The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1958-02-07

Anderson's bill to authorize settle
ment with the Crow Indians for right
of-way for Yellowtail Dam had JUS
cleared the last hurdle on it's way
to the floor of the House. The House
may have taken action by the time
this is in print.
Chairman Engle of the House In,
terror Committee and Congressman
Metcalf, member of that commit
tee, made the pitch for Yellowtail be-
fore the House Rules Committee. The
Rules Committee is the legislative
traffic cop, deciding whether, and
under what conditions, a bill will be
taken up on the floor.
After the hearing, the committee
waved the bill through.
The Senate has passed a Murray
Mansfield bill to pay the Crows SIS
million, an amount previously vetoed
by President Eisenhower at the urg-
ing of then congressman Flare. Con-
gresham Anderson's House bill was
amended in committee to $215 mil
lion. Ten Republican members of the
House Interior Committee have indi-
Gated they will move on the floor
to chop the figure to $11a million,
the figure first approved by the
House in 1856.
Originally the Crows put a $50
million price tag on the $500 acres
needed for the dam and reservoir
The Interior Department offered
81 u million. A negotiated price of
SIS million was agreed on by every
body but President Eisenhower and
Congressman Flare.
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
Resource development, like charity,
begins at home-or ought to, accord
ing to Congressman Metcalf.
He said so last week during a for
eign policy discussion in the House.
Metcalf laid it out for his colleagues
this way:
1. Under President Eisenhower's
budget for the year beginning July 1
there would be no new starts on flood
control or reclamation projects in
this country.
2. Yet, the same budget provides
q. S. aid for building multipurpose
dams abroad.
Metcalf quoted from a House COM
mittee report that some of the prof.
ects being built abroad are unfeasible.
eve are building more multipur-
pose dams abroad than we are build
ng in our own country" Metcalf |
said. at becomes very difficult for
ne to go along with the present pro-
gram of no new starts in reclamation
md no new starts in the development
If multipurpose dams, and then to
ind that some of this economic aid
broad is being given for projects that
ire fiscally unfeasible and which
ould not be authorized by legisla-
i've committee of this Congress-"
At about the same time, Senator
furray was speaking on a related
ubject on the floor of the Senate.
lis point: Administrative agencies
ont always give congressional COM
nittees the whole story on pending ]
atural resource development pro- |
osals. |
Material comes to the committees,
enator Murray said, but the agen- ]
les are "selective" in their presenta- !
ION. Frequently the committees have 7
, ask for such important informa- :
on as cost ALLEGATION, period for
of the power investment :
nd the formula for determining the 7
lterest rate. :
This results in unnecessary de- =
ys" in consideration of the legisla-
on, Senator Murray said. :
Following his speech, the Senate =
assed his resolution recommending !,
lat the Administration get all the :,
ecessary background information on !.
opposed multipurpose projects to the :,
'mmittees at one time. ?
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The Senate Agriculture Committee W
IS scheduled hearings February h
ID 7 on bills, among them those by o,
ontanans in Congress, to extend tt
r four years the provisions of the m
ational Wool Act. c.
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inciple to wool. When he was Sec n,
tary of Agriculture, Charles Bran P
n would have l1sed if widely instead w