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The people's voice., 1957-03-22

15f6 gain from the previous years
net savings.
The coop is refunding most of
these savings to its local co-ops--
Il cents on each gallon of gasoline,
91a cents a gallon on lube oil, 7.7%
on automotive equipment, 21a % on
paint, 4ao on feed, seed, and farm
chemicals, 81 % on fertilizer, and
11&o on LIP gas.
FUCE sold 319 million gallons of
oil fuels to local co-ops in 1856 and
1870 of this in it's own refin-
cries. 1t distributed 100000 tires and
boosted feed sales 2596, fertilizer
20%.
Delegates inspected the co-op's new
81 u million office building, which is
completed.
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
Compulsory Poultry
Insnecfi0n Nearer

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-(CNS)-
A groundswell of support for some
type of compulsory poultry inspection
is apparent here. Three bills are be-
fore the Senate agriculture commit
tees 313 sponsored by George D.
Aiken (R-Vt.), S GAS sponsored by
Herman Talmadge D-Ga), and S
1928 sponsored by Hubert H. Hum
phrey (D-Minn.). All three would
make the Agriculture department re-
sponsble for inspection.
Women's organizations, public
health groups, farm organizations,
Food & Drug Administration officials
have all joined the appeal for legis-
lation. But more Importantly, poultry
producers and labor union members
handling poultry are behind compul-
sorry inspection.
The people's voice., 1957-03-22

WASHINGTON = Big excitement
came here during the week in connec-
ton with the corn belt battle to elimi-
nate from the House Agriculture
Committees feed grain bill all bene-
fits except to corn growers. The Dem
ocrats made every concession to OBJ
tain the overall solution to the feed
grain problem, including Montana
barley. The Republicans and some
Democrats from corn districts insist
ed corn alone should be given special
treatment and beat off all attempts
to include other feed grains as was
proposed by the committee.
Ultimate goal of this amendment
was a grand scale raid on the Treas
ury in behalf of the corn growers with
no assurance of reduction in their
surplus production. In the final vote,
representatives of city people and
many of those from other farming
districts, of which l was one, voted
down the corn amendment.
This major House legislative ac-
tivity crammed two entire days. 1t
was no sooner settled than early next
day I conferred with House Agricul-
ture Committee Chairman Cooley and
Vice Chairman Poage with a view to
seeking next the consideration of our
durum wheat acreage incentive bill.
Throughout the afternoon, | spent
much time drumming up support for
durum legislation on both sides of the
House floor. This was necessary to
expedite matters, because l knew #
we did not get it through the commit
tee Immediately, there would be at
least a week or ten days delay which
would complicate Montana spring
planting plans. By late in the day,
was assured that members of the com
nittee would be ready to report the
1urum bill out favorably.
That action took place two days
ater, when the House Agricultural
Committee in order to save time
voted to accept the SEN
lte 6O-acre durum incentive bill
which had the backing of Senators
Murray and Mansfield. | am hopeful
hat by the end of this week we will
lave some good news to report to
lurum farmers. (See story on bills |
,assage elsewhere in this issue.-PV |
Iditor.)
Wildlife Project-There is lot
The people's voice., 1957-03-22

patrons. Here is what the presiden
of MPCo. told the FPC (page 1416
official FPC transcript Of hearing)
9. the effect of our bringing
Canadian gas in for the Anaconda
Company is that we avoid the nee
essity of increasing the rate to our
other customers to the extent of
% per cent or we avoid a rate in
crease in the amount of 81 124, 900,
SO that our other customers, by
reason of our getting gas from
Canada to serve the Anaconda
Company, are being benefited to
the extent of not having their rates
increased by % per cent or by ST.
$4,000" per year.
So far as either the FPC or the
gas consuming public knew, Montana
Power had no intention of asking for
higher residential and business rates
if FPC permitted the import (Which
it did. This was borne out by MPCo's
exhibit No. IA which showed that,
if the import were allowed, gas rates
to residential and business customers
would remain the same through the
year 1856, with no upward revision
contemplated before that time. Yet,
less than two years later, MPCo.
came in, asked for, and received per-
to up it's rates 50 to At per
cent.
This week, by Supreme Court ma
jority decision, MPCo. has been able
to "play for keeps" in making the
rate increases which Attorney Gen
eral Olsen contended were "unwar-
ranted, unreasonable and unjust,
stand up.
The people's voice., 1957-03-22

of pavement pounding In the life of a
congressman. Take for instance the
work | am doing in behalf of the
Benton Lake Wildlife Refuge near
Great Falls. Sportsmen's groups and
conservation people are eager to see
this project completed, and as of this
week the Fish and Wildlife Service,
with which | have been discussing the
matter. informed me they now can
go ahead with the project provided
funds are made available.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee had not considered the mat
ter. since it was not in the budget
The Senate Appropriations subcom-
nittee meets March % and could
consider it. Our figures show an ini-
tial appropriation of 100000 is nee
essary. and with funds already set
aside from Duck Stamp revenue, a
good start on the project could be
possible. There began the pavement
pounding. visited all the House sub
committee people to explain the mat
ter. since it will return to them for
conference if the Senate group in
cludes the project in the Department
of Interior budget. | received posi-
tive assurances on these visits, then
trudged another quarter mile over
to the Senate Office Building for a
conference with Montana's senatorial
delegation to plan joint action, and
from there visited other senatorial
offices to seek pre-hearing support
of senators on the subcommittee.
New Construction - Construction
can now begin on the Army Reserve
Center at Great Falls. There
has been $238,O0O programmed for
a 200-man armory there, the Depart
ment of the Army announced.
Billings Students Visit-It was a
pleasure to meet with and guide a
group of 35 students from Billings
Central High School during a visit to
The House of Representatives | am
sure this trip to the Nations Capitol
vas a tremendous occasion for these
young people, and although it was of
orief duration, they undoubtedly
gained lot of inspiration and knowI-
edge. The day they were here was
me Of the first warm early spring
lays, and that helped lot of them
o take photos and appreciate the
eal architectural and landscaping
BEAUTIES of the Capitol
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
u. S. Lags In Use of
Dairy Products

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
The U. S. has slipped to 18th place
among IT nations reporting on the
consumption of dairy products, the
USDA foreign agricultural service
said recently. Based on a whole-milk
equivalent, Ireland was first and Fin
land second.
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
Continued from Page Onel

Smelling and Refining Company
proved conclusively that an increase
of 8.3 per cent was, at the most. the
absolute maximum which should be
granted by the commission. Richard
son, by analyzing MPCo.'s annual re-
ports over a period of more than
twenty years, showed that the util-
ity's overall operation expense was
up only 28.3 per cent between 1882
and 1858. Other figures analyzed by
Richardson showed the above men
toned 20 per cent increase in reve-
nues brought about because of a
greater proportion of gas sales going
to business and residential users.
In another part of the opinion the
court majority ruled that the district
court twas right in holding that the
commission did not err in fixing the
value of the plant of the defendant
The question arises: Which
value? The SIG million value MPCo.
turns in to the Board of Equalization
for taxing purposes for its entire gas
property? The approximately $50
million value MPCo. carries its gas
division on the books as being worth
so far as stockholders are concerned?
Or the $39 million value MPCo.
claims the So per cent of it's gas
plant devoted to residential, business
and industrial customers other than
Anaconda Company to be worth when
it appears before the commission to
Justify rate increases such as it was
granted in August 1858?
CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SENT BACK TO PSC
Justice Bottomly in concluding his
dissent took particular note of the
lack of investigation by the commits
sion to determine whether the sought
for rate increase was necessary. Said
Justice Bottomly:
9. 1t appearing that the Public
Service Commission failed and omit
ted to make any independent investi-
cation herein as is provided for and
required" by statutes governing the
commission ''I would reverse the
judgment and send the matter back
to the commission to enable it to fully
perform the duties so imposed upon
it and thus allow it to make it's own
:"
Justice Bottomly's position was the
only fair and logical position the
court could take if both the legitimate
interests Of consumers and the utility
were to be safeguarded by regula-
tory agency.
POSITION, CAUSE
FOR SURPRISE
1t is a matter of some surprise that
Justice Castles would approve a ma
jority opinion which said:". were
the dissenting opinion to become law
then if the personnel of the board
produced evidence differing from
that of the utility and if the board
must stand between the public and {
the utility then seemingly it would !
be obliged to accept the testimony of s
ts own personnel to the exclusion of {
hat furnished by the utility company, f
and the hearing provided for by law I
would become hollow mockery, and v
IN empty gesture lacking in essen t
ials of due process Of law ;" {
Castles it will be recalled, sat as S
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
CORETTE'S TESTIMONY BEFORE
FPC IN 1851 RECALLED

Although not part of the May
1853 hearing record because the Pub
lie Service Commission refused to
look at it, the testimony of MPCo.
President j. E. Corette before the
Federal Power Commission in Sep
tember 1851 is pertinent to the 80
to At per cent rate increases granted
MPCo. two years later.
Montana Power, in 1851 was seek
ing FPC permission to import size
able amount of natural gas from it's
fields across the line in Alberta to
serve the Anaconda Company. One
Of the reasons put forth by Corette
for favorable FPC action on his COM
pany's import request was that it
would make it possible for the utility
to forgo requesting Public Service
Commission approval of a higher
schedule of rates for it's gas division
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
Some Resource Mistakes Can't
Be Repaired, Morse Tells FUCE

ST. PAUL - (CNS) - Damage
from the Eisenhower administration s
natural resources policy can't all be
undone, Senator Wayne Morse Cd
Ore.) told the annual meeting of
Farmers Union Central Exchange
here, March 13.
"Some of these mistakes are ir-
reparable," he said. "History shows
that the level of civilization falls as
the level of underground water falls,
and ours is dropping swiftly"
Morse asked for bold, vigorous ac-
tion that will use to the maximum
"every drop of water that falls on the
earth and every drop that runs to the
sea-" He criticized the administra-
TONS give-away of hydro
dam sites. "Profits from these should
go to the treasury, not to private
utilities.
81 am not against low-head dams
built by these firms. Public and pri-
vate utilities can co-exist. But the
multi-purpose sites should be used to
benefit all the people," Morse told
1000 coop delegates at the 4-day
session.
FUCE HAD BIG YEAR
Co-ops in six northwest states
bought $68 million worth Of farm sup
plies through the st. Paul coop last
year-8% more than in 1855. For
them, FUCE saved STA million-a
The people's voice., 1957-03-22

WASHINGTON - About three
fourths Of the nations 48 million
farmers own all or part of the land
they operate, USDA said recently.
The people's voice., 1957-03-22
Aronson Appointees and

chairman of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission for
three years and presided at innum-
cradle hearings where his agents
and Investigators presented evil
dence upon which that commission
based decisions. Is this an admis-
sion by Justice Castles that the
hearings he conducted for the UCC
were hollow" mockeries, and also
an admission he disregarded all
evidence except that put in by his
own UCC agents?
This theory the supreme court
seems to adopt as to the function
of the rate-approving commission is
that it is a sort of mechanical robot
! that merely accepts any kind of evil
dence presented on either side of a
rate issue. This is denial of the very
purpose for which rate-fixing COM
missions were initially established
throughout the nation and is theory
of law departed from by the United
States Supreme Court more than
half century ago.
These commissions are set up to
protect the public and that's why the
public pays taxes to maintain them!
DECISION EMPHASIZES
IMPORTANCE OF GRAY BILL
(This court decision brings into
even clearer focus the intent of HB
221-the Gray bill-which the utility
lobby managed to defeat in the House
in mid-February. The Gray bill-an
integral and important part of the
1856 Democratic platform-would
have tightened up the laws govern
ing the Public Service Commission,
making it mandatory the commission
@. be guided by the revenue re-
quirements of the utility . :" and
'the commission must, from its own
and all the evidence be-
fore it, take into consideration in
its order, the lawful annual
operating expenses of the public util-
ity, the capital investment, and the |
costs Of the capital embarked in the
public utility or similar public utili-
ties. Any rate order made by the COM
mission which returns revenue to the |
public utility in excess of the revenue
requirements Of such public utility, |
determined in accordance with the |
provisions of this section, shall be
deemed unlawful and unreason-
able ~
TESTIMONY BEFORE
FPC IN 1851 RECALLED
Although not part of the May
1853 hearing record because the Pub
lie Service Commission refused to
look at it, the testimony of MPCo.
President J E Corette before the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-27
sTUMPY POINT PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Midgette and
Susan of Norfolk spent Friday
night here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood Wise,
Sally and Woody of Elizabeth City
visited Mr.. Wise's parents for the
week end.
Mrs. w. NJ. Monnette, vicky and
Bobby and Melton Hooper visited
in Norfolk last week end.
Mrs. Willard Sutton of Boston
returned to her home Saturday
after visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Hooper; and Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Sutton of Manns Har-
Dor. Mrs. Floyd Hooper accompan-
led her to Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaskill Payne and
son Paul of Norfolk spent the
week end here.
Mrs. Shelton and Cindy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Riley Payne are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Midyette in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hooper and
Ebert Jr. of Norfolk visited Mrs.
Frances Hooper for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hooper and
children, Zebra and Mike, of CAM
den spent the week end with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. C..
Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Troy Hooper spent
the week end in Norfolk.
Mrs. Doris Twiford and Mrs.
Florine Hooper were in Manteo
Monday.
The Rev. Ralph Lewis, pastor
of st. Luke's Church in Goldsboro,
preached here at the Methodist
church here Sunday. Rev. and Mrs.
Lewis were here in 1856, when
Mr.. Lewis was pastor here. Mr..
and Mrs. C. E. Payne had them
as guests for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Meekins and
son, Penn, visited Mr.. Meekins'
father, Garland, and Mrs. Meekins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mason, Ted
and Debbie, of Norfolk spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Midgette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie MCGOWAN,
of Ransomville visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Hooper Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. lobe Wise and
Mrs. Leland Wise were in Engel-
hard Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Twiford adm
son Brantley and Mrs. Florine
Hooper spent Tuesday in Norfolk.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-27
sALvo PERSONALS

Lafayette Douglas, Catherine
Robinson and son Sandy of Man.
teo spent Sunday at their home
here.
Salina Midget of Manteo spent
Wednesday with her mother and
sister, Mrs. Luther Gray and Mel
vina Whidbee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves Midget
are visiting their children in
Portsmouth: Oliver and Bunion
Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Whidbee
and children, Danny and infant
son, William Edgar, Mrs. Wilma
Anderson and children, Charles
and Carolyn and Earl Whidbee, all
of Elizabeth City spent the week
end with their mother, Mrs. Mel
vina Whidbee.
Rev. and Mrs. Ed Hooper were
in Manteo Tuesday.
Graves Midget and Melvina
Whidbee attended the District
meeting at Amity Methodist
Church in Engelhard Thursday.
They accompanied Rev. B. E.
Bingham of Kinnakeet Charge.
Mrs. Burgess Hooper has re-
turned from Norfolk where she
spent the week end with her hus-
band and children.
Salina Midget and daughter,
Shirley Shannon of Manteo spent
Saturday night with her mother,
Mrs. Josephine Gray.
Melvina Whidbee spent Satur-
day in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pritchard Gray
and baby daughter Maxine visited
her mother, Mrs. Kitty Gray, Sun
day.
William Hooper of Norfolk
spent the week end with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Hooper.
jean Hooper and daughter Hilda
spent Thursday at Frisco with
Sylvia Sawyer.
Mrs. Curtis Gray of Kitty Hawk
spent few days recently with
her sister, Mrs. Bette Farrow and
family.
Mrs. Dan Leary spent Monday
in Portsmouth.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-27
EAST LAKE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Nixon, of
Elizabeth City were visitors here
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie L. Perry
of Spot were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe N. Spruill Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin MCGOWAN
and Henry Ambrose left Sunday
for Durham. Mrs. MCGOWAN and
Mr.. Ambrose will receive treat
ment at Duke Hospital.
Dolphus Ambrose spent the
week end with his parents, Mr..
adm Mrs. Henry Ambrose.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-27

10 40 miles per hour.
Late one stormy night, a tired
doctor was aroused from sound
sleep by pounding on his door. It
turned out to be a farmer who
lived quite a few miles out in the
country.
The farmer asked how much the
doctor charged for country calls.
give dollars" snapped the doc
tor, impatient that anyone would
bargain under such circumstances.
Thereupon, the farmer asked the
doctor to drive out to his farm
Immediately.
The doctor dressed, got into his
car and drove out to the farmers
house travelling as fast as the
muddy roads permitted.
AS they stopped in front of the
house, the farmer got out of the
car, took S. from his pocket and
handed it to the doctor.
"What's this ?" asked the sur
prised doctor.
"There isn't anyone SICK" the
farmer explained, "but a cab
would have charged $40 to bring
me out here"
Three young urchins were play
ing in a gutter in London's Stun.
A Rolls Royce stops and a beauti-
full, extensively dressed blonde
steps out, crosses over to the boys,
picks up the youngest, hugs him
and leaves box of candies, toys
and fills his hand with money.
Waving goodbye, she gets into
the car and departs. The other two
boys are goggle-eyed. Then one
says: "Gorblimey, Tommy, was
that yer fairy godmother-"
The beneficiary looks at him
with scorn: "Naw, that WOE my
sister wot WOE ruined"
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mitted, but we never hear of any,
thing being done about it.
It might be good for all of us,
if all speeds were limited by law
to 45 miles per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
District Bakers
|WiII Back Sims

Washington's Local 118 of the
Bakers Union has lined up with
Curtis r. Sims, suspended Sec
Rotary treasurer of the interna-
tional union, who has accused
President James G. Cross of
wrongful use Of the unions funds.
Business Agent Charles Nc
Closky. of 4433 Wells Parkway,
University Park, Md. said about
$50 of the 100 members of
Local 118 had a special meeting
yesterday at the Building La
borers' Hall, 523 New Jersey ave-
niue NV.
Mr.. McClosky said members
Iapplauded loudly when Mr.. Cross
was verbally attacked and cheer
ed when Mr.. Sims was praised
as "a man with a lot of
courage"
Asked who did the talking at
the closed union meeting, Mr..
McClosky said without elabo-
ration:
I'D rather not say. It's not
safe"
The rank and file was told,
he said, that officers disagreeing
with Mr.. Cross could lose their
jobs. Then Mr.. Sims charges of
corrupt domination against Mr..
Cross and International Vice
President George Stuart, were
read, Mr.. McClosky said.
Individual members said after
wards they were for Mr.. Sims
and would contribute their own
money to his campaign. Mr.. Nc
Closky said. He declared there
was no vote taken on whether
to support Mr. Sims.
Mr.. Sims, who lives on River
road, Bethesda, Md. said he knew
about the meeting but was not
present and preferred not to dis
cusS it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10

1883 convention by attacking
Egypt in the brief war that led
to blockage Of the canal.
Nov they want to renew the
trouble by creating another Suez
Canal problem" he said.
Mr.. Hatem quoted an Ottoman
Turkish decree of 1856 regarding
the building Of the canal as well
as the 1883 agreement to sup
port his contention Egypt, as
successor to the Suez Canal Co.,
could not be denied the tolls.
In New Delhi, Indian govern
ment sources said President Mas
ser told v. K. Krishna Menon
on the Indian delegates stop
over in Cairo en- route home from.
New York earlier this week that
Egypt would let Britain and
France use the canal if their
ships paid toll to Egypt.
In London, the Foreign Office
denied a report by the Cairo
weekly newspaper Akhba Ell Yom
that Britain is considering re-
leasing Egyptian Sterling bal.
Iances she froze after nationali-
cation of the canal. A foreign
office spokesman dismissed the
report as ''wishful thinking" The
frozen balances total more than,
$3.50 million.
Akhbar Ell Yom said Egypt
will demand 500 million Egyptian
pounds 81 ,440,000,00O compen-
sation for "losses in life. public
and private property and COM
munications" during the three
power attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
Resolution on Mideost
Signed by Eisenhower

Of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. anG
William B. King of the United
States Information Agency.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin,
ranking Republican on the Sem
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, conferred for Is minutes
with President Eisenhower yes
terday but did not remain for
the signing of the resolution. He
told reporters he had asked TO
see the President and that the
talk dealt with foreign policies
and TO some extent with the
Middle East.
Congress, however, was not
completely unrepresented at the
signing ceremony. The Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris, the
Senate chaplain, had a White
House appointment earlier to
show a chart of his Far East
travels last September as Mr..
Eisenhower's representative al
the inauguration of Korean
President Syngman Rhee. At the
invitation of the President, DR.
Harris remained TO see him sign
the resolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-10
'SUEZ
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
ments. But the following can be
ldeduced from his comment on
the big questions:
/. The rights of user nations,
as we'll as those of Egypt, will be
protected by the 1883 conven-
ton. That convention provided
the canal would be open to ships
of all countries.
2. Egypt will continue TO bar
the ships OF Israel from the canal
on the ground that a state of
war exists between .he two
countries.
8. A hint that the British and
French. who hold big interests
in the old Suez Canal Co, must
pay Egypt tolls like the rest
NO ships of specific nationalities
can be exempt from paying tolls
10 Egyptian authorities, since
this would mean discrimination
among nationalities, and that is
violation Of the 1853 conven-
ton"
4. Ships up to 800 tons
exempt from tolIs-are already
moving through the canal, and
it Will be cleared sufficiently soon
to allow bigger vessels to pass.
Violations Charged
Mr.. Hatem accused the Brit
lSh and French of violating the