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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
20 PER CENT GAIN I'M Retail SALES In
MONTANA over SEVEN Year PERIOD

AZ per cent between 1913 and 1854,
and service stations by At per cent.
Sales of furniture, home furnishings,
and appliances gained 38 per cent
over the same period. The lumber,
building material, hardware, and
farm equipment group, showing the
effect of declining agricultural in
come, recorded a sales increase of
only 16 per cent between 1913 and
1854, probably less than the price
rises over the six-year period. Two
other groups-apparel and general
neutrality-suspicious. below-av-
rage sales increases.
Per capita retail sales in Montana
amounted to $1,259 in 1854, COM
pared to $1,106 in 1913. In actual
dollars, this represents a gain of II
per cent; when adjusted for retail
price increases, the increase is re-
duced to 5 per cent.
Montana's four major cities-Bil-
lings, Butte, Great Falls and Missoula
accounted for SO per cent of all
furniture and appliance sales, As per
cent of apparel sales, and 43 per cent
of sales by general merchandise
stores. Sales of other Lines of goods
were widely scattered throughout the
states cities and towns.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04

Continued from Page One)
on the grounds that such a law was
class legislation designed to set one
group of Americans against another
and was a disservice to our country.
I heartily condemn this front or
ganization (Montana Right Work
Association and challenge it to come
out Of its iniquitous den and reveal
its membership.
Article 118 of the Soviet Consti-
tuition furnishes the basis for the
Right laws perpetrated on
American states. Has the Montana
'Right-to-W Work Association seen fit
to adopt the Communist line?
We, of organized labor, recognize
this as direct challenge flung at us,
but this attempt to foist Soviet type
controls will not divert the united
labor movement from its continued
effort to bring about much needed
improvements in social gains and
workers protection, by election, and
petition where necessary"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
GOVERNOR MISINFORMED,
SAYS SUPT. CONDOR

| Aronson's statements as to SB 81
by-passing his office and the office
of State Treasurer, brought an i'm
mediate retort from Supt. of Public
Instruction Mary M. Condor in a
talk before the AAUW in Bozeman
Tuesday evening. The occasion was
a AAUW sponsored panel, women
In Politics.
"The Governors recent statements
on federal support for education stem
more from ignorance than from NAL
iciousness, l hope" Miss Condor
said.
"He apparently is totally unaware
that during the last three years over
$2,350,000 1.-TWO million, three hun
dred fifty thousand dollars) in fed
eral money for vocational education,
school lunch, and Indian education
has been paid through the state sup
erintendent's office as both federal
and Montana laws require. Another
$2,740,000 1.-TWO million, seven hum
dred forty Thousand dollars) has been
paid directly to local school districts
upon approval from my office.
"Both the Eisenhower and the
Kelly bill for federal aid to educa-
ton which are currently before Con-
gress, provide that any federal money
must be transferred directly to the
state education agency" Miss Con-
don continued. sit seems fantastic
that the Governor is ignorant of the
fact that the Montana state educa-
ton agency, as in all states, is the
state department of public instruc-
ton. (The Eisenhower bill has fed
eral control provisions, since it re-
quires state legislatures to appropri-
ate matching funds. The Kelly bill
prohibits federal control and pro-
vides for either state or local match
ing, whichever the individual states
prefer.)
Other panel members were Mrs.
Edna Human, State Treasurer and
candidate for Secretary of State on
The Republican ticket; Mrs. Gladys
Knowles, Billings Republican Nation
Il Committeewoman, and Mrs. Ber-
lice Kingsbury, Waller, Democratic
National Committeewoman. Modera-
or was Mrs. Hjalmer Landoe of
}ozeman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
Aronson, Condor Tungle
Over Federal Aid Veto

Taking exception to statements by
Attorney General Arnold Olsen that
he had ''sabotaged" Montana schools
when he vetoed a bill which would
have enabled the state to receive adj
ditional federal aid, Governor j. Hugo
Aronson this week fired back, con-
tending the Attorney General dis
plays immature judgment" in MAX
ing such assertions.
Defending his veto of the bill
(SB 81 which would have permitted
the state to receive whatever addi-
tional federal aid which might be ap-
proved by the Congress, Aronson
said:
''The bill l vetoed was Senate Bill
No. 81. That bill would have allowed
the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction to request, accept and
use federal funds That would have
superseded the governors duties and
powers as the sole organ of COM
munication between the state and
federal governments. The measure
would have by-passed the state treas
urer. AS we long have handled fed
eral aid funds in an orderly manner
to existing laws, did not
feel the bill was necessary. So, l
vetoed it.
GAS the Superintendent of Public
Instruction has Joined the young at
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
Workmen's Compensation

CONTINUED from page one)
him for support. And who pays for
the disability payment? The industry
that caused the disability does not
pay-no, it is you and l, the general
taxpayer, who pays for the disability
caused by silicosis.
Montana should take heed and en-
act legislation proven beneficial to all
in other states. When industry has
worn out or broken machinery, it
quickly pays the cost of repair or
replacement and rightly charges off
the cost as a cost of doing business.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
IN 1HB DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF LEWIS t& CLARK.
SUMMONS
No. 25622

ESTELLA /. LOWERY, Plaintiff, VS..
NOBLE V. LOWERY Defendant.
THE STATE OF MONTANA Sends
Greetings to the Above Named Defend
ants, and to Each of Them:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action which is
filed in the office of the Clerk of this
Court a copy of which is herewith
served upon one of you in each County
wherein any Of you reside, and to file
your answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney within
twenty days after the service of this
Summons, exclusive of the day of serv-
ice, and in case of your failure to ap-
pear or answer, Judgment will be taken
against you, by default, for the relief
demanded in the complaint. This is an
action for am absolute divorce on the
grounds of wilful desertion. For more
particulars, please refer to the Com
plant on file herein, to which refer
ence is made and by such reference
made part of this Summons.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said
Court this goth day of April 1856.
(SEAL) DAVID r. KEMP, Clerk.
By II. c.. HARLEM.
Deputy Clerk.
GENE b. DAILY
At Law
40S Barber-Lydiard Bldg
Great Falls, Montana.
4T-4-27, 3D. IL 18
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
MAN SHOULD BE AS IMPORTANT
AS MACHINERY

MAN as the operator of the ma
chinery is as necessary and integral
part of the successful operation as
the machinery itself. The cost of
keeping the human machinery in re-
pair should also be a cost of doing
business. The Montana Workmen's
Compensation law purports to do
this-but you can see from the small
figures l have given you that it does
not. 1t does not even begin to elimi-
nate the specter of poverty and I'M
happiness.
"Our present law moreover limits
the amount of medical attention the
injured worker can receive.
can example of how inadequate
our law is in this respect is that of
workman who lost both eyes and
jawbone in an industrial accident.
His maximum medical benefits were
used up in efforts to keep him alive.
He did not die and received a lump
sum settlement of $10,000.00. This
unfortunate Montana citizen is now
at hospital spending his total award
in the hope that skilled surgeons can
replace his jawbone and enable him
TO speak and to eat again. He WILL
NEVER SEE AGAIN and his only
prospect in life is to return to his
native state without a job-an object
of charity. This is not right-and
this, friends, is only one of hundreds
of cases which has gone ignored and
forgotten over the years. 1t IS not
highland the citizens of Montana
who know the facts agree that it is
not right.
"a governor can do something
about these conditions" Olsen en-
phasized. "a Governor who is con-
scientious about his role, and is
not afraid or timid in representing
his constituents, can make Mon
tana a better place to live for all
its people and their families.
Montana needs a complete and
rp-to-date recodification of its In
lustrial Accident Compensation laws.
Montana must provide better treat
nent for its injured and destroyed
rn l~.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
We've Paid A Lot

Uncle Sam has collected $3.50 bill
lion in personal and corporation in
come taxes since 1913, Internal Rev.
enue Commissioner Russell C. Har-
rington calculates. About $500 bill
lion of the huge total has been raised
since Pearl Harbor, he said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
Contends Wall Street
Backs Stevenson
Peoples Voice,
Dear Editor.

see by the April 18th issue in the
Readers Forum" where Kefauver was
being condemned and Stevenson being
boosted But look who is backing him.
He is Wall Streets candidate, the press
and radio are showing their favoritism
for him, Stevenson.
Kefauver is the only candidate in the
field that has any thought for the
American people. The way to separate
the goats from the sheep in a campaign
year is to watch the press and radio,
who they are condemning to everything
that the human brain can think of and
watch who they have all the praises
for and his picture in the show window
of every business place on main street.
Kefauver blocked the Dixon-Yates
conniving tactics to take over the IVA
for the giant power companies. Wall
Street has done good job taking over
during this administration at home and
abroad. They have our boys all over
the world keeping a gun in the natives
back to keep them from having what
rightfully belongs to them.
We are ruled by force here at home
We are free to vote for the men they
allow on the ballot for offices. There
is no chance for a candidate to be
nominated that would represent the
people, state or nation.* We have one
party with two names. Your truly
c. NJ BYXBE, Wolf Point.
. Mr.. Byxbe's assertion is all inclusive.
How about Olsen, Condor, Leroy
Anderson, Lee Metcalf, Pat Gilfeath
er and Willard Fraser-to name a
few. They are all good men and true.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
Coop Man Heads UN Day

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Robert l..
Smith, public relations man for the
Palo Alto coop, has been named to
head a group of so community or
CARNATIONS planning a United Ma
tons Day fiesta here next October.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
The Readers Forum

LETTERS: No letter over 800
words will be accepted for publication
All letters must be signed by writer,
although, on request name will be
withheld.-P.V. EditGf.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF LEWIS & CLARK
SUMMONS
Case No. 2J6OS
KENNETH BROWN, Plaintiff. VS..
MILDRED BROWN, Defendant.
THE STATE OF MONTANA TO
GREETING:
You Are Hereby Summoned to answer
the complaint in this action which is
filed in the office of the Clerk OF this
Court, a copy of which is herewith
served upon you, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the Plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this Summons,
exclusive of the day of service; and
in case of your failure to appear or
answer, judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief demanded
in the Complaint.
This is an action for divorce on
grounds of desertion- For further par
ticu1ars please refer to the Complaint
on file herein which by this reference
is made part hereof.
Witness my hand and seal of said
Court. this 18th day of April. 1856.
(SEAL) DAVID r. KEMP, Clerk.
BY II. c. HARLEM,
Deputy Clerk.
John NJ. McCarvel
for Plaintiff
305 Barber-L ydiard Bldg.
Great Falls, Montana.
81; So. 9.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04

torney general in the costly blocking
of school land leases, | felt the less
money these two officials handled
the better"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
100000 FOR COOP
IN PUERTO RICO

SAN JUAN, P. R.-The common
wealth government recently allo-
Gated 100000 to promote co-ops
throughout the island.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
Possession By Right
OF Conquest

The S5,0O0,000 appraisal of the value
of the Yellowtail Dam site is too low.
Far too low in fact. The Montana Pow
err Co. has been gladly paying the Flat
head Indian tribe S1.32 per kilowatt
annually for the 10000 kilowatt in
stallation at Kerr Dam near Poison.
Montana, which will total $147,500 per
year, or $7,375,000 over period of so
years The same price for the 200 900
kilowatt insta llation at YelIowtail Dam
would amount to S264,000 annually, or
a total of $13,200,000 over period of
so years. If the Montana Power Co.
can afford to pay the above amount
and in addition pay taxes amounting
to 500 of their gross receipts, the gov
eminent can afford to pay at least
$4,000, 900 for tax free power sitea
If they want cheap government pow
err" let them furnish IL sst their owR
expense and not try to compel the
Crows to donate it.
1t would take 100000 annual rent
al for Yellowtail Power Site to equal
the present Flathead- Kerr Dam con-
tract And even this would be making
no charge for irrigation, flood control,
and other downstream benefits
The Crows settled in the Yellowstone
and Big Horn Valleys in the early
16O0s, 200 years before the Louisiana
Purchase, and have never relinquished
possession of the present reservation
since that time, to the u. S. govern
ment or anybody else. For the U. S. to
seize possession of Indian lands by
of condemnation proceedings should be
frowned on by the United Nations
E. J. PARKINSON, Great Falls.
. "E. j." Have you forgotten-MPCo
doesn't pay taxes either-it only coll
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
THIS WOULD STOP WAR;

Additional copies of How to Stop
War" may be obtained by writing to
EDWARD H. LONEY, Loney's Watch
& Clock Store, 400 No. Main, Helena
Paid Pol. Adv.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04
How To Stop War
BY EDWARD H. LONE

by Ell w <AflD II. IOINE
Each voter should sign his or her
name to the ballot that is voted. In
counting, the ballots for war should be
kept apart from the ballots against
war. In the event of more than half of
the population voting for war, those
who voted for war should be sent to
the front in the order in which they
appeared at their respective polling
places. Nobody who voted against war
should be called to serve until every
body who voted for war had been sent
to the front"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-05-04

"E. j." Have you forgotten-MPCo
doesn't pay taxes either-it only coll
Iects 'em-at profit to MPCo. other
than that, your comments makes a
lot of sense.-EDITOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-09
FADS AND FASHIONS
D FASHIONS
Teen Tips for Santa
By ELEM
Fashion Editor Of The star

Aside from Lincoln ContinentalS,
diamond bracelets and mink StoleS
which tend to make a hit in any
age bracket-what are the popular
Christmas gift ideas among teen
ayers this year?
TEEN polled some of the guys
and gals around town to find out.
The reSultS-aS found at Woodward
& Lothrop-are pictured on these
pages. Here is the rundown:
l. Clothes of all kinds. For the
boys, the more Ivy League shirts,
the better-in all colorS and pat
terms. Cashmere sweaters are a
wished-for gift by nearly all teens.
Bermuda ShortS-big, bulky knit
cardigan or turtleneck sweaters
car coatS-dyed to match sweaters
and skirts for the girls.
2. Records, rock n roll preferred.
3. Cosmetics of all tricky kinds.
4. The boys like fragrance, too, so
good grooming equipment goes over
in big way.
5. Perfume for the teen-age miss.
The larger the bottle, the better it
looks on the dressing table.
6. Costume jewelry-gobs of it,
especially pearls, especially in brace
lets. Teens don't go in for pins too
much right now
z. An autograph hound dog is
current kick with teen-age girls.
8. The guys go for argyles.
8. All teens like terrific belts. The
more the merrier.
TO- Books and other reading mat
ter-preSent company excepted, of
ceurSe-came last.
That ought to give Santa a start,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

is what really hurt" said Weston.
The younger Seagrave, who
was born at Namhkam, educated
in the United States and few 81
combat missions as a Navy lieu
tenant in the Korean war, is the
hospital administrator and gen.
eral flx-it man here.
He's also his fathers steadieSt
companion. DR.. Seagrave doesn't
have much time for relaxation,
though.
1--WE been at this business for
"a years and things get buster
every day." he said.
DR.. Seagrave was asked if he
had any plan to visit the United
States. He has been home only
once since World War II.
We'll, I wouldn't mind gettin'
caught up on some American
ism, but the situation is such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

across the nearby border.
Namhham is right on the China
border and an estimated 1000
illegal Chinese immigrants cross
into Burma daily.
The hospital started with q
couple of wooden sheds in the
20s. 1t was levelled during World
War II while DR.. Seagrave and
his corps Of nurses fed west to
India with Gen. Joseph Stilwell's
armies.
Ruins Rebuilt in 1945
When he came back to Burma
in 1915, DR.. Seagrave rebuilt the
Namhkam ruins. There are now
% stone buildings, including a
modern operating room, re-
Cooperative wards, venerial dis
ease clinic, nurses quarters, a
library and chapel.
DR.. Seagrave spends his re-
laxlng hours IN his little mouse
behind the hospital.
He came here originally as q
Baptist missionary doctor, now
his hospital is nonsectarian
DR.. Seagrave's affection for
the Kachin, Shan. Chin and
Karen frontier people is legend
in these hills.
And. as his little army Of
Acknowledged nurses scurry along
the hospital corridors in their
neat white uniforms. it's easy to
sense that the feeling is mutual.
They know daddy" is watch
ing over them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

his grandparents first came to
Burma.
Tradition Near End
Today. the gaunt-looking doc
tor hopes a member Of the family
might carry on the tradition
when he passes from the scene
but he does not think it's likely.
One son, 24-year-old John, is
an engineering student at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology. Another son, Sterling,
10, is an art student at Florida's
Miami University. DR.. Seagrave's
wife left Burma in l949 and now
lives In Baltimore.
Dysentery and malaria have
taken their toll, says DR.. Sea-
graves eldest son, Weston.
But perhaps more than any,
thing else it was his detention by
the Burmese government in 1850
on charges OF nigh treason that
hurt DR.. Seagrave most.
Il would rather have had the
death penalty than spend six
years in prison." DR.. Seagrave
said.
That was what Government
prosecutors sought as a penalty
for his alleged support of
Burma's Karen rebels in 1948-49.
Memories Are Painful
Eventually. the doctor was
cleared of all charges and sent
back to his beloved hospital in
the hills. But his year in RAN
COON jail and the death of his
sister, Grace. year later we're
painful memories.
II think the fact that he was
ever suspected in the first place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

that I feel my duties are perma-
nently in Burma. And my spe-
cialty is making the common
man of Burma believe in West
ern surgery and methods"
Communism Appeals to Poor
DR.. Seagrave thought a mo-
ment and added:
mo, there's something even
more important. That's per-
suading the poorer people of
Burma, among whom commu-
nism has great appeal, that as
an American. I've got the great
est interest in their welfare"
When DR.. Seagrave talks
about communism it's from per-
sonal experience.
The town of Namhkam is a
center of intrigue for Chinese
Communist agents who filter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Stolen Car Owner
Receivers Own Auto

MILWAUKEE, (P). - Charles
Gleason drew complaints from
the police department when he
recovered his own stolen car.
The auto had been missing for
more than two weeks when Glea-
son saw it whiz past as he was
driving to work in another car.
He got the license number.
From the motor vehicle de-
partment Gleason found the
name of the man to whom the
plates were issued. He then
called the mans home and found
out where he worked. On arriv-
ing at the mans place of en-
ployment he saw the car parked
nearby and called police. Two
officers helped him make the ar
rest and recover the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
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