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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
PUBLIC Interest GOES BY THE
BOARD, HOUSE VOTES INCREASED
TAX ON GASOLINE

the Highway department build roads
satisfactory for the commercial truck
ing, industry. Of the estimated $780,
900 increased gasoline tax Montana
truck owners will pay, 100000 will
be paid by owners of pickups and
light trucks weighing less than 10000
GVW.
The roll call on HB 257 shows:
For Increasing Gas Tax On Ordinary
Car Owner
(54)
Anderson Hawks
Armstrong Juedeman
Baumgartner Leuthold
Baxter Loughran
BeRtz MIchels
Bricker Minette
Breeder Mountain
Chaffin MySse
Cloves NelStead
Conrad Nichols
Crist Norby
Cunningham Nybo
Dempsey Phillips
Felt Pierce
FRY Powell
Fulton Purdy
Gebhardt Reed
Gerard Regain
Gleed sales
Goan sax
Grant supper
Haines Smith
(Flathead) Tango
Haines Taylor
(Prairie) Tobin
Haines walton
(Missoula) Wetzsteon
Hancock wilson
Against Gas Tax Increase
(39)
Anderson Jensen
(Cascade) Lee
BARNARD Macdonald
Rarrett McAndrewS
Beck Mclnnls
Rick McOmber
Cerovski Mahoney
Clark Mangan
Cumming Nelson
Daniels Nixon
Durkee Parker
Emmons (Pondera)
Gershmel Parker
Goodgame (Wibaux)
Graybill Plcotte
GunderSon Rearuoh
Hagenston Rleder
Hess Ringing
Holecek Schumacher
Holtz Slderlus
Hooks Wood
EXCUSED: Allen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
GAS TAX INCREASE
DOESN'T BOTHER SMITH

"A one-cent gas tax increase will
cost me $6.67 year. I'll gladly write
check for that amount in advance
for good roads. Rep. J. Mil
Ter Smith (R-Lewis & Clark.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
N. P. TRANSPORT WOULD co
BROKE-GEBHARDT

Rep. r. II. Gebhardt (R-Yellow-
stone) and Northern Pacific rail-
road official at Billings, asserted that
if the weight-mile was enacted s'the
Northern Pacific Transport" would
go broke; that VIM would cost more
than the total profits of the NP's
trucking branch. Concluding, he said,
81 think truckers are paying their
share of the highway costsm
Rep. r. P. Purdy (R-Gallatin)
quoted figures at length purporting
to show that truckers would either
operate at loss or have to double
their freight rates if weight-mile were
enacted in Montana.
Rep. jerome Anderson (RYellow-
stone) joined Chaffin, Gebhardt and
Purdy, in contending that freight
rates would have to be bumped, pos
sibly as much as 80 per cent. He also
questioned whether the law could
be enforced.
CAT this point Rep. Wood inter
spersed that j. {. Ihnet, rate ex-
PERI Tor lftonLdnd
Rate Association, estimates that
should the weight-mile be put on
the books, freight rates might go
up two per cent" at the most.)
DO TRUCKERS WANT GOOD
HIGHWAYS?
Rep. Earl Clark Enthusiastically
said the issue "isn't what's it's going
to cost, or whether trucks can or
cannot operate. We have so many
miles of highway we must maintain.
Highway costs to build roads satisfac-
tory for trucks are high. Do the trucks
want good highways? | doubt if they
want poor ones. Are they willing to
pay their share? /. All the figures
they present don't mean anything I'M
less they are based on actuality =
Rep. Martin Beck (D-McCone) in
speaking briefly for enactment of
weight-mile, also recalled what George
Schotte had said. "He told us" said
Beck, mot to let anybody try and
convince you that you'll drive the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
ARE YOU LISTENING,
ROOSEVELT COUNTY?

"The people of Roosevelt county
are willing to pay an increase in the
gasoline tax ;" - Rep. Chris
Tango (R-Roosevelt).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
Continued from Page One)

law may not raise all the money We
want and need. Forget that for the
time being. First, let us set up fair
method of highway taxation )"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
lilo Sends Coop
Expert to Egypt

GENEVA-International Labor Of
flee is sending Britisher, Alexander
C. Marriott of Liverpool, to Egypt
to help organize national coop
there. It's expected to serve 1000
local co-ops with 100000 members
and yearly sales of $35 million. 1t
will probably market farm crops and
handle some raw materials, tools,
fertilizer, an d consumer goods
through II branches. Marriott had
similar assignment in Burma and
previously spent 81 years helping
Iranian oil workers set up co-ops.
He's loaned to LILO by Cooperative
Wholesale Society, Manchester.
o,rr1U nrrI 10 nDC TuEy
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25

eve want the truckers to pros
per-" he emphasized. "They will
prosper under weight-mile because
of good highways and reduced OPP
Grating costs George Schotte
(head of Governors highway COM
mittee) told us his firm makes
money under the Oregon weight
mile law" primarily because of
better highways, lower grades, and
less curves.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
COALITION LEADER SAYS
WE'RE NOT READY

WE kE MI NEAD1
Rep. Dean Chaffin (R-Gallatin) !,
in opposing Sub. HB Sc, contended
that the results of all hearings, in
term committee reports, etc., "do
not show we're ready for this type
of legislation at this time" He also
contended that freight rates would
have to be substantially increased
for truckers to be able to pay weight
mile, pointing out that Oregon's
freight rates are about 80 per cent
higher than Montana's, and leaving
the inference that these higher rates
were due in large degree to the
weight-mile
1.-THE facts show that Oregon had
considerably higher freight rates than
Montana before the weight-nile was
put into effect eight years ago. Furth-
er, that only slightly over one per
cent of the total difference in freight
rates is chargeable to weight-mile.--
Editor.)
In speaking out for the truckers,
Chaffin went to great lengths in
describing the great number of
jobs the industry provides, the per-
sonal property and GVW taxes 1T
pays, and other attributes of the
industry to the economy of Mon
tana. The weight-mile he swore.
will put oil haulers out of bust
ness" Concluding, he said it was
his opinion that Montana should
retard its highway program to
what we can do.
TRUCKERS AREN'T GOING OUT
OF BUSINESS ELSEWHERE
Rep. Wayne McAndrews (D-Deer
Lodge), and another of the original
sponsors of weight-mile legislation
in Montana, replied to Chaffin, point
ing out that II other states have
weight-mile or similar legislation and
that truckers of all sizes and de-
scriptions are finding operations
profitable in those states.
McAndrews then went on to recall
that in 1853 HB 250-also weight
mile proposal-was sponsored by
both Democrats and Republicans, and
that at that time the opposition con-
tended more time for "study" was
needed. This could go one and on,
but, said he, We've got to do some
thing for our highways We're
going to have to answer to our peo-
pie" if solid progress toward solu-
ton isn't reached. And, said he,
'swe're not going to penalize our peo-
pie with an increased gas tax. We've
got to get at the fellows who use and
break up our highways )"
AS for the argument that there
isn't time to get weight-mile machin-
cry in operation without further
Study, the Deer4Lodge representa-
tive said, eve have capable men run
ming the gross vehicle weight system.
They're just as capable of studying
and setting up the weight-mile" be-
tween now and next January /.
Rep. Kermit Daniels (D-Powell)
concurred with McAndrews in the
abilities of the GVW section of the
highway department. and also con-
tended that 'sthe only way were going
to be able to study is to enact this
law" Last fall, he recalled, we were
told that "$4,000,000 needs to be
rasied. Now, that's way low, with the
figure presently being set as $4,000
900" to be raised in additional funds
to match federal highway funds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
LET INDUSTRY PAY INCREASED
GAS TAX. TAYLOR

"The gasoline tax is the fairest
tax Montana's gasoline price
is the highest in the nation The
oil industry can absorb this one cent
tax without increasing retail prices
Rep. Neil Taylor (R-Daniels).
MlCHELS HAS UNHAPPY
JOB TO DO
even though my people don't want
an increased tax on gasoline, as chair
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
VEGETABLE GOES DOWN,

1888
Despite the efforts of Democrats
to enact equitable truck taxing legis-
.lation, the power of the the corpora
ton coalition was too much for them
and Sub. HB sc was killed on di-
vision under General Orders. Later,
Rep. Wood attempted to save the
highway committee-approved bill, by
having it segregated from Commit
tee of the Whole" report for the pur-
pose of reconsideration. His motion
failed. 1889 with the roll call show
ing the following:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25
weight mile brings forth MUCH
DEBATE BUT TRUCKERS CONTROL ball

truckers out of business" if Sub. lib
Sc is put on the books.
Rep. r. A. Grant (D-Custer), said
that although his trucking business
would be better off under weight
mile then the present GVW schedule,
he was afraid that VIM would hurt
many small truckers greatly, and
therefore he was opposed to it.
MICHELS HITS DELAYING
TACTICS
Rep. Lloyd MicheIs (D-Sheridan)
chairman of the House Highway Com
mittee, questioned repeated assertions
that Montana isn't ready for weight
mile" He recalled that the opposition
"said it in '53, said it in the Interim
Highway Committee, and are saying
it here today =. | hope it won't still
be being said in 1857, 1859 or 1861
:"
Michels, long student of highway
taxation, then cited how the present
GVW schedule is ''unrealistic and in
equitable, and pointed out that the
facts show that there are "many
flourishing Oregon trucking BUSH
nesses which wouldn't be there if it
hadn't been for the weight-mile law
Rep. Frank Reardon D-Silver
Bow, another sponsor of the weight
mile legislation, told the House,
you're getting away from principles
of what weight-mile means. All Sub.
HB sc does is to make trucks pay
for their wear and tear of the high
ways :. Highway construction costs
are three times as much for trucks
as cars. Trucks should pay their own
costs, not the people who use cars"
Rep. Ray Lee (D-Silver Bow noted
that in all the protesting about higher
Incorporating costs no mention had
been made about profits rolled up
by tracking corporations. Lee also
deplored the attempt currently under
way to unload additional highway
costs on the average motorist. "The
people of Silver Bow county," he
said, fare not willing to pay an in
creased gasoline tax. My people are
unalterably opposed to any increase
in the gasoline tax
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25

PATRONIZE THE CO-OPS-THEY
BELONG TO THE USERS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-25

EXCUSED: Allen, Cerovski.
ABSENT: Haines (Flathead).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28

Whot is the first thought
mind when joIted from q sound
ship is going from under him?
Says Chief Engineer Dovid
to rouse his crew and escape by
dredee Roriton:
my only thought OF the
be obIe to get q job on onothd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
Queen Of the FIoati|
Worlds Largest Hopper Dredee Keeps
OFF NORFOLK. VA.

OFF NORFOLK. VA.
A THOUGH a voice down deep
IA had commanded. porpoises rose
TO escort her. giving majesty to this
queen OF the floating vacuum cleaners.
And as the ebb tide embraced the
western sun, red and purple cloak
was thrown across her. adding to the
beauty Of the strange sea monarch.
Strange. indeed-and magnificent in
many wayS-is this ship She carries
more cargo in year than any
freighter-yet her cargo is worthless.
She does yeoman task for the NAVY.
though she's owned by the Army and
captalned by a civilian. She does the
work of scow. yet she has the bear
ing of a luxury liner. Spotless she is,
though she hauls
Here's mud in your eye" Chief
Engineer David M Fulcher shouted.
interrupting my thought. At that point.
a 90-foot. Acton dragarm. looking like
a monstrous vacuum cleaner, came
aboard.
This was the u. S. S. ESsayons. worlds
largest hopper dredge. which helps keep
the harbor channels open to East Coast
shipping. Seagoing pride of the Engi-
neer Corps. now observing its Tooth
anniversary of hopper dredging. the
Essayons was removing silt from Nor
folk Harbor Channel the day The
Star Pictorial team was invited aboard.
1T doesn't take long to fill 'er up"
said Mr.. Fulcher. as the Essayons
steamed at Is knots through. Hampton
Roads to dump her load at sea. In an
hour, the port and starboard dragarms,
their heads full of giant teeth. had
dragged loose and sucked up some 1000
tons Of watery silt, distributed through
"a hoppers
Mud Such an unglamorous BUSH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28
BY Meredj

ness. it seems. Yet dredges have made
possible such beauty sites around
Washington as Hams Point. the Tidal
Basin, Mount Vernon Highway, National
Airport, and others.
And the men who man 'em are as
salty crew as you'll find.
One ship sank under me twice"
recalls Mr.. Fulcher. a 35-year veteran
of hopper dredges. She was the
Raritan, about half the size of this
ship. The first time, she hit a rock of
Staten Island and sank up to her
main deck. The second time, a pas
senger liner crashed her amidships at
daybreak near the entrance OF New
York Harbor and she sank in IL
minutes. Luckily, every one was saved
except the ships cat"
The 525-foot Essayons seemed to
dwarf 350-foot Swedish freighter she
passed at sea. At the dumping site 80
miles East of Cape Henry. hydraulic
machinery went into action and "a I'M
seen doors opened in the ships bottom.
Out poured the silt in five minutes
and she headed for home Looking like
Evening star., 1955-11-16
Race Problem
Unit to Meet

A hiracial COMMITTEES created
BY the Arlington County school
Board 70 study problems Oi
school inteRration viii meet 81
3 pm. Sunday at the school Ad-
Iniflistration Once, 1925 North
Quincy street.
The 28-meEnber committee,
headed BY Or. Joseph c. McCas-
kin, win discuss the Gray Com
mission report submitted last
week 10 Coy. Stanley and ap-
praise effects Of its proposals on
Arlington County.
Gov. Stanley has issued q can
for i special session of the Vir-
ginia General Assembly Noveria-
be- so to act on recommends -
tions Of the Statewide irtesra-
ton study.
The county committee il ex-
pected to make . recommends
tion to the school board con-
cerning the policy Arlington
should favor during the special
session.
The school board meets ii
8 pm. Monday and may have re-
ceived the recommendation By
that time. The board meeting
was originally scheduled for No
gember ~. Thanksgiving Day,
ard was moved to the earlier
date. The board meeting also win
be held IN the administrative
once.
Evening star., 1955-11-16
Fireman Wins.
Right toExan

A nolored fireman. holding .
noncompetitive rank Of lieuten-
ant. yesterday won . five-year
battle to be allowed to take .
civil service examination for q
captaincy.
Chief Judge Bolitha ]. Laws
Of the q. s. District Court for
the District Of Columbia ruled
that . 1850 csc regulation,
which acted as & bar to the
fireman. could not be applied
retroactively to men who have
regularly obtained promotions
and who have served for the re-
quired periods Of time.
The regulation at issue pro-
vides that one who has been pro-
NOTED noncompetitively cannot
take examinations for the next
highest grade. Under its terms.
he may try only for the grade
just above the one he had held
as o result Of competitive ex-I
arninations.
High Rating
The fireman. Raphael A..
Smith. 80, joined the department
as 9 private Ia 1882. Twelve
years later. he was promoted
noncompetitively to sergeant.
then to lieutenant. He has had
q high efficiency rating.
In October. 1850. 1t. Smith
applied for the captaincy exam
nation. He was allowed to take
the examination for sergeant
Internationally. But the exarni-
nations for the next two highest
grades were made contingent
upon administrative appeals
then pending.
After the examination. he was
appointed 10 the competitive
rank Of sergeant, although he
continued TO serve and be paid
as q lieutenant. His attorney, \
BeIford v. Lawson. contended,
among other points. that L.
Smith was being Disseminated
against because Of race.
No Racial Reference
Judge Laws. In his opinion
did not refer to the racial aIle-I
CATION. But he decreed 1t. Smith
Is eligible to take the next cap-
taincy examination.
@The court Is constrained. I.
Judge Laws wrote, @to hold that
the civil service regulation
passed on July IL, 1850. Is In
valid Ia respect of any retro-
active application Of IFS proyi-
sions to those who heretofore
have regularly obtained promo
tions and have served the res
utiired periods Of time IN the
hre-fighting DIVISION
Evening star., 1955-11-16
Salad Days Here

Los ANGELES. - American
per capita consumption Of let
tuce. tOmatoes, aiid other salad
vegetables has risen about "a
per cent III the past 30 years.
Evening star., 1955-11-16
HOLIDAY DRESSES
g.
GIamorous siyIes and CoIors -Feslive Trim,

Dream dresses for dancing hearts and dancing
toes! Rayon linens, taffetas, fai1les to glow In
gala mood; rayon tweeds nannels, menswear to
charm your festive evenings. Pencil sheaths slim
you &. full, flowing skirts flatter you. Princess
lines, slender torsos make you 1.-THE and young
gilded trimmings, costly details thrill youl Look
at these high-flown colors: Melon, nalye, wine,
light blue, moss green, grey, brown, navy black.
Come and pick yours now to start your holidays
III style to see you through them grandlyi
sizes 9-l5, 1920, 14lz-24la, 46-52 IN the group.
Evening star., 1955-11-16

These addresses below are the
only local shaver service offices
authorized To give guaranteed
Remington Shaver Service.
They are Remington Rand
owned and stated BY Renning-
ton Rand personnel. II your
Remington Shaver Is mot giving
complete satisfaction bring Il
70 Us. -.
Evening star., 1955-11-16
SO TO 39.95
coat Sale

Famous names and choice few-of-a-kind samples
to treasured Walk out warm and a-glow with pride
In woods and precious fiber blends, fine imported
fabrics, chinchillas, martiniques, tweeds. Styles
galore Clutch coats, flared boxy and slim lines.
Dashing daring yoke backs, sporty half-belt backs
Costly rayon velvet trims. clever pockets, superb
detail in each and ALL Every new heart-warming
winter color. Come in and find your own idea Of
the seasons perfect coat at price so low We
whisper about it. Sizes for Juniors, misses women.
Evening star., 1955-11-16
Hash Pr
Dszsns Il styles, current and slosssussl

vkUAa ~ StyiosS SuttoHt at9 SiVssvutst
It's secret :. it's a scoop it's
q Knockout salel Style leaders in
the shoe parade offered to you for
Just mite Of their true worthl
Smooth, mellow feathers for all
season wear; dark, dressy suedeS,
cleaning lustre finishes. Flexible
and soft for perfect fit, built for
lasting wear Find what you want
what your foot demands.
Pumps, sandals, sling backs, flat
tering straps, flirty open toes,
closed toes, medium and high
heels. Newest shades Cognac,
avocado, red, black, brown. navy.
Walk-or-air in them J. waltz
through the holidays in them.
Come in and try yours onl Sizes
40, AAAA to c in the group.
Sorry, no mail or phone ordersl
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Justice Robert Jackson
On the Supreme Court

pendantic presentation. Much
less is it a partisan pleading
or a superficial inside story of
the court and colleagues. 1t
, offers up-to-date comment on
such matters as the new Fed
eral immunity law. the prob
lem of public school integra-
tion, the proper field of the
FBI, the curse of clogged court
dockets and the conglomera-
tion of governmental admin
istrative agencies.
Observations and ideas are
worldwide in dealing with
what Justice jackson viewed
as an international reaction or
counter revolution to the
teachings of the American
Revolution and our Constitu-
ton. The book is timeless in
its exposition of basic prin-
ciples and a legal philosophy
he believes should guide the
Supreme Court and, in turn.
enable the court to contribute
to the maintenance Of a free
Government and a tolerant
society.
ROBERT X. WALSH.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Soviet Propaganda Mill
|Grinds ExceedinqIy Fine

The author looks on the
Kremlin's propaganda cover
age of the Guatemala coup as
an opportunity for the Reds
to restore some of their lost
credibility. Most Latins. he
thinks. accepted the Commu-
mist explanation that the anti
Communist coup was inspired
by American "mercenaries."
A feature admired by all
rival propaganda machines is
the Soviet Unions tight CEN
trail control throughout. He
points out that Agitprop.
which achieves a remarkable
consistency in Red propaganda
themes around the globe, par
ticipates in making policy at
the highest levels-military,
economic and political.
EARL H. VOSS.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Marshall Plan Is Called
Brilliantly Successful

The program did save Eu-
rope from collapse and made
possible an amazing economic
recovery. It did give European
nations a chance to- direct
their own salvation and to
achieve some progress toward
economic integration. It did
show the United States in an
unselfish light as leader Of
the free world.
But 1t was limited in con-
cept and some of its goals
were illusory. After three
years Europe's dollar balance
still was precarious. Problems
had been solved but others
remained and new ones APP
peared as emphasis shifted
from economic recovery to
military security.
Overall, Mr.. Price says. the
Marshall Plan represents the
most telling single effort yet
made In behalf of a stable,
advancing free world econo-
my. It was q brilliantly sue
cessful campaign, but the war
Is not over.
BELMONT FARIES.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

duck. a stray dog, a goose or
a Siamese cat. Mr.. De Jong's
eyes crinkled as he said, even
a chicken can be a pet, though
not every chicken has, brains
enough to detach itself from
the flock"
Born IN Holland, Mr.. De Jong
came to the United States as
a small boy and has lived here
ever since. He always wanted
to write, but first. tried many
other jobs. including farming.
bricklaying and teaching. A
librarian to whom he sold eggs
encouraged him to send his
first book to a publisher.
Love Of Fairy Tales
In her acceptance speech for
the Caldecott Medal, awarded
for the best picture book of the
year, Marcia Brown recalled
her early love of fairy tales.
One of her happiest memories
was listening to the Little
Match Girl" and Cinderella, !"
squeezed in between her big
sister on one side and the
family airedale on the other.
Later she became a children's
librarian, made puppets,
studied art and finally realized
her dream of illustrating her
favorite folk tales.
Melcher Scholarship
1t has become tradition for
Mr.. Melcher. donor of the
Newbery and Caldecott
awards, to end the Newberry-
Caldecott dinner with a dra-
matte recitation Of Mines
"The Kings Breakfast" This
year the children's librarians
established a new award in Mr..
Melcher's name. a scholarship
in the field of children's
librarianship, "in gratitude for
his long service in bringing
authors. artists, editors and
librarians closer in a common
cause y 1t was hard to tell
who was, more moved, the
audience or Mr.. Melcher, as
they stood and he acknowl-
edged their gift in the brieflest
of thank-yous, ending, II love
you ALL"
Evening star., 1955-07-10
THE SUPREME COURT IN
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
nE GnVERNNHENT pv

THE SUPREME COURT IN
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
OF GOVERNMENT. BY
Robert H. jackson. (Har-
ward University Press; $2)
The Nations loss in the
death of Justice jackson last
October can be appreciated still
more keenly now in reading
this book that sets forth his
views on the Supreme Court as
a unit of government, a law
tribunal and a political insti-
tuition.
His former law clerk, E. Bar.
rett Prettyman, jr., and his son.
william Eldred jackson, pre-.
pared for publication the sub
stantially completed drafts Of
the Godkin Lectures he
planned to deliver at Harvard
in the 1954-5 academic year.
His untimely death prevented
him from carrying out that
design but the writings them
selves leave a worthy epitaph.
AS could be expected from
anything Justice jackson set
his mind to, this Is no mere