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The people's voice., 1956-11-30

ceved many small contributions from rankandfie
pariSans Although the Governors list notceaby devoid
of contributions from Labor while Olsen received much help
from that number of interesting things do stand
to those supporting the Governor for reelection
To begin WITH the Governor received $4,000 in
trbutions definitely traceabe to outoate These
ranged from 25 couple of $3.50 each and from New
York, Deleware Washington D. c. California Colorado Wyo-
ming, to few of the states. Unlike the labor
trbutons to Osen there is nothing the contribution list to
indicate the interest of the contributing individuals in the
Governors reelection.
Another interesting facet of the Governors contributions
the of of the principal Montana contributors
large number of these closely associated with the oil
industry. Some of the others include:
Ken Todd Helena, Mountain States Tel. & Tel;
T. B. Weir, Helena, Anaconda daily newspaper chain of
fcal;
R. B. Richardson, Helena head Life Insurance
Co.;
Sam B. Chase, Butte, Anaconda Company attorney;
Reno H. Sales, Butte, Anaconda Company official;
W. j. Jameson Billings director of Montana Power Co..
Mrs Oakley Coffee Mssoua wife of Democratic member
of State Liquor Board;
Les Sheridan Butte, of Fnen Sheridan Construction
Fnen head legal counsel for Anaconda Company in
tana)
The people's voice., 1956-11-30
ANOTHER RAID ON GAS consumers
P0CKETB00KS SLATED

Elsewhere in this article which reveals plans OF
the oil and industry again push for the freeing OF the
natural portion of the industry from Federal Power Com
mission regulation.
This the legislation which failed to make the grade
earlier year of Presidential veto following
improper attempts influence Senators via of large
campaign contributions 1t also the legislation which
through Congress few back only for
naught because of a veto by President Truman.
In the 84th Congress- only Rep Lee Metcaf of Montana
delegation voted against of the bill For
themselves Senators Murray and Mansfield and
the late Cong. Orvin Flare voted for the bill.
At that time Montana people protested vigorously against
the and suffice to they have not for
gotten their voted the assertion by Sen Mans
field passage the bill would not apprecaby affect
natural gas rates in Montana
Montanans know that should distributors of
the national wehead price of will They also know
that Montana Power and Montana Dakota Utilities invariably
cite the national We-head when seeking higher
rates Montana Public Service Commission. The
cluson is inescapable federal regulation is removed
national wehead prices will jump sharply and the state
granting the big utilities rate increases at the of Mon
tana natural gas
Materially the national level Will
people another waythrough higher prices
manufactured goods imported into the state from heavy
industrial states This because these manufac
turing states almost wholly dependent natural
power much of their industrial plant Higher rates
higher costs of manufacturing product whether automo
bile, refrigerator TV Somebody must
for these higher costs and that somebody the
chaser
be hoped that when the 1857 of the "gas
grab bill before the Senate two Senators will
it's implications to it's effects Monanas
Fubrght bill given the greengh by the u S. Senate
The people's voice., 1956-11-30
"Right-fo-W Work" Law

Continued from Page One)
wise. Presumably, such legislation
would be along the lines of the no
torious HB 388 of the 1851 session
which was aimed at taxing such non
profit organizations out of existence.
Opposed price supports and allot-
ments on livestock.
Opposed World Food Bank con-
trolled by United Nations.
Called for federal legislation turn
ing over mineral rights reserved under
the 1916 act, to present owners of sur
face rights.
The people's voice., 1956-11-30

ally do because they have fouled me
ridiculous than usual.
The second paragraph of last weeks
column starts QUIT hope I can get
ears like an elephant and a neck like
a giraffe :" listening to conversa-
tions over the Editors desk. That isn't
what my copy said hasten to correct.
1t said. II hope | don't :" etc. The
parties responsible for this error keep
assuring me it wasn't Intentional, but
they always laugh when they say it.
don't trust their sense of humor.
To add injury to the original insult
they left out a word later on in the
column that completely changed the
sense of a sentence. Now | think
the state supreme court should de-
eide some of Olsen's cases, and | said
SO, but | also added it wouldn't be
wise to suggest how" they decide
them, because it might be contemptu-
Gus. The word 'how" was omitted and
made the paragraph senseless
more than when they are copied as |
write them.
The uneasy world, holding her
breath so to speak, is in a state of
suspended animation, and as we sit
and wait out the diplomats and pray
they be given unusual wisdom, we
must feel, as Americans, just a little
shamefaced through it all, especially
as we listen to the trials of the Hun
garian people. Did they revolt because
they thought we would help them? We
did lot of talking big from Washing
ton the last four years and we have
sent a lot of propaganda over the
airways.
World War III must be avoided at all
costs, and when it comes time again
for our next "agonizing reappraisal"
it should be hoped it will include more
and less bravado. We should
realize now that leading the world to
the brink" how many times? may
have proven to the Russian leaders
after all
Whatever President Eisenhowers
current vacation may mean to the rest
If the world, the Hungarians must
EEL a let-down. | want Eisenhower
o protect his health with every means
1t the command of medical science,
)ut there must be some real comfort
lble beds in the White House. The
word vacation" could be repugnant
o the mortally wounded, freedom
eeking and embattled peoples of the
world.
The people's voice., 1956-11-30


| wrote several articles opposing the
constitutional amendment that was
commonly termed the "Anti-Diversion
Amendment" relating to highways
knowing full we'll it was not within
my poor power to defeat it unless more
people agreed with me than surfaced
when l launched the torpedo.
So l was not disappointed in the
vote received in favor of the amend
ment, and was surprised at the votes
against it.
Before a Chamber of Commerce
meeting in Helena, carried over the
radio, a spokesman for the amend
ment said, Nobody is opposing the
amendment, except a columnist for
the Peoples Voice, over whom the
Editor has no control.
And l guess he was right, except |
did convince the Editor, after working
a number of weeks on the matter.
Now almost a month after the cleo
ton two articles have appeared in
the Tribune in Great Falls which say
the same things l said before the
election.
The constitutional amendment is go
ing to do no one much good. Error is
being piled on error.
The outcome may we'll be, as l said
six weeks ago, no gas refunds. or, no
funds from the source the amendment
was supposed to cinch for highway
or both.
1t is possible it may even take an
other constitutional amendment to get !
financing on the right track, |
and it may be wise to repeal this |
latest one
According to law the present tax |
IS not a use tax. According to practice |
and common misunderstanding it has |
been called highway use tax on gas
)line. If the erroneous principle is ex
ended then it becomes a sales tax and |
comes under other constitutional pro-
libitions.
The present legal Interpretation of
he tax says it is not a tax for use
If the highways but a license tax on
he dealer.
Legally then the farmers refund
should not be given, but after the
ponds are paid off, if refunds are de
Jared illegal, could a farmer-controlled
legislature cut off all the tax source
vhen the funds are, in practice, used
or highway purposes?
And under the amendment if the
erm takes relating to" is said to
mean the license on the dealer, what
ould happen to licenses paid by
arage operators, or what is to be
The people's voice., 1956-11-30
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

| the status of the automobile dealers
licenses, automobile parts dealers Ii
censes, etc.
The amendment says, 9. taxes re-
lating to registration, operation or use
of vehicles ON the public highways
or to fuels etc.
The question most being asked right
now is why did the Tribune wait until
after the election to print their two
lead stories when their staff CORES
pondent in Helena was qualified TO
write the story long ago with little or
no research.
The district court in Helena denied
Clarence Hanley a recount in the race
for district judge in which 16 votes
could change the outcome.
Conversely, in Saltwater county the
district judge (another Judge from the
same district as the judge that denied
Hanley his recount after Judge Fall
disqualified himself (granted a recount
in the legislative race there. Jake
Frank, Democrat, had won by two
votes in the official canvass. John
Republican, asked for the
recount.
In Saltwater county there were less
than $500 votes cast. The recount was
probably granted on the grounds of
possible error, because surely no one
TO in
In Lewis & Clark county where a
possible $4,000 votes were cast in a
four way race the element of human
error amounts to less than the same
ratio, and it is on the basis of possible
human error that Clarence Hanley is
asking for a recount
Hanley is taking his case to the
state supreme court as soon as all
Justices return to town.
The district judge acting in the
case wanted Hanley to
show where he thought error had
been made, but Hanley, asking for
he recount on the possibility of human
error, may not know where the error
night have crept in, at any rate he
didn't think it was neces-
3ary to prove any wrong doing. On |
hat point he was denied the recount |
n district court.
Last week when Harry brought |
lone the Voice and | checked my |
column didn't know whether to laugh
,r cry My howl of anguish and sub
disclosure of the reasons
others to laugh, but I'm not
ure even yet that l see the Joke.
You see, after handing in my copy
left it to the loving 90 hands of the
rinter and Editor for setting and
roof reading, something | don't usu-
The people's voice., 1956-11-30
Look Who Throws Mud At The Supreme Court

The Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren
cused of following the Communist line And the Supreme
Court itself is charged with being swayed by ecret
Communist influence Who made the charges? One Sen
Mccarthy the hero of Wisconsin Republicans the other is
Sen. James Eastand, the hero of the Dixecrats
We that the Chief Justice and the Court
bling in their boots Seriously being smeared by Mccarthy
and Easand should elevate them considerably in the
of their fellow countrymen-COPE MEMO.
The people's voice., 1956-11-30
AR0Ns0N'S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

Dawson County ReprElect Bob Dever asks in "Readers
Forum about the breakdown of contributions the
Governor Club We did checking in the Secretary
States office and find:
Aronson like his Democratic opponent Arnold Olsen
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Free Speech
Areas Set Up
In Parks Here

The permit-free public meet
ing place where the White Citi-
zens Council plans to hold its
rally here is one of four set
aside by National Capital Parks
for the exercise of freedom of
speech.
No fees are charged civic Oh
religious groups for using -four
park areas here. They are the
area south of Constitution ave-
nue. between Ninth and Seventh
streets NV. site of the council
meeting; the circus grounds in
Anacostia Park NE, Judiciary
Park north of E between Fourth
and Fifth streets NV, and a
small triangle at Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Mrs. Nora Devereaux, who
made the arrangements for the
meeting place, originally sought
to use the Mall at Twelfth street,
according to Frank T. Gartside
assistant superintendent of Mop
She backed off in favor of the
cost-free location, however, Mr.
Gartside said.
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unnamed. to join Ace Carter. He
became convinced that Carter
was the only sincere segregation
list and became affiliated with
him.
Mrs. Devereaux, who is IS and
had been running a book shop in
Greenwich Village, then came to
Washington to run Mr.. KaSper's
lplace here.
On June 6, Mr.. Kasper called
in the press to announce he was
organizing a District White Cit
liens Council associated with
councils chartered by the North
Ala b q ms Citizens Council
headed by Mr.. Carter.
Jews Not Eligible
To qualify for membership, he
said. an applicant must be white
10 and believe in the divinity
of Jesus Christ" He explained
that the council is not anti
Semitic but Jews are not eligible
Ezra Pound was VIGOROUSLY anti
Semitic.
Detectives of the council here
Mr.. Kasper told the press, was
to halt indignation in Washing
ton, re-establish segregation, put
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
on the Attorney Generals SUBJ
versive list and eradicate rock
n rolf music.
Later, he called the press to-
gether again. BY this time al
executive secretary - the tor
post-in the Seaboard White
Citizens Councils, he issued 8
25-page pamphlet entitled "Vir-
Iginians On Guard"
Other Proposals
The pamphlet proposed a so.
point program for Virginia rang.
ling from Virginia issuing it's owr
currency to Virginia, prohibiting
all professional boxing anC
wrestling as well as Colder
Gloves tournaments. The pro.
gram also proposed that pawn
shops be banned, that sales take:
be outlawed, that lists of electors
be purged of "nomads" from the
North and that all laws for com.
lpulsory education of school age
children be outlawed.
The back of the pamphlet re-
produced newspaper clipping:
about formation of the white
councils. Significantly, there
were numerous clippings report
ing the burning of crosses ir
front Of the hotel residence Of
Chief Justice Warren and the
homes of Associate Justice Felix
IFrankfurter and the then Solici-
tor General Simon E. Sobeloff.
Asked whether Mr.. Kasper OF
his organization had anything tc
do with the cross-burnings, Mrs
IDevereaux said she wouldn't
know about that. A cross was
also burned in Charlottesville
Va, August %, on the lawn of q
church while Mr.. Kasper was
inside interrupting a pro-inte-
grafton group meeting.
ANY Decent Group"
Mr.. Kasper's public activities
during most Of August centerec
on Charlottesville but, according
Ito Mrs. Devereaux, he was also
busy behind the scenes in Mary.
land talking to any group-"any
decent group. that is"-abour
how to conduct a school strike
against indignation.
She said the council organiza.
ton spread like wildfire as he
enlisted strong men in each
communication leaders" tC
fight for continued segregation
Between Mr.. Kasper and Mr.
Carter. she said, there is anti
indignation organization dowr
the entire Eastern seaboard. Mr.
Kasper'S councils, she reported
include southern New Jersey
Delaware, Maryland. Virginia
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Stanley Plan 10
Bar !nteqration

Continued From First Page
pose indignation taking place
anywhere in the State, even
under Federal court order.
Mr.. Darden said one the faults
of Gov. Stanley's adamant no.
indignation program is that it
fails to recognize varying condi-
tons and problems in various
parts of the State.
THE denial of their own funds
to localities is so drastic as to
invite considerable difficulty, he
said. After all, the State has
no money other than that COL
lected from its citizens and it
hardly seems fair to deny to
those citizens who have paid
their taxes the grants necessary
for the operations of so vital a
community undertaking as public
schools.
Then, too, there is consider
able question as to whether such
withholding will be sustained by
the courts of Virginia where it is
sure to be tested. There are
competent lawyers who believe
it will not.
Sees Self Government Hurt
Moreover, by the action sug-
gested we strike at the very roots
of local administration. The
plan tends to discourage rather
than to encourage local self gov
vernment and that, I think, is
not good"
Mr.. Darden has been credited
by many with having turned a
heavy tide of opposition to the
Gray Commission in the cam
paign leading up to the refer
endum last January 9. Norfolk
legislators say. for instance, that
it was only because of the for
mer Governors speeches that
their area went for instead of
against the Gray plan.
At one crucial point in the
campaign, when Gov. Stanley
and other administration leaders
were campaigning vigorously to
put the Gray program across,
Mr.. Darden asked for and got
Gov. ,Stanley's public assurances
that adoption of the Gray Coma
mission report would not mean
the closing of any public schools.
The Gray referendum question
carried the State by almost
3 to /.
Joined by PTA Chiefs
Mr.. Darden and DR.. Lancaster
were joined in their opposition to
the fund withholding plan by the
executive committee of the Vir-
ginia Congress of Parents and
Teachers, which has $4,000
members.
I'VE strongly oppose any leg
islation that would withhold
State funds from a locality that
may be forced through court
action to integrate its schools,
the statement from the execu-
tive committee said.
AT this point we feel that the
general assembly should give
careful consideration to enacting
into law the original proposals
of the Gray commission" it
added.
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Virginia Councils at Constitution
avenue between Seventh and
Ninth streets.
Asked the purpose of the raj
lies. Mrs. Devereaux replied,
To make some school strikes, ]
reckon"
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Jailed in Knoxville, Tenn. under
His followers say they will
carry his case to the Supreme
Court. His literature carries the
message Hang Nine Supreme
Court Swine"
From comparative obscurity a
week ago, he moved this week
into national notoriety as the
man behind the violence in Gin
ton over Indignation of classes
in the high school.
Friend Of Pound
Two men figure Importantly In
his recent hiStory-Asa (Ace)
Carter, head of the North Ala
bama White Citizens Council,
and Ezra Pound. the profacist
under indictment for treason who
is said to know Mr.. Kasper bet
ter than anyone else here.
The influence of both men are
reflected in Mr.. Kasper's recent
activities. From such clues, from
what records exist and from in
tcrviews with his associates, The
Star has pieced together these
facts about John Kasper.
He was born in Camden, N. j.,
on october 81, 1929. He attended
school in Philadelphia and got
his bachelor of science degree
from Columbia University in
June. 1851. He did not serve
in the armed forces.
According to Mrs. Nora Dever-
eaux, who is managing his book
store here while he wars against
integration, he was never a mem
Der of any organization "includ-
ing the Boy Scouts" but he was
violently anti-Communist from
the time he was 16 or II.
After his graduation from COL
lege. he returned for his masters
degree but didn't complete it.
He opened a book store in Green
wich Village, known as "Make-It-
New Bookshop."
Came Here in November
He made occasional visits to
Washington during this period
and did some research at the
Library of Congress but he didn't
move here till last November.
1t was then he opened the Cad
mus Book Shop at 1916 WiScon-
sin avenue NV. specializing in
conservative, right-wing books.
This whole organization is as
far to the right as you can get"
explained Mr.. Devereaux.
During the winter, he arranged
for Sunday night talks at the
book shop, featuring prominent
right-wingers.
He paid visits to Ezra Pound
at St. Elizabeths. where the poet
has been confined since 1945 as
mentally unfit to stand trial for
treason. Mrs. Devereaux was the
one who said Pound probably
knew Mr.. Kasper better than
anyone else in Washington and
some Of Pounds philosophy
shows up in the Kasper litera-
ture.
Mrs. Devereaux isn't sure Just
how or when the shift from
ardent anticommunism to ardent
anti-integration took place.
When she first met him in New
York through mutual friends in
the book business. she does not
recall that he talked at that
time about segregation.
Mixed Together
In his literature now, however,
indignation and communism are
all mixed together. The cover of
large pamphlet he issued to
the press this summer groups
pink punkS, fiat-chested high
browS. homos. perverts. freaks.
golfplayers. poodle dogs, hot
eyed socialists. Fabians. scum.
mould on top of the omelette.
Myerization of news, liars for
hire: the press-gang. degenerate
liberals crying for petrefaction
OF putrefaction :"
Last spring, according to Mrs
Devereaux, Mr.. Kasper went to
Alabama as "a favor to friend, /"
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Prosegregotion Leader
Is From Northern State
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

The washington blamed Tor hiring up SOutherners
the point of rong in Clinton Tenn is actually Northener
from New Jersey.
His full is Frederick John Kasper though dropped
the Frederick place along the line moment he is
Jailed in Knoxville Tenn. under q one-year sentence
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I ext Of Virginia U.Heod's
Views on RocioI Issue

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept. N9.-The tert of the
statement By Colgate w. Darden president the University of
Virginia. the school operation before
giniG General Assembly:
Evening star., 1956-12-02
One look and
you'll see what wonderful
gifts these can be!

General Electric Portables weigh as little
as 1874 pounds. give console like pictures
cost as little as $685.
Here are the most exciting gifts Santa carry
home this Christmas General Electric's new
portable televsion. With extra sets like these in the
house. everyone can watch his favorite programs.
And these lightweight wonders make it possible
to watch in any room.
What's more, they go outdoors in summer
away with you on trips and vacations.
And anywhere you plug them in they give clear
consOe-like pictue-sharp strong, steady
So go your Christmas list with your
General Electric dealer. The kids your wife
eUe7,one-will love G-E Portable!
R9gNess & OUyAHost Important RO0Uef
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-21
Anchorage Woman
Convicted Staying
Negro Seryiceman

ANCHORAGE, R-Mrs. Helen
Virginia Smith, 81, of Spenard,
received an eleven year prison
sentence yesterday for the knife
Staying of Specialist Second Class
Charles A. Hart.
She was convicted last week of
manslaughter in the Dec. stab
bling death of the Serviceman.
Mrs. Smith is white and Hart
was q negro.
Claiming innocence, Mrs. Smith
denied the killing and said she
threw the knife away and "some-
one else picked it up
District Judge J. L. McCarrey
said he disagreed with the jury's
finding that Mrs. Smith was guilty
of the lesser charge of man
slaughter.
81 think the defendant killed
Hart purposely, maliciously, fell
oniously," he said before passing
sentence.
us. Attorney Plummer said the
defendant used Is different names
in Is years and that her previous
convictions include violations of
the California motor vehicle act,
juvenile delinquency, vagrancy,
petty larceny, prostitution and
other crimes.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-21
New York City Will
Spend 212 Million For
Snow Removal Job
by THE ASSOCIATE Press

The snow covered northeast Is
busy digging out from the costly
and blusterly storms of the week
end, and the deep south, were hit
by unreasonable cold today.
Frigid air extended over New
England, New York and Pennsly-
vania. Temperatures below 20 de
grees were general and were near
zero in some northern areas. Clear
skies and the mountainous drifts
of snow kept readings far below
early spring levels.
Schools and colleges in New
York City, closed since Friday,
reopened today for the metro
politan areas 100000 students.
The herculean task of clearing
the streets was expected to cost
212 million dollars and will re-
quire a crew of 10000 men and
1900 pieces of equipment.