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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

man Chamber or commerce.
Reviewing the two year-long in
vestigatory job of the oil industry
done by MTG following mandate
from the 1866 Legislature, Vance
said the commissions findings def
nitely indicate major companies "have
not taken over our (oiI industry as
a favor to the people of Montana.
Montana had a thriving oil industry
before they came and would still have
one if they were to leave. Their rep
resentatives have told us of the glories
of free competition, but they are
Joined together for the purpose of
exterminating any with courage
enough to show it's wares in the mar
ket place. Make no mistake, this is a
criminal conspiracy to steal a whole
segment of our economy. And /, for
one. am afraid it has been success
full"
Going back to the beginning of the
investigation, Vance said the COM
mission decided that the only way
to determine whether or not Mon
tanans were being Disseminated
against by collusive pricing practices
was to study the petroleum market
place..
The MTG probe centered on four
phases: 1. The production of crude
oil, 2. the refining of the crude oil
into petroleum products, 3. the trans
portation of both the crude oil to the
refinery and the refined petroleum
products to the market place, and 4.
the marketing of refined petroleum
products.
"RELUCTANT TO TALK"
What MTG found as a result of
numerous group interviews and full
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
$500 Scholarship
To Be Awarded By
MissouIu Labor

MISSOULA-The Missoula County
Trades and Labor Council has adopted
a $500 college scholarship for senior
high school boy or girl in Missoula
county and the council expects the
first scholarship to be awarded at the
close of the 1957-58 school year.
Council secretary, Charles M. Bald
win, and Mrs. Reva Walterskirchen,
said senior boys and girls at Missoula
County High School, Loyola High
School, Sacred Heart Academy and
Frenchtown High School would be
eligible for the scholarship award.
They said the award will enable
the students to attend any unit he
chooses of the Greater University
System, which consists of Montana
State University, Montana State Col
lege, Western Montana College, East
ern Montana College, Northern Mon
tana College and the Montana School
of Mines.
Final plans for the scholarship
award were completed at a meeting
of the council. Appointed to the schol-
arship committee were Baldwin, Mrs.
Walterskirchen, Mrs. Irma Cree, Lu-
ellie Speer and Warren Cork. In addi-
ton, principals of the high schools in
the county will also serve on the COM
mittee, Baldwin said.
Baldwin added the council has es-
tablished fund which will guarantee
awarding of the $500 scholarship each
year for the next five years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

challenged on it's rate making figures
came out in cross examination
Wednesday when attorneys for op-
ponents to the telephone company
application asked questions that to
all intents and purposes nullified the
expert status of two company wit
nesses.
Joseph DePlazes, accounting mana
ger for MST&T's Montana offices
admitted he knew little about many
of the figures he presented in ex-
hibits for commission consideration
in September at the original applica-
ton hearings in Billings, because
they had been sent to him either from
the Denver or other accounting Of
fices of the firm.
DePlazes said accounts for rate
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
In Case You Haven't
Read 1t Any Place Else:

Sitting between the two at
torneys who are carrying the oppo-
sition to the telephone company
rate increase is DR.. Lawrence KNAPP
pen, Washington, D. c., a highly
trained expert in utility rate cases.
MIR. Knappen has been hired by
groups directly representing some
10000 families, and in the final
analysis he is working in behalf of
all utility customers in Montana.
Because of MIR. Knappen's ex-
perience and knowledge utility
users for the first time, have
case before the Public Service Com
mission, containing facts and "ex-
pert" testimony.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
Unemployment Total Jumps
JobIessness Forecast

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(AFL-CIO)
More workers are losing their jobs.
The government reported that $780,
600 employees were jobless in Octo-
Der, the latest date for which figures
are available. Furthermore, factory
employment has dropped every month
this year. There now are 100000
fewer manufacturing jobs than in
1856. And the number of hours
worked by factory employees aver
aged 39.1 hours this year against
40.4 last year.
Meantime, tn e WASHINGTON
POST reports that government econo-
mists are predicting privately that I'M
employment will zoom to more than
100000 by February. Some experts
believe that some 100000 workers
will be unemployed by next June.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

The Montana Milk Control Board
Monday was permanently enjoined
and restrained by Lewis & Clark
District Court Judge Lester Lobe
from putting into effect its recent
order increasing the price of milk
three cents per quart in the Billings
market area.
Last Thursday, upon complaint by
James Heimbechner, Billings area
milk producer, Judge Lobe issued a
temporary restraining order and
order to show case against the milk
board. The restraining order was
served on t. P. McNulty, milk board
executive secretary, later the same
day. Friday, Godfrey Brazier, con-
troll board attorney, filed a motion
to quash the complaint. Judge Lobe
then asked attorneys for both parties
to submit further legal arguments in
substantiation of their respective con-
tentions.
Monday morning of this week, fol-
lowing the submission of further ar
guments by Brazier and Charles V.
Huppe, attorney for Heimbechner,
Judge Lobe issued judgment favor
ing producer Heimbechner. The judg-
ment made permanent the temporary
restraining order of last Thursday.
Under the judgment the milk board is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

making purposes had been adjusted
upwards for wage increases over the
period of year but any savings from
chronological advances had been too
minor to consider.
Opponents asked him about an
account comprised, principally, of
engineering costs that increased
$5I,O66 in 1857 over 1856. MIR.
DePlazes said these were mon
recurring charges" in part at least,
for the appraisal of company prop
erty for the purposes of the present
rate case.
Opponents objected to the admis-
sion of three accounting exhibits pre-
scented as part of Mr.. DePlazes testi-
mony on the grounds they had not
actually been prepared by the wit
ness nor did he have control over
the preparation.
A ruling was delayed while MST&T
brought in people who might be able
to explain the exhibits.
DePlazes was on the witness stand
under cross examination for four
hours.
In determining the rate base on
which consumers pay for their utility
services such complicated things as
cost of money, rate of return to the
company and stockholders, items
properly included in the rate base
and in the Telephone Company case
the difficult and complicated separa-
tons procedure in determining how
much money the Montana division of
Mountain States and the Bell system
must be considered.
The separations manual also came
in for close scrutiny Wednesday when
DePlazes was on the stand. Opponents
tried to determine the specific method
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22

used to separate Montana income
from that of the rest of the system.
A key to the whole rate base in Mon
tana is this method of determining
Montana income.
The separations manual, accord
ing to opponents, is so vague as
to leave the entire matter in the
hands of the utility when it says,
the separation must be made on a
basis consistent with "the nature
of the item.
Telephone Company witness Doug
las Dundas, a Great Falls banker and
their expert on investments and fl
nancial statements, said consider
able portion of his testimony in the
original hearing at Billings was based
Continued on Page Threel
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
Milk Price Order For
Billings Area Enjoined

permanently enjoined and restrained
from putting its new price order es-
tablishing a higher price schedule in
the Billings area into effect.
The judgment also enjoins the con-
troll board from, "giving any force
and effect to the policy on transporta-
ton costs as expressed in the boards
resolution of October 8, 1857, where
by the producer is made in any wise
responsible for transportation costs
from the production market area to
any other market area, and, els
further enjoined and restrained from
charging any producer license fee
based upon any quantity or portion
of fluid milk for human consumption
which is sold outside of any milk con-
troll market area.
Attorney Huppe stated that the
district court action has cleared the
way for an appeal by the control
board which should result in a
Supreme Court decision clarifying
several difficult administrative
problems that have hampered adj
ministration of the Milk Control
Act in the past.
In his complaint Heimbechner al
legged that the retail price for a quart
of milk established under the pro-
posed price schedule in Billings
amounted to more than twice the
price paid, under the schedule, to
producers for the milk. "The law very
clearly states that the retail price
shall not be more than twice the
price paid to the producer, Huppe
said, land the board had no legal
right to make an order in violation
of that law. The district courts judg
ment affirms that position.
''The problem on the transportation
CONTINUED On Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
CiasoiI FU Card Party
Saturday, November 20

Clasoil Farmers Union will hold
it's first fall party at the Clasoil school
about eight miles east of East Hell
ena, Saturday evening, November %,
Mrs. 10 Isaak, publicity chairman, has
announced.
There will be door prizes and prizes
for the card party winners.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
Editors Note

We would like our readers to
understand our coverage of the
telephone hearings for this weeks
paper extends only through the
Thursday morning session.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
RATE Experts Testimony
Filters Under Cross EXAMINING
By GRETCHEN BILLINGS

a
rom
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-11-22
MTG Counsel Contends ;.
>>Crin1inuI Conspiracy" STILES
COMPETITION In Oil Industry

oil industry in Montana firmly held in the grip OF
major companies who cynca ignore and evade the laws of
while ruthessy suppressng individual initiative,
John Vance, secretaycounsel of Montana Trade Commits
Tuesday evening address before the Boze
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18

covering cure to some "ncurable disease
Or finding way to reduce accidents Oh the
highways. is highly worthwhile effort
and one which would Justify the expcndi-
ture OF several billions Of dollars
The Budget Bureau needs to allot at
least three billion dollars to medical re-
search annually. When one considers the
hundreds Of thousands OF lives which
might be saved if cure for even one of
the major diseases is found the cost Of the
research becomes relatively unimportant.
J nc fact that the lives Of these human be-
Ihgs we're saved and will continue to earn
l'Ylng and pay taxes will ~ in time ~
offset the expenditures.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Doutle Check

Beep. Beg Beep. the Queen
has arrived and the Democrats
are agoing IT, clean up their party.
Twas thought that the Eisen-
hover DemArats did that when
they went out must be coming
back. This is a fine time to purge
the party
The President is now attempt
ing to confe..with his brain bust
ers, the eff 3ercy squad that has
charge Of pl Suction and what to.
There Is a r6te in the beat some
where. He rnIsi have to negative
the POSITIVE and request a few
designations
Nothing his worked out accord
ing to schedule not even in
Iteration. Mct is this powerful
Administrat.o on move has done
more 70 separate. or segregate the
races than anything ever was be
fore. They must have been read
ing from Aenin and Stain una
bridged.
Sputnik really, cast a show on
our experts II like Ike" split the
Nation and the Preachers busted
the Church ~ now little
ball leads aem all.
All leastS-one retired General
places the tame on the American
People ItE natural that they
shove il riglft back On those elect
cd to do tl< JOB and thereby
hangs me .aii
We can never seem to realize
that wa ara out Of kindergarten
We either ID OF be did
We are losing all our friends in
MID East a1d Communist win oy
our default There should be only
enc civ, -NsrAKE M America
Thanks IT. reading
Yours.
Marvin Brown
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Medical Research

IliE United state. is expected to spend
SIS. 900. 900 900 this wear ON defense.
ms does not include some additional cx-
rendltures winch are designed to provide
military aid to our allies
by contrast. the Government Is spend
lng less than Sl.ooo.oO0.0o0 on medical re-
search. J ct. It Is we'll known fact that If
the Government could spend several billion
dollars on research in a.tcmntjnr TO solve
the mysteries which surround some dis.,as ~
eS. and which prevent the discovery Of a
cure great progress could BE made In fact
il is thought that the cure to several Of tie
major diseases could be found il sevcra
billion dollars were allotted to research OH
them.
some may thlnk that the money we arc
spending on national defense is in about
the proper ratio, SINCE wars exact 4 heavy
toll il human life and since national de-
fense II designed 10 prevent another Mar.
me me moneA We arc now pending on
defense may prevent D MAR, the fact, are
that Tic discovery ella cure for several If
the major diseases WOULD prevent more
deaths and suffering than the prevention
81 another war. on THE scale Of the Korean
War
Wars are terrible and we are not irving
To belittle even one death caused bv war
However, when we realize that we kill as
many people on our highways every wear
a. We're killed ii Korea, we realize that dis
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Far OFF through Y ecks and in-
lets making.

\ Far off through 6 eeks and IN
lets making.
\ Genes silent floe Iing in- the
main
/ Pratt. Kansas Deg-o in this heart
Of Kansas. where .,lc~e il much
"-heat and oil. W. only few
Negroes. people a. not excited
eithe~ way about thf7lracc question
! Cert inlv nobody fants 10 fight
abont II They sccnxAto feel that il
\ Il 4 subject they shslld know about
now. as about the Iassian satellite
end the Algerian f,.nbienn. Some
where II the rear o,,lhcir minds y
an impression tn ct Southcrners
don't like colnrcd 4 npie but they
have no inclination crusade aho;H
IT,
But oh. how they aspond to talk
Of Amerlcanism. Of x9e Constitution,
and The character. ~lIyidualitv and
heart which made ttss country. Ard
when the talk Is associated with
current Southern sistance 70 a
federalism that il Destroying
America. they SEEM ardently to get
the point
TO come here exr lting people ID
get mad at you andA.o find that the
problem Is only onc. ST getting them
interested in you-h startling 1t
suggests potential multitude to be
drawn II the South j side in nom
metropolitan Amerit !,
Raymond Moley 4.esses III News
week that 50 900 Oo0@ A III erica Ii !
diSapprove the Slipr mo Courts dc
segregation decision II that is 81.
and If there shoS be another
. 900 900 like these a. Central Kan
sss who aren't mut interested but
can be made SO. anaon The Southern
side-thats maio~ly in my arith-
meuc.
Quietly NewSweel. takes It back
Those or Us who sornped on the
magazine for its ty<nt cover story
Who Is Stirring M the South?"
and lis monstrous duplication that
only handful Of IRA -rouscrs.
politicians. agitas iDrs and teen
ayers" are responsible had what
amounted to a rcti lction last week
even L given no SuH display as the
original story. In a.<ort OF 'by the
way manner the j. agaziI.e told its
readers that tho >nth is unalter-
ably opposed to i.,egration. This
feeling is not conf. ed TO Southern
politicians. Of the 5tators who stir
up the trouble. Th@averagc white
Southern citizen. kan or woman.
doctor Of bus drivF,. still believes
in the segregation the races-es-
pecially in the schos .S.'
Doris Fleeson sa 1.-THE secret
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
1ohn Temple &C e.
Mid-W esterners See
When Light is Given

w0a-0n WORKING fOr integration HI
the South is tho increasing indus
ili7aticn Of the South. ThLs
economic factor is relatively new Y
Now Doris. YOU stop and look
Labor relations. not race relations
arc the necessarily great concern Of
American industry That could be
Why the Southwark ma cA Ms cra-
tinued undeflected since the ST.
pleme Courts trouble making dc
segregation decree A factor iii the
South against domination BY great
revolt Of Southern white members
against the indignation policy and
demand Of national officials.
Of Editor Harry Ashnorc and his
Arkansas Gazette. Walter Wlnchell
says their light in the darkness
will undoubtedly win the recog-
milton Of the Pulitzer pickers This
may BE- Pulitzer prizes 20 10 South
crners now only If they have the
proper theology
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
POwhatan's Future
Teachers Begin Year
Ry SUSAN sTITT

The second meeting of the Flu
ture Teachers Of America of Pow
hatan High School was held Oc-
tober 10. AT the first meeting the
group elected the following Of
ficers: president, Kay Simmons,
president, Brenda May; sec
rotary, Janet Harris; treasurer,
Janice Jones, and reporter. Su-
san Stitt. At the second meeting
the new officers took over.
Among the many things dis
cuSSed were requirements OF new
members. dues. and ideas for
service to the school in the COM
ing year. Quite a few new men,
bers are Joining this year. and
each one has certain specifica-
tons she must fulfill Some Of the
requirements .are keeping a CB
average and handing in an en-
dorsement by a teacher.
Miss Mary Ann Martin. the
sponsor, suggested some service
projects for the coming year. The
group decided that Kay Simmons
would form a committee to work
on keeping the halls and bath
rooms clean and neat
Brlnda May told US that we
would be responsible for an as
sembly sometime in the near flu
ture. She suggested we feature a
skit, Me a Teacher?" which was
approved
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
The Minister. Cali

Consider three points about min
listers, which the people in the
pews often overlook. One is the
ministers call What he does is a.
calling rather than a position"
How does a minister come to Be
pastor OF particular church,
That varies from one denomina-
ton to another. though not very
much But how does the minister
come to be one in the first place
That is always the same. whether
he is Roman Catholic priest or
Protestant minister: he is
minister Of Christ because AZ be.
lieves. he was called by the Lord
TO do and be Just that Could he
be mistaken Indeed nc can. There
are men in the ministry who have
no business there The problem
Of hop to be sure about one 5 call
to the ministry is a problem for
ministers, not for most of the PEG
PIE who read these lines WHAT We
need to do, when We cali min
lister. Is to be sure We get man
who among other strong 20 nts
has this: he is God S man first Of
all: ours only because he was
God S first
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Paper Curtain Terms

JUVENILE delinquency" is the term that
ihe Northern press gives 10 cutrages by
Negro hoodums III the North Race bias :
y the term the Northern press gives to iv-
lne patterns that preserve measure Of
peace and dignity II the South We explain
these journalistic terms 70 that our read
ers may translate more easily the stories
they read IN nationally circulated news
papers and magazines.
Charleston Neus q Courier
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18

Court, because beiiere that cOnlD,Onsense
Of America miH nerer require it. Nor.
there may be that kind of authority resting
Somewhere, but certainly am not seeking
any additional authority Of that kind, and
icouid nerer beiiere that it uould be a
rise thing to do in this counry.'
THE last statement was made while the
so-called Civil Rights Bill was pending in
the Senate and it was used by advocates of
the Bill to reassure those members of the
Senate from areas outside the South who
saw the dangers of using bayonet rule to
change social customs
Attorney General Brownell, the Pres-
dents legal advisor, during a Senate COM
mittee hearing asked if Section 1898 Of
Title AZ, which gave the President permits
sive power to send armed forces into cer-
tain areas to enforce court DEGREES. would
besused in school segregation cases His re
ply, not once but twice was:
\ do not know Of any responsible public
official, Of any party. of any branch Of the
government that has made any statement
that would even lead to al inference that
there is any such thought in the minds Of
Congress or the courts or the executive
branch Of the government"
No outstanding that testimony I b q
Senate took the precaution before passing
the Civil Rights Bill Of inserting provi-
son repeating the specific Code Section
1893 Of Title AZ about which Brownell had
been questioned. And yet the Whise House
took the position that ordering out Of Fed
cral troops and Of National Guardsmen to
enforce court order for school integra ion
was legal and proper" concluded Senator
Robertson,
When the I. S. Supreme Court abandon
ed established law and the Constitution in
May, 1884. repercussons were foreseeahle
but the use Of federal troops By order of
The President against Americans who sin
cerely. legally and justly challenge the
power OF the Court, was not contemplated
n the widest imagination. Law nor order
can be restored until the Congress of the
United States has re-estabIished law bv
Constitutional means.
The President Eisenhower who ordered
troops TO Little Rock is not the Eisenhower
who spoke in Richmond and WILLIAMSBURG.
i would be charitable to believe that Ne is
caught III the maze of legal entangements.
some q which were produced BY the illegal
decision Of the Court. when it abandoned
law for psychology. The present need is
not for more illegal actions but the re-es
tabllshement Of law upon the Constitution
as written and interpreted for $50 wears.
Many problems now haunting America and
americans ultimately might be solved.
safely legally and without undue emotion.
nose who would force America might Well
defeat America
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Cumberland Legion
Adds To Post Home

Cumberland American Lesion
Post Is planning an expansion Of
its Post Home at Sunny Side. ac-
cording to an announcement from
Cumberland Commander w M.
Bugg-
Buea said the local post ap-
prove construction that viii uti-
llze TIE left wing Of the Legion
home.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-10-18
Wesleyan Revival
To C.ose Sunday

Revival services at Wesleyan
Methodist church. Farmyille. will
close Sunday.
Services have been held nightly
AT 7.3o since October 10. With the
Rev. D Clifton Wood. pastor Of
Wesleyan Methodist churc h.
LSanchburg As the guest speaker.
The R7v. G. r. Phaup is pastor
Of the Farmville church. which is
located Oh Bridge street.