

General approval of the Admins
tration's farm price-support program
was voiced at congressional hearings
by spokesman for the CLOS Pack
inghouse Workers.
The union told the House Agricul-
ture committee that it likes the plan
outlined by Sec'y of Agriculture
Charles Brannan for "direct pro-
duction payments to livestock farm
ers."
The plan would provide work
able means of supporting the incomes
of livestock producers at least at
minimum levels, the union said. In
addition, it would "tend toward let
ting meat prices fall to level which
low-income consumers can afford"
The testimony, prepared by UPWA
President Ralph Helstein, was pre-
sented to the committee by Lyle
Cooper, the unions research director.
Helstein said that livestock slaugh-
ter, and individual meat consump-
ton have fallen during the past two
years. Consumption of meat, he pre-
dicted, is "now headed for the low
levels of the thirties."
Drops in the price of meat to the
consumers were brought about be-
cause millions of families of workers.
had been "priced out of the market
in the two years after the end of
OPA, and because these families are
now being forced to cut their meat
purchases because of unemployment
1r part-time work.
He said that between June 1946-
when OPA was killed - and early
1919, the price margin between what
consumers pay and what farmers re-
,eive, had jumped from 20 to 36
,ents-an 800 boost which smacks
If monopolistic price fixing by the
packing trust"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Worth Remembering

Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Econom-
ic Bill of Rights:
The right to a useful and remun-
erative job in the industries or shops
or farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to pro-
vide adequate food and clothing and
recreation;
The right of every farmer to raise
and sell his products at return
which will give him and his family a
decent living;
The right of every business man,
large and small, to trade in an at
of freedom from unfair
competition and domination by mon
opolies at home or abroad;
The right of every family to
decent home;
The right to adequate medical
care and the opportunity to achieve
and enjoy good health;
The right to a good education.
From Message to Cong, Jan. IL, IA
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Weayer-Newell Plan Would Short Circuit
Columbia Basin With Another Pick
Sloan Shotgun Wedding"

public work committee asked the
chief of engineers to submit his as
yet unapproved plan direct to con-
gress. Colonel Weaver made this
presentation in 1-day hearings Fri
day. Mr.. Newell made the presen-
tation for Reclamation Bureau. The
eva plan wasn't even mentioned.
Army Engineer and the Reclama-
ton Bureau spokesman say their
Weaver-Newell plan will fit right
into eva, if and whenever one is
created by congress.
eva hackers say the Weaver
Newell plan makes provision for
nothing except Engineer and Rec
lamation projects. They say it does
not provide for efficient manage
ment of Columbia waters to provide
power, irrigation, flood control, fish
cries, anti-stream pollution, and nav
igation all at once. In calling it just
another Pick-Sloan stop-gap compro-
mise, they point to reports from ex-
President Hoover's commission on
government reorganization for proof
of its inefficiency, duplication, and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Now Its the Mansfield, Maury, Sullivan,
briggs Discussion

Butte, Mont, May 81, 1915
Editor, The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Wonder if another resident of
Butte might get in on the Sullivan
Maury Exchange" 1t seems to me
that this debate-if that's what it is
- should be on the question, is
Cong. Mike Mansfield, strictly ac-
cording to his record, in truth lib
eral, and a defender of the interests
of the common people. And the de-
bate should not be on the question
of Mr.. Maury's record, or for that
matter, Mr.. Sullivan's, since neither
of the latter two gentlemen is a pub
lie servant. In this connection, it
strikes me as more than little ridic-
ulous that Mr.. Sullivan uses Bib
lical quotation, evidently to imply
that Mr.. Mansfield, a public servant
should not be Judged, or criticized.
Of course it is not only a right, but
also a duty of any citizen to judge
or criticize his congressman. | hope
Mr.. Sullivan is not in favor of sup
preston of criticism of members of
congress. If so, his advice will be
ignored by this citizen, who is going
to continue to criticize Mike Mans
field, long and loud, and to any one
who will listen.
Let's get back to the record-the
Congressional Record. First, Mans
field voted for the Greek-Turkish
aid bill, which put America into the
business of supporting the Monarcho-
Fascist government of Greece, and |
the equally reactionary Turkish set
up, to the tune of four hundred mil
lion. This money was used, and |
more is being used to attempt to
drown in blood peoples movement
as justified, as patriotic as our own
American Revolution. Mr.. Sullivan,
UNDERSTANDABLE, ignores this vote of
the liberal" Mr.. Mansfield. While
this bill was up for vote in the house,
wrote Mr.. Mansfield repeated let
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Do We Have a Tenure Law In Montana?.

| believe we can find better teacher
than Tom Newland but | am not
going to tell you the reason why. .
At the earlier trustees hearing Mr.
Macpherson had said of Principal
Korn, "In my opinion he is an adj
ministrator and in making certain
decisions, he is not required, moral
ly or legally, to justify those rea-
sons" This seems to characterize
the whole affair.
The merits of a teachers union
and the Montana Education Associ-
alton came into labor hearing in the
remarks of teachers and labor union
officials. Statements were made
that the MEA was a "superintend-
ents' organization, not too much
concerned about teacher welfare,
and that what the teachers needed
was an organization of their own
through which they could speak and
be fairly represented.
MET and Tenure
The Montana Federation of Teach
ers backed another tenure bill in the
last session of the legislative assem-
bly, which had more specific safe
guards for teachers and the school
and community. The measure ap-
proved by the NIT gave teachers
probationary period after which
good reason had to be shown for dis
missal. A dismissed teacher could
call for public hearing where testi-
mony would be presented under
oath. Failing satisfactory treat
ment at the hearing the discharged
teacher could still appeal from the
decision of trustees to a district
court. Provisions of the bill would
have strengthened the trustees side
of the contractual relations with
teachers in that Jumping" contracts
would be strongly discouraged thus
protecting the community against
losing competent teachers in mid
term by inducements from other
schools. NIT officials said their
dill would tend to stabilize the teach
ng profession by encouraging more
career teachers and thus improve
public education.
Tom Newland's effort to get a
reason for dismissal re-
calls the case of Violet Eastman who |
vas dismissed from Helena high |
school few years ago. Miss East
nan challenged the legality of the
lotice given her by the Helena
chool board. The district court up
leld her but the state supreme court
'ver-ruled the district court decision
~ 3 to 2 majority and in effect
bowed that the old tenure law was
10 tenure law for teachers.
1t is an interesting fact that both |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
Continued from Page One)

related to the problem be used under
the law? If the answer is eyes" to
the last question, the competent
teacher has no protection.
If teacher can be fired without
reason arising from performance I'M
der the terms of the contract, we
have no teacher tenure law. H. B.
1872, now on Montana statute books,
requires that teacher be notified of
unemployment or dismissal by April
1. A dismissal teacher is entitled to
reasons for such dismissal in writing.
The teacher may then request a
hearing Of the trustees. But there
the matter may be dropped as far
as that law is concerned. H.B. 1872
provides no appeal from the boards
decision. lib 1872 was sponsored by
the MEA.
Union Activity
Another angle in the case, but not
brought out in the trustees hearing,
is that about a year ago Tom New
land helped organize teachers I'M
lOI dI1IlldbCd Will 1OllOctlld SdOlct
ton of Teachers and Montana Fed
Grafton of Labor. He became the
president of the new union. Eight
of the thirteen Anaconda high school
teachers are members of the union.
Principal Korn is an ardent member
of the MEA.
Labor Takes Interest
Aroused by the apparent injustice
in the Newland case the Deer Lodge
Central Trades and Labor Assembly
held hearing of its own, asking the
board of trustees to be present and
give reason for Newland's dismissal
as we'll as answer to any charges of
anti-union activities. First, h e
trustees refused to meet, saying the
group was too large . they pre-
ferred to meet with a small number
Then the labor group demanded the
of the trustees or they |
would ask the county commissioners
for the resignation of the school Of
ficials. The trustees appeared i'm
School trustees for a
county high school are appointed by
county commissioners.
In the discussion that followed at
the labor hearing affidavits were
produced showing an anti-union at
titude on the part of Principal Korn.
Mr.. Korn denied opposing union ac-
5ivities.
The labor hearing failed to pro-
1uce a good reason for dismissing
Mr.. Newland. Pressed for reason
by Mr.. Bensch, chairman of the labor
nearing, Mr.. MACPHERSON, chairman ]
If the school board, merely said, 81
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03

Mr. Newland and Miss Eastman at
the time of their dismissals were ac-
tive in their local teacher unions.
We Need a Tenure Law
We need tenure law that pro-
tects the competent teacher against
arbitrary discharge by the caprice,
whim or prejudice of the trustees
and administrators. We need ten
ure law that protects the community
against teachers who treat their con-
tracts lightly and against system
of employment that brings too many
people into school adj
and class-rooms.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
By PETER EDISON
(From the Washington Daily News
of May "a, 1949 in
Congressional Pacord(
Congressional Record)

VI way IT, I040 III
Congressional Record)
A Weaver-Newell plan is being put
forward as substitute for President
Truman's Columbia Valley Author
ity plan. Just as the Pick-Sloan plan
was thought up to block development
of Missouri Valley Authority plan
ming, the Weaver-Newell plan is be-
ing used to check Democratic admin
istration planning for a eva.
The plan is the brain child of Col.
Theron D. Weaver, United States
district engineer in the northwest,
and R. J. Newell, regional director
for Bureau of Reclamation at Boise,
Idaho.
The Weaver-Newell deal, first an
nounced by the secretaries of the
Army and Interior, divides up re-
sponsibilities for some so projects in
the Columbia Valley. Only two have
been completed. Reclamation Blu
reau has seven more under construc-
ton, four more authorized but not
appropriated for, and 13 recon-
mended. Army engineers have four
under construction, eight authorized,
and % recommended.
The Army's share alone is esti-
mated to cost $1,000, 100000, plus
SILL 100000 year thereafter for
maintenance.
Authority for this planning goes
back to 1913, when the senate COM
MERGE committee asked Army engi-
neers to revise their plans for devel-
opment of water resources in this
area. Then last June and Septem-
Der the President asked both Army
engineers and Reclamation Bureau
to review and coordinate their plans,
following the disastrous Columbia
River floods of 1948. The Presi-
dent asked that the report be sent to
the White House for approval.
On April 10, Army engineers and
Reclamation Bureau announced their
agreement to split up the work they
had planned. Two days later Gen.
Louis A. Peck, as chief of engineers,
sent this proposed plan to the gov
errors of the western states and to
other federal agencies having an in
terest in this area. They were given
80 days in which to make suggestions
for changes. That gave them till |
mid-July.
Reports from the states are all in |
and are all favorable to the Weaver
Newell plan, with some reservations
On giving irrigation projects second
in Montana and Idaho.
The situation with respect to Agri-
culture departments soil conserva-
ion service and forest service, In
erior's electric power, grazing, ma
ional parks, Indians, fish and wild
ife services, and the federal power
commission and Bonneville power
are considerably different.
AL these agencies have major in !
erests in the northwest.
Under normal government proce-
lure, all these agencies are required Y
o make reports to the White House
N Engineer and Reclamation pro- {
'osals. A final revised report must {
hen be cleared by the Budget Blu {
eau. After that General Pick {
would be authorized to forward the 8
eport to the Secretary of Army, who
would send it to congress.
In the great desire to speed ap-
roval on the Weaver-Newell plan
head of eva, this routine has been i
short-circuited. Chair
IAN William M. Whittington's house
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-03
1000 laid Off

More than 1000 employees of the
Westinghouse Electric Corp, Pitts
burgh, Pa, have been laid off on
company-wide basis since Jan. /.