The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-01-13
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM j. PRIEST
Livingston, Mont.

to build a greater and more prosper
Gus Montana.
President Truman, in his message
to congress stated 81 propose that
federal expenditures be held to the
lowest levels consistent with our IN
ternational requirements; and the es-
sential needs of economic growth and
the weIl-being of our people. Ihat
statement brought from Republicans,
clustered on his left, low chorus OF
boos. ieers and derisive laughter.
Note: Please remember the RepuD-
leans boos and jeers when we go to
the polls.
The Democrats countered with
cheers. President Truman grlnned
and said he guessed he'd better read
that sentence over again. tie dld
lust that and added Il hope you get
that last sentence.
He referred to the unbalanced bud
get by reminding the Republicans OF
the cut in taxes by the 8Oth Repub-
lican Congress remember, you got
a 1O-buck cut in yours, the SlOO,ooo
ner wear man got over 10000 cut.
Business men with so per cent OF
their capital in merchandise, and the
other SO per cent on their books with
the laboring man without job, the
farmer with a falling income, now
have a clear cut issue. Elect candl-
dates who support President Tru-
mans program and enjoy prosperity
now. or take a chance on platform
of 'two cars in every garage. Re |
member that time when you pushed {
a wheel barrow on WPA. {
Every useful invention is a direct
result of woman not taking mo V
It can be done, from her husband. c
Television, only available to those l
n direct line from Television sta
ion. unless over wires? Mrs. Ed {
Parsons of Astoria, Oregon, told her I
husband 81 want television. Build {
/ machine that will get it." Securing
FEC permission to experiment on a s
Seattle TV station wave length, Par {
sons did that very thing and now
,roadcasts all Seattle TV programs. :
Believe it or not, the Astoria C. I
# C. has stated there will be over !
900 TV sets at an early date. Don't :
ell your wife it CAN'T BE DONE.
If the ANA, which is national,
can assess doctors $25 to be used in
fighting the National Health plan q
failure to pay same, cancels doc
tors membership-why can not all e
rational unions assess their mem =
bers $25 if they cannot show
voters REGISTRATION card, or
cancel their membership?
ECA supplies the money to Eng
nd to buy lumber from Canada. In
ecember England placed an order
II 100000 feet of lumber The
nited States will furnish 100000,
nd balance of 95 per cent, will be
FINISHED by Canada. Montana, 10
laho, Washington and Oregon lum- i,
ermen are out of work. Who ever q
card of loaning money to custom ne
to buy from your competitor. 1t tn
,esn't make sense. ECA funds me-
ould be curtailed to balance the ne
ldget, not by cutting funds for 10
hools, hospitals and old age pen M
ons for citizens of the United an
ates. 90
10y
Corps of Engineers at Fort Peck We
s advised Park county agent that bu
st of Emigrant dam will be SIG tol
lion. Residents Of Park county
ould insist upon a hydroelectric
m at Emigrant site, for the follow ha
: reasons: Bonneville dam, once inc
'eled the "dam Of doubt" is doing an
lie. The Bonneville Power Admin 3.3
ration last week turned 100000 inc
rplus in revenues over to the us. sib
easury. 1t has advanced revenues car
/ years ahead of schedule. Dam fly
st S87,500,000, of which $59,OOO,- we;
0 was allocated for repayment tim
IN power revenues. To date power tina
) paid back $31,208,OOO. In addi- did
n, power revenues have repaid
!, 100000 Of the S133, 100000 cost
Bonneville Grand Coulee trans st