The people's voice., 1959-09-11

is no duCnOTlZdIlOn IOT the I6OeTdl
government to use these funds to re-
store forest development roads and
trails, national park roads, highways
on Indian reservations or on forest
highways not on the federal aid sys-
tenn.
Senator Murray estimates that it
will cost some Sc million to rebuild
key roads in the quake area which
are-or should be-a federal respon-
sibility. These include Forest Highway
Montana 1 from West Yellowstone to
Ennis tits No. 287 on your highway
map), key roads in Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, from Canyon and Old
Faithful to West Yellowstone. and
restore subsidiary forest development
roads.
Members of the Congressional Del
egation were working on members of
the committees, which will consider
the legislation, before the ink was
dry on the bills. And they were run
ming into trouble.
Cong. Metcalf ran into this argu-
ment: "While we are sympathetic
to Montana's needs, we see no
emergency here to justify bypass
ing established procedures, such as
hearings and reports from admins
trative departments, particularly in
view of the fact that your Gov
ernor, who presumably is the one
most familiar with the situation,
hasn't chosen to utilize to the full
est extent the programs available
under existing law"
Committee members were referring
20 our Governors refusal to seek a
disaster area designation which he
said could cause further publicity
lamage". Securing departmental re-
ports and holding hearings on the leg
Station would mean action next year
1T the earliest.
Anyway the Small Business admin
strator thinks Madison and Gallatin
make up disaster area. He
has designated them as such for the
program of his agency.
And the Board of School Trustees
1T Virginia City, their school building
virtually demolished are of the
opinion that they have disaster on
heir hands, too. (See P. V.-Sept. A.
-ED.)
1ELLY LAKE
Montana's Congressional Delegation
proposes that Hungry Horse reservoir
e renamed "Kelly Lake., in honor
the late Harry j. Hungry Horse"
Jelly, Montana newspaper publisher
rho contributed so much toward con-
bruction of the multipurpose dam.
Senator Murray made the delega-
on presentation to the u. S. Geologi-
al Surveys Board of Geographic
lanes. He enclosed an editorial from
recent issue of the Hungry Horse
'ews on Mr.. Kelly's selection to the
Iontana Press Hall of Fame. The
enator also recalled that in 1888,
hen he was chairman of the Mon
ma Advisory Board of the Public
forks Administration, Kelly headed
delegation of civic leaders from the
lathead Valley who came to me and
quired about the possibility of get
ng Hungry Horse Dam under con-
ruction.
"At that time. there was heavy un-
nployment, but there were no plans
II construction of this dam. Secre-
ry of the Interior Ickes interested
mself in the proposal and after some
.ars, always with the local leader
ip of Hungry Horse Kelly, we were
,le to get this great dam con-
ructed," the Senator continued.
ITS AND PIECES
The President has nominated Mar
a H. Hayes to be postmaster at
/ Gateway and Reno F. Dawson at
,hland, Elson e. Workman at Gala
ghwood The Federal Aviation
yency has authorized inclusion of
gan Field at Billings and Missoula
,unty Airport at Missoula in the
.deral Aid Program Almost
5000 has been allocated to build
apron at Billings -. The Missoula
ocation of nearly $4,000 is for
ron and taxiway pavement, apron
hts and fence Since the low
! for construction of recreation
'rkshop at Opheim Air Force Sta
N was double the estimated cost,
e Air Force has cut this item from