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Montana labor news., 1950-01-12
The Two Eyes Of
Our Congress

Being politicians, member, q ~
Congress which goes back into So
sion this week will have onc 81,
on the legislative aeeuda and IL
other on the 1850 elections
This is as i, should be, Senators
and Congressman are supposed 70 be
subject to the will OF the people
as expressed at the polls.
Yes, they're supposed TO be. The
TACT that a number OF them aren't
mean that PAC and other labor
organizations have a big Job GU
out Tor them this year
And as the votes are cast on ap-
itol Hill our lawmakers viii be con
scious OF the TACT that labor plans
TO turn out a big vote late IN 1850.
Although "pre-election fever may
cause some Congressman and Sen
ators to EAST up a bit IN their op-
position to Fair Deal measures II
would be a mistake to expect any
miracles.
Labor abhors the Taft-llartlcy Act
as much as ever. There j, every
indication that President Truman
still adhcrcs to his strong anti I'll
stand.
But there's nothing to indicate that
a Taft-Hartley repeater can be
pushed through Congress this year
Those who should know say that
the votes just aren't there.
They say too, that labor ha> a
better chance to change lawmakers
than to get current lawmakers 10
change their votes.
This means TIL is likely 10 be a
major campaign issue.
And its an issue around which
all Of labor can rally.
There are many indications that
the explosive Truman civil rights
program will be tossed into the
hopper early in the session
This should be done despite tn,
fireworks that would result
II should be done because civil
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Montana labor news., 1950-01-12
Silver Bow Trades
& Labor
Council Notes

The regular meeting Of the >il-
ser Bow TRADE, and alor Confgd
Wa called t. order It : pm Is
President John Crawford
Roll VA, called and ah,cniee~
noted
Minutes at The r%rc,iau, meeting
were read and approved - read
Credentials were received
From Laundry and I've Workers
Union No l15 naming Mrs ln,e
phinc Miller. MaNinc Fooic. and
pcarlr Thomas a, delegates. al,p
From Retail Clerk. NJ. ! naming
Mrs. Eddie MADDOX. Grant Lindsay.
George Bursin. NJ Wells, and I'd
Naw,cr As delegate.
Credentials were received ard
delegates obligated
communications were received
From the March OF Dimes asking
assistance and cooperation al all
Unions, and that each had received
this same communication fhe
Council went on record a, whole
hcartcdll endorsing and >%upportine
this program
From the Social Security calling
our attention 10 the TACT that the
last SESSION oi Congress did not III
crease benefits ior old age securities
but did increase rates from ! per
cent To | and a hall per cent Iles
stated they hoped that the next SEES
sion Of Congress would increase
these old age benefits a well -
lowering the age limits on all age
benefits,
From the Clerk ii Nchunl lNis
trio, Ne | calling attention t. the
TACT that the caucus 81 the lnde
pendent School Party should b.
held not before January 50th or later
than February Is, otherwise no more
than 90 days before the general
school election which is the first
Saturday in April and not less than
IS days prior 10 this time. Twenty
qualified electors must be present
at the caucus to namc candidates.
This was referred to a special order
OF business at the January oath
meeting OF the Council.
The Supplementary Agrcen.en; nc
tween the Women's Protective union
and the Silver Bow Employers AS
ISOLATION was read and placed ul
file. This agreement was drawn up
alter a difficulty in pay matters al
holidays. Further grievances were
received from the Wnmen's praie1
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Inc rear 'ha' me nippociatic
oath OF the meoicai profession
may become "a curse on the lips
OF those who can't afford TO Keep
we'll IS expressed IN this editor
ial from kenosna WIS., Labor
l'i, 2 Jar cfs from the iiippocratt
3Aih under Nlllfl doctors swear inc,
Niil q" everything II 'heir pow T
Aild knowledge u ''rip inc Sis
" 'hc Nnarrican Medical N,socit
npN> rrlr 'i9n n ana 9pp"sitipn Y
all iederal program, iar medical
care.
\ot ,atisiied Win gong on
cord against the truman healtn hll'
AMI THIS D"tslA, compromise ior
afa,trepinc medical aid the AMN
tiglsc ~ Delegates mas voted a
- compulsory assessment on ea,A
and every american doctor N an
cliart ~ rai>c - million tor u
propaganda and lohhying campaign
against federal programs
These federal programs include
MT na attempts Y BRING ade
qliate medical care = Inc needy but
also aids g medical education.
grants iar buiidiHe medical scho"i
facilities and voluntary consumer
organized neAlth pans 10 an 81
these program, the AMA has turned
tAuiu'> down ana mas attempted 7,
smear tae projects Mitn socialism
II one ADDS 70 their opposition
their attitude ~ preventing pf 'di>
Montana labor news., 1950-01-12

From published report. procccdins
Conference. 1870. ~l'iuloeleal Nurve.
OF the North America Wildlil'
Edition pages l2S-lSS.
Called by
President Franklin d. Roosevelt
address oi Honorable Harold
lcke,. Secretary al Interior
Il am here. ii lor no other Gas
on than to attest III, interest III An,
pledge III, cooperation with thi,
wildliie movement.
Conservation is To me the mos
interesting. the most vital. the mos
important junction IRON a long
range point OF view ol any enV-
crnmental activity.
In the Department, oi the Inter
ior we bear a very grave rcspon-
>ibility with respect to conservation
matters generally. suppose il
might be fair Ia say that the ma
tional party system constitutes a rea'
sanctuary Tor the game. the bird
and the fish OF America.
Hunting is prohibited within Their
boundaries. We are the real con.
scr~vationists in the sense that y,
protect wildliie. We not only pre-
tcct il, we foster il with care ane
give it every opportunity 70 III
crease. How many American
sport,mcn realize the debt they OK,
10 the protection that the nationa
parks afford wildlifc. Take Nel
lowstone Park as an example. ",
inagurated a program there to pro
tcct the elk. The program ha'
beer. successful. These elk no,
leave the boundaries OF Yellowstone
National Park and roam into tn
legitimate range OF the sportsmcll
The sportsmen OF America ouell
TO supper. at all costs this pole,
OF the national parks. Ii you arr
conscryationists as well as sports
men you ought to insist that sane
,uarics III the form OF national park
and monuments be maintained iol
wildliie preservation.
The United States has lis lul
quota Of dcspoilcrs oi the land VIII,
are interested solely i'll making
selfish profit out OF the destruction
ii natural resources.
| don't want to SIZE OH natipiai
parks become Gomez Island, \
10 politics. well. politics we hav'
always with us, but think it i
a well established policy. not onl.
Of the executive branch oi the GOV
ernmcnt but the legislative as wei
that the national parks and monu
mcnts are TO be s%anctuarics Tor Al
time to come ior the people
The three pages are exact quote
from Hon. Harold lckes address a
North American Wildlife Confer
ence. 1886. Biological Survey I'd
ition.
THOS Q. Pl:ASl.EN
Montana labor news., 1950-01-12
Your, very truly,
JACk II. klsl.N.AN
K J. II. KEENAN,
Roman. Montana
January ?, 1880

MIR. Ed {. Nawtcr. Editor.
Montana Labor News
Butte, Montana
Dear Mr.. Vawtcr
want to thank Won Tor sending
me The Montana Labor News. also
Tor your time and effort 10 protect
and maintain Montana, wildliie.
It is regrettable that most Of Mon
,ana's dailics pass over this subject.
1t is only by an enlightened and
aroused public that this great state,
resource can be perpctuaicd and KEPT
under state control.
have just finished reading The
Elk Swan Song. 1t is very, very
good and sell evident 1t was written
By some one with knowledge OF par,
conditions wei a period OF wears.
Well do | remember not many
years ago when | was a deputy state
warden in the Gardiner area. llor-
ace Albright was at that time super
intendcnt Of Yellowstone park.
One morning a counted total ui
lO5 elk were killed on the firing
line.
Mr.. Albright cried 10 the high
truction-slaughte ol
the Yellowstone elk herd and | am
quite sure he wrote a lengthy ar
iicle. that was published in an east
crn sporting magazine, describing
and d%cnoincins this horrible slaugh-
ter.
Not many years ago, Harold !.
lckcs, Secy. OF the Interior (Park
Service is under Secy. of INTERIOR
at a so-called sportsmens conserNa.
ton meeting gloriiied the Nationa
parks and Monuments as great Wild
life sanctuaries. But alas! Look
at conditions as they exist today
Yellowstone Park sanctuary. 1t /:
my sincere belief that Federal Wild
lie conservation is a mockery. They
are not conservationists, either by
inclination or training. The his.
tory of the vilest poison campaigi
fish and wildlife service) is a his.
tory OF the vilest poisin campaign
ever carried on in the nation.
For years they have carried o.
their poison campaign. They sa,
To keep in check and balance. CO.
otes, porcupines, bobcats ct al.
Take their Mickey Firms.
poison bate prepared and droppc'
IRON airplancs and otherwise, i'll thu
dead OF winter the Mickey Firms
are dropped along the high noun
tain ranges, They. say for coyotes
What the II is a coyote doinl
on the high mountain ranges dur
ing the dead OF winter, all gam
and other animals are i'll the low
FOOTHILLS away from the deep snow
except Martin and some Fox an'
Bluegrouse. What happens? Til
bats lay all winter i'll the spring
with warm sun they are there ex
posed to song, insectivity and olhe
birds, Martin, also Fox-the rancho
and vacationists dog also bear.
The Porcupine
In winter months ii leeds moStl
on lodgepole pine-a short liie'
and not very commercial tree. III
federal conservationists make a sur
vey, finds several lodgepole Wit
bark eaten.
The cure:
Block salt (Porcupincs are grea
lovers OF anything salty is impree
mated with poisin and placed in thes
areas to feed the Porcupines.
When stress is placed on the dan
ger of this salt becoming accessible
to game animals and domestic stoc
they say, we nail the salt TO tn
trees out OF reach. Oh Hum
Others may make errors-not fed
erals. II is a known fact that a FEY
years ago in the Southiork Flathea
area. salt grounds were establishc
(by federals) that held the elk a
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Are Physicians Losing
People, Respect?

The fear that the Hippocratic
oath OF the medical profession
may become "a curse on the lips
OF those who can't afford to keep
well" is expressed in this editor
lal from Kenosha (Wis.) Labor:
Montana labor news., 1950-01-12
1919 80 A BIG YEAR FOR LABOR
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summer on their normal winter
range Then the cry NJ available
winter range
| am wondering ii there was salt
ing done IN Yellowstone park to
Il. elk all summer on winter
III, the boy, will 60
a Ions n their objective
elimination clloW>ipnr iArh
elk.
he Enclosure
believe with tins ~ = starter
one could build up a good article
Just take a eandcr Al " eh>ter and
get the definition al Z observation
ISIS and Sanctuary
Wishing you and yours.
\ Happy and prosperous
New Year.
TIfOS. A. pEASLtN
Montana labor news., 1950-01-12
OPEN FORUM
December Is. 1919
Dillon. Montana

MIR. T.. I. Nawter, Editor
Montana Labor News
BUTTE. Montana NJ.
Dear Mr.. Nawtcr 'oricaI
have read with much sorrow -.
the terrible slaughter 81 elk III the
Yellowstone Park, 5000. | believe and
was wondering ii something could
not be done to prohibit this mas
>acrc OF these elk. the grandest oi
all oar big game ANIMALS. We III
Dillon have Just witnessed what you
might term a massacre OF these an
imals right close Ia home. We are
advised that the elk III Blacktail
were totally surrounded by jecp,
and automobiles. and that i'll a good
many cases the entire bunch wa,
wiped out, and in some cases just
the hind quarters, were taken. and
animals brought into Dillon that
spoiled and had to be thrown away.
| ann certainly in favor Of trans
planting all oil these Yellowstone
elk tina, can possibly be taken are
ni in our forests. | have hunted all
III, lie and can see the big game
diminishing III our state, and with
the large increase IN the number oi
hunters since the world war. GER
tainly more game animal, must be
made available Tor the future gencr-
alton. have been ranching and
owning livestock III TN, valley Tor
the past forty years, and icel that
there is a place Tor big game a. we'll
- domestic stock in our forests. and
hope and pray that authorities III
our state capitol see that the elk
situation is handled ior the inter
c,ts OF the >purtsmen OF the state,
which will number at least $1,000.
Thanking You Tor Your kind con
,idcration and attention in this mat
Evening star., 1950-11-28

4 co-ordinating the activities of the
Federal Government and the extern
sion of those activities outside the
District of Columbia under a grow
ing decentralization policy, the
District of Columbia should not have
to bear the expenses of the COM
mission.
EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED
ss.s7s Il !. AMENDMENTS.
|" The committee print of S. 1881
dated June %, 1850 includes six
amendments proposed by the COM
mission and two by the Subcommit-
tee. The commission amendments
were approved by the Bureau of the
Budget and transmitted to the House
District Committee on June S, 1850.
They were the result of informal
conferences held with interested Of
flcials who had raised questions
about certain provisions of the bill.
The amendments were designed to
meet these objections and to make
certain other changes found to be
desirable since the bill was first
introduced in May, 1949.
The nature of and reason for the
commission-approved amendments
are as follows:
Sec. CD Purpose of the Com
| mission:
Changes in Composition.
Interested interstate agencies are
added to the list of cooperating
agencies. The Interstate Commits
sion on the Potomac River Basin is
an example of the type of interstate
groups which would be included in
cooperative planning activities.
Sec. (c) Composition of Com
mission:
Subparagraph DIT is neces-
sary to substitute the Administrator
of General Services for the Federal
Works Administrator, as Public
Law 152 abolished the Office of the
latter. The commission believes that
the Administrator of General Serv-
ices, under whom comes the Public
Buildings Service, should be repre-
sented on the commission
Subparagraph Gas introduced,
the bill did not limit the freedom
of the nominating authorities for
the three citizen members from
Maryland, Virginia and the District.
However, several of the local au-
thorities in Virginia had expressed
concern that the language of the
bill providing for representation on
the reorganized commission did
not specify that the nomination by
the Governor should be from the
Virginia "environs."
Resolution Approved.
The County Board of Arlington
County, in particular. on May 6,
1850, unanimously adopted a reso-
luton urging that the legislation be
amended to provide that the repre-
sentative from Virginia be a mem
ber of the Northern Virginia
Regional Planning Commission, a
body recently created by joint &C
ton of all Jurisdictions in the Vir-
ginia environs under State author
izing law.
There are obvious advantages in
such a requirement, for it would
assure local representation on the
commission from the agency au-
thorized by the State to do regional
planning in the commissions func-
! tion of doing regional planning by
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was not normally concerned, spe.
cific reference might well be elimi-
mated from the bill.
Two other additional amend
ments in the committee print were
initiated by the subcommittee.
These are:
Sec 3 (d) Approval of Buildings
and Land Use in Environs:
The elimination of the require
ment that the commission approve
the general uses of land by any
agency of the Federal or District
governments, eliminates the i'm
portant element of land use con-
troll. Frequently uses of land may
affect adversely local territory more
than would the construction of any
buildings. For example, certain ex-
perimental and research activities
of the Federal Government can be
nuiSances as much as some private
land uses rigidly controlled under
zoning.
Called Sound Proposal.
Sec. (of amending act):
Concurrent with its action regard.
ing representation on the commits
sion from Virginia, Arlington County
on May 6, 1850, urged that S. 1881
Oh. r. 4848) be amended to author
ize financial aid for parks in the
Virginia environs of the National
Capital in the same manner as La
provided for the Maryland environs
under the Capper- -Cramton Act Of
May 30. 1880. The commission be-
lieves this to be a sound and equi-
table proposal, and indeed essential,
if the rapidly growing Virginia ter.
ritory in the Washington metro
politan region is to have parks on
standard comparable with that
for the District of Columbia and
the Maryland environs.
Separate legislation to provide for
this has been introduced by Repre-
sentative Smith of Virginia as
H. r. 8555. Subsequently, at the re-
quest of Representative Smith SUBJ
stitute language was drafted and
added as Sec. of S. 1881. In this
revised form, the amendment has
been approved by the commission.
Is seems only fair to extend the
same aid, no more, no less, to the
Virginia environs as has been ex-
tended for the last 20 years to the
Maryland environs.
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SECTION 8.
APPROPRIATIONS.

Because other existing legislation
requires the appropriation of funds
for the operating expenses of the
commission in the annual District
of Columbia appropriation act, it
is necessary to make specific provi-
sion for future appropriations from
Federal funds. The reasons for this
were fully outlined in the 1914 re-
port of the Bureau of the Budget.
In brief, it seems only fair that
with the increased responsibility of
the commission for planning and
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having 1t represented on the ma.
tional commission.
A. similar provision that the rep.
resentative of the Maryland "en-
virons" be a member of the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission is equally de-
sirable, especially as that commits
sion is already designated by Mary
land law as the representative of the
State Of Maryland to cooperate
with the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Language Change Needed.
A language change is also neces-
lsary IN this same paragraph with
respect to the expiration date OF
the term of the Virginia member SC
that the term shall expire April 80
1854, following the beginning of the
term of the Governor, as is the case
with the expiration date of the term
of the Maryland member.
Sec. / Id Officers and Employees
of the Commission:
The proposed changes in this sub.
section permit the designation Of
one of its members as executive vice
| chairman in lieu of the employment
of an executive officer. This is de.
sirable in case one of the appointed
members should be in the position
to give part or full time to the af.
fairs of the commission, obviatine
the need for employment of an ex.
ecutive officer. In such case the
member would be designated execu.
tive vice chairman and be compen.
sated for the time required. Because
recent experience has shown thai
it is not always possible to have the
chairman resident in the Washing
ton area, such an alternative ar.
rangement would be advantageou.
and might even be found to be more
economical If the executive vic,
chairman did not have to devot,
full time to the affairs of the com
mission. AS availability of the tim,
OF any member cannot be antici
pated, the amendment still pro
vides for employment of an execu
tive officer in the alternative.
Other language changes in thi
section are requested by the Civi
Service Commission to clarity ans
limit the commission authority t.
employe temporary or intermitten
professional services.
Consultation Provided.
Sec. 2(d) Consultation with In
terested Agencies:
1t is desirable to make a NOR,
positive provision for consultation
with interested agencies concerned
with planning the environs of tn.
National Capital. Accordingly, &
new sentence is proposed for in.
sertion in the paragraph dealing
with the environs to require the
commission to make arrangement
for mutual consultation with the
agencies concerned. This will helr
to assure continuing cooperation
which is one of the basic purposes
of the legislation.
Ses. 3 (a) Consultation with Com
mission:
Objection was made to the in
clusion of regulations" as one Of
the matters on which the commits
sion should be consulted. In view
of the fact the District Commis-
sioners stated that this might be
construed as involving many regu-
lations with which the commission
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SECTION 5.
SIX-YEAR PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAM.

At present the commission is not
required or authorized to maintain
a six-year program of public works
projects. This function for the PLAN
ming agency is usual in cities having
up-to-date planning legislation. In
the Washington area it seems all
the more important to bring to-
gether the separate capital i'm
provement programs of many diff
ferent Federal and District agen-
cies as provided in the bill.
SECTION 6.
ZONING AND SUBDIVISION
FUNCTIONS.
(a) Review of Amendments OF
Zoning Regulations and Maps:
AS it is a usual function of mu-
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| ing from the foregoing procedure
projects within the Capitol grounds
or military reservations in time of
war.
(c) Approval of Buildings of the
Government of the District of Co.
lumbia.
The Zoning Act of 1898 excepts
Federal public buildings from the
zoning regulations but requires ap-
proyal of location, height, bulk, ETC.,
by the Planning Commission. Be-
cause no similar exception and ap-
proval is provided for District Gov
ernment buildings, a special provi-
vision to this effect is desirable for
the Central Area.
Id Approval of Buildings and
Land Use in Environs:
AS originally written, this subsec-
ton was intended to provide con-
troll over Federal and District
developments in the environs which
experience has shown is greatly
needed. At the present time any
Federal or District agency may
locate project anywhere in the
Maryland and Virginia environs
without consulting any other Gov
ernment agency, either Federal OF
| local.
The bill therefore requires that
such projects shall be subject to
the approval of the commission after
| it has sought the advice of the
appropriate local or regional plan
ming agency having jurisdiction. In
this manner, the commission will be
enabled to bring about not only
conformity with the general plan
but also secure adjustments to local
plans.
SECTION 4.
THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
(a) Preparation and Adoption OF
Thoroughfare and Transportation
Plans:
Because the thoroughfare and
transportation plans are such a vital
part of the comprehensive plan and
their accomplishment a continuing
responsibility of the District Gov
ernment, this subsection provides
for the approval of such plans by
the appropriate District authorities
When so approved, the plans then
attain official status for execution.
(b) Thoroughfare Plan for En-
virons:
In dealing with thoroughfare
plans in the environs, the commits
sion has in the past felt the lack
Of any authorized procedure for
integrating its proposals with pro-
grams of Federal and State agen-
cies. The bill therefore provides that
after consultation with these agen-
cies, the commission shall submit
its plans to the Bureau of Public
Roads as guide to portions of the
plan in the Federal aid highway
system.