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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
EISENHOWER WON'T
DELAY INTERIOR
POWER POLICY

WASHINGTON, D. C.-President
| Eisenhower told % senators who pc
titioned him to postpone for 80 days
Interior departments power market
ing policy that such delay would
serve "no useful purpose" Uncon-
WINGED, two of the senators, William
LANCER Urn. d. and Lester Hunt
(D-Wyo.), introduced bill to make
the delay mandatory.
In his letter to the senators Janu-
airy 7, the President said the policy
"does not have the significance you
seem to attach to it." at dis clear"
he said, chat no preference custo-
mer could possibly be injured" by
the policy. Said Hunt, every watt
of Missouri basin public power sold
under firm 20-year contract to a
private utility is watt taken away
from rural electric co-ops, which the
the law says are to be preference
customers"
In Miami last week, 5000 repre-
sentatives of 3 " million rural cleo
trio coop members also challenged
the Presidents Interpretation. By
resolution, delegates to National Ru-
raj Electric Cooperative Associa-
TONS annual meeting said the policy
was an attack on provisions of fed
eral power marketing statutes that
give co-ops, cities, and other public
bodies first call on federal power.
After the latest revision of Inter-
ior's policy last month, Assistant In
terror Secretary Fred G. Aandahl
said, "The preference clause does not
necessarily mean preference in per-
petuity." "In other words" comment
ed the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH,
"the law does not mean what it says
it means, and there are conditions
under which it should be ignored"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
Are We Almost Exhausted
By Swimming Against the
Current For Seven Years?
BY LOWNDES MAURY, Butte


Three hundred economists met late
~. A majority believed that American
Economy is sliding into depression.
At lunch lately clever faithful mem
Der of the Farmers Union remarked
"At our convention last year they were
all afraid of the Communists. At the
convention this year they were all
afraid of the Republicans"
Since Mr. Roosevelt died the Demo
cratic and Republican parties have
both been driven by Big Business Lob
bycrats in Washington on the same
road. The difference is the Republic
cans go faster than the Democrats
did. Mr.. Eisenhower in giving away
the Off-shore Oil, POSSIBLY worth half
the National Debit acted more brazen-
ly than Mr. Truman ever did
A Texas oil baron gave Mccarthy
a special make Cadillac.
Mr.. Eisenhower who promised to re-
duce the debt is asking Congress to
raise the debt limit from S275 billion
to 1920 billion. Neither administration
passed the third grade or learned the
difference between a "billion" and
a million"
Senator Mansfield, in the House,
helped send IS billion to Chang kali
Shek. The Communists and Harvard
professors, bounded by Mccarthy, new
er yet did us as much harm as throw
ing that sum down a rat hole.
The Los Angeles Times" of January
2, says that the French have lost the
war in Indo-China. But we are sending
them 1885 million to help them fight
a retreating war. The Times also says
that the United States is sending more
goods to Communist China than Brit
ain is (Our shippers must be paying
toll on this to iobbers in Hong Kong
Amsterdam and Hamburg, instead of
sending our merchant ships to Shang-
hal and Canton in free trade). The
Times also says that the sole remain
ing actual friend of the United States
is Britain. All the $50 billion sent of
our taxes to get allies is a total loss.
Even Britain says Communist China
should have the place in United Ma
lions now held by Chang kai-Shek,
Emperor of Formosa.
Mr.. Eisenhower spent $4 billion more
in one year than Mr.. Truman did CAT
home in Montana our state taxes are
higher than before.)
Unemployment of able, willing, COM
peten workers this month reached
Social Security, unemployment
compensation, begun by Democrats
cushions the fall of these helpless peo-
pie But their pride soon is lost. They
were getting in wages probably $500
the month With us a worker produces
more wealth than his wages come to,
SO production of wealth falls off by
$500 million the month by such figure
of enforced idleness as is present.
Laying off men in factories makes
chain reatcion. 1t causes lay-off of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
IKE CALLS FOR MORE
HOSPITAL FUNDS,
RECOMMENDS BUDGET CUT

WASHINGTON, D. C. - President
Eisenhower called for more federal
hospital construction loans in his
health message to Congress, January
IL, but in his budget message three
days later he asked for smaller loan
fund than was available last year.
In his health message, the Presi-
dent said, New hospital construc-
ton continues to lag behind the need.
A program of matching state and
local tax funds and private funds
for public and voluntary, non-profit
hospitals is therefore essential. l
recommend added assistance"
In his budget message, Eisenhower
asked Congress to pare hospital con-
struction funds from sos million in
1953-54 to $50 million next year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
MONTANA FARMERS DEMAND
ADEQUATE farm PROGRAMS

ficials at the Department of the In
terror, the farm group was told by
Fred Aandahl, assistant secretary for
Water and Power Development, that
the principal job of building hydro
electric power dams has to be taken
over by local utilities, including REA
co-ops. A question as to the avail
ability of loan funds for this pur-
pose was referred to Anchor Mel
son, REA Administrator, who admit
ted that the loan funds appropriated,
thought twice as great as the Ad-
ministration has asked for, were not
by any means large enough to fl
nance the generating plants and
transmission lines needed. Some dele
gates felt that reduction in Federal
power development and inadequate
funds available to co-ops would place
the co-ops at the mercy of the pri-
vate utilities for their share for flu
ture improvements.
At the Department of Agricul-
ture, officials discussed present pro-
gram, emphasizing the closer relation
ship now existing between the Elk
tension Service and the Soil Con-
servation Service in working on To-
cal conservation programs.
The Montana Flu group visited all
members of their states Congression-
al delegation, Senator Mike Mansfield
and James E. Murray, and Repre-
senatives Lee Metcalf and Wesley A.
D'Ewart. They also called upon some
fifty senators and congressman from
other states and discussed with them
problems brought about by declin-
ing farm prices.
Two more busloads of Montana Flu
people are also making the Washing
ton trip in the next few weeks Trips
to Washington were earned in the
annual MFU membership drive. AL
ready more than $4,000 Montana
farm families have joined Farmers
Union in 1854. Indications are good
that 1854 membership may even ex-
ceed the record membership of $4,000
farm families in the organization in
1853.
In addition to the serious matters
taken up on their visit, the Farmers
Union group had the opportunity to
visit many places of interest in the
capital city, including the Lincoln Me-
mortal, Jefferson Memorial, Wash
ington Monument, Bureau of Print
ing and Engraving, Smithsonian In
stitute, the White House, and the Cap
itol.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
Social Security

Numerous people who should know
better, are strongly criticising adverse
ly, recent proposal by Carl Curtis
u. 5. Representative, CR-Neb.) which
is now endorsed by President Eisen-
hover, to include about 100000 more
persons over 90 years of age who are
not in covered occupations at pres
emit This includes farmers, doctors,
lawyers, engineers, insurance and real
estate men, etc. To help finance this
PLAN it is proposed to raise the cell
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 or $4,000 per
year of earnings on which Social Sc
curity tax is to be levied.
Let us assemble a few facts for the
information of the uniformed or mis-
informed
l. There has been deposited in the
L. S. Treasury by the wage earners
and employers 10 billion dollars to the
credit of the social security trust fund.
There are probably many who fondly
imagine that the money is still locked
up there and available for social Sc
curity payments to those who con-
tributed it, If so, just let them brace
themselves for a shock. Hardly dol
lar of it is there or anywhere else.
Where is it? they may ask. The an
swer is that at the time the fund was
established, President Roosevelt initial
ed the practice of taking the money
and spending it and deposting Gov
LOUD in its place, which practice
has been continued to date. Now Gov
eminent bonds are not money and can
only be converted into cash by levy
ing some more taxes on the people or
the United States for that purpose.
Therefore in order to redeem these
bonds to meet social security payments,
tn head of every family in the United
States must pay another tax averag-
ing $456 each. This includes those
workers and employers who have al
ready paid the tax on their earnings.
In other words they have to pay twice.
Therefore our social security reserve
fund has already been raided and
wrecked by our past political spend
thrift high financiers.
We now have to depend on the Gov
eminent not to commit a "breech of
faith" by failing to levy the taxes to
redeem the bonds and furnish the cash
to meet social security payments or
course, such a failure is unimaginabIe
for the reason that whenever the Gov
eminent fails to meet it's bond obllga-
tionS 1T can never sell another bona,
is bankrupt and ready for communism
or some other ism" We can there
fore safely assume that social securi-
ty payments will be met promptly
2. Under the present law all persons
who have contributed to Social Sc
curity for 10 years at the maximum sal
airy OF S0,bUU or more nave cOHtIlpuISu
a total of $40. A single person retlr-
ing now under those conditions would
receive retirement payments of SS5 per
month and would get his contribution
back in less than 61a months. If he had
Wife and one or more children he
would receive $16S.75 per month and
get his contribution back in less than
81 months If he died at any age and
left widow regardless of age with two
dependents, she would Immediately re-
ceive maximum payments as outlined
above in the same length of time. If
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
Legislators Have Committee
Kicked Out From
Under Them

Members of the legislature who
constituted the now defunct Montana
Legislative Council are Senator Will
liam R. Mackay, (R-Carbon) chair
man, Sens. S. F. McQuitty (D-Wheat-
landD, Earl NORTH (R-Fergus) and
H. A. Tibbals (D-MineraD, and State
Reps. Tom Haines (R-Missoula) ,
Scott A. Pfohl (R-Park), Eugene H..
Mahoney (D-Sanders) and Richard
Nixon (D-Blaine). The terms Of sew
en- of the members extends only I'M
til Dec. 81, 1854.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
By JOHN McGUFFEY, Roman

L,
The Cooperative Commonwealth
Federation party of our neighboring
province of Saskatchewan Canada, has
developed a successful disqualification
plan. 1t provides disqualification for
all ages for as long a period as the
doctor prescribes disqualification for
the patient.
The plan provides this service for a
charge of $40 a year for a single per-
son, SIS for a married couple, and $40
is the top charge for the larger ia mi
lies. These fees are not sufficient to
pay all costs of the plan and are sup
plemented from general taxation
This plan seems to have met with
popular approval. The CCF party,
since the Inauguration of the plan has
twice been returned to power with in
creased majorities.
The hospitals are generally owned
and operated by counties and munich
church groups.
The provincial board contracts with
the hospitals and pays the bills
This hospital board has also insti-
tuted an airplaine ambulance service
for use in bringing patients who live
at some distance from the hospital
heard il reported last year that this
ambulance service had delivered pat
tents in serious condition to the Mayo
Clinic within a few hours. They re-
ported that no serious accidents had
ever happened in this service. This
service is made possible because the
provincial government has developed
a widespread telephone service for
their rural communities.
The Saskatchewan administration is
anxious to develop a plan for the pay
ment of medical care, that is, to pay
the doctors bills.
They are awaiting action by the
Canadian government. There is very
strong agitation in Canada for ma
tion-wide plan for medical care.
All of their large labor unions have
declared in favor of such a plan, as
well as a large number of their farm
organizations.
A few weeks ago, a delegation of
labor groups called on st. Laurent,
the prime minister, to bring about
speedy enactment of such plan. His
answer, as 1 remember it, was that
such plan was desirable, but was i'm
possible as long as Canada had to pay
out such large sums for ornaments,
hence, in Canada, it seems to be a
question of guns instead of health in
surance.
The experiment in Saskatchewan
should be useful for us in Montana. We
are thus enabled to profit from their
experience.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
1853 BANNER YEAR
FOR CREDIT UNIONS

MADISON, Wis. - Credit unions
chalked up their biggest gains in
1953-2,134 new ones. Now the west
ern hemisphere is dotted with 49,
OFT Of these credit co-ops, says Cred
it Union National Association.
Membership topped the 81 million
mark. Assets are $2,152 million =
SAP million above 1852.
Most credit unions are organized
among employees of individual firms:
But 564 of them have been formed by
members of as many farm and city
co-ops, 776 are operated by mem
bers of labor union locals, and TAT
are built around Catholic parishes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Demands
for adequate farm price support pro
grams and the repeal of sliding scale
legislation were made to their Con-
gressional representatives by 35 Mon
tana farmers last week. They in
sisted on a reversal of present pub
lie power policies and expansion of
the REA program.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Rouane of
Columbus and George Holecek of
Boyd were in the first bus load of
Montanans who joined up with 100
farmers from Colorado, North Da-
kota, Wyoming and Minnesota for a
four-day series of conferences with
senators and representatives from
their home states and officials of the
Departments of Agriculture and In
terror. This trip to provide farmers
with an opportunity to speak out their
minds to the lawmakers was spon-
sored by the National Farmers I'm
ion.
Congressman Fred Marshall of
Minnesota warned the entire group
mat price support programs were
endangered by a publicity barrage
from the Department of Agricul-
ture officials implying that high
food costs were due entirely to 5000
parity price support program op-
erations, costs of other program ac-
tivities were improperly charged
against the price support aPpropria-
tions. Marshall approved the Ad-
ministration's plan to dispose of
one-billion-dollar worth of food
reserves in a foreign aid program
over the next three years, but
pointed out that the entire price
support operation in a 20-year pc
riod had cost one billion dollars.
Congressman Victor Wickersham of
Oklahoma in speaking to the Flu
group stated it as his firm belief
that at least a years reserve supply
OF agricultural products was essential
to the safety of the nation.
During their conference with of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29

the dependents We're children, the old
est being l year old, she would re-
celYe $34, 400 by the time she was 49,
All funds she received after less than
3H2 months would be velvet and prob
ably would eventually have to be paid
out of other appropriations.
3. Under the present law, any work.
ef IN covered occupations who has
reached 10 by Jan. LIST. 1854, and who
mas contributed to social security for
at least Is months since 1850 on a
salary of $4,000 per year, can retire
on the same payments as outlined
above. In that case he would have con-
tributed SS1 and either he or his widow
would get his contribution back in
about two weeks. However, this is in
line with other types of insurance. Any
one paying the first premium on life
insurance for instance, and who died
the next day, would leave the full
amount to his heirs.
4. Under the Curtis proposal about
IA million persons would be eligible
for old age and survivors insurance
payments at any one time. The av-
erage payment at this time is about
$lOO per month to a married couple.
Therefore the SIS reserve fund could
take care of all payments for at least
one year. OF course, with current con-
tributions it would be many times
that. Workers would be way ahead in
any case Past contributors could not
possibly lose.
The cold blooded objection of Meany
(well namely ct al to including another
ten million more persons over 65
their WIDOWS and orphans, under old
age and survivors insurance is abb
solutely unjustified. The increased SAL
airy ceiling and increase in tax from
l u 70 to 20 and more as well as in
crease in numbers of participants,
would more than take care of the in
creased obligation, indefinitely - E. j.
PARKINSON, Great Falls.
EDITORS NOTE: 1t appears Mr.. Par
kinson has his facts all mixed up. l.
Eisenhower did not recommend pass
age of any major item in the Curtis
proposal. In fact, the Presidents pro-
posal, while not as far-rea ching as that
of the AFL and Go have campaigned
for for years, is of similar nature.
Both AFL and CIO have endorsed the
Eisenhower SIS program while at same
time vigorously condemning the Cur
tbs program
2. The Social Security program is as
sound as the government of the United
States If the government hadn't bor-
rowed that SO billion from the fund,
1t would have had to borrow it from
private sources since deficit financing
is in vogue, whether Democratic or
Republican Administration Since Uncle |
sam borrowed the money from the |
fund, the fund accordingly gets the in |
-erest which otherwise would have
gone to private lenders and the fund |
IS therefore increased by that much. |
Every insurance company loans the |
funds held in trust by it for it's policy |
nolders, but, because the private COM
Dany does, no one goes up and down
The country contending that by so loan |
ng money, the insurance company is ]
guilty of a breach of faith" to it's !
This breach of faith" cry
$ pure unauthorized nonsense.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29

railway workers, a falling market for
farm products, lay off of iron, nom
ferrous, and coal miners and lumber
workers.
This all reacts on young folks buy
ing sewing machines, cars homes on
installments Finally it reacts on banks.
Last year the Soviet Union opened
the Volga-Don canal, as big an achieve
ment as our Panama canal.
The $50 billion that Washington has
thrown into Foreign rat holes would
have built the five Valley Authorities
advised by Mr.. Roosevelt. In the eyes
of the world the Tennessee Valley
Authority is the prime achievement of
America. 1t is threatened.
AS a simple citizen, with children,
grandchildren, great grandchildren to
live in this country [ would rather
have a Missouri Valley Authority go
ing. than what we got out of being
beaten in Korea, or what we will get
out of a victory, or defeat in Indo-
China.
When the New Dealers used the
credit of the United States to help the
unemployed and whip the depression"
the debt was only $50 billion.
By failing to build these great Val
ley Authorities, i.e., making invest
ments instead of wasting money in war
and Foreign Folly, the Lobbycrats are
driving us to unemployment, and re-
pudiation of the National Debt as the
only means of building new National
credit rating.
Communism is usually begun by re-
pudiation of all National debt.
The Lobbycrats (whose pet is Nc
Carthy), are driving us to Communism
more surely than any Communists
that Mccarthy can discover in our
midst
The current of world economy is
the building of vast internal improve
ments and not to spend for war.
We are drowning from fatigue of
swimming up stream for seven years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
PARK COUNTY LABOR
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR
COMING YEAR

Edward O'Neil was reelected presi-
dent of the Park County Trades &
Labor Council at the councils meeting
last week.
Other officers are Richard How
ard, vice president; William J. Priest,
secretary; Sam Briggs, treasurer;
James Copenhaver, sergeant-at-arms.
Trustees elected are D. A. Ellingston,
Fay Williams and Richard Howard.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE
OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK
SUMMONS
FOR PUBLICATION
No. 24O76

No. 24076
LORETTA McDOUGALL, Plaintiff
VS..
SAMUEL McDOUGALL, Defendant.
THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE
o VI N M E D DEFENDANT
GREETING:
You Are Hereby Summoned to an
swer the complaint in this action which
is filed in the office of the Clerk of
this Court, a copy of which is here
with served upon you, and to file your
answer and serve copy thereof upon
the Plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this Sum-
mons, exclusive of the day of service;
and in case of your failure to appear or
answer judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief demand
ed in the Complaint.
This action is brought by the Plain
tiff against the Defendant for the pur-
pose of securing the judgment and de-
cree of the above entitled Court dis
solving the bonds of matrimony here
tofore and now existing between the
Plaintiff and Defendant and granting
her an absolute Decree of divorce upon
the grounds of cruelty and for such
other relief as to the Court may seem
fully appears in the verified Complaint
of the Plaintiff on file in the office of
the Clerk of this Court to which ref
erence is hereby made.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court, this End day of January, 1854.
(SEAL)
DAVID r. KEMP, Clerk
BY H. C. HARLEM, Deputy Clerk
f. GRAY
for Plaintiff
Montana.
4 It's, Is, %, 20
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29
L OUT OF S UNION MEMBERS
IN CALIFORNIA A WOMAN

SAN FRANCISCO-One out five
union members in California today is
a woman, according to recent figures
released by the state director of in
dustrial relations. Altogether, about
100000 women in the state are I'M
ion members.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-01-29

"Democracy is based upon the con-
vIctiOn that there are extraordinary
possibilities in ordinary peopIe.,-
DIR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-10
Building Glacier
Wofer System

WEST GLACIER-The Schim-
mels and Schnel1 contract for $685.
COG to furnish and install 10,500
feet of new asbestos cement 6, 8
and 10 inch mains for Glacier Ma
tional Park headquarters is 35 per
cent complete, according to R. T.
Montgomery, National Park Ser
vice construction engineer.
Montgomery, formerly Glaciers
park engineer, now is out of the
San Francisco NPS engineering Of
flee, supervising both Glacier and
Yellowstone National Park con-
struction.
Schimmels and Schnell, Dish
man, Wash. firm, have 835 feet of
10 inch pipe and 4,676 feet of 6
inch pipe laid, and presently are
starting on the 1,200 feet of 8-inch
main that will lead to the 100000
gallon reservoir on Bolton hill just
east of park headquarters.
The main comes from the Rubi-
dioux springs on Apgar mountain
that are to provide the park COM
munity and the new Apgar camp
ground an adequate water source.
Present supply off Apgar mountain
has dried up in past fall and win
ter seasons.