The people's voice., 1958-04-11

sec. TO Ben. James II. Murray
such a network is completed. there
will be plenty of customers, REAs,
industrial concerns and even private
utilities, who have a constantly in
creasing demand for more energy"
"This Montana transmission grid"
he said, "would extend from the east
ernmost terminus of the Bonneville
Power Administration at Anaconda,
to Canyon Ferry Dam on the Missouri
River near Helena, thence to the
outhwestern-most terminus of the
Fort Peck Dam federal line at Great
Falls. Tied in with this circuit, and
completing the line eastward from
Canyon Ferry, would be circuit ex-
tending to the proposed Absaroka-
Yankee Jim project, to Billings, to
the authorized Big Horn (Yellowtail)
Dam near Hardin, and thence east
ward along the Yellowstone River to
Miles City"
Total cost of this needed transmits
sion grid would be $22.8 million, with
first year requirement of $2.6 mil
lion.
USE THOSE SURPRISES
Congressman Metcalf last week ex-
planned on the House floor the need
for passage of the delegations legisla-
ton which would instruct the Secre-
tary of Agriculture to use money he
has available to purchase additional
foods which could then be distributed
to school children, institutions and
the needy.
The Agriculture Department has
been using less than one third of the
money available to it for such pur-
poses. Supplies of some commodities,
said Metcalf, are so large that farm
ers- returns are seriously depressed.
He mentioned peanuts, dry edible
beans, oil-seeds, chickens, turkeys,
citrus fruits and potatoes.
Government purchase of some of
these commodities for needy citizens
would help them when they need it."
said Metcalf. "At the same time it
would help our farmers"
MISSION 76?
Senator Murray said the "Mission
sc" program, which contemplates
completion of the national park i'm
provement program by 1866, "may
have to be renamed Mission 49," un-
less appropriations are greatly in
The Administration and Congress
agreed previously on the need and
value of the Mission 66 program. Yet
The Administration request for funds
was grossly insufficient to keep the
on schedule. The Park Serv-
ice budget for the current fiscal year
S $75,480,000. The Administration
only $62,362,00O for
next year. Senator Murray urged an
at least equal to last
years. That would keep the Mission
Sc program on it's original schedule.
However. as the senator pointed out,
Director Wirth of the Park Service
low predicts that 80 million people
will visit the parks each year as early
S 1864 instead of in 1866 as previous
Y forecast.
Speaking for the delegation Senator
Murray also protested the Administra- /
ion request to slash from $1,308,000
O $258,00O the money available for
he tree planting stock production
program, under which state foresters -,
perate nurseries to produce forest !
nd wind-barrier planting stock which l
5 then sold to landowners. {
to CONG. LEE METCALF t
ropriation. Speedy House action on
he road bill is expected.
COMMUNITY HOSPITALS i
An appropriation bill has been :
assed by the House which includes :
honey to get the Anderson Act off L
he ground.
This was the hospital construction =
ill by Congressman Anderson, CO. =
by Senators Murray and 9
Iansfield and Congressman Metcalf,