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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

nanced by our federal government
with local public and cooperative
power systems getting first claim or
low-cost government power" Met
calf told a JeffersonJackson Day
dinner audience.
This administration would re-
peal the principle which made pos
sible the development of the Paci-
fic Northwest and give our water
power to commercial power COM
panies-thus assuring an made
quate supply of high-cost power.
"The Eisenhower Administration"
he said, "is moving to:
Il "Abdicate federal responsibility
for the power supply of municipal
and rural electric cooperative sys-
tens;
"Turn over development of by
dro-electric power, even at federal
projects, to commercial
power monopoly;
Abrogate the preference clause
established by Congress-;
= ''Turn over development of river
basin resources as fast as possible to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
Butte Miners Set Up
Political Action Group

Vigorous political action on the
national, state and legislative levels
is contemplated by the newly-reor-
ganized Butte Miners Union No. 1,
oldest local in the International
Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Work
ers.
At recent meeting Of the local,
the membership voted to set up a
Butte Miners Political Action Com
mittee. Chosen for the committee
were: Francis "Pat" Curran, Will
liam "Tussie" Mclean, Ernest Sjo-
man and Joe Sedan.
At the same meeting, Jim Curtin,
who along with Intl Reps. Ike Bay
lift and Harlow Wildman, attended
the April 13 statewide resource
meeting in Great Falls, was elected
as permanent delegate of BMU' to
all joint political meetings with other
labor, farmer and liberal groups in
Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
ANACONDA SMELTERMEN
TO COOPERATE I'M JOINT
POLITICAL ACTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Ana
conda Mill & Smeltermen's Union
No. 1T moved here April Is to en-
gage in co-ordinated political action
with other organizations in the state
concerned with the election of legi-
slators who will truly represent the
interests of the people.
The membership meeting named
Bob canon as permanent delegate
from the local to all political action
and empowered him to
political action committee
which he will head for Local lit.
The Anaconda Mine-Mill local also
plans to participate, along with Butte
Miners Local 1, in the broad state
wide meeting planned for the latter
part of May in Great Falls-THE
UNION.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
AFTER EIGHT LONG YEARS

Back in 1916 shortage of newsprnt and printers and
lack of finance made necessary to reduce the size of
THE VOICE by half. Today the first two shortcomings
have definitely been overcome, though there
is question still about the third.
However, the business of your cooperative publishing
company has been steadily picking stockholders and
other friends showing their generosity in the campaign
to finance the purchase of badly needed equipment.
Thus it is, that beginning with this week THE VOICE
expands into eight that may bring you much
broader of important state and national issues
1t sincere hope that finances will permit this
pansion to become permanent affair." We certain
that with your continued support and constantly grow
ing subscription list that this effort to effectively
serve you will be successful.-THE EDITORS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
MONTANA "MACs" TASTE
BETTER, ANYWAY

Apple packers in the Wenatchee
area are not being fair to their en-
ployers, so a report from the Wenat-
chez Central Labor advises in re-
questing union people in Montana to
refrain from buying apples grown in
the Wenatchee region of the state
of Washington.
That should present no real hard
ship to Montanans since everybody
lin Montana) should know there's
no better apple anywhere than
Montana Mcintosh from the Bitter
Root or the Flathead valley areas.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

the model and put it aside, out of
camera range.
''And then they tell us shat this
remaining half-the part used to
serve you and me-is worth 80 mil
lion. That is what is called public
utility short division"
The telephones of the TV station
were kept busy for some time after
the broadcast with congratulatory
calls. The response was pretty we'll
summed up by one listener who said,
"He didn't just tell 'em, he showed
'em."
"There is a way to handle this
and god old American
way" Olsen concluded. "That way is
not by full page newspaper ads and
hours of radio and TV time telling
the customers that the raise is ne
cessary, praiseworthy, and for their
best interests. 1t is by presenting the
controversy to the courts of this
state. That is where l have taken the
case and where | intend to keep it
until this unjust, unlawful and I'M
reasonable increase is removed, and
the money which has been improper
y taken from consumers under it is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

have been made by the Indian, among
them the ability and training for
self-government. "Self-government
under the Wheeler-Howard act was
the most constructive step ever TAX
en- toward the betterment of the
Indian, he said.
He cited the opinion by the United
States Supreme Court which said,
"These treaties are to be interpreted
for the benefit of the Indian as the
Indians understood them at the time"
and Judge Bottomly added, Through
all the courts the same thing is in
effect today
1--WE have a spiritual and
moral obligation, one higher than
the law, and | want to see these
contracts fulfilled to the limit ;.
until we have raised the standard
of living of the Indian and they
can support themselves, he said.
Judge Bottomly said that we took
of the Indians and we
knew full we'll what we were doing.
He warned that if attempts to
Continued on Page Five)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
MONTANA L&SM LOCALS
BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS

KALISPELL-Local Unions af-
filiated with the Montana District
Council, LSW, began negotiations
with employers on demands for a
121A cent per hour wage increase
last week.
Local 1912, Missoula, met with
Missoula White Pine Sash Company,
April Ia; Local 3038, Bonner, met
with Anaconda Copper Mining Com
pany Lumber Department, April Is !;
and Local 1851, Libby, met with the
j. Neils Lumber Company on April
16.
Other locals have meetings sched-
uled for the immediate future, in
Guiding Local 1855 which met with
representatives of four Missoula
plants on April o.
Meetings so far have produced no
concrete results and have consisted
mainly of Union presentation of
facts supporting the II u cent figure
versus employer predictions of eco
nomic instability, according to Dis
trict Council officials that have par
ticipated in the meetings.
Additional Local Unions have re-
ported efforts to obtain negotiating
with employers have so far
produced no concrete results.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
Indian Treaties Remain Valid
Justice Bottom|y Tells Institute
telephone MONOPOLY
NET INCOME UP MORE
THAN TEN PER CENT

Thanks to rate increases granted
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. by the
Montana Public Service Commission
and similar commissions in other
mountain states, net income of the
Bell System subsidiary took another
substantial jump in the first quarter
of 1854.
Net income for the first three
months of 1854 was So, 1865 or
$1.91 per share of stock. In the
same period 1858, MST&T had a
net of $2,679,413 or $1.71. This
1854 net amounted to an increase
of IL per cent over the very prof
liable first quarter of 1858.
In seeking it's fourth rate increase
since early 1913 MST&T officials
contended at the May, 1853, PSC
hearing that higher rates were neces-
sary in order to attract investment
capital for expansion. Testimony at
the hearing brought out that 81 per
cent of the utility's stock is owned
oy American Tel. & Tel, and that
The latter is MST&T's principal
source of investment capital.
The Montana commission granted
rate increases ranging from rs per
cent on up. The reasonableness and
necessity for these increases are cur
emily being contested in the courts
" Attorney General Arnold H. Oh
en-.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

commercial interests masquerading
as local groups while ignoring the
public and cooperative systems which
involve true local responsibility;
= Finally, to get the federal gov
eminent all the way out of the de-
and marketing of power.
''The administration has walked
out on Hells Canyon; sent us in
adequate budget requests; signed
long-term contracts with private
utilities in the Bonneville Power
Administration area which freeze
industrial expansion" the First
District congressman continued.
Continued on Page Five)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

"In all the high pressure pub
icity campaign dedicated to con-
vincing the people that the rate
increase is good for them, what is
the one figure that is never men,
toned? 1t is the price that A. c. M.
pays for its gas" he said
With the television camera peer
ing over his shoulder, Olsen read the
testimony of Jack Corette, president
of Montana Power, at the 1851 Fed
eral Power Commission hearing where
Corette assured the federal govern
ment that the A. C. M. company
would pay all of the cost of i'm
porting Canadian gas for it's ex-
elusive use.
eff these figures are correct
and they were given under oath
then the A. C. M. Co. is getting
gas at from 3 u to &c per thousand
cubic feet less than the cost to the
Montana Power Company" Olsen
said.
It's supposedly an adage in the
television industry that you can't lie
to the TV camera. Olsen was armed
with the official stenographer's tran
script of the FPC hearings and at
one point set the cover sheet di-
rectly before the camera so that the
viewers could read the title in their |
living rooms.
Then he read the statement by |
lack Corette that the Canadian gas
would prevent, rather than cause,
ate increases to the general con-
of Montana Power gas.
"Now Montana Power has the
reserves, and the A. c. M. isn't be-
ing charged enough to pay for
them, and your gas bill and mine
has been increased-how does it
look to you?'' he said.
To illustrate what happened in the
earrings before the Public Service
the Attorney General
ad model of a gas plant. Beside it
e set rising columns to indicate the
ifferent valuation figures which ,
Iontana Power has, at various times
1 the past year, claimed as the value ,
f its properties. He began with the
aluation reported to the Board of ,
EQUALIZATION for tax purposes-16 I
lillion dollars. Next he set up the |
own valuation from the
report. This was almost ,
vice as high-30 million.
"But when it came time to ask
'r a rate increase" he said, "the a
over Company asked for, and got, I
to split the plant in half,
I'd consider only the part used to
lpply gas to you and me-the gen t
al non-preferred customer" g
At this point he picked up half tt
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

NtIoIIy.
AS the main speaker at the Insti-
tute Wednesday the Montana Justice
advised the Indians to "sit tight
that in their treaties they had some
thing that no white man in this coun-
try has. "You have given this coun-
try 20 million acres of land, and you
were told that if you gave this land
we would give you the reservation. !"
He asked, "Why the hurry to
liberate the Indian, and from
what?'', and what help is neces-
sary to the Indian to make him be-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
First Time In St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-One hundred
and sixty Negro drivers have com
pleted training and will soon be
driving buses for the st. Louis Public
Service Company. This is the first
time in the city's history that Ne
groes have operated public transport
tation facilities.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
Death KNELL FOR PUBLIC power,
GOAL OF C. or. ADMINISTRATION

KALSPELI-The Eisenhower Administration power policy
would repeal the principle under which comprehensive river
basin development has forward for 20 Rep Lee
MetcaIf said here last Saturday night.
previous administrations believed that basin
could best the people through ntegraed programs fl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
Associate Justice Asks! Why the Hurry?"; CounseIs
Indians To "Sit Tight" And Insist On Continued
Observance of Their Treaties With u S. Government
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

The United States did not give the Indian anything the
Indians everything and them little reservation
said Justice v Bottomy Missoua April 28 when he spoke
before the Institute the Uni
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30
Olsen Tells TV Audience
Olsen Tells TV Audience :.
A.C.M. Getting Gas at Less
Than Cost to Montana Power

The hidden figure in the Montana Power gas
got full elevon airing by Attorney General Arnold
Olsen April Fl in Butte. Olsen broadcast from KXFTV,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-04-30

come citizen?", adding "Most of
our Indians were born in the Unit
ed States, and most of us were
foreigners at one time. Can we ex-
pect the Indian to reach the same
status of civilization as we have in
the number of years they have
been given as compared to the
time we have been using?'
The Supreme Court Justice ac-
counted the tremendous strides that
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-16
Pensacola, Florida
The Officer and the Library

young men, from Palestine, Eng
land, the United States and Can
ada, then joined the specially
created Jewish Legion to fight for
the liberation of Palestine. In
New York, where Ben-Zvi and
Ben-Gurion found themselves
after being deported by the Turks,
the future Prime Minister and
the future President helped to re-
cruit Jewish volunteers to fight
for Palestine. In England, Ben
Gurion and Dow Joseph, now
Minister of Development in the
Israel government, were soldiers
in the same regiment as Maurice
Firth who had transferred from
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers to the
10th Royal Fusiliers. The latter
was the official name of the Jew
ish Legion. Firth, a Zionist, want
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-16

ed to serve with Zionist force.
Today library of some 1900
volumes left by Maurice Firth,
who died in New York in Novem-
Der 1852, is on it's way to Haifa to
be used by the inhabitants Of that
city, which is Ben-Gurion's favor
tie, to study history and sociology.
Maurice Firth, a graduate OF
Cambridge University, was a
noted lecturer on economic and
political topics. w hen Lloyd
George first introduced the Ma
tional Insurance Act, which was
the forerunner of Franklin Roose-
velt's New Deal Social Security
by more than generation, young
Firth took to the hastings to win
the British electorate to the then
radical idea.
In 1924, soon after his return
from the military campaign in
Palestine, Firth came to live in
the United States. In 1926 he mar
Continued on Page 43)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-04-16
BY M. z. FRANK

When David Ben-Gurion was a
soldier in the British forces, an
officer in his regiment was Lon
don-born Zionist by the name OF
Maurice Firth. That was during
the First World War, when a jew
ish unit marched under General
Allenby against the Turkish
forces in Palestine.
Over ten thousand Jewish
Evening star., 1954-05-14
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Weighty Queries Face Doctors
In Public Forum on Obesity

gets worse whenever I try to lose
weight. Should I treat my ulcer
and ignore my weight?
2. Is there any relation be-
tween obesity and infertility?
3. I have started the change
of life. Does that mean will
get too fat?
4. I can stick on a diet until
some one makes me unhappy
and then I eat constantly for
several days. Is this natural?
S. Can't have this fat tummy
removed by surgery? .-
6. Why can some people eat
all they want without gaining
weight. while I have-to watch my
diet very carefully?
z. Every one in my family is
fat. Doesn't that mean that my
obesity was inherited?
Such are the questions the doc
tors will try to answer for the
public at $50 pm. Monday in
the Mount Vernon School in
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1954-05-14

OF the people who attend the
fourth health forum sponsored
by the Alexandria Medical So
ciety Monday night, 3 out Of 10
will be overweight.
While the same is true of any
collection of humans, it just SO
happens the doctors will be dis
cussing obesity. And, say the
doctors who are planning the
forum strictly designed for the
public, two more persons out Of
that 10 will probably get too fat
if they don't watch their step.
The doctors are grouping for
another skirmish in the battle
against overweight. They hope
to point out the right steps.
It's a tough problem to discuss,
the doctors concede. For hand
in hand with the problem of
overweight goes a flock of knotty
emotional problems. There's
more to obesity than the simple,
sweeping diagnosis of "you eat
too much" \
AS one Of the questions recent
ly received by the doctors asks:
IT am considerably overweight,
I am happy and I feel fine.
Should I try to reduce?"
Doctors who will appear on the
panel are now getting up their
answers. Judging from other
questions, people are generally
worried about their waistlines.
Some of the questions are:
/. I have a peptic ulcer that
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Virginia Jaycees
0pen Convention

The annual convention of the
Virginia State Junior Chamber
of Commerce opens today at the
Sheraton Park Hotel with the
Alexandria Jaycees as hosts.
Approximately 500 Jaycees are
expected for the three-day meet
ing. A highlight will be a ban
quet and dance at 1880 pm. to-
morrow at which Senator Ben
nett, Republican, Of, Utah, will
speak.
Registration begins today. The
first event is a buffet supper at
7:3O o'clock tonight. There will
be an informal dance afterwards
at $50 pm.
The schedule tomorrow in
cludes: Election of officers, a
banquet and dance.
The convention will close Sum-
day after a breakfast at 1890
am. and a board of directors
meeting at $50 am. William
Vosbeck Of the Alexandria Jay
Gees is chairman of the commit
tee in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Phyllis Hayman and Mrs.
Jean Becker are in charge Of
women'S events.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Young Democrats Urged
To Form Clubs in Virginia

Young Democratic clubs should
be formed as soon as practical
in all political subdivisions of
Northern Virginia, State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick told the
Young Democratic Club Of the
10th district last night.
Speaking before the group at
its meeting in the Belle Haven
Country Club, Senator Fenwick
told the members they could
expect recognition and support
from the 10th District Com
mittee. Senator Fenwick is
chairman of the committee.
"This is not a Republican
district despite the results of the
last national election" he said.
This group has q wonderful
opportunity to knit the Demo-
cratic Party together"
Mrs. Anne wilkins, member
Of the Fairfax Board of Super
visors; Leo Urbanske, chairman
Of the Arlington Democratic
Executive Committee, and Jim
Hollins, chairman of the Falls
Church Democratic Committee,
also spoke.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Tukomo Club Will Hold
Iris Show on Saturday

The Takoma Horticultural Club
is sponsoring its 37th annual iris
show Saturday from 4 to 8 pm.
in the Takoma Elementary
School Auditorium, Dahlia street
and Piney Branch road NV. 1t
will be open free to the public.
A large schedule Of classes is
included this year in addition to
those for arrangements. The
theme for arrangements will be
Moods of May" with two prizes
for the best exhibits of "As You
Like It." for juniors under Is
years of age.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Manager !! 'sPay
Plan Ind!orsed
In Montgomery
Increase for Council
Also Backed at
Public Hearing

Montgomery County council
men outnumbered spectators. 6
to 1. last night at q public hear
ing in Rockville on the first eight
bills and twoNresolutions, intro
duced at the May legislative
session.
Discussions focused on the two
resolutions which if passed by
the council will be put to a vote
in November's general election. .
Resolution No. 2. to eliminate
the $4,000 maximum on the
managers salary. was indorsed
by the Charter Committee and
the League of Women Voters.
Council Raise Backed.
The first resolution, which
would increase the pay of
councilmen from $40 to $50 a
meeting. and raise the annual
maximum from 81 300 to $4,000.
also was indorsed by the Char
ter Committee although the
committee has proposed that the
per diem rate be retained at the
$40 level but the maximum be
removed. The league expects
to act on the proposal next week.
David L. Cahoon, spokesman
for the Charter Committee, said
the council members compensa,
ton was not to be considered
salary but rather expense funds.
He added that Councilman
George F. Nesbitt's resolution
would provide for compensation
for only 10 additional meetings
a year. >.
Mr.. Nesbitt said the $50 rate
would more nearly reflect ex-
penses "for many types of per-
sons who serve as council mem
bers." The council now COM
prises two lawyers, dairy farm
er, a retired Army officer, a
Chamber of Commerce executive,
an insurance company officer and
a housewife.
Expenses Compared.
Mr.. Nesbitt said the councils
compensation compares to fees
paid bank directors for board
meetings. The council members
took note last night that two
similar resolutions were rejected
by the voters in 1852.
Charles w. Woodward, chief
judge of the Circuit Court. urged
passage of bill No. 4 which would
authorize the court to hire two
court reporters at maximum sal
aries of $400 a month. The court
now has one reporter receiving
$3.50 a month.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Arlington Budget Facts

The Arlington County Board has adopted for the 1s545
fiscal beginning July l. total budget of $1995 The
approved figure $32349 from the
qusted $3478726 estimated expend-
lures for the 1854 fiscal
TAX RATES.
1954-5 SO $100 of property
valuation for increase Of cents and $3 for
sonal property increase of Is cents This equivalent
13-cent Switchboard increase in both tax rates.
of county operations increased
real $1S $125. and personal property
kept at $1.50.
The part for school real estate
from $73 to $175 and personal property increased
from 50 to $225.
COUNTY BUDGET
County Manager A. T. Lundberg requested $12 2349 The
board granted him for general county operations
of $6165 The amount granted is increase of
$2,7 082 over the 1884 general county budget.
SCHOOL BUDGET.
Supt Edward Rutter requested $O67 The board granted
School Board reduction $4s4900
granted an increase of $s2s ver the 1884 school budse