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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
A Thoughtful Question
Are We All Too Busy To Think?

community at large? What great
works of contemporary literature as
sign Importance to thought or make
heroes of thoughtful men?
Everyone seems to agree, from the
president down, that we have to find
some way other than war to protect
ourselves, support the cause of free
dom in the world, and serve the cause
of man. But who is giving any con-
secutive thought to an Nother way?"
We ask-the worlds peoples to
-spufn the lie of Communism, and
we back up this advice with the offer
of guns, but what revolutionary idea
do we ourselves espouse?
War in Asia seems too imminent,
but we talk about it as though it is
some unpleasant little business at a
distance instead of the curtain-raise
for war in which the big bombs
will be dropped on America just as
surely as they will be dropped on the
enemy.
This nation of ours will not re-
produce itself automatically. The
meaning and the wonder of it will
not be sustained by momentum alone.
If we have something worth saving, as
we have, somewhere in our national
culture or economy we shall have to
find the proper place for thought.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19

Food, who knows, may be free as
water and maybe free as air.
hundred years ago, Bulwer Lyt-
ton, an Englishman, was wondering
what the people of Pompeii were do
ing and thinking in the hour when
they were buried in ashes from ex-
ploding Vesuvius.
He had more than imagination to
help. Seventeen hundred years after
that event the site of the buried city
was found Men dug away the ashes
above the buried town. There lay
Pompeii as it was on the day it died.
The streets and the buildings were
there, and more. The bones of men
and animals lay in the posture of their
last hour of life.
Some died gambling on the last day
in the arena where gladiators battled
for their lives. Others were buying
and selling and helping and hurting.
Life was going on as if it would have
no end.
Worse than a sword hung over that
peoples head An exploding mountain
hung over them.
Even so, there was time for hurrying
and scurrying as the ashes began to
fall. There were minutes to think. Men
crave moment, at their death, to put
their minds at peace. The people of
Pompeii were granted that privilege.
Had it been hydrogen bomb, in
stead of a mountain that fell on Pom
peiil
A person struck by lightning does
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
IMPROVED HIGH SCHOOL COURSE ON INCOME
TAX TO BE Offered

of Internal Revenue T. Coleman
Andrews.
District Director Thomas M. Robin.
| son will be in charge of the, tax edu-
cation in Montana. He will work close
ly with public and Catholic school
systems of the state and its maj ion
municipalities in an attempt to in
crease the value of the project.
The program offers high school stu
dents a complete basic course in fed
eral tax matters. 1t Includes an analy-
sis of he forms used, especially as
applied to possible student earnings,
and additionally outlines facts ana
figures basic to the tax structure of
the nation. Why taxes are necessary,
and what becomes of the tax dollar,
are graphically depicted.
The undertaking, related to many
schools to both civic and math courses,
was begun four years ago. 1t is al
ready in use in more than 80 per
cent of the nations high schools,
Commissioner Andrews pointed out.
Suggested courses of study, ques-
tionnaires and other related materials
are included in the kit, which is Of
fered free to qualified and accredited
The courses were developed by the
division of the services
national office in Washington in CO.
operation with the several technical
divisions of the agency. In addition
to their use in high schools, many
colleges and universities use them
as reference, corollary and supple
mental materials, and their adaptation
to night-school courses is tentatively
the commissioner said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
LAND BANKS LOAN
LIMIT INCREASED BY
new LEGISLATION

SPOKANE-Credit services of the
Federal Lank~Bank of Spokane have
been breadened by legislation passed
by the congress on August and
signed into law by President Eisen-
hover on August II, Fred A. Knut-
sen, bank president, has announced.
Mr.. Knutsen said the farm credit
act of 1866 increases the banks loan
limit from 100000 to 100000; ex-
pands the purposes of loans; broadens
the base on which loans may be made
on part-time farms, and permits the
extension of credit to family corpora
tons engaged in farming operations.
"This new legislation will permit
the bank to serve many farmers and
ranchers who previously could not
obtain our loans," said Mr.. Knutsen.
"The Federal Land Bank of Spokane
and the 65 national farm loan asso=-
Citations which make and service its
loans in Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington are pleased that this
expanded credit service can now be
made available. I"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
If WE LIVE
The H-Bomb Writes A Universal Prefix

The monarch, with the whole of SYRIA
cuse at his feet, was most secure and
fortunate of men.
The tyrant gave a dinner and in
vited Damocles.
Such time Damocles was having
Rich food, high society, the favor of
the king
Then the king told Damocles to look
up and see what was hanging over
him.
There hung heavy sword sus-
pended by hair. If the hair broke,
all was over with Damocles.
Such, the monarch was saying with
out words, was the plight of the man
in power. Over his head hung always
sword, suspended by hair. For they
that live by the sword, die by the
sword.
The hair breaks. Done is a Hitler,
a Mussolini, Beria.
Yet what slow killing, that of the
sword hung over our head, suspended
by hair! Just one man, here and
there
What is that to the atom bomb,
hanging over the whole world, sus-
pended by the cruel will and fragile
tempers of dozen angry menl
We go on talking about our billion
dollars for highways. We plan our
passage to the moon. We look forward
to living on 80 hours of work a week.
We will chain the rivers and make
the deserts bloom. We shall have food
without farming and with little work
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
TWO civil SERVICE
JOBS NOW OPEN

1.-Two federal civil service positions
are now open for applicants, accord
ing to Elmer Mires, civil service Sec
rotary, Helena.
One of these is for Substitute Postal
Transportation Clerk, 1882 an hour,
in the Postal Transportation Service,
Post Office Department, in the states
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wash
ington. Applicants must be bona fide
residents of the State for which they
apply Applications must be on file
with the Director, Eleventh U. S. Civil
Service Region, 302 Federal Office
Building, Seattle 4, Washington, not
later than September ~, 1866.
The other opening is for Account
ing and Auditing Clerk, $3,415 a year,
and Accountant and Auditor, $3.50
and $4,000 a year (options: CONNER
cial and FISCAL, in various federal
agencies in the states of Idaho, Mon
tana, Oregon and Washington.
People interested should apply at
any post office for application forms
or information as to where such forms
may be obtained or to the Director,
Eleventh u. S. Civil Service Region,
3O2 Federal Office Building, Seattle
a, Washington.
Applications for the accounting
clerk position should be filed with
the Director, Eleventh U. S. Civil
Service Region, 302 Federal Office
Building, Seattle a, Washington, i'm
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
Metcalf to Speak =.
LEWIS & CLARK DEMOS
PLAN PICNIC FOR
SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Actions taken by the first session
of the 84th Congress will be reviewed
by Cong. Lee Metcalf when Lewis
& Clark Democrats hold their picnic
Saturday tomorrow.
The picnic, sponsored by the Lewis
& Clark Democratic Central Commit
tee, will be held in Rimini Park, off
Highway 10 west of Helena, and will
get underway at 4 p. m.
The committee is serving free pop
and coffee. Picnickers are asked to
bring their own lunch for the occa-
sion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
In Washington AS In Helena
In Washington AS In Helena
Truckers Blocked Passage of
Fair To-AN Highway Program

The House killed all chances for
highway building legislation in this
session of Congress, by rejecting both
the bills which had been proposed.
That happened just before this news
paper went to press. Since then, it's
become more clear just how and why
it happened.
First, the Democrats outnumbered
the Republicans in an almost straight
party-line vote which threw out the
Administration bill, which would
give an $11 million bond interest
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19

DOuduZd W DdIlhGTS.
Then the Truckers Lobby put on
the heat and party lines split in a
vote which defeated the Democrats
"pay-as-you-go" bill, which would
have made big trucks pay more
taxes for building and maintaining
the roads they use and, destroy.
Both House Speaker Sam Rayburn
and House Democratic Leader John
w. Mccormack put the blame on the
Truckers Lobby, and an editorial IN
the Washington Daily News accur-
ately sized it up this way:
"The principle reason was the truck
lobby. The Democratic version was
ambushed because it proposed to inn
pose SIP billion new taxes to pay for
the program. The alternative was to
put the government deep in debt (by
approving the Administration billy
and pass the cost along to future
generations.
"The truck lobby was willing to
stick the children and grandchil-
dren, and add about $11 billion to
the total cost, rather than divvy up
for the new roads as we go along"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
BY NORMAN COUSINS
Condensed from the
Saturday Review of Literature

We in America have been con
cerned for some years with the lot
of underprivileged peoples through
out the world. But we have yet to
do anything for one of the most
underprivileged peoples of all. Our
selves.
We have more food than we can
eat. We have more money per person
than anywhere else in the world with
per cent of the population we hold
80 per cent of the wealth We have
bigger homes, bigger television sets,
bigger cars, bigger theaters, bigger
schools.
We have everything we need, in
fact, except the most important thing
of all-time to think and the habit of
thought. We lack time for the one
thing indispensable for safety of an
individual Or nation. Leadership
today requires not so much deter
as an understanding of the lessons
of human experience. 1t requires
profound knowledge of the diseases
of civilization. 1t requires thought.
But who is doing the thinking
Who is giving sustained and incisive
thought to the most complicated and
dangerous POLLEN in the age of man?
Next question: Does anyone have
time to think? Does the Pesident have
time to think? The daily calendar Of
an American president, with its end
less appointments and glad-handing
chores, not only excludes sustained
thought but creates the kind of STAG
cato, Jangling pattern of mental ac-
tivity that leads to a demand for
surcease rather than study.
A day on the golf links thus be-
comes useful cathartic for eliminat-
ing congested impressions and helping
q man to retain his sanity, but It
doesn't necessarily provide the occa-
sion for concentrated and consecu-
i've thought.
We have somehow managed to
persuade ourselves that we are too
busy to think, too busy to read, too
'usy to look back, too busy to look
mead, too busy to understand that
III our wealth and all our power are
lot enough to safeguard our future
'nless there is also real understand
ng of the danger that threatens us j
nd how to meet it..
Thus, being busy is more than
merely national passion; it is a
national excuse.
The real question, however, con- ..
ems not the time or lack of it we
rovide. for thought, but the yalue
re place on thought. What standing
oes thoughtlessness enjoy in the /
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
By WALTER LOCKE
In Dayton (Ohio) Daily News

In Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
Old folks have always way of pre-
fixing their future with an eff"
Next summer, if I live, will go fish
ing. | will spend Christmas with my
grandchildren if | live.
Upon all planning, the angel with
the scythe intrudes himself.
Today the if covers more than the
aged. Wherever, among thoughtful
men, we go, the if is heard.
Business will be good next year-if
there is any business The national con-
ventions will be held in 1956-if there
is any 1866. We shall be ITO million
people in 1960-if there is a United
States.
The scythe is obsolete, only pin
prick at the worst.
The bombs the thing the hydrogen
bomb at best, but maybe the yet more
final cobalt bomb.
A wonderful world ours is to be,
such power we have WON'T the bomb
does not explode.
The sword of Damocles! We had
thought of it as something serious A
small matter now, like the scythe,
puff of air, nothing much at all. 1t can
slay only one at a time.
Dionysius, dictator of Syracuse, as
Damocles was telling him, was for
tunate and happy as one might feel
today with 1866 car of many colors,
huge horsepower and comet speed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
YELLOWSTONE REA
TO HOLD YOUTH
ELECTRIC FAIR AUG. 26

Young people in the electric pro-
gram of Yellowstone Valley Electric
Cooperative, Huntley, will partici-
pate in the co-op's annual Youth Elec-
trio Fair, Friday, August 26, reports
Max Mathews, coop manager.
This affair will be the "climax to
t he electric year, states Mr..
Mathews in outlining the program
in which boys and girls will compete
for awards and chance to represent
the area at the State Electric Fair in
Dillon, October 5 and g.
All young people in any adult spon-
sored program such as All and FLA
are eligible to participate in the Au-
gust 26 fair.
The program for the day is in
three sections: 1. Constructed cleo
trio project; 2. Electrical demonstra-
tion; 8. Constructed welded project.
The winner in each of these sections
will receive an expense paid trip to
the state fair, to compete against
other area winners for the top honors
in the state, says Mr.. Mathews.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19

HELENA-A move designed1to i'm
prove the Internal Revenue Services
high school tax instruction program
by placing program coordination in
each state under jurisdiction of the
agency's appropriate district director
has been announced by Commissioner
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19
Housing Shows Dip

Starts in new dwelling units, other
than farms, dropped an average of 2
per cent between May and June
from $4,000 to 129, 990-the Labor
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19

Departments Bureau of Statistics
reports. 1t was the first drop recorded
since the beginning of the year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-08-19

Three out of four traffic accidents
happen in clear weather on dry roads.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
by MARY LOU WERNER
star stan Corfespondent

ROANOKE, Nov. 10.-A moye-
ment to get LOCAL control Of
utilities particularly water COM
panies today was launched BY
members Of the Fairfax County
delegation attending the 2ist
convention Of the League
OF Virginia Counties here.
Representatives from so mein-
Der counties are expected to at
tend the two-day meeting today
and tomorrow. Fairfax County
has one Of the largest delega-
tions, with four supervisors al
ready here and three more ex-
pected.
Mrs. Anne wilkins, member Of
the Fairfax Board Of County
Supervisors from Mason District,
announced she would ask the
leagues legislative committee to
take up the problem Of utility
control.
"Since II looks like we are
going To have private water COM
panies in Fairfax County--at
least for some time to come--we
might as well get the power to
regulate them locally" she de-
clared.
Fairfax County had hoped to
set Up q public water system
and integrate into 1t some IA
private companies now serving
the county, but q $50 million
bond issue to finance the project
was defeated In Tuesdays elec-
ton.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
LocoI Control Of Utilities
Sought by Foirfox Group

Mrs. wilkins and q. wallace
Carper. chairman of the Fairfax
board. said they hoped TO get
the league to recommend passage
OF State legislation allowing
counties to control public utili-
ties. Utilities now come under
control Of the State Corporation
Commission.
Mrs. Wilkins and Mr.. Carper
said local utility control would
allow the county to require iIl-
stallation Of adequate pipes BY
water companies and make them
put IN fire hydrants and guard
against oVer-extension that In
recent years has caused some
areas to run short Of water.
Besides Mrs. wilkins and Mr..
Cafper, other Fairfax Super
yisors present for the opening Of
the convention were G. B. Rum
yon and Maurice Fox. The other
four incumbent Fairfax board
members were expected later to-
day.
Speakers scheduled to appear
today included 3. g. Garrett, jr..
King William County court
clerk, who planned to discuss
Court Costs and How They
Should Be Met. \ and G. e. Gnadt,
Prince William County commits
sioner Of revenue, who was to
talk on Sources Of Revenue for
Counties
A heated session Is expected
tomorrow morning when Trial
Justice j. Segar orayatt Of Not
taway County is to discuss Seq
regation.'
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Army Engineer
Concerned On
PEpCO Plant
Adams Fears Potomac
Bucteriu Growth,
Bod Taste and odor
By DON s. WARREN

Col. Ray Adams. District en-
gineer Of the Army Corps Of
Engineers. today voiced grave
concern about the condition Of
the water supply here If the ro-
tomac Electric Power Co. builds
q big steam generating plant
along the Potomac in connec-
ton with possible other COM
mercial developments upstream.
Testifying before q special
subcommittee Of the Senate
District Committee, which to-
day began exploring the whole
controversy, Coz Adams came
up with these two conclusions:
/. The location of two medi-
um-sized industries discharging
organic wastes within any To-
mile yeach upstream of the
PErCO site would support 4 quite
serious growth giving rise 70 se-
rious problems Of water taste
and ordor. Ty1e heat added To-
the water by the PEPCo plant
would aggravate this condition. |.
2, sIhe location Of industries
above our intake discharRing
sulphates into the river would
raise most difficult taste and
odor problems winch. however,
would not be aggravated by the
addition Of heat at the PEPCO
site. 7
Col. Adams. who based his con-
illusions ON findings Of technical
cofisuftants said that for the
abOvve reasons sethe prospect Of
further Decentralization is a Sc
'yiously Objectionable feature Of
the proposed site. =
He added: sThe construction
Of q large. expensive installa-
ton on q ow-lying plain Of the
immediate watershed such as the
proposed site VIII give the Dis
trict Of Columbia and its en-
virons very perplexing prob-
lem in meeting its water re-
uuirements when storage be-
comes necessary.
pEPCo has an option on a
large tract in Loudoun County.
This expired November but
the owners of the land have
given the power company a CO.
day extension. Meanwhile Mary
land interests are waging q de-
termined campaign to persuade
PEPCo to build its new plant in
M0ntgOn1ery County, arguing
that virtually an Of the power
developed would be sold to Mary
land consurners.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Loudoun Cites
Tax Saving
For PEPC0

LEEsBURG, Va, Nov. 10
tspeciaD The Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. could save $907. :
500 the first year In local taxes
alone II It built q SIS million
generating plant in Loudoun
County. Va, II. c. Thompson,
chairman Of the Loudoun Board
Of Supervisors. said in q state-
n1ent today.
Mr.. Thompson said figures
comparing Montgomery and
L0udoun County taxes have
been used freely and without re-
gard ID fact until now"
'.IDudoun taxes utilities On the
basis Of 40 per cent. Montgom-
cry On the basis Of 100 per cent
Cf net book value, = the super
visor chairman said. L.oudoun's
rate of $2.O5 per 500 would
mean q first years tax bill to
PEPCO the first year with its
1903 rate would be $i.522. 500.
be said.
II PEpCo builds q 500 mil
Hon plant the tax saving Ia
Ioudoun County the first year
alone would be 81 $4,000, Mr.,
Thompson said.
II PEPCo builds ID Maryland
the great difference In taxes
would have to be made up by
electric consumers not only In
Montgomery County but in
Prince Georges County. the Dis
trict Of Columbia and Arlington
County In Virginia as well, he
continued It would undoubt-
edly IneA nfigher rates for every
PEPCO user in the service area.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Educators Of 20 Nations Inspect
Progressive Silver Spring School

After photographers recorded
the scene Mr.. Nyitrai returned
the compliment with q flash
camera he carried.
Most Of the group watched in
fascination as a group of first
graders undulated to the rhythm
of drums on q phonograph.
While walking from the pri-
mary building up the hill to the
upper building. they passed the
much publicized modern play
ground. built Of cinder block.
pipes and railings.
"Ah. a ship" exclaimed one.
mo. more like a zoo." disputed
another delegate who had never
seen such q playground before,
Evening star., 1955-11-10

IRVINE. Ky. Nov. 10 (R.--
An exceptionally bold thief got
away yesterday with $1,000 in
cash and San undetermined
amount Of checks. His haul was
made from the safe Of Sheriff.
Fred Brandenburg, who was else
where in the courthouse watch
ing the tabulation Of election
returns.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Integrotion Talk
PIunned in Fuirfux

Proposals designed to pre-
vent full integration in public
schools will be presented at q
meeting at Mclean High School
lin Fairfax County at 8 o'clock
tonight.
The session will be sponsored
by the Virginia Citizens Com
mittee for Better Schools. Prin-
lcipal speaker will be william
old, Chesterfield County (va,l
attorney, author of a pamphlet.
l"The Segregation Issue: Sug-
Igestions Regarding the Main
Itenance of State Autonomy"
A panel of speakers will dis
cuss the committees proposal
for providing allowances for
children attending non-public
schools.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Almond Asks
Fund Details

RICHMOND, Nov. 10 (R1.
Attorney General ]. Lindsay AL
Imond. jr., yesterday fasked for
detailed information about Vir-
Iginia's aid to education pro-
grams.
During q conference with
|Doweil J. Howard, State super
Iintendent Of public instruction.
Mr.. Almond also asked for in
formation on the status of
students receiving various types
|of aid.
The request followed the State
Supreme Courts ruling that pub
|lic funds cannot be used TO pay
the tuition and fees of students
attending private schools.
Mr.. Almond said he could
probably give a decision on the
scope Of the court ruling a short
time after he receives the in
formation he requested.
Mr.. Almond said he wanted
information on:
III Students who are receiv-
ling State funds to attend out
| Iof-State colleges because they
could not receive the same train
ling at Virginia State colleges.
This will include at least $40
Negro students who receive
$4,000 per year for study at
|out-of State colleges.
t2) Students attending pri-
|vate colleges under the war
orphans provisions. Six are
enrolled under the program this
year.
The administrator Of the grad
|uate aid fund, DR.. Robert r.
Daniel. president Of Virginia
State College. said he would not
allocate any more funds until
he receives instructions from the
State Board Of Education.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
ConuIier to Head
Heart Compoion

Renall #. Camalier, former
District Commissioner. will serve
as chairman Of the 1856 Heart
Fund Campaign to be conducted
here February through 20.
During Mr.. Camalier's term
of office as District Comnis-
sioner," DR.. John A. Reisinger.
president Of the association said.
"Mr. Camalier was in charge Of
Public Health and Welfare, 50
we feel that we are most fortu-
nate In having him serve In
this important post as chairman
OF the 1856 Heart Fund drive"
Proceeds from the campaign
will be used to continue and ex-
pand the threefold program Of
research, education and cornfnu-
nifty service Of the washington
Heart Association.