The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-15
Under likes Proposed Farm Program .
MONTANA FARMERS WOULD HAVE
LOST THEIR SHIRTS LAST Year

whether or not such necessary facts
receive dissemination.
TAXES HELP US ATTAIN
FREEDOM
Discounting the idea that high
taxes are bad, J. M. Peterson, Poison,
former legislator and retired educa-
! tor, said that in reality through tax
alton We become free. Taxation en-
ables people to provide themselves
with services they couldn't other
wise obtain, whether it be improved
highways, schools, fire and police
protection, public health, agricultur-
al experimental work, etc.
A graduated personal income tax
is the only fair tax, he said, in point
ing out that general sales taxes and
manufacturers sales taxes are re-
gressive in that they place the heav-
lest tax burden on those least able
to pay.
OTHER SPEAKERS
Other speakers before the annual
school included:
Hugo Christensen, Billings, state
head of Farmers Union Central EX
change, speaking on the Importance
to farmers of their having their own
supply and marketing co-operatives,
as means of securing more sta
BILE farm economy.
Lois Linse of National Farmers
Union, Denver, spoke on the respon-
sibilities of local and county Farm
ers Union organization.
Velma Good, Great Falls, member
of MFU education committee, dis
cussed the aims and purposes of that
important branch of Farmers Union
activities.
Leonard Kenfield, Great Falls,
MFU public relations director, re-
viewed the Importance of good pub
lie relations to farm people on the
local, state and national levels.
Importance of voting in elections
was emphasized by Pat j. Gilfeath-
er, Great Falls, MFU legal counsel,
IN speaking on the topic "Your Vote
Means Democracy.
Today, Prof John Swackhamer,
Missoula, of Montana State Univer-
sity, and Dr. Nick Helburn, Boze-
man, professor of geography at Mon
tana State College, will discuss Geo
nomics of Resource Development"
FARMER-LABOR INSTITUTE
Tomorrow morning, following con
elusion of the five-day Flu school,
the third regional Farmer-Labor In
stitute will convent in the MFU state |
office building. Institute discussion
opics include:
Saturday, January 10: "You need |
taxes that are fair, with ]. M. Pet
erson, discussion leader; "The Parity
ssue," led by Don w. Chapman and |
Richard Shipman; "The Outlook For
Consumers led by DR.. John Swack-
namer.
Saturday evening following insti-
ute dinner at MFU building: "Pub-
ic Power, Resources Development
and YOU, led by Left Erickson,
former Montana State Supreme
Court Associate Justice.
Sunday: whats happening to I'm
Compensation, led by
Charles V. Huppe, Helena attorney,
and Albert Root, Somers, member of
Compensation Com
estate Legislative Issues,
discussed by DR.. Carl Kraenzel,
Bozeman, MISC professor of rural
sociology; Mrs. Charlotte Holtz,
7loweree, member of State Board
If Health; James S. TIMBER, Helena,
PRESIDENT Montana State Federation
If Labor; Miss Kathleen Mcclure,
anaconda, vice president American
of Teachers; Lawrence
Mower, Great Falls, secretary, Great
Falls Smeltermen's Union Local 16.
The Great Falls regional institute
$ jointly sponsored by the Cascade
Trades & Labor Assembly and the
Montana Farmers Union.