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Evening star., 1955-07-06
Carr Stresses
Area

The most Immediately press
ing problem, apart from the
Capital Transit strike Is the
preservation of a sound central
area in the District. the new
president Of the Washington
Board Of Trade, Edward r. Carr.
believes.
Mr.. Carr outlined his program
for the coming year to the first
meeting Of the new Board OF
Directors, held yesterday In the
organizations headquarters, 1916
K street NV.
Included are increased activi-
ties and a larger budget for the
Greater National Capital Com
mittee, which encourages tour
lists and conventions to visit
Washington; finer public works
for the District and stepped-up
emphasis on the Economic De-
velopment Committee to bring
new business to the city.
Warns Against Penalty !
'"To serve the Government Of
the United States and the more
than one quarter million people
who work for it, the community
must also be geared to house a
large amount of commercial and
professional activity" said Mr..
Carr.
These activities and the
people engaged in them must
also be served by municipal,
county and State services and
must have conditions enabling
them to operate advantageously
and they should not be penalized
because Of the cost of maintain
ing an appropriately monu-
mental capital CITY,"
Lists Other Problems
Among the problems the city
faces, Mr.. Carr said. are loss Of
downtown business volumes,
traffic congestion, the supply OF
offf-street parking places, the
mass transportation system. the
movement of people and business
to the suburbs, the changing
population characteristics of the
District, potential losses in prop
erty values, fiscal problems. In
creasing tax loads throughout
the Metropolitan Area. and dis
persal of the Federal Govern
ment.
"The Southwest redevelopment
If intelligently planned and exc
cuted, can be a tremendous inn
proving force" he said.
Mr.. Carr is a real estate de-
veloper.
The directors elected Victor O.
Schinnerer as secretary Of the
Board Of Trade. He fills the
vacancy caused by the death OF
Lotion Wesley.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Mr.. Brown
Takes Bride

Miss Joyce Helen Eldridge,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
A. Eldridge of Franklin, Ohio.
became the bride yesterday of
Mr.. Clarence j. Brown, jr.,
son of Representative and Mrs.
Brown of Blanchester, Ohio,
and Washington.
The Rev. James Westhafer
performed the ceremony in the
garden of the home of the
brides parents, with the Rev.
John Vedder Edwards assist
ing.
The bride is a graduate of
Miami University. The BRIDE
groom is a graduate of Duke
University and is now the man
aging editor of the Franklin
Chronicle in Franklin, Ohio
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Miss Hill to Wed
Mr.. Robert Smith

Dr.. and Mrs. Robert T. Hill
of Coral Gables, Fla, announce
the engagement of their
daughter Dolores Vivian to Mr..
Robert F. Smith. jr., son of
MI. and Mrs. Smith of Bridge
port, Conn. The wedding is
planned for late July in
Hyattsville. Md, where Miss
Hill is living. Mr.. Smith is
a student at the University
of Maryland.
Evening star., 1955-06-12

Philadelphia, formerly Of
Washington. and the late 1t.
Cmdr. Lion, USN.
Miss Sanford was graduated
from Centenary Junior Col
lege. Cadet Lion is a first
classnan at the United States
Military Academy. The we'd
ding is planned for June, 1856.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Mrs. Dean Rothbun
LIS in Rehoboth

| Mrs. Dean M. Rathbun OF
/ Wexford, Md, and her daughter
Mrs. Phyllis Rathburn Pollock
are spending the month of june
at Rehoboth Beach, Del, with
the latter's children Kippy and
Courtney.
They will spend July and
August at "Middleshire." the
Rathbun's country home ir
Middleburg, Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Miss Sanford
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Mott
Sanford Of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
announce the engagement of
their daughter Jane to Cadet
Paul Michel Lion, III, son of
Mrs. Paul M. Lion, jr., of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
is NOW AVAILABLE

The State Agricultural Stabiliza-
ton and Conservation committee has
announced that farmers and ranchers
wishing to rry out eligible conserva-
ton practices and receive cost-sharing
in connection Herewith should file a
request for assistance with the county
ASC office prior to beginning prac-
tice.
The 1866 ACProgram, the commit
tee explains, includes direct financial
assistance to operators for the carry
ing out of approved soil conservation
practices. A wide variety of conserva-
ton practices is available in the coun-
ty, but particular emphasis is being
placed upon such practices as seeding
permanent vegatative cover to in
crease the acreage of sod crops, seed
ing grasses and legumes to keep land
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29

under temporary protective cover,
seeding grasses and legumes in crop
rotation, and stubble mulching on
land needing temporary protection
from wind and water erosion.
The 1866 Agricultural Conserva-
ton Program is intended to encour-
age and help farmers divert to soil
conserving and other desirable uses,
acreage taken out of allotment crops.
Grass and legume seedlings are en-
couraged to divert normally planted
to small grains, to needed hay, pasture
and forage crops. This accomplishes
the dual purpose of protecting the
land and promoting more efficient
and profitable farming.
In addition to the practices already
mentioned, there are many others for
which cost-sharing is allowed. These
include such earth moving practices
as construction of dams and dikes
and flood irrigation systems, and in
stallation of underground and open
drainage systems. There are also such
practices as fencing livestock water
developments, reorganizing irriga-
ton systems to conserve water and
prevent erosion, and improving vega
tative cover on range land by artifi-
cial seedlings for protection of the
soil. One conservation measure which
should not be overlooked by Mon
tana farmers is the development of
wind breaks and shelter belts.
Any farm or ranch operator wish
ing to carry out any of these prac-
tees or desiring information concern
ing them or other practices included
in the 1866 practice list should CON
tact their county ASC office for
specifications and information prior
to beginning the practice.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
office of state Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

T. JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio. in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that The Merchants
Fire Insurance Company, having filed
a sworn statement of its financial con-
dition as of December 81, 1854 and
having complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance and insur-
ance companies, is authorized until the
31st day of March 1866, to transact such
classifications of insurance as are set
forth in it's present existing license
| do further certify that a synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
IS follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
II. S. Deposit to be - 500,00000
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 - 2,735,334.17
The aggre gate Disburse-
ments for the year 1854 2,613, 200.44
The aggregate Assets are 4,743, 404.94
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital are - 1898, 407.64
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ] have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this
first day of April 1855.
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
Overcast Has Joined
The Pagans?

THE PEOPLES VOICE,
/ heard in the news today that Vic
Overcast is joining the pagans who
refuse to accept the fact that it is pos
sible to undergo a religious experience
and thereby purge the character of all
evil This of course is in reference to
Harvey Matusow's change of heart.
We call ourselves a Christian nation
but we certainly don't act like it. All
the hates, fear and revenge seething
about in our country is in direct oppo-
sition to the pacifist teachings Of
Christ Until people stop hating and
learn to be kind and loving to one an
other we are doomed to live a stunted
life.
In studies of 40 thousand persons over
80 years of age scientists found certain
characteristics in common. All had per-
sonalities noted for optimism, cheer
fulness and friendliness. All led a Wig
orous life of physical work carried on.
The hell we create for others we
eventually fall into, The process of
doing away with evil is not through
threat or injunction, but
simply changing activities allowing the
bad to die through disuse.
For our own good as well as our
country's we must start to reform
and begin living as true
Christians in all our contacts with our
fellow man. A more harmonious home
life will result in this new approach
in family relationships. Sincerely. -
MARVEL B. COTTON, Glasgow, Mont
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

I, JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the Universal
Underwriters Insurance Company, hav-
ing filed a sworn statement of it's fl
nancia1 condition as of December 81,
1854, and having complied with the laws
of this State relating to insurance and
insurance companies, is authorized until
the 31st day of March 1856, to transact
such classifications of insurance as are
set forth in its present existing license.
l do further certify that q synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be - 450,000.OO
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 - 1885, 254.34
The aggregate Disburse-
ments for the year 1854 4,789, 01S83
The aggregate Assets are 6,179,96492
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital, are - 5,0S1, 23S.37
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this
first day of April, 1855.
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
Protests Banning of
Flashes" By Truckers

Dear Sir
I have no idea who the Council of
Safety Supervisors of Montana Motor
Transport Assn. is, but my opinion Of
their intelligence rates very low. There
have been many things I've read in
the VOICE since 1 left Montana that
has made me wonder, not about the
VOICE, but the people. But the idea
of passing truck on Montana's narrow
winding roads without clearance, beats
me. There is nobody who says you have
to pass or you can't back out once you
start. If you haven't mind of your
own, don't try to drive.
After left the service, it seems that
the Utopia we'd been promised didn't
exist Where there was work there
wasn't a place to live. I spent &c lot
of time on the highways, working one
place, living in another. I'm pretty sure
the traffic here is mostly considerably
heavier than Montanas, the roads are
not any better compared. I've yet to
get a clearance from commercial truck
and get in trouble.
I would certainly appreciate, who
ever the wise guys are, to explain the
safe procedure for passing a transport
at mite or a strange road without the
drivers help. Your Truly. = LEON
MEIER, Victor, Colorado.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
COURT METES
Sentence I'm
HELENA CASE
From LSW UNION REGISTER

From LSW UNION REGISTER
HELENA-Michael Foley Jr., son
of the owner of Foley's Mill and
Cabinet Works, has been sentenced
to 80 days in jail following his admis
sion in court that he had attempted
to provoke violence on a picket line.
The 30-day sentence, however, was
suspended by the court.
Foley Jr. had attempted to incite
violence on the picket line last month
when he and 10 other non-union scabs
working in the struck Foley plant
shouldered Ray Lindberg, picket and
disabled member of LSW Local 24O9.
The convicted Foley repeatedly
grabbed the glasses from Lindberg's
face and tried to provoke fight, but
Lindberg, 81 years of age and Just
recovering from an injury, walked
from the scene after being shouldered,
nearly knocked down and bumped
against wall
Lindberg preferred charges against
Foley Jr. and the court trial followed
at which Foley Jr. admitted he in
tended TO poke Llndberg IN the
nose.
Lindberg was alone at the time,
except for Dan Monroe, 73 year old
member of Local 2409. Lindberg was
injured about two years ago when
struck by the car of a scab worker
in the plant and since that time has
surgery for serious
spinal injury, still being under treat
ment, and under doctors orders to
avoid any physical exertion.
Foley Mill and Cabinet Works has
been struck by Local 2409 for nearly
three years in dispute over contract
relations.
Young Foley has now appealed his
conviction to the district court.-PV.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
Says New Equipment Blown
To Bits In Atomic Tests

Editor of the Peoples Voice,
That big flash in the sky over the
Nevada Proving Grounds which has
been seen recently was your tax money
going up in familiar mushroom
cloud"
What you may not realize is that
brand new equipment of some of the
most expensive kinds went up with it,
Instead of buying up old jeeps and
caterpillars and trainer houses to dead
line" as they call it on the Proving
Grounds, new production was given
the acid tests during the Abomb tests.
The military already knew that 500
foot steel towers would be burned to
the ground, and yet, they had to use
our tax money to burn up the best of
Engine Charities gasoline reactors."
In passing, is it any wonder that OBJ
servers were stationed as miles away
from this ridiculous display of waste?
What have these tests proved that
wasn't proved at Hiroshima? The peo-
pie who set off these devices are still
convinced that given a large enough
bomb, they can blow any worthwhile
thing to bits.
Have you ever stopped to think what
an bomb war would really be like?
Atom scientists, with the aid of the
best weather experts in this country,
decided when to detonate these bombs
to insure the greatest margin of safety
so as to prevent a catastrophe radio
active fallout on our own people. DO
you think that this consideration would
be given us by an enemy? Chances are
good, that with stormy weather, the
area of least devastation would be in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29

the blast area itself If there is no
danger from fallout, as is glibly main
tanned by much of the press, why do
the experts chase these radioactive
clouds with their high flying standard
oil hogs? Even a dog will quit barking
at something proved to be of no danger
to him if he is properly trainedl
l don't expect this to happen, but if
everyone realized where approximately
SIS dollars of every one hundred you pay
to Uncle Sam each year was going,
there would be lot of familiar mush-
room clouds" going up all over the
country. Respectfully. KEITH B.
Elko, Nevada
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
0fffce OF State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

I, JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the Assurance
Company of America, having filed a
sworn statement of it's financial condi-
ton as of December 81, 1854 and having
complied with the laws of this State
relating to insurance and insurance
companies, is authorized until the 31st
day of March 1856, to transact such
classifications of insurance as are set
forth in it's present existing license.
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be 80 $1,000, 100000
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 - 3,343,769.09
The aggregate Disburse
ments for the year 1854 2,S18,516.42
The aggregate Assets are $685. S0.52
The aggregate Liabilities
except Capital, are $3.50 3,715,5S0.05
l do further certify that a synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement IS
as follows:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this
fourteenth day of April, 1855.
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
Union Label Fable

DANVILLE, ILL., (PAD Union
men really flock around to look at
the union label on the top of her
hose, Mrs. Martha Jones, president
of the Women's International Union
Labor League confided here recently.
When the eager oglers gather, Mrs.
Jones reaches into her handbag or
suitcase and pulls out package of
hose made by the AFL Hosiery Work
ers. "You- should hear them groan,"
she said, "but they become aware of
the union label, too"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29

In recent issues of the "PEOPLE'S
VOICE." two gentlement from Great
Falls have been arguing about the tax
status of electric co-operatives as COM
pared to commercial electric utilities
Mr.. Kenfield is attempting to show
that co-operatives do pay their share
of taxes and Mr.. Parkinson claims that
they are infinitesimal when compared
to commercial utility taxes. I believe
that they could discuss more important
things in the utility business, as the
electric co-operatives and the COM
mercial utilities are two different kinds
of animals, whose differences should
be emphasized before trying to compare
taxing problems.
The biggest difference is that COM
mercial utilities are in business to re-
turn profit to stockholders while CO.
operatives are user-owner ventures de-
signed to get a service to the owners
that was either not available. or avail
able at a prohibitive price, with no
thought of earning any profits as there
is no one to pay any profits to. The
utilities need regulation to insure that
they do not charge too much for their
services, while the co-operativeS regu-
late themselves as no owner of a bust
ness will charge himself any more than
he has to.
Another big difference is that the
utilities serve the congested areas and
the co-operatives serve the areas that
were left because they were Improbable
for the utilities to serve. Also, the REA
Act limits the co-operatives to rural
areas" so they could not get into the
cities even if they wished to. AS a re-
suit the co-operatives have much more
investment per consumer and much
higher operating costs per consumer,
and it might even be that they pay
more taxes per consumer.
Still another big difference is the
amount of subsidy" received from the
federal government. The co-operatives
borrow their money at two per cent
and receive small amount of assist
ance in constructing and operating
their systems. Also, they are preference
for federal power.
On the other hand the utilities get
fast tax write-offs under the guise
of military preparedness, and a huge
proportion of the federal power avail
able in our areas at much lower cost
than the cO-ODeratives.
We should be thankful that we have
such people as Mr.. Kenfield and Mr.
Parkinson who take time out to study |
important issues. If they really want
% get involved in n good discussion, i |
that they find out where the |
otaI output of Canyon Ferry Dam lis
sofnG and at what cost to the purchas-
II; how many years the output of
tort Peck Dam went to Great Falls,
low many kilowatt hours were deliv-
red over the federal line and at what
ost to the purchaser; how many kilo
watt hours go to utility at Anaconda
yer the Bonneville Power Admins
ration line and at what cost to the
Utility; and, how can a utility afford
o allow a large steam electric general
ng station at Billings to remain idle
most of the time.
/ can furnish them more food for
bought upon request. Sincerely. -
EUGENE PIKE, Missoula.
*See Kenfield letter.-PV Editor
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
Private Utilities Are Tax
Collectors, Not Tax Payers!
The Peoples Voice:

e. J. Parkinson is entitled to his
opinions, but that is about all he offers
in his letter of April 8.
Why is he so sensitive about private
utility taxes? Actually it is widely rec
ognized that the consumer paws the
private utility taxes. Said a spokesman
for the Edison Electric Institute be-
fore a Congressional committee not so
long ago: "LiISe all industry, the cleo
tric companies include taxes i'm the
rates charged for their product, for
they have other sources. Therefore.
in the long run, taxes imposed directly
on the electric companies become taxes
on the consumers of electricity and
therefore | am speaking for our GUS
toners as well as for the companies
Mr.. Parkinson says there is no
guarantee of profit to the private
utilities by government rate making
bodies. What does 1T mean when pow
err rates are established to assure 6Go
more return to investors.
Federal electricity at the dump rate
of 2-5 mills per XVIII is not available
to REA's because they must buy their
power from the Bureau of Reclamation
at the postage stamp rate of SIS mills
per XVIII fixed by law. Montana REA's
apparently have been unable to raise
the funds to build their own transmits
sion lines. You can bet private power
companies would fight an REA move
to get federal funds to build a coop
transmission power linei
If federal dump power is practically
worthless why do the private utilities
take all they can get?
Federal Power Commission reports
private power companies got hundreds
Of millions of dollars in accelerated
amortization" or fast tax write-offs"
for plant expansion, 1851 to 1853 FPC
This SIlhSf6U tn rrfy 10
companies need not be reflected in
lower consumer power bills!
Regarding utility values, the Mon
tana State Board of Equalization
shows that the 1851 assessed value
of certain yeiI-Inown private pow
err company in Montana at little
under 500 millions while report of
the Federal Power Commission says
the same firm had value of $685.
millions for the same year.
The State Board of Equalization re-
ports also reveal that Montana farmers
and ranchers as a group along with
their CO. operatives do pay proportion
ately high taxes, situation e. J. Park
inson's pronouncements won't alter.
Are farmers the most prosperous
members of our society? Nationwide |
per capita income of city people is |
5 H. $50 while each farm person averages
1869. A few farmers might be doing /
well, but the u. S. Census says that
in the prosperous year of 1850 nearly |
$4,000 (about half Montana farm fami- |
lies had a goss income of less than |
IS, 900 and many were getting less than |
$4,000. They pay expenses of a costly |
mechanical farming out of these funds
and try to live on the balance. Today |
high costs and declining income are
even these low returns. Re-
spectfully. - LEONARD KENFIELD,
Great Falls.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29

Young Foley has now appealed his
conviction to the district court.-PV.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-29
LEGAL ADVERTISING
office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION


I, JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio. in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the Rushmore
Mutual Life Insurance Company, having
filed a sworn statement of its financial
condition as of December 81, 1854, and
having complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance and insur-
ance companies, is authorized until the
S1st day of March 1885, to transact such
classifications of insurance as are set
forth in it's present existing license
| do further certify that % synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be :. 5
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 $500 720,027.0e
The aggregate Disburse-
ments for the year 1854 577,373.O7
The aggregate Assets are 1855, S96.54
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital, are - 2,04S,052.92
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this
first day of April 1866,
JOHN ]. HOLMES. State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.