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

uC SC(OAA0 NCSh VI NAAS -AHAeNS0AS
viii be over when this gets into print,
and by next week things are definitely
going to be happening.
This week the big problem is to get
bills put in the hopper.
Just like at a dance - nobody
wants to be the first on the floor be-
cause it makes them too noticeable.
There is the psychology that if
your bill is first and it turns out TO
be controversial-wham-o.
However that psychology does not
seem to bother Ray Lee (D-Silver-
bowl who has already put in two con-
troversial bills as of Tuesday the 18th.
His first bill is the S-Hour Collar
to Collar for Underground Miners
Pay Bill (which viii receive undivid-
ed attention to kill in committee) and
his second is to raise Welfare pay
ments to Silicotics from 90 dollars
a month to IS dollars.
Well at least now the lobby can
stop lobbying the lobby.
The dickering will begin. The cor
poration influence will be used to
pull little clubs out of their pockets
in the form of pressure legislation to
use on different groups.
Bill Pilgeram had trouble saying
silicosis when he read the bill to in
crease Welfare payments to silicotics,
but don't feel bad Bill, it gave the
company lobby cause to smile, and
they didn't look in a smiling mood
and everybody knew what you meant.
I don't think this increase in the
payment to silicotics will help much.
Silicotics with families will still have
to go to other Welfare Department
funds to have minimum living stand
ard.
The law that would look good to
me would say: "All payments from
Welfare funds going to victims of
silicosis and their families will be
recorded as PAYMENTS TO SILL
COTICS in Welfare reports"
AS it presently stands only the so
dollars a month figure shows as our
donation to the company through our t
axes each month. t
1t would be simple bill to put into t
operation, would cost nothing extra ]
ust matter of bookkeeping.
I'd bet if you knew, for sure, and
knew for sure, land if I knew for I
ure, you'd know too, because I'd tell F
retty soon we'd have silicosis I'M il
er Workmen's Compensation. D
"You jestw cried the Jack. D
''Their Heads" roared the King.
While |, mere slave shook at the
Xtent of their establishment. h
But only reported what the man v
aid. And he did say that the High W
'ay Department printed the Cover a
or's Interim Highway Committee re- a
ort-for a fee-and a customary k,
SO profit" didn't he? d,
And he said it before God and ev- hi
-ybody including the Montana state to
gislature, House and Senate. -
Printers looked into the matter, and be
ley have come up with the news to
lat there is interest in state print WI
g plant under the wing of state
'vernment- under union conditions
etc. So printers wouldn't particular sn
care. 70
But there might be other hurdles tn
It the least of which would be the tn
hitting industry attitude toward the TIN
fringement on their end of the Sc,
ee enterprise system. co.
Also consider the blow to the mo- wo
lie of all state employees when the Til
oment came for the "aristocracy" is
labor to move under the same roof the
tn the state wage slaves. The state the
Montana should have to meet a
ion shop printing payroll. When
her state employees found out mo
volution. er-
Complaints are often heard about lat
2 cost of printing, and it is true PEE
ey are high. but
However, if the state of Montana dis
.nts to get away from paying the ist:
------ ----------------------.. mo
THE PEOPLES VOICE IN