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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-07-31
Tony Lavelle, St. Mary Coach,
Assumes Duties on Aug. Il

Tony Lavelle, new coach at
Columbus St. Mary, is sche-
duled to take over his post
Aug. IL.
LavelIe will coach all three
major sports at the South
Side school, succeeding Dick
Scott who held the post for
one year. Scott resigned last
spring.
A native of Cleveland, La
velle is a graduate of Gilmour
Academy and John Carroll
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Democracy, Like "Old
Soldiers" , Never Dies
1t Only Fades Away

know China Lady. She social worker
in China 26 years. She write me letter
She say "I have film made in China of
Hwai River Conservation Project. Got
no protector nor can operate one.'
Old man (now dead), says no such
place as China of this film but smart
people around Circle know better so I
think they want to See I go Soil Con-
servation office. They have good pro-
jector and very experienced operator.
They are i'm the business of soil and wa
ter conservation education. But they
turn me down flat.
I need place to show film. Make deal
for Vets Hall for SIS. Telephone rings
a couple days later. Deal is off" says
the manager. pay taxes, lots of taxes
Half million, dollars tax money built
big school in Circle. Nice auditorium,
good seats, fine place to show film.
ask professor. He say. "Is it political?"
I say, What isn't? Everything polit-
ical."
He say, eff it will bring criticism to
the school, the answer is NO.
He tell me all facilities must be de-
MED to those who "purport commun-
ism.
We agree to disagree about free
speech.
When Demo ocracy was younger, auth
ority scattered over the country
side in many school boards who were
under no such concentrated pressure as
the consolidated school principal now
finds himself. 1t would take ten times
$50 words to properly tell this tale. To
be concise, the film was shown in the
courtroom with 81 borrowed protector
and an inexperienced operator who
kindly substituted for the promised op-
orator who "stood me up" at the last
moment.
If this reads like a success story,
omething has been left out. The Over
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Lottery Under the
Capitol Dome?

Montana's Constitution forbids (Art
XIX, Sec. p ''The legislati assembly
shall have no power to authorize lot
teries, or gift enterprises for ANY PUR-
POSE, and shall pass laws to prohibit
the sale of lottery or gift enterprise
tickets in this state" Emphasis added)
Montana's statute defines (Sec. H.,
149.1 "a lottery is any scheme for the
disposal or distribution of property by
chance, among persons who have paid
or promised to pay any valuable consid
GRAFTON for any share or interest in such
property, upon any agreement, under
standing or expectation that it is to be
distributed or disposed of by lot or
chance"
THAT'S QUITE PLAIN LANGUAGE.
Not too long ago the press quoted our
Attorney General "Our courts have said
if the game has these three elements it
doesn't make any difference what you
call it, it's gambling; the three elements
are, payment for participation, an ele-
ment of chance and prize for the win
ner."
Montana's Fish e. Game Dept. is now
beating the, drums asking all and sun
dry to send in their remittance or some
form of certification showing that resi-
dents have paid into the fish and game,
$500; non-residents, $780, The press in
forms the "drawing" will begin August
IA; and every hunter must take his
with the rest"
Montanas Constitution, Art z, Sec. 5:
The governor 1shalI see that the laws
are faithfully executed. If the draw
ing". as provided by Fish & Game is not
a lottery, will the Governor and the At
torney General explain why. To many,
a rose by any other name would be Just
as fragrant.-TOM PEASLEY, Roman.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

CEDITOR'S NOTE: A problem de-
bated daily i'm Washington, In con-
nectiOn with various issues, is: Should
we push legislation which will sub
stantialIy improve "A particular situ-
alton. or should we water down the
bill so 1T might get signed into Iawf
This week the WASHINGTON NOTE
BOOK offers arguments on both sides,
as applied to education.
Gone guest editor is MARY CON-
DON, for eight years Supt. of Public
instruction in Montana, now working
for the National Education AssOcfa-
tiOn but, as always, fOrcefulIy pre-
senting her own views. The other
guest editor is CHUCK YOUNG, who
works for Sen. Murray on an Ameri-
can Political Science Association fell
Ioyship and will soon join the Uni
versity of California faculty I'm n
teaching and administrative capa-
city.)
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

with telegraph computor system and
radar measuring device. Heliocop-
ters are used extensively. Soil and
geological studies are made. They
consider their work as underwriting
for the local prophets without hon
orr They might be able to solve sit
uations like the Wolf Creek canyon.
problem on Interstate Is.
X
Joe Paulis of the telephone COM
pany was in to discuss the recent re-
moval of their signs from the high
ways. At one time there were more
than $50 of the bell-shaped signs.
Paulis believes that 80 or so would be
of service to the travelling public
The telephone company represen-
tative blames his troubles on ''a GER
tain TV station owner (Craney of
KXLF-TV, Butte), Radio station
call letter signs were removed by the
department and it was pointed out by
the Butte TV operator that they are
as valuable as the telephone 'bells".
A federal study is being made on
telephone signs and when the results
are known the state will furnish
standard marker.
Tuesday evening I ran across John
Sargent of the Bureau of Public
Roads Portland, Ore, office. -Sar-
gent is the regional program engineer.
The BPR representative explained
that in Oregon, by order of the Gov
ernor, the press is not excluded from
any meeting where there is a state of
ficial present.
This policy, he thought sometimes
make commission meetings a little
longer, with the officials attempting
10 avoid "misconception" by the press.
FRANK SMALL.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

If it were not for my 16 pounds of
unabridged dictionary with 100000
words | am afraid that raving ego
mania would be my fate. Why? Be-
cause of the attitude of Highway
Commissioner Harry Burns.
Burns and the executive session are
building an impression of myself that
is all out of proportion with reality.
Burns and l sat for full 80 min
utes alone in the big commission
chamber and not a word passed be-
tween us, Tuesday afternoon. Burns
studied newspaper and me. I count
ed the squares in the overhead "egg
crate" lights. [ forget how many
there were, for just about the time
got serious about the job the other
commissioners had found their mis-
sing member who had fallen asleep
after lunch, and the meeting started.
Imagine! my presence alone is
enough to keep Burns mouth shutI
l was kicked out twice on Tuesday
by Burns, so, though there were
number of rumors floating around
there is no way to pinpoint what act
ually did happen behind the closed
doors.
1 have been able to find out that
one closed session was to explain the
nine months study of the 10-year pro-
gram of forest road building. This
$101 million program is to be present
ed to the next session of Congress.
Some of the decisions are so technical
that after they are reached, and to
avoid local hula baloo, they are lock-
ed in a safe and everyone is sworn to
secrecy to tell no one-not even Con-
gress.
Robert Miessner, Gene Andrews and
Harlan Blindauer (formerly with the
department) of the Miess-
ner Construction Co., Chicago, were
at the commission meeting to sell their
services. Their company is an engi-
neering firm that specializes in map
ping and route feasibility studies. |
They also do public relations presenta-
tions. Their field men are backed
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
A Montanan's
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK
By VIC REINEMER, Exec Secy. to Sen James E. Murray


states decide to use them, not as the
Federal. Government directs. The
Murray Metcalf bill follows this same
pattern. Money granted to the states
on the basis of $25 per school age
child can be used for school construc-
tion, for teachers salaries, or for a
combination of these two basic needs,
as the states decide.
This is the most important feature
of this bill, more important indeed
than the amount of money. If this
basic principle is not retained in the
bill, if, for expediency and political
consideration, this feature of the pro-
posal is tampered with, then in my
opinion Congress will be attempting
to take unto itself the right of dis
cretion as to need, fundamental
right of state and local school boards.
The Murray -Metcalf proposal is
not designed grudgingly and tardily
to patch up the needs of the mom-
ent Such legislation as the Ma
tional Defense Education Act, BEN
eficial as it is at the moment, is
not the answer to the nations basic
problem-which is the education of
its citizens.
If any readers are interested in
further facts or ideas on this subject,
will be most happy to oblige. Just
write to me at 1414 18th St., NV,
Washington, D.C.-and you'll get the
"whole load".
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Monopoly Trend

In 1854, according to Sen. Joseph
P. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.), some 5,470
corporations were engaged in the pro-
duction of SO billion worth of bread
products. Of this total, the 20 largest
companies produced 40 per cent, while
the eight largest had 81 per cent of
the gross business and mere four
had 20 per cent.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
BY CHUCK YOUNG

There is little in the preceding
statement with which | can or would
care to take issue. Miss Condon's
statement regarding the evidence sup
porting the serious need for sound ad-
ditional financing of American educa-
ton is incontrovertible. So also are
| her refutations of the arguments
against the Murray-Metcalf bill. There
is real need for Federal support for
education, and this support should be
general in scope-providing aid for
teachers salaries and school construc-
ton.
The problem which confronts the
Senate today, however, is tactical
one. Those in Congress who are at
tempting to effect compromise on
the Murray-M -Metcalf bill are not as
Miss Condor says, proposing "that the
Congress move with extreme caution
to dribble in few more dollars for a
few more classrooms in an effort to
kid the public that this will meet the
need and the problem will solve it
self"
sponsible legislators interested in i'm
proving conditions in public element
ary and secondary education in this
The Murray-Metcalf bill-with its
support for both the major education
al expense items of construction and
teachers salaries-cannot be passed
during this session of Congress, be-
cause of a series of pressures. Fore
most among these is the Presidents
fiscal policy. Furthermore, even if
the bill could be passed by the Con-
gress, it would be vetoed by the Pres
ident
In view of this situation, the
question which the supporters of
adequate educational support must
answer is this: Is it better to con-
tinue 10 urge adoption of the Muir
ray-Metcalf bill and fail to obtain
any education legislation, or to pass
a compromise bill which can be en-
acted into law?
In my opinion the second alterna-
tive can only be chosen if the propos-
ed bill meets two criteria. First is it
a good bill? That is, will it help meet
The immediate needs of education?
And, second, will it improve the pros
poets of attaining legislation which
will provide for more general support
which those who understand the prob
EN- know should be provided?
In my opinion, the legislation now
oeing considered meets these require
nents. 1t will provide $1.5 billion of
Federal money to the States to be
lsed in classroom construction in the
lext three years. The program will
De administered so as not to place
BURDENS on either the States or the
ocal educational agencies in their use
If these funds. Furthermore, it is
he opinion of those closest to this
ituation that the enactment of good
chool construction bill will make it
much easier to attain the goal of sup
,ort for salaries in the next Congress.
For these reasons, | believe that
legislation should be sup
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
BY MARY CONDON

Only the blindest Chose who won't
see) can fail to accept the fact that
American education is in serious fin
ancial difficulties. Millions of words,
volumes of incontrovertible facts,
years of Congressional hearings have
adequately developed this point. Some
propose now that Congress move with
kextreme caution to dribble in few
more dollars for a few more class
rooms in an effort to kid the public
that this will meet the need and the
problem will solve itself. This is not
only unsound educationally and eco
nomically, it is very unsound politi-
cally.
The arguments used by those who
are against the total Murray-Metcalf
education bill are easily answered.
1. eve must balance the budgetw
What budget? This Congress has al
ready cut ST, 100000 out of Ike's
budget, and they have firm plans
to carve out some more. This would
already meet the first year payment
under the Murray-Metcalf bill.
2. Montana pays out more in Fed
eral taxes than it gets back in Fed
eral aid"
This is the biggest fallacy of all.
From all the major. Federal grants-in-
aid programs, Montana receives $4.12
for every dollar collected in Federal
taxes through the office in Helena.
Under the Murray -Metcalf bill, for
the first year, Montana will receive
$2.40 for every Federal dollar collect
ed.
3. Federal aid means Federal con-
troll"
This is not true. Millions of FEEDER
al dollars have been used in Montana
for school construction and teachers |
salaries under Public Law 815 and
Public Law 874; Indian education, vo-
cational education, veterans educa-
tion, and other programs without one
ota of evidence of any Federal con-
troll. (And no school board has ever
turned these funds down. Indeed,
hey usually are pleading for more.)
However, the best program in the
ong history of Federal aid to educa-
ion was the land grant program
through which Montana (and all west
,rn states) received certain sections
If public (US) land, for the support
If public education. The funds de-
lived from this grant are used as the
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
Repr. Leroy Anderson
Reports To You From
The Nations Capitol

WASHINGTON-Pork prices are
expected to drop sharply in the per-
iod August through October, with
farmers getting about $3.50 hund-
redweight, according to leading ag-
ricultural expert here in Washington.
The trend toward lower hog prices is
apt to extend over long period of
time. Reason is the Administrat tion's
policy of allowing unrestricted grow
ing of corn feed grain. This cheap
| feed also was big factor in the dras-
tic decline in egg and broiler prices
this year. Lack of farm program
inthe corn growing states is going to
result in AZ billion bushel crop this
year, which when added to the already
heavy surplus caused by unrestricted
paintings last year is going to increase
cost to the CCC around $135 million
in price support expense plus an addi-
tional $75 million in storage cost for
one year, based on an estimated 400
million additional bushels being added
to the carryover.
Meanwhile, the possibility of get
ting good farm legislation through
Congress, which would help the econ
omy of Eastern Montana's No. 1 in
dustry, agriculture, is growing more
remote because of national trends.
Where in 1910, agriculture had ap-
proximately one-fourth of the total
us. population, it now is down to
about one-eighth. The upcoming CEN
sus in October may reveal the level as
decreased to about one-twelfth, or
less. The census also is expected to re-
veal decrease of nearly one million
farms throughout the nation.
Naturally, as the number of
smaller farmers is choked off, the
Secretary of Agriculture can then
point with pride as he divides the
smaller number of farms into the
gross farm income and come up
with substantially larger per cap
ita income per farm.
l only hope that we can get our
Congressional leadership to push ag-
gressively for a good farm program
in 1860, somewhat similar to our good |
wheat legislation passed this year
which would have cut surpluses by
millions of bushels, reduced costs of
the program by millions of dollars and |
yet have maintained the level of farm
Income by provision of 80 per cent
of parity. This was the bill which the
President vetoed.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

An eye can threaten like a loaded
and leveled gun, or can insult like
Kissing or kicking; or, in it's altered
mood, by beams of kindness, it can
make the heart dance with joy
EMERSON
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
AIRLINE SERVICE

The Civil Aeronautics Board has ad-
vised me it has granted a number of
groups in Montana the right to inter-
vene in hearings concerning airline
service from Regina, Sask., to Willis
ton and /or Minot. have urged the
CAB to route such possible airline
service from Regina to Williston,
which would be of great service and
Importance to our northeastern Mon
tana area, and tie in with the new
'Hi-Line'' air service by Frontier as
well as the loop into Billings from
Williston. Granted right to inter-
vene are the Cities and Chambers of
Commerce of Billings, Glasgow, and
Great Falls, the Sidney Chamber of
Commerce and the Richland County
Airport Commission. AS | stressed
previously, the development of airline
service along Montana's northern and
eastern borders is of important and
far-reaching commercial significance.
BIG HORN DAM
This may be the week of decision
on an appropriation with which con-
struction can be started on Big Horn
Dam south of Hardin. This huge
project so vital to the extended eco
nomic developmnt of our Midland En-
pire, is expected to be considered by a
House-Senate Conference Committee
about midweek, and you may be sure
and the other members of the Mon
tana Congressional Delegation will be
exerting every effort possible towards
a favorable consideration of our maj
or public works project.
LONG RANGE STUDY
Along with two other Congressman,
am sponsoring legislation, HJR 434,
which would provide for a special re-
search inquiry into the causes of
chronic unemployment in economical
ly depressed areas. We feel Con-
gress should take long-range inter-
est in the plight of the chronically |
and chronically depressed
areas. | am convinced this type un-
as by-product of tech
advancement in industry is |
severe threat to our national future,
and that headway in solving the prob
lens of chronic unemployment will |
not be made until we know more |
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
The Readers Forum

cashes and McCarthys did their work
only too we'll. They deprived us of our
audience, a necessity of free speech
HOBART McKEAN, Circle.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24
FOOD GUIDE FOR OLDER FOLKS

have available for distribution a
number of new booklets entitled
,"Food Guide for Older Folks. This
16-page publication, issued this week
by the Institute of Home Economics
of the Agricultural Research Service,
USDA, tells about older peoples food
needs and how to meet them. In ad-
dition, it suggests ways to meet special
problems that often make it hard for
an older person to be we'll fed. Per-
sons wishing to obtain copies of these
helpful publications can do so by send
ing a postcard to me at Room 130,
House Office Building, Washington
25, DC, and they will be sent to you
by return mail.
The people's voice., 1959-07-24

about it than we do today. Purpose
of my Resolution is to concentrate the
attention of a group of professional
economists on a study of the problem
over three-year period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-25

daily evening newspapers with a Sunday
edition, and seventh among all dailies.
Among features Of the unified advertis-
ing department are new telephone circuits
which enable an operator to answer calls
instantly when an advertising solicitor Is
absent from his desk; gong which sum-
mons additional help when an overflow Of
calls is reached on the telephone lines Of the
40 classified ad takers; and conveyor belts
to speed copy to the composing room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-25
The Advertising Scene

While the news is being processed, an
other vital flow of copy already is under
way.
It is prepared by The Stars advertising
department, which includes la members
and occupies quarter Of the buildings
fourth floor
Size of the departments quarters was
made necessary by advertising volume in
The Star. In 1858, The Star ranked second
in advertising lineage among the Nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-25

Meehonzotion odds TO the efficiency Of the classified
advertising department Forty soleswomen speed DDS
to the composing with the aid Of improved teIe
phone circuits ond moving conveyor TO carry the copy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
MONDAY


4.Pstef Gum. Adventure.
THE Dirty Word" Gum tries
70 eledr . prlvote Investigator
charged with the murder of
we6ltiy raoeoxine publisher.
Crois Stevens, Tom Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Program Listings
7-voiee Of Fisessone.

7-Voiee OF FiFost0ne.
"Musie of Jerome Kern" Guests;
Robert Merrill, Potticic Morrison,
Gooi Gront, julius 10 Rosa. John
Dolly, narrator.
9-The Denny Themes Shew.
The Williomst household Is be-
sieoed with growing pains when
Linda spends her first day OF
school and Rusty eollides with
puppy love. 0onny Thomas.
Rusty Honner. Angelo Cartwright.
$50
4-TV Thecter. Drono.
"A Good Name" A textile mon
ufocturer faces bankruptcy rother
than socrifice the reputation OF
his mills. Edword 6. Robinson,
Lee Philips.
5-Medie. Dron1o.
''WolI Of Silence" Richard Boone
stofs. tRepeot.l
7-Bins Crosby Show. Variety.
! Hour. Guests: 10 Stafford, Tire
Crosby twins. Phillip and Dennis;
jones Gamer.
9-Ann SosheFn Show. Comedy.
Koty finds an old school pol
about to be dIped into fiufriooe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
March z

Ann sothern. Moreuerits Chop
man.
1000
4-Arshur Murray Parry. Color.
Guests: HoII Moreh. Joan Ben
nett, Louise Roiher, Zochory
Scott, Ruth Ford.
5-San Fsoneisee Seat. Crime.
9-Desilu Playhouse. Dron,o.
I Hour. "Conebuek." A once.
brilliant moIor league pitcher Or
rives IN o smoll MldwesteFn Town
--shobby, broke and bitter. Dor,
Duryeo, William Frowley, Mooeie
Hoyes, Robert Rockwell.
1880
4-Don Ameche's TheoseE.
5-Douslos Feifbenks Presents.
7-John Dolly. News.
io:45
7-Weother. Sports. News.
Alien. Sieoel. Delbeit.
ii,0o
4-News and Local News.
Richard tiorkness. Russ Word.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

major book fairs and hun
dreds of smaller ones.
It all adds up. In school,
the single textbook is no
longer enough; the wide
reading program of a we'll
stocked school library is an
important adjunct Of the
modern school. At home, the
family bookshelves need to
be constantly refreshed by
trips to the public library
and the bookstore. freedom
to read" is more important
than ever.
Nonflction opens the door
to dinosaurs and dynamos.
Fiction stresses originality,
humor, adventure, and mod
ern ideals. People who worry
about the trend toward mass
thinking will get q lift out
of the original ideas in chill
dren'S books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
The Flight Of
A Free Balloon
Across the Sea
THE FLIGHT OF THE

THE FLIGHT OF THE
SMALL WORLD. By Ar
mold Eiloart and Peter FL
stob. Morton; $4.500
AS 1858 ended and man
made missiles screamed
through the skies, two men
and q woman set out across
the Atlantic in mah's oldest
form Of air transportation.
In 255 pages, the authors
tell the story behind the
newspapers Page One stories
Of the thrilling, often chilling
passage Of the British balloon
from the West Coast Of AZ
RIGA to Barbados. They made
1900 miles in the air; were
down and made 1900 miles
more on the surface before
being towed into Barbados.
Columbus was mad" they
begin their book. OF wide
appeal to man or woman,
their saga will make the
Walter Mittys among us wish
we were mad, too-along
with Messers. Eiloart and
Elstob and Rosemary.
CHARLES YARBROUGH.