The people's voice., 1959-01-16

| tunlty to lash out at reps. Heldlng
| (Missoula) and Tonner (Flathead) ,
win it will be because we are right
from a moral standpoint we are
on the right side but more i'm
portant than being morally right is
the fact that while we are morally
right we are economically right and
politically right.
eve should be able to win these
things, he said, "as long as we stay
together and know we are morally
and politically right.
Ronald Holtz and Harold Gunder-
SON, Great Falls, representatives from
Cascade county to the state House
Of Representatives, spoke on the Leg
| islature and said we all know we are
going to have a tax increase, but we
want it to be fair, and the only fair
way is the ability to pay.
Gunderson said if intangible prop
erty such as bank savings, bonds, etc.,
were all being taxed, property taxes
in Cascade county could be reduced
by about one-third. He said fair taxes
would include no more gasoline taxes
until there is weight-distance truck
tax.
"Basically," the state representa-
tive said, taxes will continue to
be burden in Montana unless we
broaden our tax base through such
things as federal dams.
Holtz pointed out that the high
taxes people are paying are not on
the state level, but on the city, county
and federal level. On a comparative
basis he said, estate taxes are very
light.
Contributing to the state deficit,
he said, were the loss of the revenue
from the liquor tax and failure of
the state administration to impose
the two-mill levy provided for by the
legislature until July 1858.
He said if the Legislature followed
the recommendation of the State
Board of Equalization and took away
the federal income tax as an exemp
ton on state income taxes, it would
increase personal income taxes by
about $3.50 per cent.
]. M. Peterson, Poison, retired edu-
Gator, speaking on a philosophy of
life for democratic living, pointed
out that words don't mean the same
thing to every person, and though
everyone believes in democracy, de-
mocracy means different things to
different people.
Most important said Mr.. Peterson,
is, if we are going to have democracy
we have to have respect for our fell
low man. "It isn't necessary to be
educated or know lot", he said, cit
is question of how you feel toward
your fellow man..
To preserve democracy, which he
said, 'is in more danger than it has
ever been before, we must be sure
it's meaning is taught the people and |
that the people recognize what it is |
and what it has done for the modern |
world. Economic and social democ- |
racy must be available to everyone,
he said.
j. M. spoke Of the dishonest" eff
forts to set people against each other
the efforts to fan the angle of |
hate. He said it is well known that
when we know other people we get
attached to them and "there is great
effort to create false patriotism, So
cial nationalism and an antogonistic
feeling toward people who are not
just the same as we are".
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Charlotte Holtz, Floweree, chair
man of the board, Educational Coop
Company, spoke on "Who
Won the Election. She said. eve
won't know the answer until the
State Legislature and Congress have
been in session for while, or maybe
not until the sessions are over.
Numerically, she said, the Demo-
cratic party won, but we won't know
whose principles won for some time.