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The people's voice., 1959-05-15
Plant Oil Mix Underpriced

Last week. in editoraly commenting The Roy Bridge
Affair stated that the plant oil mix backop surface
contemplated for this 199me stretch of highway may cost
upwards of $3.50 per cubic yard That unit of
should have read upwards S. per
Since cubic yard of plant mix amounts about 1000 pounds
the cubic yard cost would be about fifty cent higher
1925.
Since last issue we've also spread" of Of
ca Highway Department photos of of the sections of
this road which have the department much trouble
(Aprl 80, LEWISTOWN DAILY NEWS) These pictures show
cracks in the roadbed and the instability of both the back
slopes and road fill in the of the bridge
This series of pictures plus the rumored programmng of
100000 for oredrng to ascertain possible of
changing the of groundwater which has been basic
for settling along with the corrected cubic yards price
for backoppng gives greater validity to questioning
the engineering judgment behind the Highway Commissions
determination to seek immediate completion of the surfacng
of this piece of road contract to be let the 9th of this
month
1t appreciated the Highway Commission desirous of
having fa accomp to present in the form of completed
road to the people of central Montana when bridge ded
Gated this coming August However such of expeden
matter how momentary astue politically holds out the
possibility of substantial wastage of highway funds aocated
the two Financial Districts involved Until the several major
fill sections in this 199me stretch of highway stabilized
sound engineering judgment dictates that the commission should
hold off having permanent backop surface laid down.
Good business practices indicate that this road should at
this time, receive only dustseing sealer shots of oHLB
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
Editorial
A 1,6OO-DoIIur Straw

April r. b. Richardson of eStern Life
Co., announced that his firm moving to ST. Paul
doing he casgaed the States 2 per cent insurance
premium tax major why the company pulling
of Montana and pointed out that the national
inferred the straws that broke the camels back
Although admission later made that his firm had been
contemplating moving centralized location
19320 before the premium tax hked from two
and onefourh per cenRcharson in his initial state
emphasized that the ~ per has adverse
effect the selling of Western Life insurance in other states
pointed his company operates forty other
that has $430 million dollars worth of life nsur
in force that before becoming affiliated with ST.
Paul Fire Marine Insurance Co., Western Life in the
upper 10 per of than 1900 life insurance
companies in the nation
Just how small mole hill is that higher premium tax which
Richardson attempted to blow into good sized mountain?
The facts of record in the State Insurance Commissioners
office that Western fes premium for 1868
$821678 That's the total premium tax paid by this
which boasts of being of the 10 largest life insurance
panes the United States Had Montana premium tax been
the national average Western Les net liability to the
State Montana would have been essened slightly 600
AS subsequent events have proved Richardson's outburt
wholly unwarranted bu the fact remains that all
this nation Montana has received backeye because of his
irresponsible statement Twoud rather shoddy way
treat state and its people, who this half century past by
their patronage aided his the shaky that
might develop into of the top life insurance companies
in the nation-HIB.
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

However. above and beyond that
everyone is wondering if the Swedish
monarch is going to give J.H.A. the
"once over'' as a potential ambassa-
dor.
This line of thought always leads
to complications. Would he accept
such a post in the waning hours of
t he Eisenhower Administration?
Would Republicans stand still for his
turning the state government admin
istration over to Cannon? \
If this trip is an audience" in
the event of Republican victory in
1860. does that mean he won't be in
the arena on the state level next
year?
If he enjoys public life, and his
party doesn't want to close all doors
in the event the Republicans don't
elect a president in 1860 and the
ambassadorship should fall flat is he
likely to cover his nordic flank by
seeking office again?
Then what would he run for? Gov
ernor again? The third term is very
risky it has been proven, and if there
is an ambassadorship in the offing
there is too much political risk be-
cause the lieutenant governor might
be a Democrat. Attempts to pass a
law making the lieutenant governor
and the governor run together were
unsuccessful.
No. if he dreams of international
fame, it is said, he would hardly seek
the governorship.
What about the U. S. Senate? If
he could win that race and Republi-
can governor could be elected, or a
deal made with a Democratic nomi-
nee by 'the powers that be-, say the
wise men, his political career and
vote getting potential for the party
could be preserved. If a proper"
successor could be assured by appoint
ment, in the event he won the Senate
race and Republicans won the presi-
lency he could go to Sweden in full
glory and his party would be pro-
,ected.
Oh, gee, noW you are groaning!
Such an ''iffy' and candy" situa-
ion you say. But believe me I've
oeen through these conversations.
You might as we'll participate in
hese games, too. 1t is second guess
ng the politicians that makes these
hings interesting.
A directory of 1959-6O state and
ounty officials came in the mail
oday with credit line that reads:
This directory compiled, published,
irculated and paid for by Murray for
secretary of State Club -.
That should be fair warning!
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
Mankind Is Mad If Atomic Problem
Is Not Solved
By MILES ROMNEY, In THE WESTERN NEWS, Hamil

MILES ROMNEY, In THE WESTERN NEWS, Hamilton
problems which face civilization Most of judge possibilities be
atomic warfare red by nation only by that
which read in the public prints hear from speakers
problem
judge their capacity.
interesting therefore, and frightenngs WELL hear what
Paung Nobel scientist thinks about this situation
York City the night of April Paulng estimated that the
United States stockple of $4,000 nucear
still building the Russians the Bton the
probably additional nations! all of the of the
of the world stark ravng mad?
Paung power of concept
of civil defense "just silly"
He asserted the Atomic Energy Commission hophrenc"
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
Comments On Review
OF CDR. Zhivago'
Peoples Voice,
Helena, Montana
n o,o,

Dear Gretchen:
Like you, [ labored through the con-
troversial Pasternak novel, 'Dr. Zhi-
vago" and as predicted by Belfrage. I
might not have read it all except for
It's reputation. l am much too modest
to attempt a book review for [ know
that any book means only what the
reader has to put into it. We are most
naive to believe that the ideas put in
by the author are of paramount i'm
portance, for nobody gets anything out
of any book that he or she is incapab bile
of first putting in it. That is why the
Bible means so much and yet so little.
want to say, concerning Pasternak's
novel, that good way to make the
necessary comparison is to follow it's
reading with the reading of another
book about another doctor, DR. Norman
Bethune, aus told in the book entitled:
The Scapel, The Sword, by Allen and
Gordon.
The contrast between DR.. Zhivago
the individualist and DR.. Bethune the
lnternationalist is highly revealing al
Uhough far too many of us can ONLY
put in the individuaist viewpoint. AT
least, the comparison between a SEN
sual and selfish character and one
whose altruism is undeniable should
bear some fruit.
Several years ago Arthur Kahn wrote
a book about Germany and the occu-
patton policies as laid down at Pots
dam and as actuully put into practice
IhlS book was first published in War
saw for reasons apparent by reading
the book. 1t is entitled: BETRAYAL. I
re-read this book recently in view of
the German crisis of today The passage
Of events makes it possible for one to
put more into this book today than was
possible a decade ago.
L have both the above named books
loaned at present but if anyone wishes
10 borrow either, or both, 1 shall be
Slad TO obhge as soon as l can get them
rom the present readers. Sincerely-
McKEAN, Circle
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
FORT PECK WATER EASED
DANGEROUS SITUATION

Willard Fraser, also of Billings,
recalled for the chairman the Sena-
tors state of Arizona where Fraser
once did some archaeological work.
'"Those ancient civilizations in Ari-
zona,' he said, ''perished for lack of
water. Our nation today is fast ap-
preaching national water shortage.
We must conserve and utilize our
water potential" " Fraser told the Com
mittee, "The Yellowtail project can
play just as important a part for other
states as it will for Montana. When
there was bad drought in the mid
west few years ago, the Mississippi
water flow was so low, the salt water
of the Gulf of Mexico started back
ing inland, jeopardizing the drinking
water for the City of New Orleans
and many other communities, stag
mating the river and creating a haz-
ardous health situation. Water from
Fort Peck Dam was released in suf-
ficient quantity to alleviate the dan
gerous situation in all the Mississippi
River states and especially in New
Orleans" he declared.
The next step in the Yellowtail leg
The people's voice., 1959-05-15
Repr. Leroy Anderson
Reports To You From
The Nations CAPITOL

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Montanans
united together in an outstanding ex.
ample of teamwork for a good cause
here during the week when a multiple
presentation in behalf of Yellowtail
Dam was given Appropriations Com
mittees of Congress. was happy to
have arranged the initial presenta-
ton. Chambers of commerce commit
tees from Hardin and Billings ap-
peared in person, and messages of
support from Montana AFL-CIO and
Montana Farmers Union were placed
in the record of the subject.
After I appeared with the delega-
tion from Hardin before the House
Committee, my colleague, Rep. Lee
Metcalf, led an effective presentation
against the Bureau of Budgets "no
new starts dictate. Then, after a
series of strategy conferences, the
Montanans again teamed up for
special hearing before the Senate
Committee with arrangements being
made for this phase by Senators Muir
ray and Mansfield. Presiding at this
hearing was Senator Carl Hayden,
chairman of the Committee on Ap-
preparations.
In addition to prepared statements
by the visiting Montanans, two Bill
lings men made additional remarks
based on prior acquaintanceship with
the chairman, Howard Bunston of
Billings, for nearly so years a lead
ing booster of this major project on
the Big Horn River south of Hardin,
recalled the many hearings and sue
cessive delays which have been faced
by the legislation over the years. He
then made a stirring personal plea
for action this year. "We've done
everything Congress asked for in
leading up to our request for con-
struction funds. Now we face a new
delay. They ask us to put it off once
more because the Bureau of the
Budget says it is new start |
5hink the chairman knows this prof.
ect is not new start but a project
which now has been readied to the
point where further delay is unneces-
'ary. Let's not put it off until 1861 |
'r 1862 or whenever; every year lost |
S another year of loss of benefits
% the nation from this great multiple
lse project. Let's get going, Mr.. |
Jhairman,' he concluded.
The people's voice., 1959-05-15

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., 1959-05-15

Official Leave had official leave
of absence from the House for few
days this past week in order to at
tend conference of the Army's top
citizen-soldiers at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas. With the nations defense in
the process Of vast reorganization to
meet the Communist threat and de-
velopments of the atomic age, my
membership on the House Committee
on Military Affairs makes it particu-
larly important to get the views of
these leading citizens from through
out the United States as they pertain
to the operation of our Reserve
forces.
The people's voice., 1959-05-15

With the Anaconda Company hold
ing it's annual meeting in Butte comes
the question, "are they going to de-
eide about selling the newspapers"
This rumor has been kicked around
so much it is becoming ragged, but
just when it seems, surely, it must
be chewed to pieces, back it comes
with renewed vigor.
The latest report is the papers will
be sold to Lee group from the mid
west which has papers in Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.
The Anaconda newspapers have al
ways been a matter of concern to
public minded, Montanans, and it is
often said, no matter who they sold
them too it could not help but be an
improvement.
81
Well, the Governor is on his way
to Sweden. This long hegira naturally
recalls the early campaign commit
ments Of the Galloping Swede that
he would be in the east wing tending
to business instead of galavanting
around the country like his prede-
cessor. What hollow mockery that has
turned out to be. No Governor has
gone so far, so much. 1t is even diff
cult to determine what value Mon
tana could receive from alliances with
the Swedish government.
The people's voice., 1959-05-15


mony arranged by Montana's two
senators, and then action by the re-
spective committees of Congress. The
House Committee must act first or
appropriations measures, then the
Senate Committee. Finally, if there
are differences of opinion, a confer
ence committee of both houses will
meet and arrive at it's decision. Then,
the general appropriation measure
will be brought before the full House
and the full Senate for vote.
x \
Drought-Farmers, already plagued
by lack of effective wheat legislation
and declining prices, now face one
of the age-old hazards of nature-a
potential drought according to
reports received this week. Northern
and southern ends of the Great Plains
now range from critically dry to
conditions of sever drought. The
weather bureaus 3O-day forecast in
dicates no real relief in May, and pre-
diets continued below-average rain
fall. If ever there were a need for
water supplies to the parched areas
of the midwest, this may be the year.
Projects such as Yellowtail, when
completed, and the other major up
stream projects can provide priceless
water for human consumption as we'll
as crops. For the Administration not
to recognize this need would be short
sighted and threat to the nations
best interests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
A Decade of NATO Makes Our Task Easier
In the Berlin Crisis, Gen. Norstod Believes

danger-to become a great posi-
tive force for peace.
Since its rather frail beginnings,
NATO has greatly changed. The
original IL nations have become
Is. In 1851, when the Supreme
Headquarters of Allied Command
Europe-SHAPE-was first organ
lied, our forces were weak and
inadequate; they are now to be
reckoned with. The strength Of
our allied armies has more than
doubled. Our feet and naval IA
cilities have kept pace. The num-
Der of available aircraft has been
multiplied many times and the
types have been vastly improved.
In this connection it is of interest
that we have developed our own
plane, the NATO lightweight tao
teal strike fighter, to meet certain
special needs. The NATO con-
struction program, to which each
nation contributes, has developed
facilities Of the greatest signif-
icance to the defense pattern.
NATO airflelds have been in
creased more than tenfold. Today
there is a petroleum distribution
system which includes many thou
sands Of kilometefs Of under
ground pipelines as wen as several
hundred thousand cubic meters Of
underground storage capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
By GEN. LAURIs NoRsTAD


On April 4 the North Atlantic Al
lance celebrates the 10th anniver-
Sary of the signing of the original
Treaty in Washington. This proud
occasion affords an opportunity
to look back at the very consider
able past achievements of 10
anxious years, and forward to
future needs and hazards. 1t is
no time to put up a mission ac-
compliShed" sign: it is a time for
all of us to face with a sharp
awareneSs the challenges of a
divided world.
One clear fact emerges from a
look at the decade Just past:
NATO has been a success. Peace
has been preserved in Western
Europe. No aggreSSor has been SO
foolhardy as to put to test the
mechanism Of defense and Of re-
taliation that NATO represents.
No major conflict has been at
tempted. No limited or peripheral
war Of the type which has flared
In other parts Of the world has
been risked by the Soviet against
the nations of the North Atlantic
Alliance.
In short. the high resolve stated
by the Signatories in the Preamble
to the Treaty-'to unite their
efforts for collective defense and
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This program further has pro-
vided a communication system
which is capable of establishing
contact with subordinate COM
mands in a matter of seconds, a
system that includes approxi-
mately ten thousand kilometers
of underground communications
cable. Our once-fragmentary ra-
dar warning net now stretches
from the northern tip of Norway
to Turkeys eastern frontier, and,
as a result Of an international
program internationally financed,
is being equipped with the most
modern electronic devices.
The forces of NATO have been
built by the combined effort of ali
of the member nations of NATO.
Each member has played its part
in what the fifteen have together
accomplished.
A Void Strotegy
In furtherance of the principles
set forth in its founding treaty.
NATO strategy has as its first
mission the prevention of war. A
second purpose is to defend the
peoples and territories of NATO
in case they are attacked. It has
always been clear beyond question
Continued on Page B-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
BY FRED THEROUX
Star STAFF Writer

The Is foreign ministers of the
nations comprising the North At
lantic Treaty Organization, meet
ing here on NATO's 10th anniver-
sary, are UNDERSTANDABLE proud of
the organizations accomplish
mentS. But it takes no clairvoy-
ance to predict that their real con-
Germ is much less with what NATO
has done in the past decade as
with what it will do in the next.
''In this pact" said President
Harry S. Truman on April 4. 1949,
I'VE hope to create a shield against
aggression. For us, war is not
inevitable If there is any,
thing certain today, if there is
anything inevitable in the future,
it is the will of the people of the
world for freedom and peace"
President Eisenhower. in well
coming the foreign ministers and
the Secretary General of NATO,
Paul-Henri Spaak. to Washington
last Thursday echoed Mr.. Tru-
mans words. He was able to
point to the success of NATO as a
shield against further aggression.
"Since NATO was formed there
has been no further Communist
advance in Europe, either by polit-
ical or military means. United in
purpose and sustained by our
moral, economic and military
power, the member nations begin
the second decade of their associa-
ton in NATO."
NATO's Restraining Role
How much NATO has been
effective in stemming further
Communist expansion in Europe
is a question for the statesmen
and the military leaders to argue,
and they are by no means agreed
on the question. In one view, the
Atlantic alliance was not created
until after the Soviet Union had
swallowed about as much of CEN
trail and eastern Europe as could
be digested. In another, there
was a real and immediate danger
that Soviet intentions were, in
1949, to penetrate at least Italy
and France by political means,
and perhaps all of West Germany
and the Benelux countries by
military means at the first OPP
portunity. In the latter view,
NATO was the factor that held
the eagerneSs of the Kremlin in
bounds.
To Americans, the existence of
NATO with direct United States
participation symbolizes a radical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

departure from tradition. 1t was
significant that the last real bar
rier to American adherence to
peacetime military alliances was
removed when the Senate, in 1913,
approved the 'Vandenberg Reso-
luton" sponsored by the Michi-
gan Senator whose name had pre-
viously become almost synonymous
with the term ''isolationiSt." In
that resolution, the Senate urged
"the association of the United
States, by constitutional process,
with regional and other collective
arrangements for individual and
collective self defense"
The curtain-raiser to the organ
ization of collective Western de-
tense against the possibility of fur
ther Soviet expansionism was the
address of Winston Churchill at
Fulton, Missouri, in 1916. The
doughty British wartime leader
coined a phrase at Fulton-"an
Iron Curtain has descended across
the continent of Europe from the
Baltic to the Adriatic." At the
time, Mr.. Churchill was Soundly
raped as warmonger and re-
calcitrant, not only by Commu-
nists, by others as well who
chung to the wartime hope that
a brave new world was to result
from the World War II collabora-
ton of the Soviet Union and the
Western democracieS.
Soviet Security
But the facts of life in Europe
were too strong to be ignored by
the most optimistic of Westerners.
One by one, the nations liberated
from the Nazi yoke were taken
over, by one means or another,
for the Soviet empires planned
security. Mr.. Churchill spoke in
1916: by the end of 1947 Poland,
Hungary and Bulgaria were under
Communist government backed by
the Soviet armed forces. Romania
and Czechoslovakia followed in
1913. Greece was fighting hard
against armed Communist insur-
rection; Turkey was uneasy in
the face of open threats from
Moscow.
NATO began its task with high
principle, noble intentions, and
meager strength. There were at
hand, when Gen. Dwight D. Eli
Senhower went to Paris to take
supreme command of the NATO
armed forces, just 20 under
strength army divisions, under
1000 combat planes, about 20 air
bases in widely varying condi-
tons of combat readiness, and
naval force of 400 ships. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
A REPORT FROM ABROAD
Israel lmpressions:
StiILLond of Promise

wealth Of treasure. At Har Me-
giddo (Armageddon), for exam
pie, digging has uncovered no
fewer than 20 different strata of
settlement, going back at least
to the Pharaoh Thutmose III,
founder of the Egyptian empire
in Asia (1468 B. Co. and probably
lot farther.
Magnificent Scenery
If one is looking for scenery
there is the magnificent Haifa
Bay, seen best from Mount Car
mel-a view reminiscent of San
Francisco and Rio de Janeiro..
There is Jerusalem, with the sur
rounding hills of Judea, where
even the earth seems to reflect the
tortured convolutions of history.
And above all there is Galilee-
tranquil. picturesque, and stepped
in memories.
No student of the Bible should
fail to visit Galilee at least once
in a lifetime. Here is Nazareth,
seemingly little changed by the
passage Of time. Here is "Cana of
Galilee." where the Master turned
water into wine; Main, where He
raised the widows only son, and
Bethsaida, where-at least &C
cording to some authorities-the
feeding Of the multitude with five
loaveS and two fishes took place.
Wherever one turns there is
inspiration in this beautiful corner
of the world. Simply to sit quietly
on the Mount Of Beatitudes, where
the Sermon on the Mount was
delivered, and look out over this
deep blue lake, completely sur
rounded by hills, or to reread here
that magnificent Sermon, is worth
the long journey.
Surely it cannot be ordained,
you think. that this tranquil land,
with its shepherds and its fisher
men much as they were 1000 years
ago. should be the scene of con-
stantly recurring bloodshed. The
very idea seems blasphemous.
'Ye have heard that it hath
been said. Thou shalt love thy
neighbor. and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate
you. and pray for them which
despitefully use you, and perse-
cute you."
These were the words Of the
Master. One cannot but pray that
they were a prophecy as we'll as an
admonition-and that the proph-
ecy will soon be fulfilled here.