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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

President George Lackman of Bill
.lings presided at the all-day meeting
in Helena. Other board members at
tending were Vice President Judd
Walker of Glendive, who is director
of McCone County Electric Coop;
Secretary-Tr Treasures Rodney Hanson
of Sidney, who is manager of the
Lower Yellowstone Valley Electric
Coop of Sidney; H. w. Herb
Wheat of Dillon, who is treasurer of
the Vigilante Electric Coop Of Dill
lon, and Harold Ebaugh of Havre,
who is manager of the Hill County
Electric Coop of Havre.
The January meeting is the first
time in more than a year that the
Montana State Directors have met in
the state capital. While here, they
conferred with number Of Montana
legislators.
Progress in Rural Identification in
Montana during the coming year par
ticularly will be conferred on new
sources of power. Montana's 25 CO.
ops continue to expand rapidly and
member-consumers are buying many
new appliances and increasing their
power use.
Rural Electrification is big business
in the state. According to the latest
figures released by REA at Washing
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
Roosevelt Dinner Planned
Demos Don't Want wMofhbuII"
Party in Montana Says TooIe

officials and others in attendance at
party dinner in the Helena Elks
banquet hall.
Although money is a problem fac
ing the state central committee in
keeping state office in operation,
Toole told his audience it may be
less expensive to keep the party
functioning on year-around basis,
thus avoiding considerable waste and
duplication of effort during the cam
paign months of each election year.
1t is hoped that sufficient volunteer
help will be available to keep office
salary expense at minimum.
The state office, Toole pointed out,
would not only serve as a centering
point for the party, but, would also
collect and file day to day material
on issues of Importance to the public,
for ready availability to the party
during election campaigns.
SIS PER THROW
The state chairman, in relating the
somewhat depressed condition of the
Democratic bank account, announced
that the party was planning a big
Roosevelt's birthday dinner party to
be held in Helena, as a means of fund
raising and increasing the political
enthusiasm of Montana Democrats
to go out and bring the party victory
in Montana in 1856, all the way down
the line.
Tickets for the Sunday, January 80,
Roosevelt dinner will be $25 a couple,
or SIS per single person. Joe Reber,
Helena, state president of Young
Democrats, will be in charge of ticket
sales through the YD organization.
Lester Lobe, former state chair
man, will be the master of ceremonies
for the occasion.
The state central committee is cur
rently attempting to secure Demo
cratic woman leader of national i'm
portance to be the principal speaker
at the January 80 affair.
Lewis & Clark Rep. Gene Picotte
chairmaned the Tuesday night dinner
meeting. Democratic House members
were introduced by Speaker Leo
Graybill. and Senators by Senate Mi
nority Leader Leroy Anderson. 9th
ers who spoke briefly included Supt.
of Public Instruction Mary M. Con-
don, Attorney General Arnold FL.
Olsen, and State Auditor John j.
Holmes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

The Montana Legislative Council,
non partisan committee from farm
and labor groups in the state, met
for their biennial organizational
meeting at the Labor Temple in Hell
ena, Monday, January 10.
Officers elected were Albert Root,
Somers, vice president of the Mon
tana State Federation of Labor,
chairman; Fay Egge, Butte, Rail
Brotherhoods, vice chairman, and
Larry Mower, Great Falls, Mine Mill
and Smeltermen, secretary.
This Legislative Council will meet
every Monday night at the Labor
Temple to discuss legislation ap-
pearing before the 34th Montana
Legislature.
The meetings are open to the pub
lie and anyone may present leglsla-
ton in which they have an interest.
Though support for or against leg
islation may be expressed by the
majority at any meeting none of the
participants are bound by action OF
the group.
At Mondays meeting resume was
given of legislation that would be
presented by groups present, and
what might be presented that would
bear watching.
Minutes of the meeting will be
printed for the use of participating
groups.
Legislative goals by labor repre-
sentatives include:
A Minimum Wage Law; Improve
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
State A.F.L. Reuffirn1s Gas
Tax Increase Opposition

posed gasoline tax increase, so-called
'right-to-work" laws, the board also
put the federation on record against
repeal of the Milk Control Act.
Other board actions were:
Suspension of publication of
TREASURE STATE LABOR
JOURNAL pending 1855 conven-
ton action and the working out of
financially sound program to
keep the paper in publication, if
and when revived.
Suspension of the James d. Ora
ham 5000 per year scholarship which,
in last two years, has helped two
worthy young Montanans on their
way to college educations.
Members of the federation's execu-
tive board are: James S. TIMBER,
Helena, MSFL president; Albert Root,
Somers, vice president MSFL; and
Norman Sloan, Transfers, Helena;
Frank Birmingham, Teamsters, Butte;
Ed Kautsky, Meat Cutters, Billings;
Walter Davidson, Plumbers, Great
Falls; Warren Cork, Lumber & Saw
mill Workers, Missoula; Julia Burke,
Montana Federation of Teachers,
Anaconda; Reva Walterskirchen, Res
taurant Workers, Missoula; Owen
Gabriel, Machinists, Kalispell.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

Montana State Federation of La
boris executive board Saturday re-
affirmed the organizations long
standing opposition to any additional
increase in the gasoline tax, accord
ing to resolutions passed by various
conventions of the state federation
would only increase the unequal share
of the highway financing bill current
ly being carried by the ordinary auto
mobile user.
The executive board, which met
in the federation's state office IN
Helena, also reviewed major leglsla-
tive measures the state AFL by con-
vention mandate will be interested
in during the 1866 Legislature. These
include: Cd Increasing Unemploy-
ment Compensation benefits and re-
ducing the waiting period to one
week; (2) Increased Workmen's
COMPENSATION benefits including
higher weekly payments, more medl-
cal-hospital allowable, and giving the
Industrial Accident Board authority
to pay disability benefits longer than
500 weeks in hardship" total dis
ability cases; (3) Enactment of
Silicosis-occupational disease law;
.(4) Passage of minimum wage legls-
lation, ~ A substantial pay IN
crease for legislators.
In addition to opposing the pro-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
HELENA COUNCIL SENDS
$40 TO NEVADA VICTIMS
OF nRIGHT-TO-WORK"

In response to an appeal from the
Nevada State Federation of Labor
for funds with which to continue the
fight to repeal state "right-to-
work" law, the Helena Trades & La
Dor Assembly voted SO contribu-
ton at the assembly's meeting Mon
day night.
Nevada labor narrowly missed re-
peal of the Ubiquitous union-destroy-
ing law at the polls last November.
Now the fight will be in the legisla-
ture. Outlawing of the union shop
in Nevada has resulted in very
grave dip in wages and substantial
deterioration of working conditions
because of union effectiveness in the
economic field having been reduced
to near the zero point.
Helena Council President Henry
Hoffman appointed LSW Delegate
Ray Lindberg to represent the as
sembly at the Monday night meet
ings of the Montana Legislative Coun-
Gil, joint labor-farmer legislative CO.
ordinating body.
Delegates Lindberg, Grin Amund-
son of the Carpenters and Harry
Billings of the Printers were ap-
pointed as a committee to assist the
Retail Clerks in furthering the or
ganizing of retail stores in Helena.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

and would, if enacted, increase Pub
lie Welfare payments to more than
600 victims of the occupational
disease, Silicosis, from $50 to $75
per month.
A third labor bill, HB 10, has been
dropped in the hopper by Rep. Hugh
Cumming (D-Granite). Under HB 10
railroads would be required to pro-
vide "for installation of windshields
of safety glass, windshield wipers, a
canopy or top, and electric head lights
and tail lights upon track motor cars
:" of railroads operating within or
running through the state. This rail-
road safety provision, it is reported,
has already been put into operation
by the Great Northern.
Efforts will again be made to Sc
cure time-off -to-vote legislation this
session. Rep. Ronald w. Holtz ID
Cascade), Wednesday introduced lib
10 which calls for granting employees
time off to vote at general elections
without loss of pay. A similar meas
ure made the grade in the Senate in
1853, but was killed in the House.
CONTINUED on Page Eight
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
Labor, Farm, Groups Reaefivute
Joint legislative Council

ments in Workmen's Compensation
and Industrial Accident laws; Occu-
pational Disease Law; Eight Hour
Collar to Collar Law; Better PEN
sions and Living Conditions for Old
Age Pensioners; Flashers on Cars of
Volunteer Firemen; Insurance for
Volunteer Firemen; Time Off To
Vote; Peaceful Pieketing and Ban
ming Anti-union Injunctions.
To be watched and opposed were
such items as "Right-to-W Work" bills,
1-cent Gas Tax; Coop Tax bills; and
Give-Aways on State Lands.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
Says Sponsor of lib 6
C0LLAR-T0-G0LLAR
is ACCEPTED
THROUGHOUT NATION

Ray Lee CD Silver Bow Mon
day presented an 8-hour collar-to-
collar bill for underground miners
in the House. Lee, a longtime MEM
Der of the Mine, Mill and Shelter
workers from Butte, said that his
lib 6 is in accordance with Nine
Mill Unions legislative recon-
mendations.
Asked if he did not believe this
was matter to be taken up in ne
gotiations between labor and man
agement, Lee said it had been for
many years, but nothing had been
accomplished. He said that the
state 8-hour law does not apply
to underground miners by virtue
of a supreme court decision in
1910. At that time the then At
torney General Harrison j. Free
bourn had said the 8-hour law did
apply, but the supreme court re-
versed the Attorney Generals
opinion.
Lee said that Montana is the only
state in the u. S. where under
ground miners do not have S-hour
collar-to-collar conditions either by
law or by mutual consent of labor
and management.
States where it has been gained
by going to the state legislators
include Arizona, Utah and Nevada.
The proposal presently before the
Montana legislature is based on
the Nevada law, according to Lee.
Also, he said, most of the mines
in Montana operate under collar
to-collar. ACM in Butte is the only
major company on the North
American continent. ACM mines
in other parts of the nation all
operate under collar-to-collar pro-
visions, Lee asserts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

ton, D. c., there were 1880 member
consumers on Rural Electric lines and
25,948 miles of line are in use to serve
these members on September 30,
1854. Total loans by REA to the Mon
tana co-ops were up to $39,937 400.
At this mid-winter directors meet
ing, much discussion conferred on
pushing for construction of new dams
to generate power throughout the
state. With Bureau of Reclamation
rapidly reaching the end of it's avail
able power for sale from present
sources, new dam power is vital in
Montana's future. MONTANA REA
NEWS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

Montana Democrats do not wish
theirs to be a mothballn party, was
the opinion expressed by State Chair
man Jack C. Toole Tuesday evening
in announcing the opening of
permanent Democratic headquarters
in the Galen Block in Helena.
Toole made the announcement in
the course of a talk to upwards of
two hundred Democratic legislators,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

Two jam-packed days Of discussions
on major state and national issues are
scheduled for those attending the
fourth annual Great Falls Regional
Farmer-Labor Institute, January. 10
and 16, reports Co-chairmen A. j..
Duley and Chris Denning.
In announcing the program for the
two days, the co-chairmen point out
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
FOURTH REGIONAL FARhER-LAB0R INSTITUTE
f,cgvENES IN GREAT FALLS SATURDAY

that "these educational sessions are
an effort on the part of farmers and
workers to provide themselves with
a better understanding of the serious
problems they face as citizens. 1t is
an effort to make available to our
people the knowledge and wisdom of
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
STATE FACING POWER
SHORTAGE

Without immediate attention to in
creased hydro-electric production in
Western Montana it will probably be
impossible to have another major
industrial development such as Ana
conda Aluminium at Columbia Falls,
Ed Cartwright, Bonneville Power
manager, Kalispell, said in an inter
view this week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
the MONTANA
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

will meet every Monday night at
z P. M in the Labor Temple, 10
North Warren, in Helena. The pur-
pose of the meetings is to discuss
legislation appearing before the
34th legislative assembly. The
meetings are open to the public
and legislators are all cordially in
vited to attend.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14

However, while the legislative ma
chinery seemed sluggish and slow
starting, the same cannot be said for
activities in the "third house" Lobby
lists for various economic groups were
arriving in increasing numbers, some
to stay only day or two at this time,
others to set up shop in the Capitol
for the remaining 46 days of the
session. Montana's four major labor
groups Montana State Federation of
Labor, Mine Mill, the Rail brother
hoods and the CIO, already had to-
tai of a dozen Representatives on
hand. The Anaconda Copper-Montana
Power lobby had at least six "regu-
lars" on the job to look out for the
"twins interests. Other business
groups were represented with one to
five-member staffs on hand. These
included the oil industry, commercial
truckers, the railroads, motel opera
tors, food brokers, Montana medical
association, hardware dealers. Farm
ers Union representatives are expect
ed to arrive in Helena the first OF
next week following conclusion of
the annual MFU school in Great Falls
this weekend.
Looking at measures thus far intro
duced, some are important and may
arouse considerable controversy be-
fore they are finally disposed of.
Other proposals are of routine
and/or minor nature.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
OPPOSE TERMINATION

Flathead Indian leaders have again
voiced their opposition to "termina-
ton" of federal wardship at this
time. Walter Mcdonald, st. Ignatius,
of Flathead Tribal Council, says that
perhaps in ten years an end to ward
ship may be feasible.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
. !, Introduced in
legislature
Few Important Measu'
Second Week Of 34th !
activities of the

Activities of the Montana Legislature during its second
week along slower than expected Organiza
ton of both houses completed Tuesday with appointment
three standing committees of the Senate By
bills been introduced in both houses
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
LABOR MEASURES MAY
RE aHOTo

One of two labor measures intro
duced by Rep. Ray Lee (D-Silver
Bow may develop into one of the
more controversial issues of the ses-
sion. This is HB 6-the collar-to-
collar pay bill for underground min
ers (story elsewhere on page one).
The other Lee proposal is HB IA,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-01-14
In Capital City
new POWER PLANS TALKED AT
REA Directors MEETING

Discussions continue the of Rural Electrified
ton Montana during 1855 held by the state directors
Rural Electric Cooperative Association
at the Placer Hotel in Helena January 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18

A look Of luxury in your both with This
lovely ensemble. Hond- pointed decor on
boxed enamel finish, rust and snoo resist
ont, cosy to keep sparkling eIeon. In 8
decor cotors: white. green. blue. pink, eroy.
block, maize or dubonnet
A. Fomily-size hamper 9.0S
B. Woste basket POS
c. Scole with Moonif-Eye dol, rubber
tweed finish sofety mot 7.9S
D. Brush holder and brush 3.0S
E. Tissue holder l.05
Evening star., 1955-04-23
NCPC Budget
Slash Hit by
HousingGroup

Senate restoration of a $1,000
House slash in the National
Capital Planning Commissions
budget, to permit hiring 10 new
staff experts, was urged today
by the Washington Housing AS
sociation.
The appeal, sent to the SEN
ate Appropriations Committee,
was the latest in a series of re-
quests by Washington groups
who contend the planners need
more employees to participate in
new city programs.
The association declared
Washington is standing on the
Threshold of a new era in meet
ing problems of spreading blight
and slums." Such programs as
redevelopment, urban renewal
and rezoning will be jeopardiZed
If the planning commission does
not receive the funds necessary
for the expansion of it's technical
staff" the association added.
The planning commission con-
tends it eventually will need 20
new positions, doubling it's pres
ent technical staff. but is asking
for only 10 new jobs imme-
diately for participation in the
new programs.
Evening star., 1955-04-23
BeIo Lugosi Committed
For Drug Addiction Cure

LOS ANGELES, April % up.
Bella Lugosi's wish has been
granted. He has been classified
under the law as a narcotic adj
dict and committed to a State
hospital.
The star of "Dracula" and
scores of other horror movies
went to General Hospital
Wednesday and asked to be sent
to the State hospital at Nor
walk.
At a psychopathic court hear
ing yesterday the actor. 72. told
how he started using morphine
to deaden leg pains 20 years ago.
He said he gave up morphine,
but used various other drugs
thereafter.
Superior Judge Wallace L.
Ware commended the actor for
voluntarily seeking correction
of this drug addiction"
God bless you, judge" Mr..
LugoSi replied.
Mr.. Lugosi began his Holly
wood career in 1881 but hasn't
worked in pictures for several
years
I'm dependent on the good
ness of friends for my food" he
told newsmen. II get small
old-age pension that takes care
Evening star., 1955-04-23
Loss of Human Touch
With Mentally III Seen

With all the scientific advances
in treatment of the mentally ill,
psychiatrists have lost the hu-
man touch in dealing with their
patients, according to DR.. VIM
fred Overholser.
Dr.. Overholser. superintendent
of st. EliZabeths Hospital here,
made the observation in the CEN
tennial issue of Mental Hospitals,
a monthly publication of the
American psychiatric Associa-
tion.
The special issue honoring
Mental Health Week (May / to
y commentaries the founding
of st. Elizabeths and five other
mental hospitals i'll 1855.
In that year. DR.. Overholser
says. few modern treatments of
mental illness were available.
But, he writes:
ut was recognized then that
much might be done for the
benefit of patients by what was
known as moral treatment, that
is, by appealing to their emotions
and influencing them with kind
ness and understanding, rather
than hy reoimentatiOn.
THE atmosphere in hospitals
then was informal, friendly,
Evening star., 1955-04-23
Third Dix Soldier
Dies of Meninqitis

FORT DIX, N. j.. April % (F).
The Army said a third soldier
trainee within two months died
Of meningitis at this big infantry
base early yesterday.
The latest victim of the blood
stream disease was Pvt. John H.
Kelsey, %, of Wellsville, N. Y.
Capt. Tom Hamrick. base pub
lie information officer. said Pvt.
Kelsey, who started basic train
ing here March 9. was stricken
with the disease three days ago.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kelsey. jr.. were with him in the
base hospital when he died, Capt.
Hamrick said.
The disease was Of the same
type that brought death to two
other trainees at Dix, Pvts. Irwin
Weinrib. 18. of Far Rockaway,
N. Y. on February %, and Rich
ard A. Robinson, 81, of Norwell,
Mass. on March 6.
Capt. Hamrick said two other
GIs are recuperating from the
disease.
Pvt. Weinrib's death touched
off a series of Investigations into
medical and housing facilities at
the camp.
Evening star., 1955-04-23
Conviction of Williams
Again Upset on Appeal

About two weeks ago Williams
was adjudged of unsound mind
at court proceedings after he had
shown signs of mental instability
while in Jail.
Today's appellate order noted
this. The court, in reversing
the conviction, remanded the
case to the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia "for
such proceedings conform
able to the applicable statute"
Means New Hearing
Prosecutors interpreted this as
meaning another hearing to de-
termine competency to stand
trial must be held.
Judges E. Barrett Prettyrnan,
Walter M. Bastian and Wilbur
K. Miller dissented in the order.
They held that there was no
reason TO reverse the conviction.
They simply would have re-
manded the case for a hearing
to determine if Williams was
mentally competent to stand trial
in the earlier conviction.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Gerard O'Brien said Will
liams has one of the longest
criminal records of any District
felon. 1t dates back to 1898. Will
liams, on appeal, was represented
by Attorney Nester Foley.
Evening star., 1955-04-23
CARMODY
Continued From Page B-22


Blackboard Jungle" the most
dramatic by young POTTER and
Morrow. The former plays the
cold, repressed Negro pupil whose
deeply concealed admiration for
fair play points him as the one
potential ally of the baffied
teacher.
Morrow, lad with tangle
of blond hair and an expression
of animal viciousness, is the
super-villian of the film. He is
the leader type with the true
genius for delinquency and Nor
row makes him as terrifying q
character as moviegoers will re-
member.
Among the others, Mr.. Calhern
makes his portrait of a COM
pletely cynical elder faculty
member a bitter comedy gem;
Miss Hayes makes an affectingly
dramatic character of the lone
illness haunted attack victim:
Miss Francis is convincing as
the distraught wife of the hero,
and John Hoyt makes something
special of the paranoid principal
OF this incredibly savage jungle.
Washington, which did not
really need another. has q fine
subject for controversy in 1.-THE
Blackboard Jungle" And the
Columbia q picture which will
prove as popular at the box
office as 1t may be unpopular
with the skeptics that adole scent
delinquency Is this exit eme.
Evening star., 1955-04-23
BY HOWARD DUTKIN

The conviction of Dallas o.
Williams, colored, on weapons
and assault charges yesterday
was reversed for the second time
by the U. S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia.
The court split. 5 to 3. on the
reversal with Chief Judge Har-
old M. Stephens not participant
ing.
The majority of the court
held. in the main. that the trial
court erred in not granting a
motion for mental examination
of Williams made during his
trial.
Convicted in '53
Williams, upon conviction in
1858. was sentenced to- serve
3 to 9 years in prison on charges
of assault with a dangerous
cealed weapon.
Williams originally was con-
victed of the charges in 1850.
But this conviction was set aside
on the grounds of error in jury
instructions.
Subsequent proceedings re-
suited in two mistrials. Mean
while, Williams had been IN and
out of st. Elizabeths Hospital
as a mental patient several
times.