The people's voice., 1959-08-14

ley Davidson of the Veterans Welfar
Commission, either doesn't know hi
veteran politics or what ethics are.
Editor Shorty Dye is real happ,
about Davidson and his American
Legion-stacked board taking stan,
against deficit financing
Dye didn't mind this Legion NOV,
to destroy the effectiveness of tn,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Dis
abled American Veterans service of
fices at Fort Harrison. Dye does no
care a bit that Veterans Welfare of
fices in Livingston, Lewistown anc
Glendive are closed.
The recommendation of the Boarc
of Examiners which asked the con.
tinuation of the field offices and the
stenographic services at Fort Harri-
son came after Davidson's "unfai1
threat" to resign.
When Governor Aronsnson made
unanimous the Examiners view to
maintain the Veterans Welfare at
present strength, Judge John Nc
Clernan of Butte came forward with
thanks much like one receiving sus-
pended sentence in his own court.
In the ethics of government, deficit
spending is not crime but function
used to keep faith with the people
the government must serve.
1t will behoove the lobbyists for
the veterans interests to be in closer
contact the next time the Legislature
conVenes.
Last Monday the Board of Educa-
tion made the first of their series of
campus visitations required of them
by law.
I went with them to the Girls Vo-
cational School.in the Helena Valley
Thanks to the transportation
furnished by Monsignor Emmett J.
Riley.
Riley and arrived first at the cat
tail swamp that serves for the ap-
proach. Gov. Aronson then pulled
up after crossing the bridge over the
raw sewer creek that flows between
The cottages.
Aronson has been hob-nobbing with
kings and queens and some of it must
nave rubbed off. A group of girls
we're going from one class to another
md Riley and Aronson greeted them
With handshakes. The graciousness of
he meeting, the wholesome keen in
erest of the girls, and the responsive
less of our Governor charged with
heir welfare were qualities which re-
lffirm that Hugo is Montana's ace
,ublic relations man
When the rest of the party arrived |
We set off Immediately for a tour
# the buildings.
The new receiving clinic which took
hree years to complete is about to
'e put in operation. 1t has two hos
ital rooms and three rooms that are
o take the pressure off the sheriff of
lewis and Clark county. These three
ooms are equipped with a combina-
ion sanitary cast iron ''thing" and
hree bars over the window in the
oor which is covered with hinged
lass panel. The building has an ex-
mining room that will serve for
isiting medics and psychologists.
The doors have been removed from
he sleeping rooms in the old cottages.
his is about the only difference be-
ween the space here and the rooms
rovided the co-eds in our colleges.
hey have been painted recently. The ;
lrniture was new three years ago.
The showers in the basement make
lot of traipsing up and down the s
airs. The showers are going to be {
when someone gets on
lie stick. The money was appropriated
, have them fixed by the last legis-
.ture. i
While going through the kitchen
acilities some large brown cookies {
ad just come from the oven. So be- J
g expert inspectors, samples were {
led Immediately. Delicious. {
At classroom in the administra-
We building chorus practice was in |
.ssion.
George Washington's picture hung /
,ove a shelf of snare drums. Light +
reamed through the window effer- I
sscing a green glow amongst the t
of house plants. Fourteen c
tomorrow's homemakers stood with t
eir hands clasped and sung The
ord's Prayer.
I studied the cut panSieS in a bowl l.