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The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1958-02-27

ent in fee land within. or ada.
cent to. the boundaries of the
Blackfeet reservation may be pur.
chased either with funds under
the control Of the council or. IL
the Secretary Of the Interior so
consents. with other Tribal funds.
Proposed amendments to tb)
Restricted or trust land. includ.
ing land in heirship status. may
be purchased with funds under
the control Of the council. or II
the Secretary Of the Interior so
consents. with other tribal funds.
under such terms as may be
agreed upon. and restricted or
trust title taken.
Proposed amendment to Article
VIII shall be amended by adding
. new section at the end thereof
As follows:
Section S-Abse ntee Ballots
Notwithstanding the provisions
Of Section I hereof. eligible vot.
tiers may vote by absentee ballot
in any tribal election In compli.
ance with the rules and regula.
tons established by ordinances
OF the Tribal Business Council.
Proposed amendment TO Article
TX. Referendum. shall be deleted
and the following substituted In
lieu thereof:
Article TX. initiative and Ref.
erendum-Section Initiative
Upon the filing Of . petition Of
initiative signed by At least TWEEN.
~ t2O per cent Of the voters Of
the Tribe eligible to vote at the
last general election. the Council
shall submit any proposed ordi.
nance or resolution set forth
therein. which II not inconsistent
with the terms Of this constitu.
ton and bylaws. TO IN election
Of the members Of the Tribe.
Section 2-Referendum-
the filing Of . petition for . ref.
erendum signed by At least TWEEN.
~ t20) per cent Of the voters Of
the Tribe eligible 70 vote at the
last general election. the Council
shall submit any ordnance or
resolution enacted BY Il to IN
election Of the members Of the
Tribe.
In addition. upon the request
Of . majority II the members Of
the Tribal Business Council. any
ordinance or resolution proposed
or enacted by the Council shall
be submitted 70 an election Of the
members Of the Tribe.
Section . amendment No. g.
Effect Of Electton-The decision
of = majority Of the eligible
voters voting In any special elec.
ton under Sections l or 2 hereof
shall be binding on the Tribal
Business Council until q new
council takes office Ater the
next general election. after which
the Issue may be reconsidered.
or until repealed or amended In
accordance with this Article, pro.
vidsd that st lssst thirty (90)
per cent Of the qualified voters
shalt vote In such special elec.
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posed amendments.
Davis also noted then that ad'
ditional time was also granted to
allow Interested parties to pro.
pose new amendments to the
Constitution. (SiX amendments.
most of which were technical
changes, were to be put before
the tribes members during the
election. at that time).
Tribal leaders that year threat
ened to bring injunctive action
to prevent the election. claiming
that in so doing they were fight.
ing to maintain "sef.govern'
ment".
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the basketball squad. It Is abso'
lutely impossible for a player to
function as q smooth running
part of a precise machine. which
is required to be successful IN
basketball, when he must listen
to the most severe criticism and
misleading advice offered BY a
demented few.
Best wishes and good luck to
the team in the coming tourna'
ments.
Sincerely.
Tom MattesOn
Menahga, Minnesota
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Tribal Election Amendments

At his option shall be given an
opportunity to answer any and
all charges against him at an
open meeting Of the members Of
the Tribe prior to said election:
(c) that no such petition may
be based upon the acts or omis.
sions set forth IS . ground for
removal in any prior recall elec.
ton against the same council
member: and
ID that At least thirty per cent
t3O Of the eligible voters partici.
pate in said election:
(e) that no recall election shall
be held Il . general election Is
scheduled within 60 days after
the filing Of the recall petition.
Section 5-As used in this ar.
ticle. the term cause" shall be
limited to actual misfeasance.
non misfeasance. or malfeasance
in office. final conviction Of .
crime involving moral turpitude
or imprisonment for more than
six 49, months. habitual drunk.
enneSs. gross misconduct which
brings the Tribe into disrepute.
and-or.repeated. unexcused ab.
sences from official functions.
Any Council member or other
Tribal officer removed from Of.
flee pursuant to this article shall
be barred from holding any tri.
bal office for . period Of five -
years.
Proposed amendment to Article
VII, Section 3 Of the Blackfeet
Constitution shall be amended 10
read as follows:
Leasing Of tribal lands-Tribal
lands may be leased by the Tri.
bal Business Council for such
periods Of time and on such
terms, conditions. and approvalS
- are authorized or required by
law. Grazing permits covering
tribal land may be issued by the
Tribal Business Council In the
same manner and upon the same
terms Is leases.
No lease M tribal land 10 =
non.me mber shall be made by
the Tribal Business Council IN.
less Il shall appear that no Indian
cooperative. association or indi'
vidual member Of the tribe il
able and willing TO use the land
and to pay . reasonable fee for
such use.
Proposed amendment TO Article
VII, Section 4, shall be amended
by adding . new paragraph at
the end thereof - follows:
No standard Assignments shall
be granted after the adoption Of
this amendment. provided that
nothing contained In this section
shall s4fsct the validity Of exist
Ing assignments.
Proposed amendment 10 Article
VII shall be amended by striking
oil Of Section II and by Substi'
tuting In lieu thereof:
Section i3-purchase Of land
by trtbe-Tribai funds may be
Nood 70 acquire land under the
following circumstances: To- Pat
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Excalibur was the name of the
famous mystic sword of King
Arthur.
Evening star., 1958-05-11
WE AREN'T OBSOLETE
Brains Work Hard, but Have No Sense

"error" as "an act involving de-
parture from truth or accuracy
But" said DR.. DAILY, acting
chief of the bureaus electronics
systems division, I'VE sometimes
get the most stupid information
out of them because they can't
think, they can't reason. They
are only very powerful, very tire
less, very stupid slaves. They
don't care. They don't get bored,
but they have no sense"
Round the Clock Workers
Much of the Governments
heavy statistical arithmetic. in
cluding the production of anxi-
ously awaited monthly employ
ment and unemployment figures,
is done by the two Census Bu-
reau computers in Suitland, Md.
More will be used in the big 1860
census. Operated by a 75-man
staff, the two computers now work
practically around the clock, seven
days a week.
Computers, DR.. Daily ex-
planned, do exactly what they are
told to do, nothing more. The
people who feed them instructions
must watch for every conceivable
inconsistency in these instruc-
tionS. Most of the time they do
this very successfully.
Computers will protect their
caretakers against arithmetical
mistakes. But DR.. DAILY points
out that they cannot protect any,
one against logical monstrosity.
A computer, told that the num-
bers in the Manhattan phone
book are election returns, will
happily tabulate them and pre-
dict victory for Wintergreen by
a landslide. A clerk, given punch
cards and similar instructions, is
apt to rebel.
Fed figures about isfeign trade
Evening star., 1958-05-11

ness over the United States aid
program has evaporated entirely.
"If we had the North" the
Koreans say, I'VE could stand
on our own feet now"
ForcefuI President
In South Wet Nam, the prime
development has been political
rather than economic. President
Ngo Dinh Diem-one of the most
unusual personalities on the world
stage-is firmly in power now.
He won a rough struggle with
diSSident elements, and liquidated
a situation that might well have
opened the gates to the Commu-
niSts. The country is at peace now,
getting American military and
economic aid, moving ahead
steadily.
Diem and the Prime Minister
of Malaga, Abdul Rahman. re-
Gently announced that their two
countries will work together to
eradicate Communist influence.
On FormoSa, after nine years
of exile, the Chinese Nationalists
are still waiting, still hopeful, that
some Heaven-sent development
will take them back to the China
mainland.
Their land, sea and air forces
usually are estimated at 100000
men. AS the veterans go of active
duty, they are replaced by Taiwa-
nese, the natives of the island.
Military sources said TaiwaneSe
now comprise about a quarter of
the total force.
Morale, the NationslistS say. is
high, and the determination to
get back to the mainland burns
with undiminished fervor.
I'VE can strike at any time.
the commanders said. "All We
would need from the United States
is logistic support"
Economic Coins, Too
Meanwhile, the NationalistS
have racked up some impressive
economic gains. Their major eX-
port is sugar. But they also are
shipping asphalt and other petro-
leum products, selling aluminium
in Japan-and even making pre-
fabricated aluminium homes.
There are three primary x
factors (p the Far East today.
One is Indonesia. Opinion in the
Orient is split down the middle
over the possibility that the In
donesisnS may go Communist.
The second is a deterioration
of feeling among the japanese
toward the United States. Sew
eral reasons lie behind this-the
Evening star., 1958-05-11

which included an Affirmative
vote by the G. o. P. whip, Sem
stor Dirksen They also realize
that Congress, especially the Sen
ate. is acutely jealous of its sau-
thorlty, and is ever ready to react
quickly when it believes that au-
thority is being whitfield.
The bill could be headed of in
the Democratic Policy Committee.
but there is belief that, even II
he were so inclined, Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson could not
hold his Southern colleagues at
bay on this one as he did on the
Knowland proposals for restric-
tions on unions. He may, how
ever, approve OF its being brought
to the floor. in order not to ruffle
the Southerners, and then simply
permit 1.-The general press of Sen
ate business" to prevent 1t from
actually reaching the debate stage.
House Support Claimed
On the House side. even before
there is assurance that the meas
ure will succeed in the Senate.
Southern proponents of the bill
claim that up to Is members OF
the 80 on the judiciary Committee
can be counted on for support.
Representative Heating, ranking
Republican on the committee, says
some of the bills proposals, if re-
moved from the omnibus Butler
bill and introduced separately,
might stand good chance.
But regardless of the success or
failure of the Butler bill, it may
be that, in the end, it will have
been proved unnecessary to try to
accomplish its aim through legis-
lation. History suggests that the
court may not be so removed from
public temper as the detachment
of its opinions indicate, that it
hears and heeds much of the
clamor that its actions sometimes
inspire.
During Reconstruction for in
stance, the court was so sensitive
TO the wishes of the Radicals that
1t actually became subservient to
Congress after being violently
rebuffed in its attempts to take
the frenzy out of some Recon-
Struction policy.
The court struck down the early
State statutes prohibiting child
labor, but later was able to find
constitutional grounds for these
bans-after the outcries of organ
lied women'S groups and moves
IN Congress to amend the Con-
stltution to restrict child labor.
And although President Roose-
velt'S court-packing plan failed,
the subsequent course of the high
court proved that it would have
been unnecessary, anyway.
1t remains to be seen whether
the present Butler bill will get
enough steam behind it to cause
the Warren" court to take notice
OF some of the reactions that its
decisions have provoked.
Evening star., 1958-05-11

ton for May %. 1t holds immense
implications if the Socialists
should unseat him.
= The free nations are grow
Os. ing steadily stronger. Take
the two showcase nations, South
Korea and South Wet Nam. They
have common frontiers with the
Communists. Here, the two sys-
TENS compete at close quarters.
What are the outstanding results?
The Koreans have made spec
tacular economic gains. They are
eating more, living better, look
ing happier. They have stabilized
the currency. held wholesale prices
in line for l8 months, controlled
imitation. They are beginning to
make a modest start toward ex-
porting. Here, American money
has been put to highly effective
use.
Meanwhile, the former bitter
Evening star., 1958-05-11

eliminate people. They do elimi-
nate pencil pushing. But it's q
heck of lot harder to think than
to push pencils"
DR.. DAILY feels there is nothing
new in recent studies by a young
Harvard Medical School student
reporting that an International
Business Machines 704 data proc
esSing machine had been able to
learn" from experience and exer-
else Judgment" There is moth
ing to indicate, he says, that
computers don't do exactly what
people tell them to do.
The machine in the Harvard
experiments reported in the Janu-
ary issue OF the IBM journal Of
Research and Development simply
learned to keep a record. DR..
DAILY explained. But people told
1t to keep record. The machine
was told If Solution A works bet
ter than B on this problem, try
A the next time.
People Are Still Needed
This is just clever program
ming. 1t is not original think
ing on the part of the machine.
Nothing is eliminated here at all
thank goodness. ! can't imag-
Inc more dreadful thing than
a machine that doesn't do what
people predict it will do"
How about the Census Bureau
rumor that one of the Univacs
had once come up with a figure
about the number of decapitated
soldiers reporting for duty? mo
comment" replied DR.. DAILY. The
machines did report an inordinate
number of people with all their
teeth out to the National Health
Survey. However. the machine
tenders think now this is fact not
fiction.
No recession figure whoppers, ,
as yet.
Evening star., 1958-05-11
BY NATALIE SPINGARN
Special Writer for The Star

Computers are not as smart as
they're cracked up to be. One
of them told Government statis-
ticianS recently that 81 males
were in maternity beds as a re-
suit of delivery. 1t reported, too,
a number of women over IS re-
ceiving prenatal care.
This is not to say that they
don't have many of the virtues
frequently attributed to them.
They can calculate at super
human speed; they can remember
indefinitely. But the electronic
brains are only as clever as the
human brains that operate them.
AS boss of the two giant Univacs
Evening star., 1958-05-11
By FRED THEROUX
star stan Writer

In 1907 peppery Theodore Roo
sevelt, President of the United
States and commander -in-chief of
the Nations armed forces, in
formed Congress that he was
about to send the United States
fleet on a 'round-the-world good
will voyage.
Congress baked. The expenses,
the lawmakers protested. Of send
ing 81 battleships "the Great
White Fleet" = around the world
were considered much too extrav-
agant. "All right" said the ebul-
lient Teddy, keep your money. AS
commander-in-chief I will order
the fleet to sail as far as present
stocks of coal will take them. If
you don't want them to come back
you can leave them there"
That Serio-comic incident dra-
matically illustrated the division
between the legislative and the
executive branches of control over
the armed forces. History has seen
other disagreements between the
White House and the lawmakers
in matters affecting the armed
forces, although none so enter
tanning as in 1907.
This year the complications
of overlapping responsibility have
been brought to the fore again
by the Presidents program for
reorganizing the Defense Depart
ment. Questioning of Pentagon
officials both military and civilian
by the House Armed Services
Committee has revealed a jealous
concern with the traditional pre-
negatives in the Congress.
Two Concerns
The lawmakers have centered
their attack on two alleged impli-
cations of the administration
bill. First, they fear the creation
of a supreme general staff on the
Prussian model. Second. they are
concerned lest the proposed
changes might tend to create a
single service"
Civilian fears of the General
Staff" concept are traditional to
a democracy. A British statesman
once observed that military die
tatorship in any country needed
only two factors to guarantee its
power: A supreme self-perpetuat-
ing general staff and a military
officer caste enjoying prestige and
privilege superior to that of the
civilian population.
Historically. those nations with
supreme general staff have at
many critical times been able to
overrule or force the hands of
their nominal civilian superiors.
The most conspicuous example of
such power is that Of Germany.
where the military reigped SUI
preme starting with Frederick the
Great, and particularly during the
German Empire of 1871-1918.
But defenders of the admins
tration's proposals Scoffed at fears
Of q "Prussian" staff tyranny
Whatever the outcome of the
Defense Department reorganiza-
tion, there will be no doubt as to
congressional control of the purse
strings. This control will remain,
hackers OF the administration
plan say.
To emphasize that point, the
administration has postponed
submission of a proposal that the
Defense Secretary be authorized
TO transfer funds as he wishes
Evening star., 1958-05-11

sensus OF the conference, as three
Of them reported II 10 this corre-
spondent:
THE picture looks good. You
can't tell about Indonesia. OF
course"
In March. the foreign ministers
Of the Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization tSEATo) met In Ma
mia. This conference. too, ended
on note OF optimism. An Asso-
ciated Press correspondent re-
ported:
"SEATO is now considered 10
be a going concern, capable OF
standing up TO communism mill
tarily and economically"
Is Red Drive Checked?
Does all this mean that the tide
finally has turned in the Far
East? Has the Communist drive
been checked?
To consider the question, think
back less than four years
The Reds had just destroyed
Dienbienphu. the French fortress
in Indochina; now the entire
country looked ripe for the taking.
Thailand was threatened. Com
munist guerrillas we're operating
over a wide area in Malaga. Where
would the Reds strike next?
SEATO did not exist. There
was no organization for pooling
the military resources Of the free
nations, standardizing their equip
ment, providing Joint training.
In Japan, as United States pro-
curements dwindled after the
Korean war, there was deep con-
cern over the problem Of main
tanning the economy.
In Korea. the people suffered
from cold, hunger and disease. To
make matters worse, they were
openly and harshly critical of al
most every aspect Of the United
States aid program.
chonses Look MoSieoI
Today. the changes that have
taken place in the Far East seem
almost magical. The picture looks
bright. indeed. These are the most
significant factors in it now:
4 Japan holds the key position.
l.. This is the industrial power
house of the Orient. The furious
energy and dynamism that once
were channeled into war and prep
Evening star., 1958-05-11

The Far tsst hos been q prime obiss-
tive Of the Communists. How are thsy
sueessdiasl A PulitEsr-p prize winning
reporter on on extensive tour finds
these enswsn rsloted in this story.
-~-~-~---~-~-------~--
arations for war now are going
into economic expansion. The
standard OF living is high. The ex-
port-import position seems sound.
You may even see small-size Jap
anese automobiles competing in
the American market soon.
Agreements TO pay war repara-
tions have been signed with the
Philippines, Burma. Thailand and
Indonesia. The burden is heavy.
But the Japanese expect to dispel
war-born hostilities In this way,
and thus open still more doors to
their products in Asian markets.
The military outlook, however,
is cloudy. Japanese leaders doubt
that any forces comparable to the
powerful prewar machine will be
re-created in the near future. To
permit 1t, a constitutional change
is necessary and the majority Of
the people seem wholly opposed.
Questions about locating missile
bases on Japanese soil, or even
using air-to-air missiles, elicit
vague and evasive answers from
Government officials.
= Japan has become the Com
%s munists' No. / target. Far
Eastern observers believe Russia
and Red China will step up the
effort to detach Japan from the
alignment Of free nations, to neu-
tralize her, and finally to bring
her into the Communist bloc.
They both have strong bargain
ing pointS-flshing rights in the
Sea of Okhotsk, and closer trade
relations, for example.
As part of a new trade agree
ment, Peiping recently demanded
the right to hoist the Red flag in
Tokyo. Japan refused and the
Reds Cancelled the agreement.
Yesterday, Peiping suspended all
business with Tokyo.
A major plank in the policy of
Prime Minister Nobosuke Kishis
government is close ties with the
United States. But the Japanese
Socialists probably would drift
closer to the Communists.
Kishi has called a general elec-
Evening star., 1958-05-11
Bill to Curb Court
Has q Shoky Future
BY DAVID K00NCE
slAF slAii writer

There almost Irresistible" tendency wrote Alexander
Hamilton In his Federast No H. for the Legislative authority TO
absorb other authority republican form Of government
To-day that legislative authoythe CongreSs concerned
that the judicial authority specifically the Supreme Court trying
absorb" the coequa powers held by legislature
again. Congress s>consderng how prevent
Evening star., 1958-05-11

operations including the informa-
ton that Is atomic bombs have
been shipped to Russia, a COM
puter will hardly call the FBI. A
clerk, DR.. DAILY feels. will observe
the incongruity of the situation.
Slip Ups Happen
One of the Census Bureau Uni
vacs, in the course of making cur
Evening star., 1958-05-11

from service to service or from
program to program; this provi-
sion, however, will probably be
brought forth again in a later
Congress.
During World War II the Joint
Chiefs of Staff was, in effect,
the supreme military planning
and command hierarchy of all
the armed forces. Operationally,
of course. the services remained
independent.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff,
also known as the Combined
Chiefs of Staff when meeting with
British staff officers, was in over
all charge of the nations military
effort. 1t was responsible directly
to the President of the United
States as commander -in-chief. It's
chairman. Admiral William D.
Leahy. was in daily touch. with
President Roosevelt. The civilian
secretaries heading the War De-
partment and the Navy Depart
ment functioned more as execu-
tive officers than as participants
in either planning or command.
Their contact with the President
was through their status as Cab
met officers; the day-to-day mill
tary strategy as we'll as long-term
obiectiveS were worked out by the
Joint Chiefs,
Vinson Is Fearful
Chairman Carl Vinson. of the
House Armed Services Committee,
has stated fatty that some provi-
sions of the Presidents proposals,
would "Prussianize" our national
defense, and he has also declared
that the bill could lead to mill
tary dictatorship"
Unquestionably, the changes en-
visioned by the administration
would greatly strengthen the
powers of the Joint Chiefs. But
this has been openly avowed to
be one of the bills purposes. Be-
hind the desire to strengthen the
JOINT Chiefs are the interservice
rivalries-a not unnatural situa-
ton when each member of the
Joint Chief represents, in practice.
his own service, rather than a
unified command post. e.
But the provisions in the new
Evening star., 1958-05-11
RELMAN NORM REPORTS q
Time eIsWorkinq
For Us in East
BY RELMAN MORN
Annotated Preaa slaf writer

ToKYo-on a warshlp in Southeast Asian waters recently,
top military commander asked TO appase the battle for
Asia II stands today. without hesitation, he replied;
Time working for and against the Communist
A few years ago. II Just the reverse"
Recently the United States Ambassadors in the Far East met