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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09

reverse the FPC's "act of administra-
tive lawlessness."
The FPC ruling, which followed a
year-long hearing, -fswould appropri-
ate a strategic portion of the inter
state Snake River Waterway por-
ton capable of yielding multiple re-
gion-wide public benefits-to linn
tied and essentially single-purpose,
single-area use," the MICA attorneys
stated.
"The commission" they contend
ed, "allows it's own political pre-
objections not only to obscure the
statutory objective of maximum
public-purpose use of public water
resources, but to nullify the statu-
tory priority accorded the United
States to develop such resources.
"The Commissions opinion and
order add up to gross abuse of adj
power and dereiction
of the Commissions duty to protect
and promote comprehensive river
basin development and to act as
guardian against waste of the ma
TONS river resources"
Whereas the proposed $3.50 million
federal dam would constitute a key
project in the Army Engineer-Recla-
nation Bureau comprehensive plan
for developing the Columbia River
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
OLD AGE PENSION GROUP TO HOLD ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PARTY. DECEMBER IS

spokesman for the sponsoring pension
association.
James Meagher and Mrs. Fritz For
ester will be in charge of arrange
ments for the turkey dinner Art
Wong will be master of ceremonies.
Mrs. James Yeagley is chairman
of the car committee and those de-
string transportation to and from
the party are asked to call Mrs.
Yeagley, phone 2,2042.
AS in the past, special gifts will
be presented to the Oldest married
couple present; the old man and the
oldest woman. Gifts will be given to
everyone present.
The turkey dinner and party is
made possible by the generosity of
Great Falls labor unions, fraternal
and merchants, accord
ing to Mrs. Curtis.
In view of attendance at past years
parties, it is anticipated that more
than three hundred oldsters will at
tend this years affair. Last Christ
mas there were over three hundred
and fifty in attendance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09

Some $4,000 applications for re-
tail and wholesale Store Licenses for
the year 1856 are being mailed by
the State Board of Equalization this
week to business establishments
throughout the state. With each appli-
cation is enclosed an instruction sheet
calling attention to pertinent pro-
visions of the Store License Law.
In order to dispel any doubt as to
what type of businesses require a
store license, the law defines store
as any establishment selling goods,
wares or merchandise of any kind,
either at retail or wholesale. If sold
at both retail and wholesale, both a
retail and a wholesale license must
be obtained.
The question has been raised as
to whether restaurants, repair shops
and bars must have a store license.
If restaurant sells any merchandise
other than food, such as candy, tobac-
co, cigars, novelties, etc., a store
license must be obtained. The same
requirements applies to bars or bust
nesses of like nature. A repair shop
selling only service does not require
a store license. However, if a repair
shop in the course of it's regular bust
ness installs parts, new or used, ac-
cessories, materials or kindred items,
and a charge is made for these goods
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NRECA)
National Rural Electric Co-opera-
tive Association and the National
Hells Canyon Association were among
the ten groups petitioning the U. S.
Court of Appeals to set aside the
Federal Power Commission ruling of
August A which granted Idaho Power
Company a license to build three
dams on the Hells Canyon stretch of
the Snake River. Attorneys Evelyn
Cooper and Lucien Hilmer, repre-
senting the ten contesting groups,
requested the court to review and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
z Puerto Rican Industries
Get Higher Wage Rates

WASHINGTON, d. Minimum
wage rates under the Fair Labor
Standards Act will go up October 6
in two Puerto Rican industries, alco-
hol and textile, ranging from &c to
rs cents an hour, it was reported by
Administrator Newell Brown of the
U. S. Labor Departments Wage and
Hour and Public Contracts Division.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09

GREAT FALLS-Plans for the
10th annual Christmas party for
Great Falls area senior citizens are
almost completed, Mrs. Esther Cur
tbs, secretary of Montana Old Age
Pension Association, announced this
week.
This years party will be held Sun
day, December 18, in the Montana
Farmers Union building at $50 Sixth
Street Southwest, according to the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09


of S3,150,000 collected by the utility
because of the higher rates. These
funds are impounded pending a final
determination of the validity of the
rate increases by the State Supreme
Court. Should the court uphold the
contention of Attorney General Oh
sen, the average Montana family
gas consumer served by Montana
Power, will receive a refund of ap-
proximately $165.
The Attorney General first stepped
into the gas rate case at the commits
sion's May, 1853 public hearing on
Montana Powers request for higher
rates. At that time, the commission,
over objections by protestants, ex-
cluded from all consideration, the
amount of service provided the Ana
conda Company, despite the fact 48
per cent of MPCo.'s gas division VOL
ume goes to the ACM.
At the same hearing, the state COM
mission also refused to accept any
of the testimony given by MPCo.
officials, under oath, to the Federal
Power Commission in September,
1851, at the time the utility was petit
tioning the FPC for limited import
license for Canadian gas. Testimony
at the FPC hearing by utility Off
Gals, including Jack Corette, now
president of Montana Power, was to
the effect that should FPC grant an
import license it would be unneces-
sary for the utility to ask a general
rate increase for its business and resi-
dental customers for at least five
years. Corette said !" the effect
of our bringing Canadian gas in for
the Anaconda Company is that w
avoid the necessity of increasing the |
rate to our other customers to tn |
extent of % per cent :" MPCo. |
officials also presented charts show
ing that if the import license was
granted, the rates in effect in 1851 |
would continue through 1856. The
FPC complied with Montana Power
request and granted the import Ii
cense.
Contending that the increases were
unlawful, unreasonable and unjust"
and that the commission acted i'm
in excluding the 48 per cent
If its distribution system devoted to
Anaconda in arriving at valuation
If the gas division properties for pur-
poses of rate-fixing, the Attorney
General appealed the commissions
lecision to the courts. Montana Power
md the commission attempted to get
olsen thrown out of the case on the
lain that he was not acting as a
'arty at interest. The lower court sus- {
aimed the utility and the commission, t
ut, when the matter reached the
Court, that body in an opin- S
On written by Justice A. H. Angst 4
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
MPCo. Gas Increase Has A|re,xY Y Cost
Consumers $3,150,000


Montana Power Company by the Public Service Commission
he CHE rates hed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
UN Point Nv Gets Another
S2.6 Million From u. S.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.-(CNS)
United States delegate Henry Ca
bot Lodge, Jr., gave the United Ma
tions a check for $2,6OO,000 for UN
technical assistance, November %.
This brings to $13,100,000 the U. S.
contribution on it's pledge of $751;
100000 for 1866.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
u. S. Court Of Appeals Petitioned
On FPC HelIs Canyon Ruling

Basin, Hilmer and Mrs. Cooper con-
tended, the 1888 million private pow
er dam scheme weuld provide only
half as much power, less flood con-
troll and fewer ether regional bene-
fits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09

stitute court test of the federal
governments right to exercise emf
nent domain over the needed Indian
lands.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-09
U. S. HITS 10 MORE
INSURANCE FIRMS

Abuses by private companies SELL
ing health and welfare insurance were
spotlighted anew last week as the
Federal Trade Commission charged
10 more firms with false and MS
leading" advertising about coverage
provided by their policies. The firms
cited included some of the largest in
the U. S.
Similar complaints were levelled
against 81 companies previously. The
total of Al cited represent well over
one-third of the aggregate accident
and health coverage on an individual
policy basis in the nation. Annually,
their business amounts to some $500
million.
COMPANIES NAMED
Newest charges were issued against
Minnesota Commercial Mems Asso-
citation, Minneapolis; American Casu-
atty Co., Reading, Pa; Lumbermens
Mutual Casualty Co., Illinois Travel
ing Mems Health Association and
North American Accident Insurance
Co., all of Chicago; Massachusetts,
Bonding & Insurance Co. and Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co., of Boston;
World Insurance Co., Omaha; Ma
tional Bankers Life Insurance Co.,
Dallas, and Mutual Life Insurance
Co. New York.
Principal charges brought against
the 10, like those named previously,
are that they misrepresent the dura-
ton of their policies, health require
ments for pohcyholders, amounts paid
for hospital and surgical bills, and
extent of coverage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

Front-page space In The Star Of
January 10. 1905, was employed to
report Fan unsuccessful
Plot Against attempt -. To blow up
Statue the statue Of Frederick
the Great. recently pre-
scented to this Government by the En-
peror Of Germany and now standing In
the War College grounds. A charge Of
explosives with lighted fuse was at
tached to the fence surrounding the
statue but was removed by an employee
before it exploded. No damage resulted
to the statue or to property or person.
The employee to whose intelligence and
courage the safety Of the monument
was attributed was colored laborer,
George G. ELLIS. It was explained that:
THE vendals entered the reservation
In closed carriage; one of them at
tached the package Of dynamite to the
fence !. and the escape was made
u the carriage before any one could
take measures to stop them. The
dynamite was thrown some distance
away from the statue BY Ellis and
exploded with such force that window
panes were shattered several blocks
away and . great hole was torn IN the
ground.
The big news in The star Of January
2. 1905. was that Of the surrender Of
Port Arthur to the
Fail Of Japanese besiegers. aAt
Part Arthur 3 o'clock last night
said front-paee story.
Gen. Non received from the Rus
Sian general, Stoessel. . note asking
for q meeting TO arrange terms Of
capitulation. The note was simple and
direct. and the japanese general inn
flediately named commissioners 10 con-
FER with representatives cf the Russian
commander They met 1t noon today
10 arrange the conditions Of surrender.
The nature 81 the terms agreed upon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09
| etters to | he Star

because she found she had to have It.
Rail committing is not great success
here for two reasons: The station Is q
mile and half from most work areas
and many new centers Of population
have no present rail service. II Is not
tremendous task to meet these two
problems.
iau track were run under the Mall
to an underground depot at Fourteenth
street. with perhaps an additional stop
at Seventh, the whole downtown area
would be well served. Attractive COM
muter rates would draw thousands,
even from the present stops at Alex
andria and along the two 3. a. o. lines.
Additional platform stops without de-
pots at such places as Wheaton would
draw new riders.
One Of the factors which makes
rail committing satisfactory In other
cities is an adequate schedule. espe-
cially in the evening. / know Of many
people in the Silver Spring area who
would prefer the train, but cannot risk
missing the last evening one Two or
three good trains with several cars,
and q few supplementary cars for
the later hours would meet the prob
lem which now forces some to drive
when they do not want to.
Let's stop pretending that buses can
ever meet the~ needs Of the suburbs
when 1t is perfectly clear that they
cannot. We have the rails; for heavens
sake let's use them.
Peter Olson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09
Practical Speed Limit

Congratulations to the Park Police
for raising the speed limit on Suit
land parkway TO As miles an hour,
with lower limits at danger points. /
know nothing that brings traffic laws
into disrepute more than ridiculously
low speed limits. The majority Of
drivers are sensible people who win
drive at safe speeds regardless Of the
posted limit. Nothing Is more irritat-
ing than to have to creep along at IS
miles an hour on street that Is safe
for 50-mile trafiic.
There are many other broad streets
In the Washington area where the
speed could safely be raised. A survey
Of these streets would show that most
careful drivers are exceeding IS when
there is no officer around. This is
particularly true on the bridges where
there can be no intersecting traffic.
If the limits could be raised at these
points and slow drivers be made to
keep to the right. It would do much
to eliminate traffic tie-ups.
There are many times and places
where IS miles an hour is too fast,
and there are other situations where
SO would be O safe speed. Concentfa-
ton on arresting the reckless driver,
without paying too much attention to
arbitrary speed limits, would do much
to speed up traffic. and at the same
time increase the respect Of the safe
drivers for law enforcement officers.
+. Alan Penn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09

Asking: what do you consider the
most important forward step in local
conditions during the
Woshinqton's year 1902" The Star Of
Civic Needs January :, 1905, am
swered In its own be-
half: Railway terminal project which
win do away with grade crossings and
give the National Capital handsome
union railway staten: spiritual adj
yancement Of the religious and chari-
table organizations; the progress Of
work on the filtration plant, assuring
pure water supply for the citizens Of
the District: efforts to secure q cross
town street railway; true spirit Of
charity shown In providing outings for
the poor and needy; Fairgrounds for
the children In various sections Of the
city: new building for the local police
court: digging foundation for the new
municipal building. Then. regarding
the city's major needs for 1905, the
paper listed: Permanent settlement Of
the finances Of the District OF Column
hia: legislation and appropriations for
yentipn hall large enough for holding
the inaugural balls and receptions: new
home Tor the municipal government:
development Of the park system: addi-
tional trees for the city streets: public
places OF recreation; place for the care
Of persons suffering with tuberculosis:
reclamation or the Anacostia fats; do
away with alley houses: new laws TO
conform 10 modern hygiene and san
itntion: high-pressure water service
The Star FOR January I. 1905. con-
tanned review Of q book whose utility
still IS comfortable
Reinnchss namely. "The story Of Art
Cu;1a Through the Ages, BY
Solomon Reinach. Under it,
subsequent title, Apollo It has run
into dozens Of large editions and been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09

Is not yet known, but dispatches from
Tokyo indicate that they viii be OF the
most magnanimDus character. The
Emperor OF Japan himself, through the
chief Of the imperial staff, has made
public his expression that Gen. Stoes-
sci has rendered commendable service
to his country in the midst Of dificul-
ties and that 1t - his wish that milf
tary honors be shown him. A dispatch
from Tokyo quotes military opinion
as believing that the entire garrison
will be allowed to march out under arms
and may be sent to Russia on parole
Port Arthur had been under repeated
attack from February 3. 1904. onward.
Editorially. The Star commented:
From beginning TO end this remark
able siege, ranking with the longest in
history, and by reason Of the greater
destructiveness Of modern guns. one Of
the most costly In proportion TO the
numbers engaged, has been trerIlen-
dous performance on the part Of the
Japanese, demonstrating most effective
" their great ability as tacticians, as
assailants, as engineers. as arfillerists
and a. sailors. Whatever may be the
mllbaIy CueGb u1Ou AiS ttupnAAts SAAAt-
paign, the capture Of Port Arthur viii
stand is complete proof that Japan
Is 4 great military power"
The star Of December 20, 1904, am
nounced that Hannah. daughter Of
Yiscount Acki, for-
Aokfs Daughter mer minister Of for
Wadg German eign affairs In the
government OF u.
pan. had been married TO Count Alex
ander Won Hatzfeidt- Trachenbere. an
attache Of the German legation IN
Tokyo. Three ceremonies actually had
been arranged to unite the couple
according To japanese traditions, one
4 German civil marriage performed BY
the German minister. Count Won Arco-
valley. and one at the Catholic catre-
dral In the japanese capital. The
church rites were attended BY prOnni-
nent Japanese and members Of the
diplomatic corps. viscgtnt A0ki him.
self had married 4 German baroness.
and his daughter, tperefcre. was half
German.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09

graduates or graduates. or TO white
haired men or women. It is the lovely
virtue, the rib Or Cod himself that God
sent down to his children" That means
that somehow must be thrown out
because there Is no courage IN that
listless word.
a very wise man. who had watched
and helped hundreds Of mortals as they
faced LIES testing challenges. wrote
revealing chapter on what Christ
Hates Most" He points to q certain
translation Of sentence In the 18th.
Psalm: a hate men who are half and
half And this IS the picture which
ne sees framed BY that scriptured ref
erence: Whatever allowances may
have to be made for our frail and
laundering human nature, there is one
type Of person whom the Master Of
Men cannot and will not stand the
fiahby, feckleSs creature who has no
enthusiasm. who tells neither for nor
against anything at all but drifts aim
lessly with the tides. Sometimes he
seems to be with you, but never SO
oleheartedly but that he leaves i
back door Of escape and. II pinch
comes. Is not there Most Of lis would
echo the Psalnist,s estimate, Il hate
men who are half and half. 2
Is Il not significant that thus In the
New Testament we hear 3 voice de-
claring that the somehow. people
fiil the Lord Of life abundant with
sheer despair
They are characterized as those who
are neither cold nor hot. And 1t Is
plainly said, because they are luke
warm He regards them with repug-
nance which amounts TO an overpower-
ing nausea. Such strong language In
dicates that that One who knows what
Is In man realizes that there can be no
triumph In anything that is half and
half-in the negative attitude summed
up In the one word, somehow.
One Of the Christmas greetings
which rings in my mind and heart.
now that the cards and folders from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09

translated into many different LAM
guages for school and reference use.
Part Of the attraction Of the little vol
ume Is its hundreds Of small halftone
illustrations reproducing famous works
Of painting, sculpture and architecture.
on January 4. 1905, The star an
nounced the death Of Theodore
Thomas, one Of the
Theodore Thomos great orchestral
Decd at 50 conductors OF all
time. at his home
In Chicago. He had been III for several
DAYS with pneumonia. The end Of his
career came almost at the hour Of
lllis) achieving his ambition Of years
the establishment Of the Chicago
Orchestra In magnificent permanent
home. Son Of an expert viDiinist, Mr.
Thomas was born In Hanover. Germany.
Cctober III, 1885. He was brought To
America by his parents when he was
Id. and even at that early date was q
skilled musician. A tour Of Southern
cities In 1851 laid the foundation Of
his future fame. he played II con-
cert III New York with jenny Lind ana
other celebrated artists and. between
1855 and 1872. gave series Of chamber
concerts Of distinction. His flrst sym.
phony programs were produced II 1854
and he repeated his symphonic tri-
umphs annually until 1879, when he
was called 10 Cincinnati 10 take charge
1T the College Of Music there Then
followed period as director Of the
New York Philharmonic Society. 1879
1891. Mr.. Thomas work in Chicago
began In the last mentioned year. II
eliminated III the dedication Of Or
ciaestral Hall. costing more than $500
700. The famous conductor presided
at only four concerts In the new build
ing before the commencement Of his
final illness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-09
Calling for More Margin

The Federal Reserve Board increase In
margin requirements for trading In securi-
ties appears, in police terms, to be more Of q
warning than an attempted arrest. It is, In
others words, warning that the year-long,
virtually unbroken upward surge in security
prices should not be transformed into
speculative roller coaster powered In dam
gerous degree by borrowed capital. Actually,
with so per cent margin requirement In
effect for the past 16 months and margin
trading estimated to involve only about
per cent Of the total value Of stocks listed on
the New York Exchange. this threat Of an
irresponsible market has been more theoret-
ical than real. Even so. raising the margin
requirement to so per cent does serve to
remind traders that the Government Is
prepared to take any steps possible to dis
courage another era of speculative madness
comparable to that of 1929.
The Government does not, Of course,
have the power to Ak the prices Of securities
either high or low Neither do the ex-
changes through which trading ordinarily
goes on. Both the Government and the
exchanges have certain control powers de-
signed to safeguard the public welfare and
the broad interests Of individual investors.
The Federal Reserve Board IS authorized,
for example, to prevent the excessive use OF
credit" and it is this authorization that is
being applied in the present instance.
1t is unjustified, however, to assume that
trading in securities even In record-breal-
ing volume lis merely an exercise in guess
ing or In gambling. Bonds and stocks are
ice,,ad hv the Natiof,,s eoYl,orn tioye Al, nrdnr
to obtain funds for development Of practi-
cally every phase Of industrial activity.
The achievements of American business
and industry probably could not have taken
place without existence Of organized mar
kets through which such capital could be
enlisted In turn, over the long period the
prices paid for securities represent the
public evaluation of the merits Of SPECIFIC
companies or industries. and Of prospects
hSsthe future.
Sscav signs and statistics in the postwar
period hass ,ointed to an expanding econ-
only and to great growth prospects for
certain industries Security prices often
anticipate the shorter term trends and the
current "bull market" began nearly year
ago when the country was dipping into q
period Of recession. The greatest rise In
prices, however, began Just before there
were tangible indices available to prove that
the recession was over. In due time, security
price averages win drop or at least level on.
The increased margin requirements may
prevent certain amount Of oyer-buying.
meanwhile, and may contribute to more
orderly adjustment Of the markets later.