The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-02

Committees Of like nature in othe-
states have ended in infamy.
In California, after all the money
| spent by the Tenney committee anC
the accusations they flung all over
the place, in one state election con
test known communist polled $780,.
600 votes, which establishes the ut
ter uselessness of the the whole com
mittee idea.
Little has been accomplished by
any of the committees; many in
nocent people have been hurt.
Harry, the kids and I are used to
the sort of things this type of COM
mittee breeds. They may yet end up
by hurting US, too, who can say?
The only consolation | can see
in it all is, that people who want this
committee are the same people who
sponsored and courted through the
legislature every other measure di-
rected against the general welfare
Friends and Mrs. O'Connor sang
"Happy Birthday to You" to George
O'Connor at the Colonial Club the
other night. Immediately l requested
the organist to play "I'll be glad when
you're dead you rascal you"
By Monday the 18th of February,
Senator Wilson George, Toole) had
talked himself hoarse on HB388. He
showed the strain in the afternoon
battle and by Monday night he was
pretty well-nigh voiceless. When l
saw him this afternoon "wednesday
he sure looked worn and tired. Come
another opportunity and he'd be right
there tho. Some of you folks should
drop a line the way of the boys who
fought this bill. The tension under
which they worked and the odds
against which they battled are not
to be taken lightly. Prob
ably more farmers saw this legisla-
.ure in action than ever before, so
some will have an appreciation of
What opponants Of the bill were up
against. You can check the roll calls
and Harry's story for names and
places.
Representatives who had birthdays |
Turing the session have had flowers |
IN their desks on the gala day. Mr..
knox who is secretary of the house
5 also florist in town. He kept
cuse and senate in flowers all SEES
ion. Nice stage settings for such
ruesome performance!
Someone said the other day that
hey heard it takes about 60,000,000
ollars to run the state for the BIZ
nnium and suggested that he bet
good contractor would take the
ob for 100000 dollars and do it
t a profit. Suppose?
In fighting the appropriation of
$4,000 for the office of the Attorney
eneral, Rep. Wiedman said he did
It want to give a man state money
} run campaign for political Of
zee. 1t is too bad when politics
cts to the point an office holder
deprived of the money he needs {
) do job just because the opposi-
on is in control of the purse strings
nd uses the control to block the
ork of the office. You will hear a
It of giff-gaff about how Olsen {
dn't need the money for this reas-
l or that, but the real reason seems
be that successful attorney gen.
ais who do the job their office
set up to do, could appeal to the
eCple. Word is that over 5000 let
rs were written to the legislature G
the interest of keeping gambling =
)rmant in the state of Montana. d
During an entertainment in the (
nate this week a couple of cute n
kes were directed Senator Weyde-
eyer's direction, and the senator a
ushed like a school boy. He is a i;
liet, unassuming gentlemen, with a C
of the 'king's english" o
at gains the attention of everyone
hen he speaks. =
The un-American interim commit