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Evening star., 1955-06-26

Imander: Miss Marjorie Nichols
treasurer; Miss Edna Oates
chaplain. Commander GruebelG
announces the appointment Of
Mrs. Virginia Turner as adjutant
and Mrs. Ann Honas as con-
ductress.
Agriculture Auxiliary is spon-
soring the following hospital
parties with entertainment being
furnished by the entertainment
troupe: Quantico Marine Hos
|pital. June 80: Walter Reed. July
n: Fort Belvoir. July IA; Be-
thesda Naval. July is.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
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RADIO & TELEVISI0N

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expanding field Of electronics Day and event
Tor veterans. kegistration for summer term
Evening star., 1955-06-26
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pFepArat0rv SchooIs for Raw

One Of the Nations Leading
Preparatory Schools for Boys
Grades. 1-12. Accredited. Prepares fol
al colleges, universities, service acad.
emies. Small classes, individual guid:
husbandry, business courses. semimiii.
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norses. sag acres. Baltimore ~ miles
born, Ed. D.. Box 1O7, McDonogh. Nd.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
1854 CROP REsEAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

areas where State ASC Committees
determine that there may be a stor-
age problem and that conditions are
such that good storable grain can
safely be held on the farm for an
other year. Comma dities covered by
the reseal program in Montana in
clude 1854 crops of farm-stored bar
ley, flaxseed, oats, rye, and wheat.
These 1854 crops now under loan
may be resealed for another program
year; purchase agreements on these
farm-stored commodities may be con-
verified into price-support loans for
the extended period.
Loans on 1862 and 1868 crops now
under reseal will not be extended for
another year, since the desire is to
move older stocks of grain.
Farmers who wish to take part in
the reseal program on 1854 crops
should apply to their County ASC
Committee during the month before
the 1854 crop maturity dates.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Bill TOLEGALIZE CLOSED SHOP IN
PRINTING INDUSTRY INTRODUCED

A bill to legalize the closed shop
in the printing and publishing trades
was introduced recently by Senator
James E. Murray (D-Mont.).
The bill would also:
(1) Define collective bargaining in
such a way as to restore genuinely
free bargaining, and thus reverse the
tendency of the National Labor Rela-
lions Board and Taft-Hartley Act
to interfere in the process of collec-
tive bargaining;
(2) Permit secondary union action
in all but a very limited number OF
cases, and legalize peaceful picketing
under any circumstances;
80 Eliminate the injunction pro-
visions of the Taft-Hartley Act, by
repeal of Sections 10 CD and 10 ~.
Enactment of the closed shop pro-
vision of the bill would, said Senator
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

The reseal program for 1854 com
modities has been announced earlier
this year in order to give farmers
time to plan and construct any addi-
tional farm storage facilities they
may need, Leo S. Kolstad, state Agri-
cultural Sterilization and Conserva-
ton administrative officer, said re-
Gently.
To be eligible for price-support
loans, the commodities must be housed
in satisfactory storage. Farmers who
reseal their 1854 crops for the ex-
tended loan period will hold the crop
on the farm instead of delivering it
TO the Commodity Credit Corpora
ton at the end of the original loan
period. A storage payment in line
with current Uniform Grain Storage
Agreement rates will be paid farmers
who reseal their 1954-crop loan
stocks.
The reseal program will apply in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Neuberger Hits Hoover
REh Recommendation

WASHINGTON, D. c. (LDNS) -
The Hoover Commission recommends
ton to force the Rural Electrification
Administration to turn to private
lenders for finances would put our
farmers again at the mercy of the
banks and utilities which left them
without lights prior to the Roosevelt
Administration.
This was charged in a Senate
speech by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.). He said the Hoover Com
mission was following a ''meat axe
approach to federal lending activi-
ties.
Farm groups are particularly up
in arms about the proposals.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

Murray, legalize actual practice in
large segment of the printing and
publishing industries. Furthermore, he
said, some publishers well as un-
ions-have advocated the closed shop
in their plants.
For example, said Senator Murray,
the Chicago Tribune editorially adj
vised against outlawing the closed
shop, declaring that 1--WE did so,
among other reasons, because we
knew that the closed shop worked
well in our own plant and had worked
well for half a century or more"
An identical bill Is 2503) was in
troduced by Senator Murray in 1862,
and companion bills were introduced
In the House at that time by Repre-
sentative John D. Dingell of Michi-
gan CHR 6239) and Representative
George M. Rhodes of Pennsylvania
CHR $3.50.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Unlike Montana
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION
FUNCTIONS in INTERESTS
OF GENERAL PUBLIC
BY Labor's Daily News servi,

/
SAN FRANCISCO = California;
Public Utilities Commission last week
turned thumbs down on the contro-
versial rate increase sought by the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
The increase had been protested by
the California State Federation of
Labor.
The corporation had asked for $4,-
100000 a year in increased revenue,
claiming that unless rates were in
creased, earnings would fall below a
flair" return.
In its findings, the PUG noted there
had been "distinct and substantial
upward trend" in corporation earn
ings for the second four months Of
1854 as compared with the first four.
The AFL protest, filed by G. J.
Haggerty, secretary treasurer of the
State Federation of Labor, had told
the PUG that the corporation adj
mitted to net revenue for the first
eight months of 1854 of approx
mately $50 million.
The PUG formally declared that
Chased upon the record before US, we
find that said rates, heretofore pre-
scribed, when subjected to a fair test
of experience, will produce a reason
able return
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

Billions of consumer dollars are
at stake in legislation before this
Congress to exempt producers of
natural gas from federal regulation.
The natural gas industry affects
the daily lives of millions of our citi-
zens. In 1868, there were more than
&c million domestic and commercial
customers of companies distributing
straight natural gas or mixed gas of
which natural gas is a component. Of
these, more than "a million were
households, meaning that upwards of
70 million people will be affected by
any material change in the prices
charged for natural gas.
The Natural Gas Act was passed
in 1888. Its primary purpose was
rate regulation. AS the Supreme Court
of the United States said in the Hope
Natural Gas Co. case, the primary
aim of this legislation was to protect
against exploitation at the
hands of natural gas companies"
In its regulation of rates, the Fed
eral Power Commission used what it
called the prudent investment rate
base" This base was the cost of
rendering service to the public. The
cost included taxes and fair re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
EDITOR DEPICTS new
IMMORAL POLITICS

ATHENS, Ga. - Gross, old
fashioned stealing in government
is dying out and new kind of
political immortality has been
BORN" Ralph McGill, editor and
author, told members of the Athens
Rotary Club in a speech here few
days ago.
McGill dashed apathy and in
decision at the polls and in gov
eminent.
"Our political leaders are in
secure and subject to intimidation,
he told the audience. 1--WE speak of
lack of leadership when what we
mean is that our executives in mu-
nicipaI, state and national offices
have lost the power and the politi-
cal will to make decisions"
This means, McGill continued,
that the independent man and
woman are disappearing from our
life.
1--WE have lived to see readers
of books viewed with suspicion be-
cause they do read books E. F. and
ministers denounced as Communists
because they have dared suggest
that color segregation is contrary
to Christian teachings"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Coop European Tour
Starts July IL

NEW YORK CITY-(CNS)- THE
Cooperative League is sponsoring a
3-week flying tour of Britain, France,
Germany, and Scandinavia, leaving
here July IL. Coop members who
make the trip will visit coop fac
tories and historic spots in each coun-
try. The League is also arranging
a study tour for coop managers,
leaving in late August.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
CALIFORNIA Utilities
REAP WINDFALLS
AT HOOVER DAM

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(NRECA)
-"Ihe nations taxpayers have con-
tributed SAL million Tin windfall
profits) so far to Southern Cali
fornia utility company tills," Rep.
John Dempsey IN. NJ charged be-
fore the House Interior Committee
hearings on the Upper Colorado Basin
project.
Dempsey said that Southern Cali
fornia power companies have been
receiving "windfall benefits from
cheap power at Hoover Dam and are
now leading the fight against the
Upper Colorado project
Southern California has received
SO million XVIII firm power at an
average cost of 1.89 mills since con-
struction of the Hoover Dam and has
also received 16,50O,000 XVIII second
airy power at the ''windfall price" of
a mills per XVIII.
Dempsey said that Southern Cali
fornia Edison and California Electric
Power Company are able to deliver
this four tenths of mill power to
their markets at less than half the
cost of generating power at their
own steam plants, which results in
an unreasonably high profit.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Steam Locomotives Now
Under 10000

In 1854, for the first time in more
than century, the number of steam
locomotives in service on American
railroads dropped below the 10000
mark. Of the remaining steamers, 80
per cent were in serviceable storage
as of August ].
Only one Glass railroad still OPP
crates exclusively with steam motive
power whereas several roads have
Joined the ranks of the 100 per cent
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Jim Crow Banned

SACRAMENTO, Calf. = (LDNS)
The Campbell Soup Co. here agreed
to hire negro employees for the first
time in its history, following series
of conferences with the local NAACP
labor and industry committee and
Local 857 of the AFL Cannery Work
ers. The Campbell plant, which pre-
viously had some 1,700 white en-
ployes, last week added two negro
employees.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
$50 MONTHLY PENSION

NEW YORK CITY (AFLNS) -
Members of Local 8, AFL Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (AFL), will draw a pension
of $3.50 month under new agree
ment signed with the electrical con-
struction industry.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

A substantial wage increase ant
''lost time insurance" were Offered
as the two top demands. The wage
increase is urgently needed, Larson
said, because 1.-THE reduction Il
weekly hours, despite increased hour
" earnings has meant that most are
now making less on a weekly take
home basis, than they did a year OF
two ago.
Lost time insurance was sug-
gested as major demand because,
he said, "the whole question of Sc
curity now assumes a greater i'm
portance-that is why we see so
many unions this year raising such
demands as a shorter work week,
guaranteed work week, guaranteed
annual wage and the like"
AS proof Of the ability of non-fer-
rous metal corporations to pay a sub
stantial wage increase in negotia-
tions this year, Larson pointed to
several favorable" factors in the
industry currently, including the fact
that metal stock prices have shown
Spectacular" rises in recent months.
"Kennecott's stock in mid-Febru-
airy was selling at $500 above the
highest price paid in 1853" he said.
american Metal shares in February
were priced 1890 above their 1853
high" And he pointed out that cop
per is now selling at 35 cents pound
highest sustained price in his
,ory."
with currently higher prices for
cad and zinc, and with the much bet
er profit-making position in which
he shelters and refineries find them
elves, all major companies could
asily afford substantial wage in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

crease" Larson told the delegates
/ He defined the simple but com
prehensive" loss of time insurance
plan as follows:
eve propose that in any week
in which a workers income from
employment or from any form of
public insurance-for any reason
not solely attributable to him
falls below $50 a week, the en-
pIoyer shall provide through in
surance such additional income as
may be necessary to bring the total
up to $50.
Urging that pension improvements
be made the third demand, Larson
proposed pressing for an increase in
retirement benefits to $3.50 per
month for each year of service, and
liberalization of benefits and re-
duction in retirement, age, with even
earlier retirement rights for miners"
Suggesting health and welfare i'm
provements as the fourth point, Lar
son called attention to the Kennecott
Health and Welfare plan, negotiated
last year, as Significant develop
ment." "At Kennecott we were able
for the first time to negotiate a uni
form plan on a company wide basis
for all divisions" he said.
"Also the new program of benefits
is now spelled out in the bargaining
agreement and workers are no longer
tied to company doctors and company
the bargaining co-ordina-
or said.
Health and Welfare demands he
urged are: Employer to pay full cost
# employee and dependent benefits,
reater union control, improved group
ife and accidental death and dis
benefits, complete COW
rage for all hospital, surgical and
loctor costs for employees and their
and $50 week sickness
nd accident benefits.
Larson called for drastic i'm
provement'' of the contract bonus
systems in mining, which he said
are now operated so as to de-
prive workers of the full benefits
of their wage increases. He cited
particularly the contract bonus
plan in Butte as one that needs
overhaul.
''These systems" he said, "are fire.
uently used so as to give the COM
any sole real control over earnings
the company arbitrarily fixes stand
rds and prices, juggles rates, and
ssigns contracts as it pleases with
tile opportunity for the union to ]
Ltervene."
A drive to cut down further the :
area differentials which discrimi- ]
ate against many workers in our in S
lstry, particularly in the South (
est, who are still being victimized 8
ecause they are paid less than work
IS doing the same work in other :
'eas."
Summarizing the outlook for bar
aiming this year, Larson said eve
low the opportunities are there
Id that if we properly take advan- I
gre of these opportunities we can 1
axe substantial gains" r
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS Seeking
LEGISLATIVE BONANZA
BY CONG. LEE METCALF

turn on the prudent investment of
the pipeline company in it's facilities.
The cost included all exploration and
development expenses, cost of hold
ing nonproductive acreage as well
as fair return on the investment in
acreage held for the future. This
latter is justified on the grounds
that such acreage would furnish gas
to consumers in the future.
The Power Commission has en-
couraged the exploration for gas
and the acquisition and develop
ment of gas reserves by allowing
all costs of exploration, including
dry holes, as an operating expense.
Through their rates, consumers
have paid all costs, development
expense, the cost of carrying acre
age for future development, the
taxes and the profit, the fair re-
turn.
In 1851, the Power Commission
decided that the price of gas at the
field where it was produced was not
subject to federal regulation. Repre-
of consuming areas APP
pealed, and on June 7, 1854, the
u. S. Supreme Court ruled that the
Natural Gas Act does authorize the
Commission to control the price at the
wellhead.
Proponents of legislation to multi
fly this Supreme Court decision would
shift away from the prudent invest
ment rate base" to what they call the
reasonable market field price" of
natural gas.
would define this reasonable
market field price" as the highest
monopoly price the traffic will
bear. Spokesman for the pipeline
companies agree with the substance
of that definition
During the Commissions natural
sas investigation 10 years ago, sever
i attempts were made to determine
What pipeline companies considered
fair field price or the intrinsic value
# gas.
One spokesman said: eff | had gas |
would want all could get for it."
Another said: every increase in
he price / receive would be consid-
red an adequate price as of that
ate. But we would still be looking
or a higher price. AS far as the
losest we can say to fair price we
light say is the highest price cur
emily being paid in the field for
as of like quality"
That IS about as close as we have
cen able to get to a definition of
hat would be the new rate base.
Such a change in rate bases would
e expensive. 1t is estimated that an
lcrease of one cent in the price of
atural gas would mean that con-
lmers would pay at least an addi-
onal ST billion over the life of our
as fields. 1t is estimated that passage
this legislation would cost Ameri-
IN gas consumers at least $500 mil
On year.
The giants of the natural gas
have an assured market
'ver the life of their reserves. They
occupy a monopoly position in that
market by reason of a federal
franchise. Regulation of utility
nonopoIies is necessary In the pub
ic interest. In return for monopoly
privileges utilities have been re-
uired to forego speculative prof
Is.
To date, nothing has been shown
indicate either the need or the de-
ability of relaxing regulation or
angling the rate base.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
Union Locals Organize
BIT Credit Unions

MADISON, Wis.-AFL, CLIO, and
Independent labor locals now operate
SIT credit unions, says Credit Union
National Association. These credit
co-ops run by labor groups have 429,-
730 members and assets of $100,855,-
900.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25
LOST TIME INSURANCE" WAGE
INCREASE, TWO OF khIIvE-kHILL' S
MAJOR 1866 DETECTIVES

SPOKANE-Proposas for fourpont program of national
bargaining demands intended to help relieve 1.-THE twin major
problems of and security offered to the 5Oth
convention of the Nine Mill and Shelter Workers Union last
week by Ore Larson vice president and u S. bargaining
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-25

The Swedish economy has grown
at faster rate than the United
States during the past 70 years and
suffered less from unemployment.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23
"The Air Base City,

nants, the Arabs joined the group
Of nations that insisted on push
ing through Article / of tn S e
covenants-an article affirming
the rights of all peoples to politi-
cal and economic self-determina-
ton. It was good cause, but a
vain one. Israel had warned the
committee dealing with Human
Rights that it had better 60 on
to the remaining articles in the
two covenants-totalling about
100-instead of getting struck on
Article /. But the Arabs persisted,
along with other delegations who
would just as soon not stick their
teeth into Human Rights per Sc.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23
Pensacola, Florida
Is Bandung a Bust?

md the prestige Of the Arab bloc
has suffered accordingly.
There were areas in which the
Arabs could have taken a yigor-
Gus part. But they lacked the
imagination to do so. In the de-
bate on the Human Rights cove
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-12-23
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tContinued from Page 23)
question of Algeria was deleted.
to placate and bring back the
Ere n c h delegation. Moroccan
freedom" became academic here.
All in all. the Arab emphasis on
North Africa has not paid Off
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-01-13
sfQ&zS G0RMzR
This an Thut

When the Detroit Lions defeated
the Baltimore Colts, $50, this past
season, 1t marked the first shutout
registered by the Lions since I945
when the Chicago Cardinals were
the victims g.. When the national
amateur golf champion, Arnold
Palmer of Latrobe, Pa, turned
professional, he Joined the advis-
Ory staff of a Chicago sporting
goods company. Under ProfeS-
siSnal Golfers Association rules,
Palmer must wait six months to
be eligible for prize money. all
though ne can play in pro tour
naments Six former Michigan
athletes were aides 10 football
coach Bernie Oosterbaan during
the past season The Hong
Kong Football Association has an
nounced IL will send twenty-man
team to compete in the Olympic
Games In Australia In 1856 A
committee has been formed TO
bring Chicago a worlds fair and
the Olympic Games In 1876. A
spokesman for the group. called
the Committee for rs, said about
forty young executives were be-
hind the movement Japan
plans to send sixteen-man base
ball squad to Milwaukee next Sep
tember to compete i'm world nom
professional tournament.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-01-13

WIN TWO Canadian PROVINCES.
While no one knows exactly
how many people hunt each
year, United States Government
figures for annual hunting lie
ense sales totaling we'll over l3
million, provide adequate proof
that the number is very great.
In comparison, however, the
annual total of perhaps 1000
hunting accidents, when compar-
ed to our highway coll for ex-
ample, appears very small.
Twenty-four states and two
Canadian provinces reported the
following figures for the 1858
calendar year. Of 1l66 casual
ties, 81eo were non-fatal and
1870 fatal, with 72% not self
inflicted and $3.50 self-inflicted.
In the rifle versus shotgun
controversy, 500 of the hunting
casualties were caused by shot
guns, with $500 by rifles and 10
handguns. Fatalities caused by
shotguns and rifles, however,
gives different picture.
Twenty EIGHT percent Of the
casualties caused by rifles were
fatal with shotfun fatalities
showing Is percent.
Most casualties are caused by
youthful hunters, in fact $3.50
of all hunting accidents between
1850 and 1853 were caused by
19 year olds or under. During
the same period, 34Go of hunt
ing casualties were caused by
hunting having from three to
ten years of hunting experience.
The National Rifle Associa-
ton, in cooperation with units
of the national education As
sociation, has prepared Hunter
Safety Course for acceptance on
nationwide basis. The course
is designed to encourage by
actual demonstrations, safe gun
handling and to reduce hunting
accidents. 1t presents informa-
ton concerning the operation of
gun handling, good shooting and
the hunters responsibility all
essentials to safe hunting.
A number of youth groups in
Ohio are now taking the Hunter
Safety Course, sponsored by the
National Rifle Association, and
the League of Ohio Sportsmen,
a statewide sportsmen's group.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife
will carry on a concerted educa-
tional Hunter Safety program
during the coming year.