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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

tuesday, lew people were lett IN the
old MSU Student Union building to
hear the emotional appeal of the
opponents chairman, E. c. Mulroney,
Missoula attorney, as he exhorted his
few remaining stalwarts and excori-
ated the proponents of the Paradise
Dam.
When announcing the hearings the
Army Engineers said they would last
one day, but at the request of the
proponents of the dam extended them
into an evening session. There were
so many proponents, at 10 pm. Mon
day night, Left Erickson, chairman
for the pro-Paradise group, told
Colonel Page his remaining witnesses
would cut the ten minutes allotted
each speaker to five minutes to allow
time to present as many more people
as possible. At 10:45 pm. there were
still pro-Paradise witnesses that had
not been heard, but Erickson rested
their case in the interests of conclud-
ing the hearings on schedule.
The opponents then took the
next three hours to deteriorate
what had been a well-ordered hear
ing, into an endurance contest.
Opponents chairman, Mulroney,
said there were 10 or so more of his
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

as important "musts" to provide
greater job opportunities for Mon
tana workers in this period of grow
ing unemployment.
MINE-MILL WANTS
TARIFF ACTION
Ernest Salvas stated his organiza-
ton concurred in the program out
lined by the State AFL-CIO, and
added that the drastically worsening
copper, lead, zinc price picture and
the consequent major drop in en-
ployment in the non-ferrous metals
industry, calls for quick and effective
remedial action. Salvas stated that
his organization was on record for
imposition of tariffs on non-ferrous
metals now being imported from low
wage, foreign operations. He asked
the federal tariff commission to use
what authority they already have to
keep the price of lead and zinc from
skidding further. Since the commits
sion is powerless to do anything about
copper, he said new legislation by
The Congress must be passed.
FARMERS CRITICAL OF COP
Republican farm policies, admins
tered by Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson, drew sharp criti-
cism from Montana Farmers Union
President Leonard Kenfield. Kenfield
told the COP farm committee that
"the instability of income and utter
lack of leadership in the Department
of Agriculture have our people ex-
tremely worried about the future.
''This whole situation has a serious
impact on Montana since we are
largely an agricultural state"
Pointing out that farm prices have |
dropped % per cent since 1851, Ken
field said 'the Administration is
seeking to cut price supports still
lower. We are faced with the definite
Continued On Page Four)
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people to be heard, and it the Engl-
neers would not extend the length
of the hearings they would continue
talking for three days, even if they
had to do it without the presence of
the Engineers.
Pro-Paradise people still decided
to let their case rest and the oppo-
nents continued to talk until as
am.
The strategy behind the opponents
filibuster was not Immediately dis
cernable. During the early part of
the day when the audience was large,
the listeners alert and interested, and
the press was present, opponents pre-
sented witness after witness with
repetitious testimony. After the au-
dience and the press had dispersed
and those left were worn and weary
they brought on their Northern Faci-
fic-Montana Power officials.
Until 10 AS pm, all witnesses were
kept on strict time schedule by
Colonel Page, presiding army officer.
The time was divided on an hourly
basis, alternating between propon-
ents and opponents.
The attitude of opponents was,
no matter how repetitious the testi-
mony, or without considering any
time requirements, every person
who wanted to testify in opposition
should be given an opportunity.
Colonel Page said the testimony
should present various views.
Mr.. Mulroney threatened to lodge
a protest to Congress over the Gun
fair and undemocratic'' conduct of
the hearings.
At 1 AS am. Mulroney's closing
TRADE included condemnation of the
pro-Paradise people who "haven't
done us the courtesy of staying to
listen. To his few remaining hackers
he said in the best of traditional melo-
drama, "It would have been nice if
they had stayed to hear the rest.
Colonel Page raped the gavei after
10 minutes of Mr.. Mulroney's last
remarks and asked that he close.
Provided with more fuel for his
sadly smoldering fire, the aging at
torney was inspired to greater heights
as he raised his arms and cried, "Your
time is up! Your time is up! They
gave extra time to the others, but |
when it is me, Your time is up''.
At as am. to about an equal |
number of opponents Except for MP
md Power Company staffers) and
Mulroney said, 'The
aughers went home The ones
Who came for entertainment went
lome".
The unsung hero of the day was
he court reporter who sat for 6A
hours and took shorthand notes with
,ut a break from 7:3O pm. till 1 AS
I'm.
To recount and give credit to the
many people who testified during
3 hours of hearings is an impossible
ask; to portray the drama, tensions
md crossfires would require word
rtist more capable than your VOICE
eporter, but they were all there.
The crossfires shot clear and loud at
he outset of the hearings when for
ner governor, John Bonner, dwelled ]
n his oft repeated Montana water
or Montana people" without explain
ng its meaning, except his conten-
ions that Paradise Dam wasn't it, {
nd Democrats were not for Paradise
Jam.
Left Erickson, chairman Of the
and also chairman of the S
Democratic State Central Committee,
uestioned Bonner's meaning of
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Par:dise Pros and Cons
Air ID At Long Hearing
BY GRETCHEN BILLINGS

OF o
the frs
OF
a. ar
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

Labor and farm spokesman, al
though dubious as to what value pres
entation of their programs would
have, in view of poor performance
record rolled up in the legislature by
Republicans over the years, expressed
general satisfaction with the atten-
tive reception accorded what they
had to say and the questions asked
by conference delegates.
Speaking for Montana labor at
the conference were James S. TIMBER,
Helena, president Montana State
AFL-CIO, and Ernest Salvas, Butte,
District l board member Int'l. Union
of Mine. Mill & Smelter Workers;
for Montana Farmers Union, Presi-
dent Leonard Kenfield, Great Falls.
Other speakers during the two
day conference included Gov. J. Hugo
Aronson, Oklahoma Congressman
Page Belcher, COP national commit
teeman Wellington D. Rankin, Hell
ena; Mrs. Gladys Knowles, Billings,
national committeewoman; William
Baltic, Great Falls, president, Mon
CeRiiei OdilS
LABOR'S PROGRAM
TIMBER, in presenting the program
of the 25, 000-member Montana ALL
CLIO, told the labor panel headed up
by Sen. Don Nutter (Richland) that
his organization favors:
81. Adequate Workmen's Compen-
sation for injured workmen.
SO. Repeal of Plan II of the Work
mems Compensation Act.
SO. Inclusion of Occupational Di- |
seases under Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act.
"a. Consolidation of the various
departments affecting labor's inter-
ests into the State Department of
Labor and Industry and recodifica-
ton of existing labor laws.
IS. Enactment of fair wage earn
er's lien law.
"6. Prohibiting convict labor from
competing with free labor.
~. Reasonable and enforceable
Child Labor Laws.
"8. A Minimum Wage Law.
SO. Adoption of sound insurance
principles for financing the Unem-
ployment Compensation Trust Fund.
40. Taxation on income earned in
Montana regardless of residence.
I'll. Repeal of SD Is, the Bankers
Relief Bill.
"12. A realistic and meaningful =,
School Foundation Program, federal '
aid to education.
"13. Adoption of legislative stand {
ards requiring the Public Service
Commission to protect all consumers
against unjust and unreasonable Pub r
lie utility rates. s
"14. The principle of Weight-Dis- c
5ance taxation for highway financing. /
"15. Rehabilitation and training in r
he state custodial institutions. with 7
particular emphasis on the state pris- T
,n.) @
"16. Construction of Yellowtail,
libby, Paradise, Spruce Park, Nine i
Nile, and Mountain Meadows dams. s
at. We favor a speed up in Mon s
ana participation in the Interstate n
primary system program of highway f
\
TIMBER said labor opposes: c
81. Any form of Sales Tax. A
"2. Legislation designed to cripple t,
II destroy the Free Trade Union F
fovement.
80. Any occupational disease legis- ;,
alton containing any form of waiver e.
,hich takes away the rights of the b
Injured worker -
The state AFL-CIO head specifical- -
Y called attention to points 16 and IL =,
is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
Labor, Farm Leaders Speak
Up AT COP Policy Meeting
By Invitation

At statewide party policy meeting unique in recent Re
publican history Montana and labor officials
ed to attend and tell that pary leaders what their lega
tive aims they feel about COP policies The party
policy conference called by State Republican Chairman R. F.
Juedeman held last weekend in Great Falls.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25

that by 1860 there will be 10 children
in elementary school for every 10 to-
day, and II in high school for every
10 today. By 1912 college enroll
ments will double. eve must think in
terms of 1875 and 200 million pop
ulation," when considering these and
other important problems, facing our
growing nation, Metcalf Emphasized
Cong. Leroy Anderson told the au-
dience that there's little chance of
getting any good farm legislation be-
fore 1860 because the President will
veto anything good He further said
that the present law is basically the
same law that was in effect before
Ezra Benson and was then so admin
istered to assist agriculture maintain
a reasonable economic stability.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-10-25
HEELS CANYON FIGHT is
EAR FROM OVER"

This morning, Sen. Morse empha-
sized the Importance of resource con-
servation and insisted 1--WE have to de-
velop our river basins as whole. !.
The opponents of comprehensive, in
tegrated development attempt to di-
vide us on phony issues. They have
MT succeeded in the past and they will
not succeed in the future. The fight
on Hells Canyon is far from over"
He also said "what is needed soon is
upstream multiple-purpose dams for
storage, flood control and low cost
power i. The two logical and feas-
IDLE starts are Hells Canyon and Para
disc Dam.
Scheduled to speak this afternoon
is State Supreme Court Justice R. Y.
Bottomly, and Saturday afternoon.
James G. Patton, president National
Farmers Union. Reports are Patton
will hit hard at che growing monopoly
trends in American agriculture.
In addition to electing officers,
delegates will complete drafting of
the organization policy and program
for the coming year, by tomorrow
afternoon. The convention Will close
with a get-to-gether party in the
Civic Center tomorrow night.
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as important "musts" to provide
greater job opportunities for Mon
tana workers in this period of grow
ino unemnlovnant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-06
ChaseWithout Capture
By JAMES BIRCHFTELD

not supposed to-but they are having fun.
Mr.. Kephart's beagIes are what might
be called an unofficial pack" He takes
them out just for the fun Of 1t. and usually
there are a few friends who gather Tor
the sport.
The nice thing about beagles." he tells
you. lis that they aren't In q hurry. You
can see them work without breaking your
neck to keep up. And you get the fun Of
riding through the fields and over the
mountainside
Mr.. Kephart lives at the end Of his
road. hard up against Mount Oilead. His
stone house has been q part Of Loudoun
County's landscape for more than q hun
dred years, and his beagIes carry on Q sport
that has been native to the region.
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LINCOLN, Va.

LINCOLN. Va.
TVHE SUN casts slanting shadows on the
Il side Of Mount oilead. and a soft wind
mumurs through the pines. bringing the
sad voices Of the beagles on the noun
tainside.
Clayton Kephart listens. III you UNI
derStand beagle talk" he says. you can
tell they have gotten an old gray fox out
Of the honeysuckle bank where he's been
taking the SUM-"
Mr.. Kephart is right. Pretty soon. a
fox bounds out into clearing. He makes
for thicket on the other side, and in q
little while out come the beagles. They
are busy on the trail, working in and out.
and speaking out in positive voice. They
will never catch the fox, Of course-they're
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-06

church-SPonSored schools and
colleges could be likewise SON.
demned, despite the fact thar
religious schools preceded TAX
supported schools in the United
States and Canada, and that most
Of our private colleges and uni
versiries were founded by religi-
Gus bodies.
The Catholic Church is called
an alien" religion because the
Vatican is located in Iraly.
All of the major religious faiths
of the United States and Canada
had their origin in foreign lands.
And the fact is that the religions
profeSsed by these bodies are at
this very time the state religions
in certain other lands. But does
anyone call them 'undemocratic?"
We will send you free. in a
plain wrapper. pamphlet which
gives a clear picture of the Cath
Ollie Church in its relation TO gov
eminent and the social order. And
nobody will call on you. Write for
Pamphlet No. MG-35.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-06

The majority of nom Catholics do
nor question the patriotism of
their Catholic fellOw-cirizens.
They have seen too many Cath
ole sons die beside their own on
countless barrlefieIds. They have
stood too often with Catholics in
defense of common ideals and a
common heritage
YET the ugly voice of bigOuy IS
heard again-warning thar Cath
oIics owe allegiance 20 a foreign
Porenrare" :. thar ''PoPery" IS a
menace 70 democracy" =. even
that Catholicism is as "toralirarian
as Communism"
Informed nom Catholics will
Soorn these unworthy accusations.
But In the interest," of ruth and
good will among people of all
faiths, this miserable skeleton of
intolerance should be exposed for
the benefit of the many who
Otherwise may become unwilling
victims of false and misleading
books, tracts and other anti-Cafh-
ole propaganda
One critic in the United States
suggests that the Catholic Church
is undemocratic" because il OPP
poses such things as birth control,
divorce and questionable reading
matter. By this unreasonable
standard, a religious denomination
which opposes alcoholic drink
could also be called "undemO-
cratic" because it holds principles
contrary 10 the law of the land
Catholics, certainly, make no such
criticism.
Catholics are called undemO-
cratic because they have their
own schools. BY the same reason
ing, all other denominations with
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neuvers is q cover for q
planned military action"
The other. he said. holds that
the exercises are meant to
serve as an excuse for keeping
Turkish troops in the area. and
also to make It plain 10 the
Soviet Union" that NATO Is
prepared to defend Turkey.
Reports reaching the Foreign
Ministry. he added, indicated
that Israel has q role to play
in event Of an attack by Turkey
The spokesman said the
Turks have planted viac
along most o fthe border TO q
depth Of about 500 feet ''on
the pretext of preventing
smuggling" At least $50 Sy-
rians and Turks have been
killed by exploding mines in
the last six months, he said.
A Syrian government an
nouncement said King Saud's
decision to pull back his media
ton offer was relayed to Presi-
dent Shukrial Kuwaltly by the
along most of the border to q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

in July when the Khrushchey
forces ousted two leading Tito
critics Foreign Minister v. Nj,
Molotov and former Premier
0eorgi Malenkov--from the
Kremlin hierarchy.
AS long ago Is last February,
q British member Of parlia-
ment. Konni zilliacus. said Mr..
Khrushchey told him In q
Kremlln interview he hoped
soon 10 set up some new kind
of Communist information
bureau"
Promoted Cold War
The Cominform originally
was established in lol7 in Bel
grade. q direct descendant Of
the Comintern--or Communist
International. Its formation
was generally accepted as the
opening gun Of the cold war
between Stain and his Western
allies OF World War II. The
agency drifted aimlessly. how
ever. after Marshal Tito broke
with the Kremlin and was
finally dissolved in 1856 as part
of the discrimination cam-
paign.
At that time the members
were the Communist parties OF
Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia,
France. Hungary. Italy. Poland,
Romanla an dthe Soviet Unicn.
Whether Communist China's
party organization. or others in
the Far East such as North
Korea and North Wet Nam
would be included In Q lev
Cominform remained q ques-
ton.
The visit Of Mr.. Mao to Mos.
COW gained added significance
in that 1t viii be only the second
time in his life that he has
travelled outside China. sThe
first time was in late i940 and
early 1850 when ne signed
China's military and ecOnomic
alliance with Stain in Moscow
Today's Peiping radio an
nouncement said Mr.. Mao. So,
Is making this trip at Mr.. Khru-
shchev's invitation. He viii
head q delegation which viii
include Mrs. Sun Yat-sen. Wild
ow Of the founder Of the Chin
csc Republic: Kuo Mo-jo. presi-
dent Of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences and leader OF party
intellectuals In Red China:
Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-
ping. party general secretary:
and Defense Minister Peng
Teh-huai.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
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states have denied all these
allegations.
Seven delegations have pre-
pared q resolution whereby the
Assembly would ask Mr.. HAM
marskjold to confer with the
partiessto the dispute here and
III necessary. so. TO Syria and
Turkey In search Of q solution
The United States Is known To
be considering Mr.. Hammar-
skjold's Intervention as one
possible line Of action II Saud
can get nowhere.
Prospective sponsors OF the
resolution are Canada. Dem
mark. Japan. Paraguay. Peru
Norway and Spain. A delegate
from one Of these countries
said today they would not
present the resolution until
they knew King Saud had given
up. II the King has. he added,
they probably win introduce II
Monday.
Syria has prepared q rival
resolution whereby the Assem-
bly, would send q committee TO
Investigate the situation on the
SYRIAN Turkish frontier and re-
port back in two weeks. The
understanding today was that
this too probably would be put
before the Assembly Monday
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Syria Reports
Border Attacks

DAMASCUS. Oct. rs Dr..
The syrians tonight reported
brief exchanges Of eunfire be-
tween troops on both the Turk
ish and Israeli frontiers. No
casualties were listed In either
incident.
A Syrian army spokesman
said an Israeli patrol infiltrat-
ing Syrian territory near Jlei-
bina, in the south, fred on bor-
der posts. He added: Our
troops returned the FIRE and the
Israeli patrol Withdrew
The government information
ONCE announced q series Of al
legged Incidents along the Turk
ish-Syrian frontier within the
past So hours.
In one, q Turkish patrol from
the Nusaibln post was said to
have penetrated the northeast
border last night and neared q
Syrian military barracks. A
Syrian guard ordered the patrol
to halt and the Turks fired a
shot, the announcement said.
Syrians returned the fire and
the Turkish patrol withdrew
The announcement also said
q Turkish patrol coming from
the direction Of Mhaish post
kidnapped q Syrian herdsman
and seized his cattle while
shooting bullets in the air. The
report said the Turks came 500
yards deep into Syria.
Also listed was an incident
In which 90 Turkish troops. APP
parently training about 400
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

that King Saud Of Saudi
Arabia has withdrawn his offer
TO mediate the Syria Turkish
border crisis. apparently as q
gesture TO Arab unity.
A NATO announcement at
Izmir, Turkey. said North At
lantic Treaty Organization
land, air and sea forces would
engage In three days Of maneu-
vers along the southwestern
Turkish coast from October 81
to November 2.
The exercise, Il was said.
would involve mock atomic at
tacks and participation by the
United States guided missile
cruiser Canberra. Submarines
from the NATO command at
Malta. British Royal Air Force
units and aircraft carriers and
cruisers from the United States
9Th Fleet in the Mediterranean
also are to take part.
The Syrian spokesman esti-
mated that 100000 Turkish
troops are concentrated along
the Syrian border.
There have been concentra-
tions before, but never as
much as now" he said. adding
that the Turkish troops gen.
orally remained about 10 miles
from the border but sometimes
came much closer.
Turkish maneuvers along the
border took place about q
month ago. he pointed out, and
added: syria must find an ex-
PLANTATION for the new ma
aeuvers."
He said he did not perso-
lally believe that any Of the
.NATO powers were planning TO
start q war, but added that
there were two schools Of
bought.
One opinion. he said. is that
ne announcement Of the ma
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-Four Truinmen Hurt
AS Ereiqhts Collide

CLANTON. Ala, oct. 20 Up9
Two freight trains collided
headon on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad main line
as one was about 10 pull into q
siding. injuring four crewmen
today.
r. Il. Thomas. Birmingham
engineer Of the southbound
freight. was the only person
injured severely although foui
were taken to the Chiffon
County Hospital for obserya.
ton. They were identified al
Howard 4. Anderson. fireman
Of the southbound train; Hor.
ace D. Dobson. engineer. north.
bound. and N. n. Lovelady
fireman, rl0rthb0und.
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ident Shulri Kuwatly through
diplomatic channels that he
had Withdrawn his mediation
offer. Turkey had begun talks
with Saud. but Syria had held
back.
Saudi. Syrian and Turkish
representatives in New York
lacked ofiicial confirmation Of
the Damascus report. but ex-
perienced Arab observers ex-
pressed belief It was true.
The expectation was that
Sauds bowling out Of the pic
ture would lead 10 the introduce
ton b the u. N. General
Assembly Monday Of rival pro-
posals to make use Of Cd Mr..
Hammarskjold and ca an in
sestigating commission.
Allegations Denied
The o2-nation Assembly win
meet that afternoon TO continue
debate on Syria's complaint
that Turkey has massed troops
on the frontier for an attack
on her. The Soviet Union has
backed this complaint with ac-
cusations that Turkey. at the
lnstigation Of the United States.
has planned such an attack to
take place soon after October
a. Turkey and the United