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The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Rumors Instead of Facts

The new highway between Malta and
! Grass Range cuts 200 miles off the
| original travel distance. 1 have been
| a constant booster for it's Immediate
construction for the 20 years since /
first inspected the proposed bridge site
and road location to it. The road has
to be built somewhere and there is
no other place for 1t.
You ask if / think it is good engi-
neering practice to construct the 1919
miles of highway leading to the south
end of the bridge. Why not ask those
people with the training and expert
ence and who are in possession of the
information and facts necessary to
make that decision, the engineers of
the State Highway Commission. They
are the ones responsible for making
1t, they are responsible people, and will
be glad to give you any information
you ask for Don't adversely criticise
them on the basis of rumor and guess
work. You have n record of editorial
excellence to maintain now.
OF all the wild rumors without the
slightest foundation is the one about
the expenditure Of 100000 for the core
drilling of the highway location to de-
termine the location Of ground water.
Every square inch of Montana is under
lain with ground water and it's exact
depth is known, even along the entire
length Of the Malta-Grass Range high
way ana lOO miles in every direction
besides. Why spend $100,O00f for in
formation that could be furnished by
any qualified geologist for S250.O0. In
fact why spend even that much when
ground water has nothing whatever
to do with sliding and the information
is without value. Again, why adversely
criticise the State Highway Commits
sion or anyone else on unconfirmed
rumor and guesswork when the facts
are so easily available by just asking
for them.
Don't forget, sliding is caused by the
overhang of earth at a slope steeper
than one and one half to one Probably
less than one mile is subject to sliding
on the Malta Grass Range highway
south of the so-called Roy Bridge
r. J, PARKINSON, Great Falls.
We didn't say construct" We said
am expensive plant mix oil sur
face.
e. J. should ask that question of the
Highway Dept, Not us.-EDITOR.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Improved Teaching of Grammar
Coal of MSU Summer Workshop

A special workshop for teachers
of English, featuring a new approach
to teaching grammar, is scheduled
at Montana State University June 15-
July II, according to DR.. Agnes Boner
of the MSU English Department.
Sponsored jointly by MSU and the
National Council of Teachers of Eng
lish, the workshop will deal with the
application of linguistics to teaching
grammar in junior and senior high
schools, DR.. Boner said.
The course will be conducted by
DR.. Thurston Womack, associate pro-
fessor from San Francisco State Col
lege. The lectures will be aimed at
acquainting teachers with the theory,
methods, and results of linguistic
science as it relates to English, with
particular emphasis on practical help
to the high school teacher, DR.. Boner
added. Not only will there be lee
lures and discussions, but each stu
dent will work on practical problem
which will be useful to him in teach
ing grammar and composition in his
own classes, she said.
During the past 10 years tremen-
dous advances have been made in
the scientific study of
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Oil Magnate "Backs"
REA, iva Attacks

Rural electrification, the Tennessee
Valley Authority, unemployment in
surance, minimum wages and other
progressive measures of recent years
are now being assailed under the
banner of a publication called CHRIS
TIAN ECONOMICS. Reports have it
that an oil magnate is picking up the
tab.
The articles and editorials are ap-
pearing in the paper published fort
nightly in New York City by the
Christian Freedom Foundation, and
edited by Howard E. Kershner.
In his book APOSTLES OF DIS
CORD, the Rev. Ralph L. Roy, a
Methodist minister and writer, de-
clares that J. Howard Pew, head of
the Sun Oil Company, "gave his per-
sonal check for $4,000" to Kershner,
a former manufacturer, to get the
paper started in 1850. Also, Pew
a major share of the
budget of the Christian Freedom
Foundation, the Rev. Roy asserts.-
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION NEWS.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Coop Cuts Pensioners
Food Bills ) Per Cent

AKRON, Ohio -(CNS)-A dis
count plan for retired union mem
bers living on pension was worked
out by Cooperative Enterprises here.
Pensioners will get a $50 discount
on food bought the first or second
Tuesday each month, Manager A. J..
Choat announced. To get the dis
count, the coop buyer must present
his pension card for Identification.
Trade unionists in the rubber fac
tories organized the coop here and
have supported it unswervingly.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

PALO ALTO, CaIif-(CNS)-
On the heels of nationwide out
break of infant tragedies, the CO.
op here has quit using large plastic
bags at its dry cleaning shop.
The bags generate static cleo
tricity, and this makes the plastic
film cling to whatever's inside them.
Mothers have used the bags as mat
tress pads, and several small chill
dren have burrowed into them and
suffocated. Other children have
used the bags as toys and suffo-
Gated inside.
In Chicago National Safety Coun-
Gil officials estimate 100 children
would die inside the bags this year.
The co-oP's manager, Gilbert
Spencer, said there has been no
word of trouble locally, but until
the cleaning industry finds a way
to make the bags safe, well do
our part to keep them out of cir
culation.''
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

mont was particularly mad about Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Ben
sons proposal to set up a bank to
finance rural electric and telephone
programs. The bank would replace
the system of low-interest Rural Elec-
trification Administration (REA)
loans to farmers. Aiken charged Ben
sons program as move to put farm
ers "still more under the thumb of
big bankers.
"Why did not the Administration
raise it's voice when the corporate
utilities were getting a subsidy in the
form of rapid tax write-offs amount
ing to the tune of II billion dollars?"
Aiken asked the Senate.
"Why does it not protest the rising
cost of interest charges to our gov
ernment, which now exceeds the cost
of all farm and allied programs by
over So billion?
"Why does it not speak out against
the practices that are throwing the
economy Of America more and more
into the hands Of few giant corpor-
ations and farther from the control
of the people Of this country?
"Why does it concentrate an attack
on farmers and other rural people
who are banding together simply to
protect themselves and their fami-
lies?"
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

Conservation is a concept. Many
intellectuals have constantly tried to
define the word conservation. -
About the best anyone has been able
to do is to say it means "wise use".
Conservation means more then pro-
lection, saving, or conserving 1t
means more than wise use. However
actually, conservation is an approach
to Life; one recognizing the life
giver. Conservation of our national
resources is the basic problem. I'm
less we solve that problem it will
avail us little to solve all other prob
lens. Montana's forest resource and
it's multiple use is part of that
basic problem.
We Montanans have fallen short
in ascertaining our forest resources
which Montana has in abundance.
This reflects apathy, Indifference,
and mixed complacency in connection
with leadership which should be forth
coming from the people of Montana.
They must decide what they want
the forests to contribute to the well
fare of the state. Out of that de-
cision should grow a program for
capitalizing on that golden oppor-
tunity.
The Forest Service of Region One
has done good job of inventorying
the vast forests of Montana, in col
lecting growth and drainage informa-
tion. Started in 1884 and completed
in the fall of 1859. There are 22,-
$4,000 acres classified by the sur
Jey as forest land. Seventy per cent
or .15,256,00O acres is commercial
or suitable for production of saw
timber. Montana's forest contain
some 56 billion board feet of mer-
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Conservution--the Basic Problem
By ELMER ENGSTROM. Missoula

chanable timber. II million acres
or 1870 of the total forest is publicly
owned or managed. Public agencies
manage 6996 of the commercial ma
tional forests.
Half of the timber stands are of
two species: larch and fir. The quail
ity timber stands are Ponderosa Pine
and White Pine. The remainder is
spruce and Lodge-Pole.
The growth rate is not satisfactory.
The net primary growth on growing
stock is only Is cubic feet per acre
per year. 1t is possible to double this
rate. Saw timber growth amounts
to only 38 board feet per acre year
compared to potential of 85 board
feet. Gross growth can be increased
by restocking deforested areas and
losses by mortality, due to timber
bugs, fires, stagnation, and insuffi-
cient access roads. In other words,
annual gross growth is $40 million
board feet but, 243 million of it is
offset by high mortality rate. One
exception to the overall situation is
the Ponderosa Pine saw timber which
has been drastically overcut. This
is a disturbing factor west of the
Continental Divide.
How successful the state will be
in taking advantage of the oppor-
tunity to fully utilize its forests de-
pends upon two factors:
First: Montana is a marginal area
from the standpoint of timber in
iustries in relation to high transpor-
,ation costs and to the extent the
,imber supply for the nation as a
whole.
Second: how aggressively the for
,st protection, development, and
jobs are tackled. Han
ling 1873 million acres of CONNER
.ial forest lands is indeed an enor-
nous undertaking. However an under
aking of such a magnitude can be
,nly resolved by mutual understand
ng through private landowners, state,
'ederal agencies. and the general
public in doing their share.
An important aspect of forest
use is the water values; is
he continuous availability of fresh,
lean usable water which is the key
o any development of our region
md nation.
In the past two decades we have
lad amazing evidence of what har-
essing water power can do in the
yay of industrial development. The
our northwestern states use twice
s much electricity per capita as the
est of the nation.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
St6.7 Billion Deficit
In Five Years

Sen. Pat Mcnamara (D-Mich. }
points out that since the Administra-
tion-sponsored tax cut of 1854, which
chiefly benefited corporations and
stockholders, the U. S. government
has run up deficit of $16.7 billion.
Adds Mcnamara, in newsletter to
his folks back in Michigan.
During World War II, the cost
of our survival sent the national debt
up to about $3.50 billion. At that
time, the interest charged on the debt
was about SAT- billion. Today, with
the national debt about the same
level the interest charges have
reached a scandalous So billion
year. If this money found its way
directly into the economy in terms of
increased individual purchasing pow
er, it might be worth it. Unfortunate
ly, little of it gets into these chan
nels.
cit is such factors as these that
the American people should check into
before they join the attack on those
who want the government to exer-
else its responsibility in creating
genuinely prosperous America. You
should draw a line between those
who want to spend it for legitimate
purpose of improving the economy
and those who just give it away to
their friends. cope MEMO.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

language, according to DR.. Merrel
Club of MSU English Department,
who helped set up the workshop pro-
cedure.
"These developments have resulted
in a completely new approach to the
study of English" DR.. Club said.
During the past four years four text
books based on linguistic approach
have been published and two more
are in preparation. The methods en-
ployed in these books have already
been thoroughly proven in the class
room many times in various parts of
the country"
The purpose Of the workshop, he
added, will be to introduce teachers
to some Of the theory and methods
of linguistics and how to apply them
in the classroom. 1t will be a work
shop in grammar and how to teach it
but from an entirely new viewpoint.
DR.. Boner said that already appli-
cations for the workshop have ar
rived from Alabama, Maine, and
Canada; and as the number is linn
tied to 25, all those wishing to apply
should write to her, DR.. Agnes Boner,
Montana State University, Missoula,
Immediately.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

and development plan for Helena
Advances included those of $4,000
for preliminary planning of improve
ments to the water and sewerage sys-
tenn at Poison, $4,000 to Columbia
Falls and SLIGO to Bridger, for
planning sanitary sewer systems.
The interest-free advances are re-
payable on start of construction.
Applications approved and COM
munities are:
Polson-the existing water system
is seriously deteriorated, particularly
a five-mile supply line made of wood.
Because of leakage and decreased
summer supply, the City Council is
hesitant to permit any additional
house connections. The city is under
orders from the Montana Health
Board to treat it's sewage, now dis
charged raw into portions of Flathead
Lake and the Flathead River.
Columbia Falls-the city has been
warned that it's water supply could
be endangered if the city continues
to expand.
Bridger-( -(present) sewage treat
ment is unsatisfactory and results in
many complaints of odors.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
Key Republican Senator Charges Administration
Goodies Corporations, Pushes Farmers Around

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(AFL-CIO)
"A key member of the Presidents
own party has raked the Eisenhower
Nixon Administration over the Goals
for coddling big corporations and
pushing the farmer around.
Veteran Sen. George Aiken of Yer
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
LOSE YOUR MARBLES
FEDERAL AID FOR CITIES

The Housing and Home Finance
Agency (HHFA) has approved more
than $4,000 in grants and advances
for planning of improvements for
four Montana cities.
The State Planning Board re-
ceived a $4,000 grant for a growth
The people's voice., 1959-06-05

While Soviet scientists were de-
veloping sputniks, ours were cram
ming more horsepower, more chrome,
and longer fins into and onto auto
mobiles. M. HAUSER, Chi
cago University sociologist.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
READERS FORUM

The Forum" is open to all who
wish to express an opinion or present
facts on any subject. Limit $50 words.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION

Another $16,362 in federal aid to
education is on its way, or soon will
be, to five Montana school districts.
The U. S. Office of Education has
advised Montanans in Congress
Senators Murray and Mansfield, Con-
gressmen Metcalf and Anderson
that this amount has been certified
for immediate payment:
1895 to School District No. z, Lolo;
$4,4O2 to Swan Valley District 80;
$3,649 to Seeley Lake District "a;
$5,197 to Hamilton Elementary Dis
trict 3, and $2,148 to Libby High
School District A.
These funds are allocated under
Public Law 874. That law provides
federal aid, paid direct to local school
districts, for operation and mainte-
nance, including textbooks and teach
ers' salaries, in areas of federal inn
pact.
The people's voice., 1959-06-05
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last winter on the drive for termina
ton of the federal responsibility fol
Indians. In part, it was filmed al
Great Falls and on the Flathead anc
Blackfeet reservations. The narrator
Robert Mccormick, interviewed Con
gressman Metcalf in his Helena field
office.
Following the program, the interior
Department countered with a state
ment that was more than twice as long
as the program script. The Depart
ment said statements made by the
Congressman and other participants,
that Indian affairs are being mis-
managed, were untrue, false, without
foundation, distorted, misleading.
Metcalf appeared before the Sub
committee to reply to that statement,
read into the hearing record by EN-
mons.
TO CURB IRRESPONSIBLE
ACTIONS
Twelve senator's, led by Murray and
Mansfield of Montana, last week in
troduced legislation to require the
Executive Department to obtain con-
gressional approval before disposing
of any materials in the billion dollar
Defense Production Act inventory of
strategic materials, presently held by
General Services Administration.
'In recent weeks there was classic
example of how any irresponible plan
for the disposal of this material, or
any part thereof. could disrupt the |
market" said Murray when he intro
duced the bill. 81 refer to published
reports that plan was being formu-
lated for the sale to industry of |
128,000 tons of DPA-stockpiled cop
per. The reaction was immediate and
The London market for cop
per dropped within a few days some
four cents a pound"
BEHIND THE PRESS RELEASE
A recent press release from the
Small Business Administration an
nounced Inauguration of "a program
TO help small business firms obtain
a greater share of sales of govern
timber and related prod
lcts by setting aside certain proposed
sales exclusively for small business
The release said the new program
is direct outgTowth of three-way
cooperative agreement between the
SBA, the Forest Service and the Bu-
eau of Land Management" In the J
bird paragraph, it was noted that
he action sis in accordance with the !
small Business Act of 1855"
The release didn't say so, but that q
mendment grew out of a conference |
It which the Montana congressional t
elegation discussed the problems of v
he small timber operators, being +
orced out of business by the cost |,
rice squeeze and soft lumber market. r
enators Murray and Mansfield Of V
cred the timber sales amendment on d
he floor of the Senate, and it was il
e
OSE YOUR MARBLES
Former Congressman Brooks Hays 4
ays this is how he learned public :,
oeaking in his home town: y -
"At the beginning of the course, -
ach of us was given a mouthful of ";
arbles, through which we had to ~ ~
,eak. Every day we were allowed s.
reduce the number by one marble. % ..
7e became accredited public speakers ", w
soon as we lost all our marbles" -
EDERAL AID FOR CITIES tn
The Housing and Home Finance
gency (HHFA) has approved more
an $4,000 in grants and advances We
# planning of improvements for m
ur Montana cities. ar
The State Planning Board re- M
lived a $4,000 grant for a growth ca
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-26
Ethel Barrymore:
Barrymore:
Offer Requiem Mass
For Great Actress

LOS ANGELES = Ethel Barrymore, known for
more than half-a-century as one of this country's great
est actresses, died June 49, at her Beverly Hills home
of a heart ailment. She was 70.
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chspiains are q big help to
doctors. the priest said. They
calm patients before opera
tons; they help obtain per-
mission for autopsies from
families who don't understand
the need for such things.
And Father Toth's mastery
Of Hungarian and German has
been helpful, too.
Father 10th has found that
doctors Of all shades Of belief
and unbeIief respect the value
of religion. A Jewish surgeon,
he recalled. used 10 make sure
his Catholic patients had talk.
ed TO the chaplain before
their operations. He told the
priest that if always made
them more relaxed and Of
ease.
Many doctors realize there
are malsdieS they can't touch
with q scalpel." Father Joseph
said problems of con-
science which eat away at a
man and create agitation in
his mind" He's found such
doctors humble men, made
more humble by a realization
Of how much they don't know.
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CieyeIands Southwest Side,
the mild-mannered priest has
daily exposed himself to all
kinds of sickness, some Of it
highly contagious. But all he
ever picked up was the com
mon cold.
In an interview on the oc-
casion Of his 50th anniversary
in the Franciscans. he recall
ed some Of the high points.
Perhaps the biggest salts
faction, he said, was the fact
that il was "priestIy work
offering Mass, hearing confess
sions, distributing Holy Com
munion and preparing people
70 die.
I'm glad | don't have to
fool around with money" said
the Franciscan, smiling.
Over the years Father Jo-
seph has been impressed with
the impact Of religion upon
Catholic patients.
They're always so glad to
see a priest in the hospital"
he said.
Sickness has a way, he be-
lieves, of making "the good
better, and the not-so-good
more thoughtful"
Illness, especially critical
illness, sobers them. They
realize they can't delay any
longer. It's like spiritual
eyeopener that allows one to
see the fransifory nature OF
things when he's right next
door 10 eternity. And its only
natural TO want TO get ones
house in order"
Although the chaplain's pri-
mary work has been with
Catholics at the hospital. he's
been instrumental in reconcil,
ing a good many fallen
aWays." He said:
We remind you those who
ask of God the boon of life
and health that they should
first ask pardon for their
sins. It's very consoling to see
those who have been away
come back and make their
submission TO God.
"AlI of a priests work has
this focal point the crucial
moment of obedience and
submission. It's the climax OF
every life and on il de.
Ponds eternal success or eter-
nal failure.
That's why We see the crit
ical cases first"
Just on the natural level.
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another teacher at the school,
she wrote: Il owe her so
much. / was never able TO re-
pay her because it was only
late in my life that / realized
that before any spiritual or
moral lapses | might have con-
sidered, | would pause, for
somewhere in the distance or
maybe by my shoulder like
a guardian angel, there was
Sister Julie saying, Really,
Ethel, don't be absurd
Miss Barrymore left school
st the age of ID anc took 10
the stage, accompanying her
grandmother on a Canadian
tour in the play, THE Rivals"
She first achieved sfardom in
1901 playing a leading role
in Captain links of the
Horse Marines" II was in this
play that she immortalized
the line, That's all there is,
there isn't any more"
She continued 10 star
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-06-26
Postmaster Saws
Smut Drire Gets
Good Results

DENVER, Colo. - Postmas-
ter General Arthur f. Sum
merfield said here the Post
Office Departments campaign
to rid the mails of obscene
literature is producing results.
The number of cases of all
legged violations Of anti-obscen-
1ty laws turned over to district
attorneys has more than
doubled in the past so days.
Mr.. Summerfield declared.
The Postmaster General at.
trlbuted the stepup in prose
cutlons to a law enacted las
year by Congress which per-
mits distributors of objection
able material to be prescott
ed IN the place to which it is
mailed.
Previously, they could be
prosecuted only in the place
from which it had been
mailed.
Mr.. Summerfield said south
ern California and southern
New York State are the prin-
cipal centers for distribution
of pornography. He blamed
this situation on extremely
liberal court interpretations
of obscenity in those areas.