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money can be placed in the hands OF
the unemployed worker.
HR 1905 is now being debated
in the U. S. Senate and would pro-
vide for supplementary unemploy-
ment benefits to jobless workers who
have exhausted their available un-
employment benefits.
Approval of the bill has been
strongly urged by U. S. Secretary of
Labor James P. Mitchell.
The administration bill has had
tough shedding in the Senate as con-
servative and liberal Senate Demo-
Gratis have opened separate attacks
on it; the conservatives contending
the legislation is not necessary and
the liberals insisting it does not go
far enough.
Some states have told Douglas it
will require special sessions of the
legislature if the bill requires the
money be repaid to the U. S. Treas
ury, some have answered it would
require a constitutional amendment
before they could participate, two
said they could accept without any
action.
AS the bill left the House partici-
patton in the program was optional,
not mandatory.
The cost as estimated by Secre-
tary Mitchell would be $640, 900,
which would be met initially by the
federal government. The federal
Treasury would ultimately be re-im-
bursed, unless otherwise provided in
the meantime, by raising the federal
tax that participating employers pay
to finance administrative costs of the
present system.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
May Ask Budget
Be Governors
Responsibility

The executive branch of state gov
ernment will be responsible for the
budget and for recommending new
revenue measures to meet the budget
if the 1859 Legislature accepts the
changes in the controller law which
it is expected will come out of the
Montana Legislative Council.
The Council this week went on
record as favoring executive respon-
sibility in preparing, presenting and
implementing the budget presented
every biennium to the legislature,
when the proposition was presented
to them by the Budgeting, Appropria-
tions and Audit Procedures subcom-
mittee chairman, William R. Mackay
(R-Carbon).
Changes in the law require amend
ing the controller law to take the
budget-making function out of the
controllers office and creating the
office of Executive Budget Director
who would be responsible to the Gov
ernor.
To implement better budget pres
entation to the legislature at the next
session the subcommittee recon-
mended and the Council accepted the
following:
That the controller hire personnel
to prepare special budget data for
the 1859 legislative assembly by US
ing the $4,000 appropriated in 1857
for that purpose.
That the controller shall recon-
mend realistic budget based on
studies of the operation, plans and
needs for each office, department,
bureau, commission, institution and
agency of state government.
The subcommittee also discussed
the possibility of having budget
analyst responsible only to the leg
stature.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
V Problem To Be Brought
Before Legislative Council

Rep. James Wood, Jr. (D-Choteau)
told the Montana Legislative Council
shortly before they adjourned their
May meeting that he would "have
something for the Council on regu-
lation of TV at their next meeting.
Wood had commented earlier in
the meetings of the Council that if
free TV were to lose out to cable TV
some 10000 farm families would be
without this media of communication.
The resolve of Wood to bring the
matter before the Council in formal
manner, followed the appearance of
Barclay Craighead representing free
TV stations owned by the XII net
work. Craighead asked the Coun-
Gil to take a stand on what he termed
the unfair regulation between cable
and free television. Craighead said
"there is no law whatever for cable
stations, but free stations are regu-
lated in the extreme.
He asked the Council to request
The people's voice., 1958-05-23

their senators and representatives in
Washington, d. G. to "do all they
can to see that free television is al
lowed to continue especially IN these
sparsely settled western states, be-
cause three fourths of the people in
Montana will loseTV if free tele-
vision is not allowed to compete.
Craighead explained the system of
assigning a certain number of watts
to each station according to the area
they can properly cover, which is
similar to the way radio stations are
assigned. he said. 1t is when stations
are allowed to microwave their pro-
grams many hundreds of miles be-
yond their normal coverage area that
competition becomes impossible for
local free stations.
He said free television stations can
compete with any one station but
when people can get three stations
the local station can not compete be-
cause they can carry but one pro-
gram at a time.
The Council tabled Craighead's re-
quest for consideration as beyond
legislative direction given them, but
Woods said he would bring proposal
that would put TV under the juris-
diction of the state Public Service
Commission, which would properly
put it within the scope of the group.
According to Rule w, governing
Council actions, presenting a matter
in proper form does not guarantee
they will make study of the prob
lem, but it is the official presenta-
ton that must come before they de-
eide whether they will study it or not.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
In Cascade County
.ConkIin Opposes
>Right-to-Work'
And Sales Tax

GREAT FALLS = Rep. Russell
Conklin, who is seeking the Demo-
cratic nomination for Cascade county
senator, stated this week that he is
unalterably opposed to either the So
called "right-to-work'' law or impo-
sition of a general sales tax.
On other major issues likely to
come before the 1859 Legislature,
Conklin took his stand thusly:
Favors collecting Montana in
come tax off non-residents who re-
ceive part of their incomes from Mon
tana properties and other investments.
Favors Tightening corporation IL
cense tax laws to close "loopholes''.
Supports enactment of weight
distance method of taxing CONNER
cial truckers.
Favors increasing gasoline tax
by one-cent "only if coupled with Cen
actment off weight-distance."
Wants silicosis and other occupa-
tional diseases placed under work
mems compensation.
Would vote for removal of 500
week compensation benefit limitation
on payments to permanent totally
disabled workmen.
Favors legislation to restore to
the schools their receiving full mar
ket value from school land oil leases.
Supports registration of lobby
lists.
Opposes changing present sys-
tenn of electing Supreme Court JUS
tices to bar association-sought ap-
pointment of same by Governor.
Opposes repeal of the so-called
"bankers' relief act".
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
CLASSIFYING OF PRIVATE
TIMBER

In addition to reporting on state
timber, Moon was asked as to his
: departments handling private timber
classifying work for the State Board
of Equalization.
He said aerial photographing of
private timber lands makes it possible
to determine whether such lands are
well, medium-well, or poorly stocked.
Also, from such maps his staff can
designate whether such stands are
saw logs, partly saw logs, poles, ETC.,
and that accessibility can be deter
mined.
After aerial photos are taken, land
ownership maps are super-imposed
on the photos, thus pinning down each
land owners tract.
The state forestry service does
not concern itself with appraising
timber stands. That is the province
of the county assessor.
The work Moons department is
carrying on for the State Board of
Equalization, runs at IL to Is cents
per acre. More exhaustive classified
tion would run up to as high as 40
cents. Funds are not available for
the latter, although such survey
would bring in all the factors neces-
sary to do a thorough timber classi-
flying job.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
the family on Sunday outings.

the family on Sunday outings.
Another proposal under consider
alton would be to set the State up as
exclusive purchasing agent for all
counties, cities and school districts
for gasoline, road equipment, school
buses, and other vehicles, school fix
lures, supplies, etc. Through the vol
ume purchases of various supplies
Commission members believe very
substantial savings of revenues can
be achieved for the various govern
mental subdivisions.
Present at this months meeting
in addition to Manning and Mahonev
and Infanger were commission mem
bers Les Hansen, Glasgow; Winton
Weydemeyer, Fortine; Peter Fon-
tana, Great Falls; C. R. Anderson.
Helena; George Diehl, East Helena,
and William Johnstone, Fort Benton.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
Mounting Deficit, Higher Costs--
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ally associated with sales taxes, In
fanger said that by using 1 u per
cent figure it would be possible to
reduce property taxes in the various
counties by an average of five mills.
The revenue would be available at
the state level for the state to meet
it's obligations under the school foun-
dation-equalization program, 100 per
cent. At present the state is falling
short on it's share of funds for the
school districts thus resulting in spec
ial levies having to be voted on prop
erty in almost all districts every year.
This difference between state appro-
priation and 100 per cent equaliza-
tion amounts to about So million an
nually.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
CLOSE LOOPHOLES,
CONSOLIDATION. ETC.

Other parts of the package" cur
rently being considered by the Com
mission as it draws near the time
when it will put in final form revenue
recommendations for consideration by
the 1859 Legislature, are:
1. Close loopholes in existing
state income and corporation IL
cense tax laws.
Under this comes evasion of state
income taxes by out-of-staters who
gain part of their incomes from real
and business properties and other in
The people's voice., 1958-05-23

vestments they may have IN Mon
tana.
Also. the loopholes in the corpora
tion license tax which permit foreign
chartered corporations doing business
in Montana to evade paying their full
tax liability to the State of Montana.
There are approximately 1000 such
corporations operating within the
state, including major oil companies,
utilities, mining companies, fabrica-
tors, etc. Estimates place loss of
revenue from this one source at many
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2. Consolidation of various de-
partments.
Commission member Charles Ma
honey, longtime member of the
Senate Finance and Claims Commit
tee, expressed the opinion that con-
siderable savings could be made in
available revenues by streamlining
many departments, boards and bu-
reaus of state government.
Noting how many different depart
ment heads get substantial salaries
yet do not have sufficient duties to
warrant such salary schedules, Ma
honey said eve need less generals
and more privates". To accomplish
this to cut down the overhead on
''topside'' he urged the Commission
give serious study to consolidating
various related departments into one.
AS examples, he suggested:
A Department of Labor includ-
ing present department plus the In
dustrial Accident Board and the Un-
employment Compensation Commits
sion.
A Department of Agriculture in
cluding present department plus hail
insurance division, livestock commits
sion, milk control board, poultry i'm
provement board, soil conservation
board, and others directly concerned
with various phases of agriculture.
% A Department of Public Works
with one administrative head over
water conservation, aero
nautics, state planning board, and
very possibly fish and game, among
others.
8. School and school district con-
solidation.
Commission members predict that,
following completion of the Peabody
study of Montana elementary and |
secondary schools, they'll probably
make a number of recommendations
to the legislature aimed at securing
more efficient administrative school
units. District consolidation, but not
necessarily school consolidation, may
be high on the list of such recon-
There is also a possibility
a recommendation will be forthcom-
ing that only districts maintaining
public schooling through grade IL
will be permitted to continue opera
lion.
a. More efficient use of state rev.
enues.
In addition to possible consolida-
ion of departments, the Commission
S taking long look at other means
If making tax dollars go further.
These include setting up "motor
pool" for the State thus enabling a
control over usage of state-owned
vehicles and gasoline necessary to
operate same. Reported at the Com
mission meeting is the widespread use
# state vehicles for purely personal
BUSINESS and pleasure-such as using
,tate-owned station wagons to take ;
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
School Group Working To
Create An "AWareness" of
Educational Problems

Russ Hart, Billings, chairman of
the Montana Citizens Committee for
Schools. told the Montana Legislative
Council, meeting in Helena, Monday,
that his 45=member committee is
working to create an "awareness'
of what the problems in education
are.
He said the committee is composed
of broad cross section of Montana
life and includes in it's membership
about one-quarter from the educa-
tional field.
Hart said the average citizen has
no concept of school problems
where the money comes from or
where it is going to come from, and
the job the committee has set for
themselves is to get that knowledge
to the people in the state"
Hart said the committee prepared
a "crash" report for the 1857 Legis-
lature, but for the next legislature
they hope to have a very considered
presentation compiled after much
thoughtful discussion with people all
over the state.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23

mission tuesday.
Both programs, however, have
moved along at snail's pace, pri-
marily because of lack of funds
to carry on the work.
In emphasizing the Importance of
a complete inventory, Moon asked
how it is possible to properly admin
ister as wide spread operation as
our state-owned forests when we do
not know the extent of the resource
to be administered. He said his de-
partment is now preparing to go ahead
and complete an inventory, provided
the legislature will increase the de-
partment's appropriations to cover
such work. The inventory could be
completed within four to five years,
with some additional operational
funds.
Bringing home to the commission
in yet another way the great value
of state-owned forests, Moon pointed
out that as of 1856 the 100000 acres
of school trust timber lands had ac-
counted for $8,000,000 of the $780,
100000 in the School Permanent
Fund. The balance of $24,000,000
had been accumulated from royalties
and rentals, sales, ETC., off the other
five million acres of school lands.
CONSOLIDATION NEEDED
State-owned forest lands in many
instances are widely scattered MAX
ing administration difficult. In addi-
ton, returns from state timber sales
are often materially reduced because
of costs involved in having to build
access roads across private lands in
order to reach the state-tracts. The
road cost is deducted from the re-
turn the state receives on timber
sales. Consolidation will also material
ly aid the forestry department in more
efficiently carrying on its fire pro-
lection program.
The department can consolidate by
trades with private operators, but
again, money is the big road block.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23

Labor unions formed LOG new cred
it unions during 1857, bringing the
total of labor union credit unions to
1,091, according to Credit Union Ma
tional Association.
The people's voice., 1958-05-23
State Forester Tells TIE Commission
Inventory, Consolidation
Of Tracts, Are ,Musts

almost three decades State Forestry officials have
considered complete inventory of stateowned timber and
consolidation of such timber into easily managed blocks
efficient administration of this important
State told the Education Com
The people's voice., 1958-05-23

State policy, as constitutionally re-
ouired. demands that the state get
'sfull value" from it's timber. In trad
ing. the state insists on trading like
values" rather than trading acres
of TIMBER. Since this is the case,
it is necessary for the state not only
to cruise each section of it's timber
being considered Tor trade, but also
the private section which may be ex-
changed. Cruising takes considerable
money.
After hearing Moon point up need
for consolidation, Sen. Dave Manning,
chairman of the commission, asked
Moon to prepare plan of consolida-
ton so that his commission could con-
slider recommending legislative ap-
preparation of money to get the pro-
gram under way.
SCHOOL TIMBER IN
GOOD SHAPE
"By and large state (school) tim
ber stands" are in good shape and
have not been subject to widescale
poor cutting practices, Moon said.
The same, however, does not apply
to Capitol Land Grant timber stands.
Today there remain less than five
thousand acres of virgin timber on
Capitol lands of an original $4,000
acres. he pointed out. In the next
few years these lands may bring in
three to four hundred thousands of
dollars, then there will be little re-
turn for state building until the early
part of the 21st century.
Moon said that total cut of state
timber in 1857 was 20 million board
feet. Five years previously the cut
was 105 million board feet. The de-
clining market for lumber, largely
brought about by the restrictions on
home loan capital, plus growing in
of state-owned tracts,
were given as major reasons for the !
sharp drop off in cut in 1857 by Moon.
The state has been doing very well
on its timber sales, the chief forester
said. The state has been averaging
$3.50 per thousand board feet on
western larch as compared with So.44 |
for private owners and $6.45 for
U. S. Forest Service. On yellow pine
the state lags slightly behind USFS
with an average price of $21.87 as
with USFS $25.10. He at
tributed lack of volume and concen-
tration of this specie as major rea-
son for the lower return. Private
owners, on yellow pine, averaged
S12.79 per thousand board feet.
The state forest service, in protect
ng it's scattered 100000 acres from
fire, finds itself having to give SINH
ar protection to five and one-half
million acres of private timber. Moon
said that his department receives 27
per cent (or $80,000) of it's fire pro-
lection funds, as a grant from the
federal government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Scores Are Injured
By Tank Car Blust

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. Jan.
% (R. - A railroad tank car
filed with a chemical exploded
with a laundering roar today.
injuring scores Of persons and
causing widespread property
damage.
Police reported that there APP
parently weres no deaths.
The blast, heard for miles.
plowed a huge crater in a rail-
road right-of-way and severely
damaged houses in the immedi-
ate area.
The car was on tracks Of the
Niagara Junction Railroad. a
service line owned by trunk
railroads coming into this
heavily industrialized city.
Hospitals reported a steady
parade OF emergency cases. but
no serious injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

Charles E. Wilson because
there Is an essential require
ment to Ill q limited number Of
civilian vacancies caused by
normal attrition.-
Defense Spokesman said that
more than $4,000 persons would
be added to the military es-
Enlistment payroll.
Pentagon officials said none
Of the increases would be made
in the Washington area. They
said military agencies here are
stili operating under last years
directive which calls for q IL
per cent reduction in civilian
employment in defense bureaus
here by June 20. Although
the IL per cent cutback has
virtually been reached. no addi-
tional hirings can be made.
they said.
Mr.. McElroy. reporting q re-
duction Of 6s.503 employees
from July through November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
Check Fraud Suspect
Posed as Bishops Son

check for q suit and other APP
parel.
Employees learned Franks had
no account at the Industrial
Bank OF Washington. on which
all checks were drawn. Police
were called while Franks
waited.
Sergt. Clark said Franks had
other pawn tickets. and also
baggage claim checks for arti-
Giles sent ahead to Columbus.
Ohio. for which he also had
q railroad ticket.
He had the nerve to ask
me to drive him to a man
who owed him SIS on q tape
recorder he had bought from
Franks for $50" the policeman
said. The recorder had been
obtained with one Of the forged
checks"
Sergt. Clark said Franks had
q police record including a con-
viction in Providence. r. l.. for
worthless checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

1887. emphasized that his ac-
ton yesterday was not Q go
ahead" signal for ''indiscrim-
mate hiring"
In the latest count, as Of last
November so. there were 1922
4i2 on the Defense Depart
u,ent's civilian payroll. The
total will rise to l,ll7,5l1 by
next June 30.
There win be Q drop Of more
than $500 employees in the year
beginning next July /. but
Pentagon ofiicials said that the
reduction will be absorbed by
not filling vacancies. The
workers to be dropped were de-
scribed as seasonal"
Mr.. Wilson's order on de-
Tense hiring permitted recruit
ment of new employees If they
were needed to continue essen
tial activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22

Der Of the House Foreign AZ
fairs Committee. Mr.. Smith
was vociferous In his opposi-
ton to what he termed
the Governments propaganda
business"
He hammered away at the
cost Of propaganda experts
and bureaucratic statesmen who
work overtime TO sell the Amer
lean people such programs as
the soil bank. foreign aid and
the foreign policy in general. "
The Wisconsin Republican
favored o shirt sleeve" diplo-
matte corps willing to so abroad
and transmit technical pro-
grams ut the graSsroots level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-22
VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS
3 Thugs Beet Man;
J Women Attacked

tache. The others were Of the
same general description.
Miss Rachel Louise Hamilton.
10. Of 1874 Tewkesbury place
N. w.. also was attacked from
behind about 1918 am. near
her home. She said a man
pinned her arms to her side.
then grabbed her purse con-
tanning SIPS and ran into an
alley.
Another victim was Mrs. Am
ALA Voulietou. go: Of 1880 X
street NV. She lost her purse
containing $l.l5 to a man who
boldly approached her at $3.50
pm. while she awaited q cab
on heavily travelled Georgia
avenue at Randolph street
NV.
Mrs. Voulietou said she saw
the man approach her and had
q feeling he was up TO some
thing, But he slipped behind
her and gave her such a Jolt
with his fist or hand that she
dropped her purse.
As he picked 1t up. Mrs.
Voulietou cried out. but no one
heard her. The man tried to
dart across the street. was
halted by traffic. and turned
back to flee In the other direc-
ton.
Mrs. Voulietou described him
as colored. about 26 years old,
5-feet-6, 100 pounds, with a
stocky build and wearing a
beige cap. dark checkered shirt.
beige sport coat and dark
trousers.
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Street thugs severely beat
one man and manhandled two
women in a continued wave Of
assaults here last night.
The women we're attacked
from behind in separate Incl
dents by men who grabbed
their purses and fed.
William Badanes. 80. OF 1880
Colonial terrace. Arlington. was
about TO enter his car at Nine
tenth street and Sunderland
place NV, at 9:55 pm. when
three men grabbed him from
behind.
II didn't have a chance to
say a word" Mr.. Badanes said
later through swollen lips. "One
pulled a big knife and warned:
II you say a word Ill cut you
TO pieces.
"They practically ripped on
my trousers and shirt search
ing me. and beat me In the
face with their fists. The side
OF my face feels like 1t is dead. "
Though his face bore marks
and one side was described as
BLACK and blue" Mr.. Badanes
rejected policeman's sugges-
ton 10 enter a hospital.
Before they left him. the men
took $50 from his wallet. q
watch. some personal papers
and his car key.
Mr.. Badanes said one Of the
thugs was colored. about 30
years old. 5-feet-6. OF slender
build, and had Q heavy NOUS