The people's voice., 1959-09-18


to placing pennants on the moon, in
Montana the placing of food in the
oral hole in the head has taken its
rightful spotlight.
Big juicy apple pies were served to
the Board of Education, this week.
Baking was done by Mrs. Hall, wife
of board member DR.. Earl Hall, the
Great Falls obstretician, who noted
the increased enrolment of women
in the institutions of higher learning,
with Grass glee for future business.
MISC President R. R. Renne reports
an eleven per cent increase for female
scholars.
Missoula's DR.. Newburn says the
freshman enrolment is larger than
expected.
Northern at Havre will have 10
to Is per cent more freshmen than
last year.
DR.. Koch of the School of Mines
says the enrolment is promising.
Western in Dillon-more women.
Total enrollments at the six units
of the University System will be an
nounced at the October Hip meet
ing of the board in Miles City. After
inspecting the boys school there, they
will inspect Eastern College in Bill
lings the 18th.
Immediately before the pie was cut
Monday afternoon Acting Governor
Paul Cannon called Elmer Speer. who
is in charge of federal surplus foods,
into the Governors office for press
conference.
Speer explained what steps have
been taken to make surplus commodi- |
ties available to strike-bound workers
in the non-ferrous metal industry.
Emmett Walsh, Deer Lodge county
attorney, had taken the initial move
that allowed that county's commits
sioners to hire Pat Ward of Ana
conda as union welfare commodity
clerk. Ward will receive $500 a
month. This is the entire cost to the
county. The county loaned a truck
to Mine-Mill drivers to bring the sup
plies from the VAN Springs ware
house. At the East Clark Street dis
tribution point the 100-pound rice
sacks were repackaged into one, two
and three-pound sacks.
To obtain an entitlement card, ap-
plication must be made to the welfare
The welfare department
IS cooperating with the program fully.
No investigation as to cash or re-
sources left is made.
The point is that the recipients are
taxpayers who have helped to pay
for the agricultural support pro-
grams.
One of the paradoxes of our time .
is the attitude of the Cascade county
in the heart of an
agricultural area that has received .
so much of the benefit of the price
upportuprogram, who still refuse to ::
allow the industrial worker who has :
had to put his tax dollars on the line
With the rest of US, to get something :
rom 1.-THE program of supported :
prices.
The per person ration of excess 9
commodities is not exactly designed
% make for obesity. Dried milk and :
ggs are on the list. All purpose Mon +
ana flour and germ free cornmeal -
hat is of higher quality than is u
'btainable in the supermarkets, COM
'lete the list. q
The Warm Springs warehouse has Y
'lenty of surplus food on hand and is y
ow ready for emergency shipments.
Participants in the program be- =
ides counties are 55 institutions, six -
and IA summer camps. =.
% qualify an organization must be ~
ax-exempt and of non-profit ma ~
ure. =,
The school lunch program is Il
under a different section of the
commodities law. The qualifying a,
for few pounds of rice and cups A
full of dried eggs and milk is not o,
charity but prepaid privilege.
The press conference was a follow tn
p of Acting Governor Cannon's at M
empt to help the employees of the tn
ldustry. Cannon has appealed to re
resident Eisenhower for federal
onciliation and mediation service to- Sc
ether with the appointment of ia
commission. Montana m
opper needs conciliation, cornmeal tt
nd Kennecott. (Rumor is, Kenne- We