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The people's voice., 1957-07-12
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

Dear Harry:
| am writing this column from
Plentywood and what fabulous
country. 1t is too bad Columbus
couldn't have shown it to the skeptics
for then they would surely have
believed the world is round. The hori-
zon seems to dip over the edge of the
world and every little hill you drive
over you are wriving right into the
sky.
1t is lovely and green yet, but the
farmers would like to see little rain.
Most places there has not been
enough.
l wouldn't mind a little, either.
I have driven almost a thousand miles
with the sun on my left arm and
cheek. would be good before and
after ad for something.
Or again l might create interest
for a congressional investigating COM
mittee because Pm downright red
on one side.
In fact l am little self-conscious
the way people look at me-they
think I am half blushing.
Imagine what l will look like when
it turns brown.
The McCone county people were
sure wonderful to me, and were real
kind about my feeble efforts to give
speech. Remind me when get home
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

/ to talk to some of my speech-makine
friends and find out what I can dc
about my mouth getting dry and max.
ing my tongue feel like it is a barge
in a dry river. l am still amazed at
how some fellows | have heard can
go on for hours-at the end of 80
minutes l am so dehydrated my eyes
bulge.
But perhaps that is just as we'll
maybe more audiences wish more
speakers would dry up.
That is how it works with me, any
how, if talked longer than 40 min
utes the audience wouldn't know
whether l was giving a speech 2r
initiating a tap dancer-and l read
someplace it doesn't help to drink
water. Maybe that advice was written
by listener, not speaker. Suppose?
Anyhow l must seek some sugges-
tions on the matter.
And now if l am going to beat the
heat tomorrow | better get to bed.
Besides l have been trying to find
out how Nero Wolfe solves murder
for four nights and have gone to
sleep before reading more than a
couple of paragraphs. If 1 don't do
better soon I'll forget who was
murdered.
P. S.-The next time l threaten to
leave home remind mel don't like
travelling alone.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
Editorial
States Interests lily Served

Two outstanding administrators of important divisions
state government have received invitations leave their posts
because of Legislative action last winter cutting their salaries
of these Dr. G. D. Carlyle Thompson of the Depart
of HEALTH who during his several head of that
division of state has made it have real
the people of Montana has for his efforts received So 0OC
year salary choppng by the Legislature Instead $4,000
he receives $4,000 less than the
medical practitioner with only fraction of the responsibility
that the head of the Department of Health
The other Casper Wohowe superintendent of the Boys
Industrial School at Miles City, cut back by Legislative
action from So4OO to $500 Wolhowe like Thompson
has made outstanding record in both administration and
youth rehabilitation ye for his pains suffer
stantal cut in time of constantly cheapening dollar.
Both fighters well being experts in their
specve fields Because they by legislators
refused to bow to the East three times and Allah when
the of powerful legislators they incurred leg
ave dpeasure For that their heads must roll The egsa
ure lacking the of appointment of officials of the
utve branch used the time-tred legislative salary
cutting in attempting rid of both Thompson and Wohowe
What the two will do a result of the legislature
breaking faith with cOnactua arrangements entered into
the State with them of Importance all Montanans OF
greater Importance the effect such breaking of faith
will have on other able who may from time to time be
called to administer the departments
Such legislative surely conducive in
attracting able men to public service
over the inadequate salary schedules have kept
highly qualified persons from seeking state elective
office accepting gubeatora appointment administrative
positions That some able have responded to the call of
public service speaks highly of their of citizenship
responsibility but IN wise alters the fact the State being
derect IN asking them to at great personal sacrifice
When add legislative mischievousness caprice such
exhibited in the of Thompson Wohowe salary
schedules already beneath comparable capacity in
private professional fields it little wonder good
quently shy away from fu-time public service
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

lie hearing. We, of the Montana con-
gressional delegation, are opposing
the strict controls proposed. They
would even require registering shells
used in hunting. We feel this is an
unjust encroachment on the tradition
al American right to bear arms. In
Montana, especially, the right Of
sportsmen should not be subjected
to such needless regulation. Accord
ing to the Treasury Department, a
public hearing on the matter will be
August 27, at 10 am. in Room 1913,
Internal Revenue Building, Washing
ton, d. c. Interested parties may be
heard then, and l suggest that sports
mems group send letters and resolu-
tions to the hearing expressing their
stand.
Hells Canyon DANA House In
terror subcommittee voted Is to 12
to strike out all but the preamble of
House bill calling for construction
of a single high Federal dam in Hells
Canyon. The bill was then sent to the
full committee. Republicans on the
subgroup contended that the effect
of the action was that the full COM
mittee was left with no bill to con-
slider. When Democratic member
pointed out that the committee still
could vote on Senate-passed bill
Is 555), the Republicans countered
with the claim that they had two more
votes against the bill they hadn't used
yet.
Reserve, National Guard Armories
The House Armed Services Commit
tee has approved bills authorizing $50 |
million for Reserve and National |
Guard armory construction.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
The Daily Press Buries These Items

The these days be full of cor
rupt unions and union officials Has
noticed headlines about the New Jersey international
Garment Workers Union local which contributed its
renree to the overcrowded local high school, for
class rooms Or the scholarships sponsored by
SeeWorkers Union which have given deserving high
students the opportunity to to coege Or the
Carpenters local which is practcng real democracy
ing Negro family welcome in their community? Or the
union locals and their members who have contributed
the support OF those less fortunate throughout This
every day all over America Somehow these
items get buried Instead newspapers devoted crime
corupon and crooked unions People be against
evidently they enjoy reading about it-ILINOS STATE EN-
PLOYEE.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

WASHINGTON, D. c. Because
there are so many cries of economic
distress from farmers and small busi-
nesses in rural areas, there is a grow
ing feeling that new farm legislation
will be a necessary order of business
early in the next session of Congress.
A meeting of commodity organiza-
tions will be held in Washington Au-
gust 6, at which time an omnibus farm
bill is expected to be put together. 1t
is expected to be one of the most
comprehensive farm bills to be sought
in years Around 21 commodity organ
izations may attend the gathering,
and each group will present the plan
of it's own organization. Commodities
not represented at this meeting would
be included in the omnibus bill by
whatever is provided for in the 1949
Farm Act.
Military Training-As is customary
in Congress. the House has unani-
mously granted me a brief leave of
absence to attend army reserve mill
tary training with the 96th Division
at Yakima. There are many reservists
in Congress who attend annual train
ing with the Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marines as part of their obliga-
ton in defense of the nation. Con-
gress shares with state and local gov
ernments, as well as many industries,
this obligation by providing leaves of
absence for the period of summer unit
field training.
Sportsmen and Firearms Regula-
tions-The Treasury Department, re-
plying to my inquiry concerning
proposed revision of the Federal fire
arms regulation, has arranged pub
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

of the VOICE to dig down deep and give
until it hurts because it will really
hurt if we don't.
| suggest that we all stay home next
Saturday night. Save a ten spot and
send it to the VOICE and we will all
feel better next day.
/ also like to appeal to you column
writers to help. Come on e. J. Lowndes
Leverne and others, do your best and
! know you Will feel better too to do
it and do it now before we forget IT,
Let's put the PEOPLES VOICE over
the top What do you say? Thank you.
JOHN AMESTOY. Hinsdale.
EDITORS NOTE: We've had a number
Of people express concern over the
crisis the VOICE has found itself in
because of a substantial drop in com
mercial printing done in the Coop
plant in recent months. And. like
Friend John. many have already re-
sponded to our appeal for help.
Whether the PV will survive how
ever. is still a matter of conf lecture
In other words. it's fate remains in
the hands of its faithful supporters
throughout the state
Maury has the distinc-
tion Of being the very first subscriber
to respond
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
Urges Subscribers To
"Dig Down Deep

To All the Subscribers or the
Peoples Voice:
1t is with much regret that I read
about the present financial circum-
stances Of our Paper. 1t is sad indeed
but not at all hopeless. we have seen
it before mighty close to the end but
We have not let it fail. and we cannot
afford to let it happen now. We need
the VOICE now worst than we ever
did because We need to know the truth
and nation.
l also feel that we are most fortunate
to have a couple like Harry and
Gretchen to take the blunt and carry
on for us.
So l wish to appeal to all the readers
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

casts of Edward P. Morgan, ABC commentator, spon-
sored by the AFL-CIO Listen to Morgan over the ABC
network Monday through Friday at pm, EDST)
All this talk about the clean bomb and the dirty bomb
reminds me of the warfare of my boyhood with
weapon called the SNOWFALL We had clean snowballs
and dirty snowbals too. The latter weren't called
dirty, of course. They called watersoakers and
they murder.
You simply soaked ordinary SNOWFALL in water
and let it freeze slightly 1t like stocking your
arsenal with refrigerated cue-balls.
Sometimes the ruthless and desperate types
would violate the battle code further by packing
rock in ordinary-ooking SNOWFALL. After somebody
had been gashed in the forehead the teacher would
call disarmament conference
Now for all 1 know, the clean bomb may be the
salvation of civilization At least columnst has
already declared much. But somehow Pm not con-
vnced.
The term "clean bomb induces a kind of suicidal
serenity of mind akin to the argument that it's OK to
smoke around gasoline tank if you take care to use
safety matches.
There is danger here, I'm afraid of building up
almost pous attitude of what might be called deadly
lumanitarianism. In haing our progress toward a
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
We're All For This
Seek $500 Weekly Wage
For Experienced Newsmen

WASHINGTON, D. ca $500
minimum weekly wage goal for ex-
perienced newspapermen was pro-
posed by officers of the American
Newspaper Guild to the oath annual
Guild convention which was held
in St. Louis, Missouri, this week,
July 8-12.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12

Another P.S.- Have you heard
anything there about the Montana
Power and the Mountain States Tel.
and Tel. Company coming to the Pub
lie Service Commission in the next
couple of months for rate increases?
There is the rumor, youknow.
Maybe those fellows who were
talking about working for a PUD
law in Montana have something after
all.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
The Readers Forum

LETTERS: No letter over $50
words will be accepted for publication
All letters must be signed by writer,
although, on request, name will be
withheld-P.V Editor.
The people's voice., 1957-07-12
MAPLE CENTERS

The highland country of New York
and Vermont produces about two
thirds of the nations supply of maple
syrup and other maple products.
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Sunshine Closes;
Sets Two Records

/ OLDSMAR, Fla, Mar. 81 tP).-
Sunshine Park closed its most
successful meeting in its II years
yesterday. setting season records
for attendance and mutuel bet
ting.
Betting totaled Sl0.527,l77. ur
1887 per cent over the previous
record of $9,369.065 established
last year. The daily average for
the 52-day meeting was 1903. 79l
compared to $l80,l74 last year.
Attendance for the season was
201 1874. breaking the record OF
1916 set in 1855. Attendance
last season was 1891.
A fine closing day crowd OF
4.242 turned out to see Harry
Rendleman's Shoot Man win the
featured Au Revoir purse by
better than a length over Mambo
Man. who set the pace most of
the way. Miss Royal Gem took
third.
Shoot Man, the favorite, paid
$4.l0 to win. Ridden by John
Hanley. he ran the mile and 10
yards in l:48.
Betting today was S252.370,
one Of the highest of the meet
ing.
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Ex-Pucker Now Doctor

DR. James S. Feurig, Michigan
State team physician, played
pro football with Green Bay
Packers 10 years ago.
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Hart Royal Gets
Strong Support
In Grand National

LONDON, Mar. 81 (Pl.-Hart
Royal. 9-year-old Chestnut geld
ing. today was getting strong
backing for Fridays Grand Ma
tional Steeplechase.
Support for Hart Royal came
from three famous Grand Ma
tional jockeys, and British book
makers, who made the horse Sec
ond choice to Glorious Twelfth
Hart Royal was quoted at 100 to
9, Glorious Twelfth at 10 to /.
Bryan Marshall, who won the
National in 1858 and 1854; Ar
thur Thompson. winner in l94S
and so, and Dick Francis. who
lost last year when his mount
stumbled while leading in the
stretch. climbed on the band
wagon for Hart Royal.
Two American horses-Vir-
ginius and Monkey Wrench-are
entered. but no prices were
quoted on them.
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lot of speaking engagements
lined up
MCGUIRE said he thought his
"rhubarb" with Kansas Coach
Dick Harp had been overempha-
sized.
There was a tussle out on the
floor, near the Kansas bench
They went out to break IL up
l didn't even know Harp was out
on the floor until went over
there" Mcguire said.
When he was coming Of
somebody behind me must have
said something because ! hadn't
said a word. He said. why DOM
you keep your mouth shut?' ano
at first ! thought he was talking
to his player. Then just said
Dick. I haven't said a word
And nobody punched me ir
the stomach. It was just sub
way push"
The Carolina coach said re.
porters had missed the incident
that nearly caused him 20 blow
his top That was when an ict
cream vendor came along and {
heckler sitting behind the bencf
yelled Give some TO the coach.
The vendor put down his box II
front of Mcclure, blocking hi
view, and asked, How much Ok
you want?"
Said Mcguire: Il picked ur
that box and was just about t.
throw it at the guy in back wher
Buck Lai stopped me.
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Queen Requested to Condemn
Fox, Stag Hunting in Britain

LONDON, Mar. 81 Pl.-The
10, 000-member League Against
Cruel Sports, led by a peer Of
the realm, has passed a resolu-
ton asking Queen Elizabeth to
condemn fox and stag hunting
A decision taken at the an
nual meeting Of the league pro-
posed sending delegation to
Buckingham Palace to press the
point.
Lord Grey de Ruthyn. presi-
dent. told the meeting: Il want
most earnestly to associate my
self with the resolution about
the Queen taking her children to
the fox hunt. We are all very
much against 1t.
The leagues annual report
claimed that only the Queen
patronage kept fox hunting
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RULES OUT SWAP WITH BOWIE
PimIico Takes Issue
With Li||is' Proposals

Pimlico Race Track officials
today snapped back at critics
who oppose the combination OF
the Pimlico and Laurel tracks
and in particular took issue with
Donald e. Lillis. the Bowie
owner.
Lillis several days ago offered
to trade Bowie for Pimlico. and
offered a plan for enlarging and
improving Pimlico facilities at
a cost of So million. He has
been opposing the plan to merge
Pimlico and Laurel.
Lou Pondfleld, general man
ager of Pimlico. said in state
ment today that Pimlico. as
such, is not up for sale or swap
with Bowie or any other track
and that the changes suggested
by Lillis were impractical and
would be many times more costly
than the figures given by Lillis.
"Shortsighted" Objections
Pondfield wants to combine
Pimlico and Laurel and run 40
day meetings in the spring and
fall. He said today that the OBJ
Ijections advanced by Bowie are
Ishortsighted and ARE those to
be expected from interests which
have no genuine interest in
Maryland"
The Pimlico official said the
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Watts 50 Best
In Florida Golf

HOLLYWOOD. Fla. Mar. 81
(Pi.-Thirty-two golfers yester-
day inaugurated the Hollywood
international four-ball amateur
golf tournament in a round that
opened play lasting through
Friday.
Howard Everitt OF Atlantic
City. N. j.. and Jacques Houdry
Of Ardmore, Pa, turned in the
outstanding performance, shoot
ing six-under-par golf for the
II holes they played on the par
70 Orange Brook Country Club
course.
Best l8-hole card was a So
turned in by Billy Watts OF Fort
Lauderdale.
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Mcclure Denies Report
He'll Leave Chapel Hill

NEW YORK. Mar. 81 P).-
North Cardinals NCAA cham
pion basketball team will be Is
per cent better next year, ac-
cording to Coach Frank MCGUIRE.
But the New York Irishman
added hurriedly that it may not
do as we'll as this season in
the won and lost records. North
Carolina came through the NCAA
tournament as the Nations only
undefeated major college team
with 80 straight victories.
MCGUIRE, here to coach the
East team in the annual Fresh
Air Fund East-West All-Star
game Saturday. told sports writ
ers the big factor in his team s
overtime final victory over Kan
sas Saturday was the way his
juniors retained their poise.
I'VE made a lot of mistakes
during the overtime" he said
but you could see them out
there remembering what they
had been told and trying to play
1t that way"
Another reason why Mcclure
expects a Is per cent improved
club next season is York Larese
a freshman from New York, who
has "the greatest shot I've ever
seen"
Mcclure, reported to be con-
sidering leaving North Carolina
denied that he had been APP
preached about other Jobs.
Il haven't talked to anyone
since the game. I'm going back
TO Carolina April / l have q
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ID. c. Team to Compete
In Hellenic Basketball

CHICAGO, Mar. 81 P.-
Eighteen teams representing
seven States and Washington,
D. c.. are entered in the 9th
annual three-day National Hell
lenic basketball tournament at
suburban Cicero Stadium start
ing Friday.
Returning to defend its cham
pionship is the George Dilboy
American Legion Post of New
York. Other teams come from
Chicago. Joliet, H.; Fond Du
Lac. Wis. Hammond. Ind; In
dianapolis, Gary. Ind; Akron,
Ohio; Warren. Ohio; East Pitts
burgh. Pa. Detroit and Wash
ington u. C.
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within British law. 1t contended
that but for royal patronage
the whole of this beastly form
Of amusement. and the foul
cruelties inseparable from it,
would have been condemned by
the Church of England.
Several London newspapers
are campaigning against the
sport of running stays to earth
with a pack Of hounds and
killing them when they fall
exhausted.
Last January, the league
scolded Queen Elizabeth for
allowing her children-Prince
Charles, 8. and Princess Anne. 6
Ito watch the "beastly, loath-
some pastime" Of fox-hunting
The league also has criticized
the Queen for her interest in
steeplechase races.
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merger he proposes is necessary
to meet increasing competition
from nearby States and the de-
creasing number of non-com-
Ipetitive days. A continued post
ponement of action to strengthen
Maryland's racing position is
poor business. he said, and is
further weakening Maryland
effort to maintain a place in
racing.
Pondf1eld said that a program
OF 30 days of racing in the spring
Ias he proposes. 40 days at the
combined Pimlico at Laurel
track and 40 at Bowie. will at
track the best stables in the
country and make for a resurg-
lence in Maryland racing. He has
pointed out that Pimlico cannot
expand but that Laurel can, and
under the merger plan the ia
IcilitieS at Laurel would be greatly
improved.
Previous arguments that PIN
lico is hemmed in by business
and housing developments and
cannot expand were repeated by
Pondf1eld today.
Tears Into Suggestions
Pondfleld was almost sarcastic
as he tore into Lillis' suggestions
for improving Pimlico. A park
ing garage for 5000 cars, as sug-
gested by Lillis, would cost $40
million, he said. and that many
autos in one garage would re-
suit in what he called utter
confusion
To triple the grandstand ca
pacity would cost another mil
lion, he claimed, and the prices
he gave in answer to other Lillis
suggestions included a moving
sidewalk in a tunnel from the
parking area. 100000; new horse
barns. 100000: and housing for
stable help. S500.00o.
I'm other words. the president
OF Bowie spent alsmost SIS mil
lion of Pimlico's money in a
Rube Goldberg fantasy he said.
Whatever the motive, Bowie's
statements have misled the pub
lie and confused the issue" Pond
field said.
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BOWIE RACING NOTES

richest handicap are slated to-
day and tomorrow. But regard
less of the workouts. little SWITCH
ing of the odds is anticipated,
barring an injury to one of the
hopefuls.
Pro-Brandy, who was unlucky
in the Gold Cup Saturday when
he clipped the heels of Roscoe
Nancy. suffered no more than
a few minor cuts and now is
prepping for the Chesapeake
Trial and Chesapeake Stakes at
Laurel
The trial on April 10. probably
will be the next start for Pro-
Brandy. who is nominated for all
triple crown events.
One of the hottest tips" of
the meeting clicked at Bowie yes
terday when Flying Bid. trained
by former Jockey Carson Kirk
and owned by Dennis G. O'Keefe,
galloped home under Arnold
Kirkland in the first race.
Flying Bid, a 3-year-old,
had made only one start. that
one at Bowie. and he finished
eleventh. He was 81 to / that
day and reared at the start.
Yesterday he opened at 20 to /,
but closed at 8 to /.
The Tip" threw the daily dou-
BILE players for a loss. The word
was too late for most and the
combination return was $1,000
after Blazing Comet, at $3.50.
took the second. A parlay on
the first two winners was worth
.$34.40.
DR.. George C. Rosenberger was
officially installed president Of
the ryland-Delaware- Charles
Town division of the Horsemen's
Benevolent and Protective Asso-
citation last night in the Bowie
clubhouse following an election
of officers held at the track yes
terday.
Rosenberger. a veterinarian
from Wilmington. Del. succeeds
Charles H. Gordon as head OF
the horsemen's group.
The predicted snow and rain
failed to arrive at Bowie yester-
day, but the dire forecasts held
the attendance to 1914 and bet
ting was off a bit with 1896, 943
being wagered on the 37th day
of the meeting.