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ki|kContent
Found Safe
BY the Associated Press

Radioactive content Of milk
collected during May and June
from IL sampling sta
tons across the country re-
manned far below levels cur
rently considered permissible.
Reporting this today. the
Public Health Service said the
Strontium 90 count in milk
samples from the st. Louis area
dropped from q high Of 37.3
micromicrocuries per liter in
April to 34.6 in May and then
to 11.2 in June.
The Strontium 90 count for
the st. Louis area In May was
the highest among the SAM
Piles, as it had been previously.
But the big drop in June left
Spokane with the high count
that month, 22.l micromicro-
CURES Of Strontium 30 per liter.
In May the Strontium 80
count for Atlanta. Ca. was
22.8, to make It second highest
among the samples, and in
June it was the Fargo, N. OAK
Moorhead, Mimi, area that
was second, with q count Of
206.
The maximum concentra-
ton Of Strontium 80 recon-
mended by the National Com
mittee on Radiation Protection
and Measurements as permits
sible for lifetime exposure Of
the general population is 80
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS per liter.
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''Tope Recorder Caught
Story Of Carrier Blast

the damage might exceed Is
million.
Rear Admiral Robert Stroh,
who used the 32.500-ton Wasp
as his flagship as commander
Of carrier division II, paid tri-
butte to the men Of the WASP
on her arrival at Quonset Point
yesterday.
Their efforts" he said,
saved this ship"
Rare Mishap
Admiral Stroh said the hell
,opter engine ran away and ex-
ploded while 1t was being tested
by q qualified pilot"
He said runaway engines are
not uncommon In flight wher
the governors fail to function
properly. But he said he never
heard Of O runaway engine un.
der hangar-deck testing condi.
tions.
The fire consumed thres
planes and caused extensiv,
damage to three others. All 81,
were jettisoned.
-Four officers were playing
cribbage near the deck hangar
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either unwilling or unable to
pay q 1O-pound ($2S) fine.
The women invaded the
sugar fields to drive male work.
ers of. in protest against in
creased taxes and rules restrict
ing the entry of Africans into
cities and towns, The women
claim the restrictions are in
tended to keep the men work
ing on farms instead of in the
cities. where they can earn
more money.
113 Women Jailed
Umzinto Jail was quickly
filled again, with 113 women
who refused to pay fines Of
Is pounds ($7O for damaging
cattle dipping centers.
A magistrate at Ixopo con-
victed 81 women Of selling q
bus and demanding that the
driver take them to PETER
maritzburg. They refused tc
pay 40-pound ($ll2) fines and
went to Jail for four months.
Farmers and police in south
ern Natal said they expected
new attempts at burning sugar
cane fields. Police were patrol
ing a 35-mile front along the
south coast, from Umtwalumi
to Hibberdine. The area il
South Africa's sugar basin.
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. Typo Union Votes
To .Stort Paper

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 20
fAP).-The international Typo
graphical Union voted yester-
day to raise 81 million to start
its own newspaper in West
chester County, N. Y.
The action was taken at the
lOlst annual convention. 1t
must be ratified by a mail
referendum of the union.
which reports a membership
Of, 10000.
The trouble in Westchester
started in December. 1867,
when lat printers struck after
failure to agree on a contract
with six dailies and three
weeklies in the Macy chain Of
papers. The union says the
MANAGEMENT brought in new
help to keep the papers going
and that what started as q
strike has become a lockout.
) The resolution adopted by the
convention calls for a special
assessment of 81 dollar a week
for three months-$13 in all
from each active member. 1t
was adopted 308-49.
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5irst place to free clergymen
from testifying in District
courts about what parishioners
:confide in them.
y So. the ministers measure Is
waiting in line behind q peanut
and a public lands bill. already
carrying civil rights amend
.fnents.
Blocked Vote "
Senator Hennings blocked q
Senate vote on the District
bill yesterday afternoon BY
asking the Democratic leader
to object on a calendar call OF
business. Ten other local bills,
called at the same time. cleared
the Senate in seconds.
Senator Hehnings already
has attached his eight-point
civil rights program to a public
lands bill. But observers. have
predicted that he win switch
vehicles in q showdown.
He's been advised he ought to
use q House passed bill. With
out debate the House passed the
bill to save ministers embar-
rassment in court.
Also, the tone of the Local
measure is right. civil rights
supporters believe. 1t deals with
courts. It involves personal lib
critics. And it is non-eontrover-
sial.
Reluctant Decision
Senator Hennings has decided
to resort to a civil rights rider
reluctantly. But the Senate
Judiciary Committee has failec
to act for so long that leaders
of the current civil rights fighi
have grown FESTIVE under ordi-
nary procedures.
!. Any move to attach. a civil
rights program to another bill
however, would require the bill
TO go through the House Rule.
Committee. There were report.
Rules Committee Chairman
Smith, Democrat Of Virginia. i.
standing firm on his refusal tc
grant Q rule on such a bill this
year.
; The Senator's program woulc
revive the controversial propo-
sal to authorize the Attorney
General to apply for civil in.
functions to enforce school de-
segregation and constitutional
rights. Federal funds and au-
thority to enforce school int.
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QUONSET POINT, r. l., Aug.
20 tAP) AN unusual tape re-
cording Of the explosion and
fire which killed two men and
injured 28 aboard the aircraft
carrier Wasp Is part Of the evil
dence being studied today by q
Navy investigation board.
The sound Of the blast and
the spontaneous reaction Of the
men near 1t was recorded be-
cause q tape-recorder micro
phone had been opened as q
joke to pick UP the voices of
cribbage-pla ofiicers.
The explosion forced the Of
ficers TO seek safety. but the
microphone remained open,
picking up sounds at the blast
scene for another two minutes,
The Wasp was on anti-sub-
marine finaneuvers $50 miles on
the Virginia coast when the
mishap occurred Tuesday.
Trapped in Copter
1t. 0.gJe Jim Frank Hagen
Of Mariana, Fla, died when
trapped In the helicopter whose
engine exploded while he wa,
testing 1t in q hangar aboard
the Wasp.
Aviation apprentice Donald
H. Trask of Keene, N. H.. whose
body was found at the bottom
of q plane elevator, apparently
was asphyxiated in the result
ant fire.
None Of the injured was con.
sidered in serious condition.
The Navy said the Wasp vii
proceed to an undisclosed port
for repairs after the investiga.
ton.
The extent of damage wal
not officially disclosed, but
sources at this naval base sale
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South Africa Police Jail
Edict- Defying Women

DURHAM, South Africa. Aug
. 20 (AP)-African women in
southern Natal province last
night kept up their defiance Of
. government restrictions on their
race.
Between 90 and 50 women
were jailed at Escourt. so miles
northwest of Pietermaritzburg.
. after they attacked the man
|. ager of q municipal beer hall.
/. Some 200 women picketed the
/. hall to prevent their men from
!. entering. The African women
/: are fighting regulations which
forbid them to make and sell
! their own potent home brew.
The beer hall manager sum-
. rnoned police, but escaped in
. Jury.
. Babies ON Back
: Police hauled 118 African
/. women, many Of whom had
!. babies strapped to their backs,
: from Umzinto to Jail al
: Pietermaritzburg. Each had
: been sentenced to two months
|. IN jail for trespassing on q
> sugar cane estate. All the
|. women claimed they were
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THE EVENING STAR A-3
Woskinstos, D. c. tt
ThuFsday, August 70, 1859

II. Patrick Harvey. Of Robins
dale. Minn... turned on . tape
recorder TO tape the game as .
Joke. He got two minutes Of
sound recording Of the disaster.
Including the explosion that
started the IRE.
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BrowneII Neutral
In G. O. P. Race

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (APC.-
Former Attorney General Her.
bert Brownell. jr.. says he'll
take no part in any presidential
nomination battle between Vice
President Nixon and New York
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Mr.. Brownell said FITS true
in the sense that ] retired from
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Rep Tope Galore

MILWAUKEE, (AP).-There
is a lot Of red tape involved in
redecorating Milwaukee's fire
MIGRANTS. Workmen are plac-
ing red refiectorized tape on
all $4,000 hydrants to help fire.
men find them at night.
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politics when I resigned down
there in Washington"
Asked If his support was re-
quested by either Mr.. Nixon or
Gov. Rockefeller. Mr.. Brownell
laughed and declined q reply
Mr.. Brownell. who resigned as
Attorney General in 1857. was
influential in the nominating
and election campaigns Of Re-
publicans Thomas E. Dewey
and President Eisenhower.
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Civil Rights May Ride
Clergy testimony Bill
BY GRACE BAssETT
star stan Writer

small but respectable District bill has been picked and
put in storage by Senate civil rights champions for possible
future use.
It may get the biggest Of its life from Senator
Hennngs Democrat Of Missouri He's thinking about lacking
his Federal civil rights onto the bill drafted In the
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grafton would be sought. He
would extend the life Of the
Civil Rights Commission. fix
penalties for bombing schools
and churches and guarantee
education Of children whose
parents are in military service
III schools attended by the
youngsters are closed in inte-
grafton disputes.
Smith States Position
Mr.. Smith said yesterday
civil rights legislation at this
session should be limited to an
extension Of the life Of the
Civil Rights Commission.
In Q radio interview (Mu-
tual's Capital Assignment). he
said this issue has been
batted about from political
motives to too great an extent"
already and no new bill should
be enacted at this time.
Senator Heating, Republican
of New York. has tied the adj
ministration civil rights pro-
gram to q peanut production
bill some Southern Senator's are
anxious to pass.
This legislative mixing Of
peanut and civil rights pro-
posals prompted Senator john
ston. Democrat OF South Caro-
lima. to express this hope:
THE Senate will crush the
Heating goober rights amend
ments and pass the peanut bill
unblighted."
Boiled Peanuts Exempt
The peanut bill. favorably
reported last week by the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
would exempt boiled peanuts
from acreage allotments and
marketing quotas for another
two years. Boiled peanuts are
used principally in Alabama.
Florida. Georgia. South Caro-
lima and Mississippi where
they're eaten as q vegetable.
Senator Johnston said Sem
ator Keating's "use of this bill
as q vehicle for his civil rights
legislation win bring economic
hardship and disruption to the
peanut growers. The desperate
nature of the civil rights advo-
Gates has brought out the low
level to which they will 60 in
order to solicit minority group
votes"
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at 225 Virginia Ave. Sc.
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The people's voice., 1959-01-30

gallery and indulged in serious con,
versation with the corporation lobby
and pointed to the activity on the
floor.
When the order of business under
which bills are introduced was over
Rep. John Jardine (D-Jefferson) rose
and asked that the House revert to
the order of business under which
motions and resolutions are made.
Minority Leader Gerard was imme-
diately on his feet and raised point
of order to ask what Jardine wanted
to consider under motions and reso-
lutions. Cerovski was equal to the
occasion, and to prevent getting into
an argument he moved the House
recess at the call of the chair. This
back and start over with the orders
of business till they got to number
5 and there could be no argument
on whether the motion should be al
lowed.
1t was the second time Wednesday
that Cerovski had moved that the
House recess to prevent Gerard from
speaking. The Republican Minority
leader, wont to m k e political
speeches intended to cruelty the DEM
ocrat majority rose during the morn
ing session and was only prevented
from making a speech on taxes by
Cerovski's move to recess.
The Speaker and the Majority
Leader are working hard to hold the
party together and carry out the
party platform. Observers believe
they were shocked by the debacle
that defeated House Bill 1 on Tues
day by a 81 to 38 vote. However, re-
ports are that they made no strong
effort in caucus to hold members on
the plank in their platform that
rather forcefully stated:
1--WE condemn the Republican
Governor and his appointed chair
man of the Unemployment Com
pensation Commission for their re-
fusal to put into operation the fed
eral extension of unemployment
compensation benefits. We favor
Continued On Page Eighty
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
HIGHER GVW SCHEDULE
PROPOSED

A second highway revenue meas
ure, in line with recommendations of
the private Citizens Highway Com
mittee and trucking industry recon-
mendations, propos e d increasing
GVW fee schedules, and the elimina-
tion of some of the inequities of the
present GVW law. HB 269 by Gleed
and McGaffick, would according to
it's sponsors, increase truck highway
fees by $500,000 year. Under HB
269, the fees would be placed on the
pulling units (truck or tractor) rath-
er than separate fees on the truck
and trailer.
A second citizens committee bill,
HB 24O, by Rindy and Breeder (by
request) proposes increasing vehicle
registration and certificate of owner
ship fees by 100 per cent, from $1.00
to $500. Estimated revenue from
HB 24O would be 100000, better
than rs per cent of which would be
paid by auto owners.
Expected to be dropped in today
Thursday is a third citizens COM
mittee bill to increase the state gaso-
line tax by one cent, for another $2.2
million. The ordinary motorist and
farm truck operator would pick up
Continued On Page Five)
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
MCGOWAN Bill -.
The SB105 With us Aquin!

Two years ago, SB 105 by Me-
Gowan and others, to collect income
taxes from nonresident owners of
Montana property, with the lone ex-
ception of Mahoney (R-Garfield) met
a solid falange of resistance on the
COP side of the Senate. The Republi-
cans, with the assistance of six occa-
sional Democrats, won the day with
a 1925 vote to kill the bill.
But, in winning the day, they set
the stage for losing some of their old
est and most skilled members-re-
member-Larson, Nutter, Worden, to
name few.
They must have had a premonition
that their massive resistance had not
taken well with Montana voters; that
voters were repeatedly asking very
embarrassing question "What
State are you representing, Senator?
. Noting the storm clouds, in con-
vention assembled last June, the Re-
publicans came forth with platform
plank which said: 1--WE believe that
income taxes should be paid by nom
resident corporations and individuals
on income arising from sources with
in Montana :"
They said it, they did, they did.
Now, they're going to have chance
to prove that platform plank was
something more than a piece of ba-
loney for the voters to nibble on.
This week, Sen. MCGOWAN and five
others senator's (including maverick
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
Legislation To Huruss
Former Cooperatives
Introduced In House

Punitive legislation to harass and
impede the orderly conducting of
business by farmer-owned cooper
atives, has been introduced by Bat
tin, Babcock and Cavan (R-Yellow-
stone) and Minority Leader Gerard
(R-Madison)
House Bill 234 would revise CO.
operative law to make compulsory
the annual cash repayment to the
patron-owners of all dividends or
overcharges, "over and above all
reasonable operating costs and ex-
penses". Such refunds would be
Gin direct proportion to the amount
of their (patron-owners) purchases,
or, as in the case of production as
sociations such as creameries, cam
neries, elevators :, dividends
shall be on raw material delivered
instead of on goods purchased :"
etc.
Presently, members of farmer CO.
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Fair and equitab fees ir
proportion to use made of Mon.
tana highways by trucks is the
aim of the Citizens Highway
Use Act, HB 228, introduced
by Wood and 27 other House
Democrats, Tuesday.
Modelled on the weight-distance
principle of assessing highway cost
responsibility in accordance with
weight hauled times miles travelled
HB 228 is similar to HB 326 of the
1857 session which received House
approval only to die in the Senate
as a result of heavy pressure from
trucking interests.
HB 22s differs from its prede-
cessor in that logging trucks, one
way payload haulers such as oilers,
ore trucks, etc., would pay any
where from 65 to rs per cent of
the full per mile fee. "The whole
idea behind this, Rep. Wood points
out, "is to have the highway users
in the trucking industry pay for
use of the highways in the amount
they actually use them :"
The new proposal places admins
tration of the act under the State
Highway Commission, instead of a
proposed Motor Vehicle Department,
as was the case in 1857.
Farm trucks, through $4,000 gross
vehicle weight, would continue under
a flat fee schedule, but at higher flat
fees than presently paid, up through
$4,000 GVW. For $4,000 GVW the
flat fee would be slightly lower. For
$4,000 and $4,000 GVW, the flat fee
would remain the same.
Wood said it is estimated that
HB 228 will raise minimum of
$1,25O,OOO per year of additional
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Mahoney OF Garfield) again intro
duced the nonresident income tax
bill. BY coincidence, or otherwise, this
years bill is also Senate Bill los!
The new SB los would require
Withholding of mot to exceed three
per cent" of all income payments
made by Montana persons, firms,
corporations, etc., to out-of-state
owners of Montana property.
The income tax provision would
not apply to livestock or agricultural
products grown out of state and
marketed within Montana, such as
Wyoming livestock sold at Billings
stockyards.
Income withheld would be turned
over by the Withholding agent" to
the State Board of Equalization. Re-
funds, if any, due the out-of-state in
come taxpayer would be applied for
by such taxpayer the same as Mon
tana taxpayers make application for
refunds.
SB 105 would also order each
county assessor to annually prepare
a list showing names and addresses
Of all nonresident ad valorem tax
payers in his county, as shown on
the current assessment roll, and for
ward such list to the State Board of
Equalization by not later than Sep
tember Both of each year.-HLB.
Other sponsors besides MCGOWAN and
Mahoney are Stein, Wilson, Hagen
ston and Keister.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

AL CIlllCdl COlIolClOlls
Whether breathing new life into
the bill has any meaning other than
to recoup the sagging morale of the
House majority, remains to be seen.
Unless the bill is revived, the
vote taken Wednesday will have
little meaning, and conversation
in the lobby following the revival
vote indicated a possibility it will
be allowed to die in committee.
There were signs, before the move
for reconsideration was made, that
something was afoot. Majority Leader
Cerovski was active on the floor
while bills were being introduced. He
looked tired and determined. Other
Democrat leaders were circulating
among the members, and finally Rep.
Felt (R-Yellowstone) climbed to the
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
Swumped /. . i.

The first three days of this week,
bill introductions averaged fifty a
day. Today Thursday the Legis-
lature is a mad-house, with intro
ductions pyramiding in number to
beat the midnight deadline.
Across the street in the VOICE
office, we're swamped, too. Nc
Gees closet has nothing on the
Editors desk. Result is we can't
begin to bring you up to date on all
the important measures which have
been started through the legislative
mill in recent days.
We do know that in addition to
measures reported on in this and
previous PV's, there's two or more
''loan shark regulating CD bills
in committee. School bills are le-
gion. Tax bills are, as this is writ
ten, increasing in number. More
labor bills are slated for introduc-
ton. Constitutional amendments
and memorials are numerous. Bills
pertaining to everything you do
are in, or probably will be in by
the deadline.
Please bear with us until next
week. BY then we should be "shov-
eled out" and give a more rounded
report on the work ahead for the
Legislature as it goes into the
final four-week stretch.-HLB.
The people's voice., 1959-01-30

Goliath Anaconda Company was
there in massive opposition. David
enters the act at the end of the pres
entation in the person of young As
sistant Attorney General Bob EN-
mons, son of the first named sponsor
of the bilD.
So was Montana Power through it's
able cigarsmoking representative, r.
d. Corette.
Both pleaded innocent to any
contaminating of the pure air of
Montana by virtue of their opera
tions, yet they were dead set agin'
HB "a.
Then there were Representatives of
The people's voice., 1959-01-30
House Bill 1
tuesday Was q Black
Duy For Democrats

| ELI lON INO Z: ne report
that follows covers House action
on HB l Tuesday. The bill was
brought back to life Wednesday.
However, unless affirmative House
action is Forthcoming to carry out
this important pledge of the Dem
ocratic party, Wednesdays recon-
sideration roll call vote will be of
no substance whatsoever.
|
House Bill l went down to
defeat in the House Tuesday by
an overwhelming vote, follow
ing a battle that lasted three
full weeks, and resulted in de-
moralized and split Democrat
majority. HB 1 would have ord
cred the Unemployment Com
pensation Commission to accept
federal aid to extend jobless
benefits or workers who have
exhausted all comp. benefits.
Pressures brought to bear on new
legislators were perhaps best shown
by Rep. Casey (D-Lewis & Clark
who led the fight to defeat the bill,
when he said he had about 60 tele-
grams and letters of which So were
against HB 1 and were in favor.
William Clancy Enthusiastically
sponsor of the bill, Maurice Powers
(D-Silver Bow, Henry Mernin ID
Silver Bow and Owen McNally ID
Deer LODGE spoke in favor of pas
sage.
Clancy, in opening the debate,
merely asked support to help the
unemployed in the state of Mon
tana, but in closing after two Dem
ocrats opposed the bill, he said 'it
appears to me that the seating ar
rangements committee of the House
made couple of mistakes.
McNally said that 25 years ago
there were grants to the unemployed
in Montana by the federal government
and eff it hadn't been for those grants
| would not be here today. He said
the issue was humanitarian. and that
seemed to have been forgotten in
the arguments.
Continued On Page Eight)