The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-12-22
SHORT SHOTS
By WIN. j. PRIEST, Livingston

The horse and buggy days wages
paid to our Legislators, are a
road block to younger men, who
buying a home, or their own bus
mess or working on salary from
filing for state senator or repre-
sentative. The 10 dollar per diem
based on 18-hour day Gas a great
number of senators and represent
atives, work far into the night
studying and Analysing bills, is
less money per hour than a day
laborer receives.
The State of Montana is
multi-million dollar concern and
any top employee offered a salary
of $40 per day would feel in
suited.
Every legislator must maintain
his own home as well as one in
Helena during the Legislature and
a minimum wage of $3.50 or $25
per day would enable most of them
to at least break even.
Christmas shopping all done? Give
Dad, and your brother a years sub
to The Voice, $500; or months for
one buck. Good present for a friend.
Amendment doing away with
rent control supported by Senators
Taft, Wherry, Brewster, "Me Too"
Ecton- Opposing extension of rent
controls even two months, Taft,
Wherry, Brewster, "Me Too" Ec-
ton. If rent controls are abolished
in next session and your rent goes
up in Montana, ask "Me Too" Ec-
ton why he wants rents raised.
page 16415 CG).
Remember when Ontario and U.
S. divided the water coming over Nj
agra Falls. Ontario took half for
Public Power and the us. gave
their half to the Mellon interests.
Ontario Hydro annual report shows
supplying 27 municipalities. In 20
Of those places rate is less than one
penny per kilowatt hour. One place
"a cents. Tennessee Valley cost is
1.5 cents XVIII. Reason for that
Ontario had big head start and has
paid off most the Indebtedness.
Our Muscle Shoals and IVA is !
iirect result of Senator Norris max !
ng a tour of Ontario in his old car =.
He talked to the little people and
'ound out: "Our cheap power is the
same thing as having a servant in :
he house."
We would have lost World War |
/ if it had not been for the large :
mount of power available to in e
lustry in the IVA and we may lose :
World War III if we do not develop !
he eva on the coast and MVA in .
he Missouri Basin.
You can't build dams in one year. =
'ower should be available in all =
arts of the U. S. as a few atomic
ombs or even TINT could cripple r
ur Muscle, Shoals, Hoover dam, or >
'ort Peck. Private companies could "
OF supply the power for World War
| (they said they could) and they il
ant do it for World War Ill b
DR.. Clarence A. Mills, U. of Gin G.
lnnati, says 1912 deaths in Los An 81
eles area in the last three-year per- W
ID caused by smog. labor. il
President Harrison Railway Clerks, p
dvocates raise in parcel post rates u
ecause the express companies cannot u
Dmpete. When you notice the trucks NJ
n highway, trucking fruit, auto
obiles six at a time, and every
Their commodity we wonder if the
ailroads and Express companies,
lie same as telegraph companies,
riced themselves out of business.
Do you believe in the Constitution ii
the U. S. which is set up for the es
'ELFARE of all the people? A. w.
ee, VP District of Columbia of
ducation evidently doesn't. liz
He wants the book, written by in
cGruder thrown out of schools be- nj
Luse it contains the following: "The tr