The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1954-04-30
Budget Economy
Affects Wild Life

tons income tax revision bill
this way:
Lets take two taxpayers. Tax
payer A is a wage Garner with a
wife and two children who has
an income of $4,000. lie pays $24O
in income taxes.
taxpayer B has the same fam
lily and income - $4,000 - but
his IS in the form of dividends
from his corporation stocks. His
tax If the Republican program is
passed, will be only $llO - or
less than half what the wage
Garner with the same income has
to pay"
We used to give income tax
credit for earned income. This
Administration would have US
give credit of unearned income.
Libby Dam to Be Built
After year of hard work on
behalf of one of this nations
most important development pro.
jects. it is with pleasure that l
tell you that we - Senators Muir.
ray, Mansfield and - have been
able to get the plans for Libby
Dam out of the pigeonhole into
which they were stuffed more
than a year ago.
We know Libby as q $263 mil.
lion multipurpose project auth.
Orized by Congress. The huge
concrete dam would span the
kOOtenai Is miles upstream from
Libby. Its power plant would
have an initial installed capacity
at the site of 100000 kilowatts
and an ultimate installed capac.
ity of 100000 kilowatts of pow.
or badly needed in the North.
west. In addition. Libby Dam
storage would provide for $40.
600 kil0watts of continuous pow
or at downstream plants and TO-.
600 kilOwatts of firm power or
dependable capacity.
The dam would afford almost
complete control of floods along
kOOtenai River. especially in the
kOOtenai Flats between BOnners
Ferry. Idaho. and the K0otenay
Lake. British Columbia. 1t would
substantially reduce flood stages
along the lower Columbia River. |
In addition. the project would |
provide recreation and conserv.
alton benefits.
This dam has the approval of
Administration spokesman and of
the people in the area in which
it Is to be built.
Secretary Of Interior Mckay
says II lis probably the most i'm.
portant project in the North.
west"
| told him that action since
then indicates that the project
Is ready for rcsubmission to the
International Joint Commission.
lie replied that this is up to the
Secretary Of the Army. So | got
in touch with Secretary Stevens,
and was told that 1T is contcm.
plated" that the project will be
rcsubMittcd by the end Of this
month.
When he was seeking the of.
flee. our President said We need
more upstream storage in the
Northwest. Ills Secretary of the
Interior calls Libby Dam prob.
ably the most important project
In the Northwest" Let's get on
with il.
Wiidiiis Program Hurt
On the floor of the House the
other day I sought TO put ST..
zoo. 900 back into the Interior De.
partmcnt Appropriations Bill.
The vote was So to 81 against
my attempt to restore cuts made
by the Bureau Of the Budget and
the Appropriations committee in
the appropriation for the Fish
and Wildlifc Service.
The Budget Bureau Topped off
$652. 900 for migratory waterfowl
refugees. $4,000 from essential
river basin studies designed to
help locate land and water for
refugees. 100000 from law en-.
fOrccmcnt and SOL 900 from re.
search into problems Of wiltlifc
management. Then the commit.
tee chopped out another Si63. 1000.
! reminded my colleagues that
the Fish and Wildlifc Service Is
the agency which deals with the
valuable and popular fish and
wildlifc resources Of our country.
and that this appropriation will
determine how we'll or how poor.
~ the agency can carry out those
responsibilities.
These cuts were made Us more
and more hunters take the field.
and more private agricultural
land Is drained. leaving fewer
nesting grounds for ducks.
Only five years ago the sports.
men Of this nation asked Cong.
rcss 70 increase the price Of the
Federal duck stamp TO 81 from
81 10 double the income to the
service for waterfowl manage.
mcnt purposes.
This money Is appropriated an.
nunlly to the Fish and Wildlifc
Service Ia Inv more WatcrfOwl