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Evening star., 1954-06-06
Congress
Record to Dute Held
Not Much for 6. o. P.
To 'Stund or FuII' on

President Eisenhower has
said on several occasions that
the Republican Party should
stand or fall in November on
: the legislative record made by
the current Congress.
There were indications last
week he agreed with most
Capitol Hill observers that the
record to date wasn't much to
stand on. -
The President told reporters
at his news conference that
he couldn't conceive of ANY.
thing more important to the
United States today than the
enactment of a legislative pro-
gram that comprehended the
great needs and requirements
of all our people. He was going
to give his exclusive attention
from now on, he said, to the
promotion of his own broad
legislative program. He tDas
going to talk to everybody he
saw, to the reporters eUery
time he saw them; he lDGs
going to talk to the public, he
,Uas going to talk to everybody
in Congress that he got hold
He and Congress had a long,
hard row to hoe. For the work
of Congress has been tagging
badly this year, and last years
program, though mostly full
filled, was a skimpy one.
. 200 Asked, Few Given
This year the President has
asked for more than 200 spe-
cific pieces of legislation. He
has been able to sign into law
only a couple Of dozen Of these
proposals. Perhaps half the
program has seen some sort Of
action on the Hill-considera-
ton by a committee or passage
by one house. Some Of his
major proposals are not even
we'll started: Foreign aid. Gov
ernment pay boosts, anti
Communist bills, a military re-
serve program, reciprocal trade
extension, etc. (See chart on
this page for major bills which
have seen some action by Con-
gresS.) % 90
Congress. according to Vice
President Nixon. always does
half its work the last two
months Of each session. Sta
tistics for the past years bear
him out insofar aS number Of
bills passed is concerned.
With adjournment set ten
tatively for July 81, Congress
is now In its final two months.
But the furious squirt which
has marked other sessions has
not yet started. And even If
Congress does match in June
and July the entire output Of
January through May, Con-
gress still will fall far short Of
what the President believes is
a full program.
President Eisenhower. how
ever, is apparently going to see
to it Congress sets new pro-
duction records between now
and adjournment-which may
have to be postponed.
Meanwhile Congress moved
forward on some major fronts.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Nearby Votes

Votes of Maryland and Vir-
ginia legislators on major roll
calls in Congress, June l.
June 4.
Senute
Amendment to increase from :
$100 million to $135 million
funds for loan authorizations
for rural electrification. Agreed
to, 42-40.
AEainst: Bean R. Md, Butler R.
Md. Byrd ID. Va.).
Not Voting-Paired Against: Robert
son ID. Va.).
Amendment to the Housing
Act of 1854 to provide for as
many as $4,000 new starts an
nually in low-rent public hous-
ing. Agreed to, 66-16. ....
For: Beall, Butler, Byrd, Robertson.
House
Bill to extend social security
old age and survivors insur-
ance program and expand its
coverage. Passed, 1858.
For: Hyde Or. MD, Small (R. Md.
Broyhill (R. Va.).
Not Voting-Paired Against: Smith
ID. Va.
Compiled by Congressional Quarterly
Evening star., 1954-06-06

and frame intelligent ques-
tions.
l5.000-Word Opinion
The majority report ran
roughly $4,000 words in length.
1t examined the charges, point
by point. and came to the con-
clusion that "a of the 25
charges were completely or
substantially true. This was
hardly a point at issue, how
ever; DR.. Oppenheimer had
admitted the truth of most of
the charges. asking only that
the commission look at the
accusations "in the context of
my life and work."
After reviewing the charges
fully, the board recommended
against reinstating DR.. Open
heimer's security clearance.
DR.. Evans did not concur. In
his 1,000-word dissent, DR..
Evans said:
II personally think that our
failure to clear DR.. Open
heimer will be a black mark
on the escutcheen of our coun-
try. His witnesses are a con-
siderable segment of the scien-
tific backbone of our Nation,
and they endorse him. am
worried about the effect an
improper decision may have
on the scientific development
in our country. -.
II suggest that DR.. Open
heimer's clearance be re-
stored"
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Atomic Energy

The President wants to re-
lax some Of the restrictions on
atomic energy information and
has asked Congress to amend
the Atomic Energy Act.
Last week the revision pro-
gram got q big boost when
members Of the Atomic Energy
Commission told the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy
they favored most Of the re-
vision bill. The five-rhember
board said It was time to let
civilians step into the atomic
Evening star., 1954-06-06
The Background

HoU did the OppenhetHner
case come to this head?
Is Some observers professed to
see the finger Of Senator Joe
Mccarthy in this pie. as it has
been in so many others.
For more than q year Sem
Ator Mccarthy has been
fumbling about something rot
Nen in the Denmark Of atomic
energy. In the opinion Of some
parsons close to the situation
the administration foresaw
with some horror the possi-
hility of the Wisconsin Red
hunter running hog-wild with
the Oppenheimer case. At any
rate. the decision was taken on
. q confidential basis in De-
cember to recheck the scien-
I lists background.
There is ground for the be-
lief that the Eisenhower gov
ernment long had reservations
about DR.. Oppenheimer, and
had used his consultative serv-
ices hardly at all.
On December % DR.. Open
heimer was notified by K. D.
Nichols, a retired major gen.
eral who is general manager Of
Acc, that his security clear
ance had been suspended. Mr..
Nichols furnished the scientist
a list of Is charges which
formed the basis for Suspen-
sion. Under existing security
procedures he gave DR.. Open
heimer a chance to reply to the
charges and to demand a hear
ing.
DR.. Oppenheimer on March
( submitted q lengthy reply
which amounted to an auto
biography of a brilliant but
naive man. He asked for Q
hearing.
The Answer to MurFow
Up to this point the whole
case had been kept away from
the public eye. Then, on April
s, in his celebrated answer"
to TV commentator Edward r.
Murrow, Senator Mccarthy
asked what thereupon came to
be the $64 question:
IF there were no Commu-
i1ists in our Government, why
did we delay for 18 months
delay our research on the hy-
drogen bomb, even though our
intelligence services were re-
porting, day after day, that the
Russians were feveriShly push
ing their development of the
hydrogen bomb?"
Whether or not Senator Nc
Carthy himself really knows
the answer to the question
or whether. indeed. the ques-
ton was based on fact and not
fancy-are matters that are
not known to this day. But it
seemed obvious to DR.. Open
heimer and his friends that
Senator Mccarthy was, getting
perilously close to saying some
thing about the atomic phys
icist. DR.. Oppenheimer took his
friends advice and exercised
his prerogative Of making pub
lie the correspondence between
Mr.. Nichols and himself. If it
did nothing else, this action
had the effect Of taking the
edge off whatever Senator Nc
Carthy might have to say
about DR.. Oppenheimer in the
future.
Then the case disappeared
behind the closed doors Of a
hearing room somewhere in
Washington. And there it re-
mained until last week.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
By John W. Thompson, Jr.

appropriations subcommittee
headed by Representative Bus
bey. Republican. Of Illinois.
recommended last year that
the District pay q share and
win stand on that finding again
this year.
What's the solution? It all
depends where you sit. But
the District feels pretty help
: less the way things are now.
4 ~
Fireworks Aheod
The proposal to take away
from the Health Department
its building inspection func-
tions and concentrate them in
the Bureau Of Licenses and In
Spections is going to cause some
fireworks.
William H. Cary. jr., director
of public health engineering,
under whom this phase of the
Health Department work has
been carried out, may be ex-
pected to lodge vigorous OBJ
lection.
Mr.. Cary was out of town
when the plan broke but it is
understood hurried wire was
sent to get him back to try to
mobilize some opposition.
Health OfIicer Dan Seek
niger was able to defeat in
the early stages Of municipal
government reorganization a
proposal to put all inspection
functions under one roof in the
licensing bureau.
His chances Of blocking this
proposal, however, are smaller
inasmuch as all three Com
missionerS seem to favor the
move.
In some District Building
circles Mr.. Cary is regarded as
one who shoots at a mark
something above the level of
practicability. For example,
he vigorously favored closing
all alley dwellings as currently
scheduled in the alley dwell
ing law despite the fact that
many of these have been re-
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Social Security

With q fine show Of solidar-
ity and enthusiasm the House
last week voted approval Of
one Of the juciest plums for
the voters in the presidential
program. It was a bill to ex-
tend and increase social secu-
rity benefits. Final vote was
255 to 8.
The bill would extend old
age and survivor insurance to
about 8 million more persons.
including farmers and self
Evening star., 1954-06-06
The Findings

How neW iDGs the case
against DR.. Oppenheimer?
Mr.. Nichols charges were
largely a re-recitation Of in
formation that had been
known to the Government for
at least seven years. There was
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Veteran Problem Grows and Grows

operate them. Sixty five
thousand others went into
business with the VA insuring
their investments.
Help toward completing edu-
cation was another reward"
veterans received after World
War II. Twelve million Amer
ican veterans Of World War
II and Korea have increased
their formal. vocational and/
or rehabilitation educations
with help from. the Govern
rnent.
Medieol Help -.
Availability of free, medical
aid to veterans and their fam
lilies also has helped make the.
average Americans health the
best in the world. And oppor-
tunities for obtaining insur-
ance through Government aid
have hiked the average Amer
lean citizens insurance on his
person and his investments
far above those Of any other
country.
Veterans mean more than
votes and business, of course.
To VA employees. they mean Q
lot of work.
More than 21O million pieces
of mail are received by the
VA every year from ex-GIs
and their families. An aver
age days mail, stacked in q
single column, would tower
twice the height of the EN-
pire State Building. The VA
has on file $50 million records
with more than 20 million
names-names like Smith Of
which there are listed 325. 900
-12.500 named John. and
johnson, Of which there are
zoo, ,000-7. 300 named william.
So long as the United States
continues its present prepared
ness policies the number OF
veterans can be expected to
continue soaring. to the salts
faction not only Of those con-
cerned with the national Sc
curity, but of those who can
hope to benefit economically.
It is not quite 30 sure, Of
course, whether most Of the
veterans-to-be share this sat-
isfactioh.
Evening star., 1954-06-06

S~SS"y SP S ~''S'
employed professionals, with
the exception of physicians.
Monthly payments would be
increased by from $5 to $31
over the existing $25 to $168.
The annual tax rate would re-
main the same-2 per cent each
for the employer and employe-
but it would be based on the
first $4,000 of salary instead of
the present $500. Retired
persons would be permitted to
earn up to $1,000 a year with
out losing some benefits. The
present limit is $75 a month.
House action was expected
to be followed by prompt Sen
ate approval Of the bill.
Evening star., 1954-06-06
Continued From Page A-25o

quick action seems q remote
possibility.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
REA NEWS Features
anna DAHL AS GUEST
EDITORIAL WRITER

Mrs. Andrew Dahl, Dagmar, known
to her Montana associates as Anna,
wrote the Guest Editorial in the
MONTANA r u R A L ELECTRIC
NEWS for February. Anna and An
drew Dahl have been active in REA
and political circles in Montana for
many years. Andrew serves Sheridan
county as State Senator and Anna
has been pioneer in REA efforts.
Anna Dahl is optimistic about what
REA people can and will do to pre-
serve their years of effort for cleo
trio power. She says, "Those of US
who have travelled the long hard
way of pioneering this country of
our appreciate more deeply than am
able to put into words the wonders
that electricity performs.
when the best years of our lives
have been spent carrying coal, wood,
ashes and water and when all work
within and without the home was
done by muscle power-if you had
it = and by grit if you didn't the
change to cooking, cleaning, washing
and ironing with electricity plus the
wonders of hot and cold running
water and real bathroom, is almost
beyond our comprehension"
Mrs. Dahl doesn't believe that the
farm populace is going to be fright
ened any longer by calling them bad
names, because, at is not socialistic
nor communistic to provide ourselves
with the necessities and few of
the comforts of life when we pay
for them and they are useful directly
Or indirectly to all the people of our
country.
Certainly the REA co-operatives
are not the first or only group to
borrow money from the government
to further a good and useful cause
nor will they be the last"
Concluded Anna, Nothing is more
powerful than public opinion and as
surely as the sun comes up in the
east it will come into prominence in
this instance"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19

us. NEWS q WORLD REPORT (teb. 19) reports Secre-
tary Agriculture has what amounts his sleeve
in his determination flexible supports basic
mode operation If Benson and his hackers create
sufficient confusion and thus delay after another block
Congressional action continuation of firm 80 per cent
ports flexible supports will automatically take effect next
unoer terms of the Hope-Aiken law of 1948-49.
Also should the Secretary be successful in this maneuver
the socaled modernzed parity formula will in to play
Montanas 1858 wheat crop flexible supports fig
modernzed parity the state would stand to lose in
SIS million farm purchasing Wheat
would somewhere around ST bushe instead of the
present So plus under 80 per supports NOTE
this drastic drop price might result drop of
cent pound loaf of bread.)
Can you Mr. Grower, you, Mr. Rural Main Street
this kind loss purchasing power? And
absorb the loss in that would result from
Mr. Benson '"flexing" program taking effect?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
Initiative MEASURES WILL REQUIRE 327l MORE
SIGNATURES In 1854

Any initiative proposal, to reach
the 1854 General Election ballot,
will require 3,271 more signatures
than were required for initiatives in
1862.
Qualifying number of signatures
for initiatives is eight per cent of the
total vote for Governor at the prev
ious Gubernatorial election. In 1913,
222,964 votes were cast in the race
for Governor. Eight per cent of
that amount was 17,833-the number
required for the four initiative meas
ures proposed in 1852.
In the 1862 Gubernatorial election
the total vote for that office increas-
ed more than 100000, to 263,792.
Eight per cent of that amount is
21,104-the minimum number for
any initiative to gain place on this
years General Election ballot.
The following includes information
on questions that will be asked fire.
quently in the months ahead. With
at least two initiatives already an
nounced the figures below will be
used by many people. We are re-
printing this material in pocket form,
and anyone who wishes to have it
may write US.
Following last election we print
ed the names of office holders for
distribution in folder form which we
offered to send to anyone who wrote
in for it, free of charge. The re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
POLITICS OFF TO EARLY
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
the death of Charles L Sheridan.
What RR&PSC commissioner Austin
Middleton's plans are have not been
made public.
In the race for the non-partisan
associate justiceshir currently held
by Associate Justice R. V. Bottomly,
as of this time only one thing is GER
tain. Justice Bottomly, who has SER
we'd the people ably and well first as
Attorney General, and since 1913 on
the court, will be candidate to sue
coed himself.
LEGISLATURE
The political fever has already ex-
tended down to the legislative level
in a number of counties Some time
ago Lincoln county representative
Allan Goodgame announced he would
seek reelection to a third term on
the Democratic ticket. At the same
time, William Shawl, Libby, and an
official of Montana District Council
Lumber & Sawmill Workers, an
nounced he would seek the Demo-
cratic nomination for the senate seat
currently held by Republican Win
ton Weydemeyer.
In Phillips county, Rueben Thomp-
son of Malta has announced for the
COP nomination to the House. Rep.
Aft Watkins, Republican, is not ex-
pected to seek reelection.
Fergus county ex-senator, Herb
Haight, Suffolk Democrat, Saturday
announced he would strive to regain
his old seat in the upper body. Sen.
Haight ably served his county in
both the House and Senate for more
than 20 years.
And, as noted last week, Senator
Paul Rice, Democrat from Teton, has
announced his intentions of seeking
another term in the Senate at this
years elections.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
INDIANS MEETTO PROTEST
LEGISLATION PROPOSING
"L.IBERATLONu

ST. IGNATIUS - The National
Congress of American Indians has
called an emergency conference to be
attended by delegations from 200
tribes in Washington, DC, February
1928 to "rally and organize a pro-
test on the national level" against
legislation which would remove fed
eral trusteeships.
Announcement of the conference
was made by Joseph R. Garry, presi-
ident of the national Indian congress,
who said the legislation, if passed,
"would endanger the tribal proper
ties of the American Indian people"
Among those attending the con-
clave will be representative of the
Flathead tribe of Montana, who will
meet February 1925 in Washington
to testify before joint committee
of Congress.
Participating in the delegation are
Walter Mcdonald, Flathead presi-
ident; Walter Morigeau, Jerome He
wankorn, spokesman for the Kooten-
al and Rev. Cornelius Byrne. Catholic
missionary at St. Ignatius, who ac-
companied the group at the request
of the Flatheads.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
Has Safe Food Margin For
Yet a Few Years

UNITED NATIONS "at least
the next few years." world food pro-
duction will increase faster than
population, DR.. Philip V. Carbon,
UN's Food & Agriculture Organiza-
ton chief, said February 9 The ma
jor task at present is equitable dis
tribution of food SURPRISES. Search
ties of some foods still exist Carbon
said
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
Editorial .
THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE!

The enthusiasm and the noticeable lack of undertheur-
face dsenson at last weekends Democratic
most encouraging For the time in years there
seemed to be an attitude of submerg petty differences
the common good of the party and the people the
The enthusiasm to get with the job hand inspired by
the able address of National Chairman Stephen MITCHELL the
fighting talks by Arnold Olsen John Bonner was an en-
couragng expression of the positive action that
be taken if the welbeing of the people be
improved.
In view of the steadily worsening condition.
the wefnanced campaign of major business interests
plumber pubs and wealth one can onv hone
that this for change the Democrats will be in there
fighting Repubicans all the There's much work to
be done if current trends nimica to
people to be reversed
Here in Montana the legislative, state
gressona level the people must be with the facts on
what has been happening to them. In simple, downtoearh
terms they must be told the facts who responsible for
l. Higher interest rates on home financing loans;
2 The giving away of offshore oil lands the financial
detriment of Montana peopen otherword the loss of
ae due the people of Montana 5000 million
tomato share of those oil
The lack of equitable highway financing program
Democrats the 1858 legislature voted
system of truck taxation that would have the heavy
trucks paying their proporonae share of annual highway
The greatly restricted benefits schedule put the
in declining economy estimated 20 per of the states
longer eligible for compensation when
jobess.
The continued lack of occupationa where
by Scoss benefits which costing the taxpayers al
million biennium would be paid by the
mining and smelling industry wherein contract this dread
g. The repeal of the State EIecrcation Authority Act of
thereby leaving many Montana electric cooper
the private power the
Eisenhower about the sordd business of
giving the private interests monopoly control pub
licly (tax) built power developments.
These issues and Others must be brought out clearly to
the people, that the people in turn intelligent vote
in their behalf when they the polls July and No
vember The political climate is fast making people more
the Importance of repeating the mistake they made
in Whether this realization will majority of
the by this fall will depend in large degree how well
the Democratic party organization the initiative in
vdg leadership and guidance such has not been fohcom
ing from that in all too many years Indeed there's
much to be done
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
Eggkeads' Revenge :.
Ike Was Hara

Montana farm income dropped ten
per cent-or $26 million-in 1858. (Fed-
eral agency report on farm income for
1858, put out early in January)
Ike Was Here
Unemployment of approximately T.
600 workers in the Quad Cities" area
Crock Island, Moline, East Moline, Ill,
and Davenport, Iowa) has resulted in
a loss of $2,500,000 per month in pur-
chasing power in the area. GUS. NEWS,
early in JanuaryD
Soup kitchen reappears in Helena
First time since the thirties. (HEL-
ENA INDEPENDENT February p
Ike Was Here
Thirty per cent of all machinists in
Iowa factories-or some 1000 workers
are now unemployed. DUBUQUE
LEADER, February So
Ike Was Here
The last two months Chicago relief
rolls have increased by $500 each
month. February relief outlay in IL |
linois will be so per cent greater than |
in January. -COLLINSVILLE Qll.) |
HERALD, Feb. 5.
Ike Was Here
One plant in the Twin Cities" will |
lay off 1900 men February 26 and |
will result in substantial labor sur |
plus and cause real economic distress"
ERIC G. HOVER, Mayor of Minnea-
polls, Feb. 8.
Ike Was Here
Montgomery Ward profits were off |
Is per cent in January, 1854, as COM
pared with January, 1953.-FRANK
EDWARDS, ALL radio newsman, Mon /
day, Feb. Is.
Upwards of 400 Northern Pacific
railway shopmen were laid off in a
two-week shutdown at Livingston,
February 15.-Press release.
President Eisenhower joins the dis
ciples of doom" parade in admitting
the country may be in serious economic |
trouble if employment doesn't take |
major upturn in March-AP story out |
of Washington, Feb. II.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19

Spouse was rather large and neces-
STATED considerable work here at
THE VOICE, as we'll as expense for
postage.
This year we are going to ask that
you send five cents for each folder.
You may use the blank we have made
up for your convenience and placed
at the bottom of this compilation.
YOU WILL BE VOTING FOR
One United States Senator
Two U. S. Representatives
A Montana Railroad and Public
Service Commissioner
An Associate Justice of the State
Supreme Court
Twenty-eight State Senators, or
half the total
Ninety-four State Representatives
IMPORTANT DATES
June (midnight)-Final day for
filing for office
July Final day for filing Initia-
tive petitions
July 20-Primary Election Day
November 2-General Election Day
November 2-Vote on Initiatives and
Referenda
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-19
Ike Was Here

The last two months Chicago relief
rolls have increased by $500 each
month. February relief outlay in IL
linois will be so per cent greater than
in January. = COLLINSVILLE Oll.)
HERALD, Feb. 5.