The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-24

ernor AronSOn'S appointment to the
Craftsmanship of the Industrial Acct
dent Board.
McChesney was appointed to take
the place of Robert Swanberg, Gov
ernor Bonner's appointment. Swan
berg's appointment would have, in
the normal course of things, expired
the first of May. But the legislature
passed law that his successor had
to be approved by the state senate,
so Swanberg wouldn't move out be-
cause the McChesney appointment
came after the legislature was a
couple of months thing of the past.
McChesney has had to take the mat
ter to court, where Swanberg won
the first round in the district court.
The case is now pending in the state
supreme court.
Because of his connections with
the Liberty National Insurance Com
pany, formerly the Idaho Compen-
sation Company, McChesney was op-
posed by Republicans, Democrats,
laboring people, and small business
men, and a lot of heat was put on
Governor Aronson.
McChesney, it is conceded, was the
choice of Wesley Castles, the Gov
ernor's executive secretary. In fact
the governor knew nothing about
McChesney, if what we hear is true,
at the time his name was put forth
for the job. 1t seems Castles started
working on the governor on the APP
pointment quite a while in advance
of the deadline.
Some believe it was the terrific
opposition to McChesney that made
the governor bow his neck and stick
by his original intention to appoint
the man.
So this is history.
McChesney wasn't too worried
about the Craftsmanship of the lab,
Or the results of the court test, as
get it, because it wasn't costing
lim anything, and it seems to be no
secret that he expected the job as
attorney for the Unemployment Com
,ensation Commission if the lab
fell through. McChes-
ley wasn't to blame for the litigation |
ollowing the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
5 supposed to be legal beagle for
he governor and keep track of these
hings When the appointment blew
ID it is only natural the administra
ion should say eff this doesn't pan
ut we will see you are taken care
f." 1t is the only decent thing, too,
seems, because McChesney quit
is job with Liberty Nationwide avoid
epercussions when he was appointed
} the Craftsmanship of the Industrial
-ccident Board.
So now McChesney is faced with
o job at all-he won't get the job
5 attorney for the UCC because
astles has put another buddy in
lere-and the results of the court
.st don't look too good for him.
Whether Castles has something
Sc lined up for McChesney isn't too
ear, but that McChesney has more
: less been. abandoned at the mo-
ent is common talk in Helena.
Some say Castles has political am
tions and would like to back away
from McChesney-they
~ he would like to have backed :
way before the appointment was
but that he had done his
ork with Hugo little too well. Why
astles wants to back away from this
ing now is conjectured as most {
lings are in politics. Some say be- l
luse of his ambition he is trying
WOO the "Iron Duke" Wellington i
Rankin, who opposed the McChes-
" appointment and who doesn't
vor Castles boss. +
Castles, they say, would like to
, the fair-haired boy in the middle
loved by everyone. A very human
notion to be sure, but in politics
dead cinch way to become crow bait. :
We hear a lot about juvenile de-
1quents, and they are problem we
mt escape, but we don't hear nearly
Tough about the younger generation
its best.
Last week I was in Rapid City,