The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-02-03
BY Merrill Englund


want relocation officers assigned
to each Indian reservation in the
United States.
This would help both the In
dams desiring to leave their res
ervations - where the land base
Is too small to support an in
creasing population - and the
communities in which they To-
cate according to Senators James
E. Murray and Mike Mansfield
and Rep. Lee Metcalf.
MANY Indians have left their
reservations only to return in a
short time because they had had
no or inadequate briefing on
what to expect outside" they
wrote Commissioner Emmons OF
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
such incidents are unfortu,
nate, because they discourage
other Indians from leaving the
reservations to take their right
full place in our society.
AT the other end of the line
Is the community in which the
Indian locates. There. too, a
lack of knowledge of our ways
on the part of the Indian. an
inability to support himself in
many cases because he had no
vocational guidance creates q
welfare burden"
The three told Emmons the
one trained relocation officer in
Montana is previously over
worked"
Get Those eoxesrs Back
Last June in an attempt to
head off the boxcar shortage
that occurs annually at whea,
harvest time in Montana. Scna
tors Murray and Mansfield and
Representative Mctcalf asked
Senator Magnuson of Washing
ton. Chairman of the Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Commit
tee. to investigate and find out
why the boxcars seem to head
south about the same time the
ducks do each fall.
Senator Magnuson held hear
ings in July. One of the facts
to come out of the hearings was
that some railroads own very
few boxcars. operating largely
with boarded cars belonging ia
other lines.
Tie Committee asked the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission
why II didn't do something about
getting cars returned promptly
to the lines which owned them
The Commission said il lacked
effective means" to require tho
railroads to handle cars belong.
ing to other lines quickly and
return them promptly.
Senator Magnus0n said he
would be glad to Introduce
remedial IcSlSIatlDn.
The legislation is being pre-.
pared now. II contcmplatcs per
hitting the ice to assess penal.
ties on railroad operators who
hoard cars belonging to other
lines when there is a bOxcar
shortage. Senator MagnusOn
plans to hold further hearings
carly this year.
II was brought out at the hear.
ing that the number of cars in
service has been declining. The
total In service dropped to a
low Of 1867 last July l from
73+.0Ol on July l. 1850. During
the three years from 1851 to
1854. American railroads retired
68.204 freight cars from service
while only 3l.77l were ordered.
Work For Peanuts
The following Is lifted from
Representative Mctcalfs analy.
sis Of President Eiscnhowcr's
new" soil bank program:
. But the 1886 model of the
soil bank program has new
twist. II provides that farmers.
who withdraw acres from com.
mcrcial production of certain
basic commodities. would be
paid off from government stocks
Of the commodities they were
not producing.
Lets take the case Of a Mon.
tana wheat farmer who retired
30 acres Of land into the soil
bank. And let's say his average
production was 30 bushels to the
acre. lie would he entitled to
draw out 900 bushels Of wheat
from government stocks.
"l.c would be paid off in wheat
instead Of In cash. the corr,
farmer would get corn. tho cot.
ton farmer cotton. and the rice
grower would be paid off IN rice.
This program will not apply
10 peanuts - perhaps because
Mr.. Eisenhower does not want
to be tagged with a farm pro.
grain that literally pays off IN
peanuts"
indian Health
Last year. the House ApprO2ri.
atoms Committee asked the Pub.
lie Health Service 10 survey the
1ndinn Health nrOb1Cm In this