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The people's voice., 1959-02-27
In Spite of the Senate--These
Things People Should Know

"You realize there is a reporter
busily taking all of this down., said
Attorney General Forrest Anderson
at Tuesdays Board of Examiners
meeting, to Garfield Sen. Charlie
Mahoney (chief executioner of HB 5,
the "right-to-know'' bilD. The AG
then turned to this reporter and said
"If we asked you not to write this
you would comply wouldn't you?"
Not desiring to leave the room at
that moment and playing along with
the trap, / said yes-but the request
was never put.
81 didn't come down here to make
headlines" snorted Mahoney, slip
ping out of the invitation to enjoy a
little news muzzling.
Gov. ]. Hugo Aronson and Secre-
tary of State Frank Murray were
helping the AG entertain a joint
representation of the Senate Finance
and Claims and the House Appropria-
tions committees. These gents were
there to blast the Examiners for the
manner in which the state has been
snoookered out of it building dollars.
The abuse of public funds, judging
from the end result, was laid at the
door of Architect J. J. Link. The Mis-
soula University Arts and Crafts
building with the two-story window
and the smashable heavy front doors
have been costly to maintain and is
on lu ono of hic a1Iauad hoO-h0Oc
Architect Knights Galen TB sani-
tarium annex still leaks, but the joint
committee thought the rubber door
mat that opened the door was, to
quote Sen. Mackay, "cute".
Knight and his firm also came
under criticism for the Warm Springs
sewage lagoon over the price having
started at $4,000, spiraling to $74,-
900, and finally in orbit at $130,000,
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
READERS FORUM
Opposes Gas Tax Increase
The Peoples Voice,

The Peoples voice,
feel like you do about this highway
waste and l am against the l cent
gasoline tax because 1t puts the car
owner on the spot. The big trucks pay
a large GVW fee, it lis true, but they get
1t back in profit. The car owner pays
more tax per wheel on the road than
the largest transport truck does.
Figures to show:
For my Y ton pickup (GVW 5000
tbs) Is miles to gallon, for 10 miles.
Use gallons at tax of cents per
gal; tax 4Sc; 4 tires on road. per tire,
IL cents.
Transport truck (72,OOO GVW)-1S
tires on road Average 5 miles per gal
Ion diesel fuel Use "a gallons fuel,
tax &c per gal; tax $2.16. per tire, 12c
for Is tires.
Total weight 12 times my total.
I have asked several truckers. they
cav they get between and miles
per gallon on fuel.-FRANK PAUGH,
billings.
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
Senate Axes
65-MPH Speed
Maximum

For all of the efforts of Sen. Cum
ming (D-Granite) to overturn an
adverse Judiciary Committee non
concurrence recommendation, tn e
Senate, in an unrecorded vote, killed
a House-approved proposal to set by
statute maximum daylight speed
of 65 miles per hour.
In fighting for passage of HB ID,
by Bardanouve of Blaine, Cumming
called attention to the House current
ly having under consideration Sen.
Minette's SB 81 which, if enacted,
would bar the Highway Commission
from continuing the present 65 mph
regulation. Killing of HB ID, and
adoption by the House of SB "a,
Cumming said would amount to '1eg-
alizing murder on Montana high
ways.
Sen. Smith (R-Lewis & Clark op-
posed SB IA, stating he saw no rea-
son for passing law we'll go out
on the highway and violate.
HB IA originally came out of Sen.
BOvey's Highway Committee with a
recommendation the upper house con-
cur in its passage. The bill was re-
referred to Sen. Ruane's Judiciary
Committee which favored "non-con-
currance".
Other important House bills to go
down under the cloak of senatorial
anonymity (see "right-to-know" edi-
torial, page p Thursday. included:
Rep. Tonner's HB 200 to authorize
development credit corporations for
"the purpose of promoting, develop
ing, and advancing the prosperity and
economic welfare of the state :"
Rep. Daniels three bills relating
to revision and modernization of pris-
on sentence, Communication and parole
procedures, House Bills 386, 387 and
3SS.
Rep. McGarvey's much-debated HB
II, relating to publication of the
names of juveniles convicted Of high
way offenses.
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
As Usual, Legislators
Rough On States
Working Force

State employees always have a
rough time at the hands of the legis-
lature, and they found no change of
pace Monday when bill calling for
minimum" of 40 hours week to
be their lot. The controversial hours
of work arose from the last session
when they were given Saturday morn
ings off and some department heads
made employees work only S5 hours
a week, while other added an hour
each day making total of 40 hours
for the work week.
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice., 1959-02-27

Jobs for our labor There has never
been reasonable test as to gross rev.
enue or what the cost of administra-
tion would be
Referring to the weight-distance
plank of the 1858 Democratic party
platform, Grant said 81 must live
with myself, and be Democrat next"
(For details on Tuesdays public
hearing on 228, see story SMALL
TRUCKERS -, page 3.-Editor)
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
OTHER PROPONENTS OF
SUB. HB 228

George Johnston, Cut Bank, ap-
pearing for IT small truckers of Gla-
cier, Pondera, Toole and Teton coun-
ties, said the people he represents be-
lieve the present gross vehicle weight
(GVW) is not a fair tax and that
a highway use (weight-distance) tax
would be much fairer.
Frances Weber, of Great Falls
Transfer and Storage Company, op-
posed GVW because it is unfair and
inequitable and does not take into
consideration the use factor. AS pro-
posed under HB 269, he said the
GVW would have resulted in an over
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
Small Truckers, Contractors Now
Leaning Toward Weighf-Distunee

In past legislative hearings,
weight-distance truck taxing
legislation has always faced a
triple-front falange of oppo-
sition composed or large over
the-road truckers, small truck
ers, and road contractors. For
the proposal, in the main, have
been public-spirited citizens
who believe that the ordinary
motorist under present high
way financing laws must foot
an unjustly large share of the
bill.
This year the line up changed with
Representatives of some of the smaller
truckers and Of major road builders
joining with George Schotte, Butte
auto dealer; labor, and Farmers Un-
ion representatives and others, in sup
port of this sessions weight-distance
bill at Senator Bovey's Highway Com
mittee hearing Tuesday. (The bill,
Sub. HB 228, was originally intro
duced by Rep. Wood and 27 other
House members.)
Schotte, who served as chairman
of Governors interim committees
under three Governors-Ford, Bonner
and Aronson, and was chairman of
the state-financed Interim Committee
on Highways, Streets & Bridges au-
thorized by the 1856 Legislature, said
that the latter group had spent $213,-
900 during its 18 months of research
prior to drafting the weight-distance
bill introduced in the 1857 session.
(HB 1926, was approved by the House
47-44, only to die in Senate, 23-33).
The Butte businessman stated the
1856 study was conducted on a
complete basis and that William Hall
of the Bureau of Public Roads who
had been in charge of the study, and
his assistant, Highway Department
Engineer Ralph Johnson, had carried
on the research job Sincerely and
honestly. Since completion of that
project, he added, both men have re-
ceived substantially better jobs.
Fred Barrett (D-Liberty), and a
House member since 1851, told the
Senate committee he had been one
of the group of 1866 legislators sent
to Oregon to study the weight-dis-
tance law which had been operating
successfully in that state for almost
a decade. Barrett condemned the
scare TALK being put out by oppon-
ents that W-D is "untested, untried
and left wing. He said just the oppo-
site is true; that the people of Oregon
went through the same experience
Montana is going through from the
opponents to the tax. Since the meas
ure was accepted overwhelmingly by
Oregonians through the ballot, there
has been no attempt to repeal it and
those who supported it (including
Dick Neuberger) have reached high
office.
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
Senate Gives Meight-MiIe-
Continued From Page One

dence that it has discouraged trucking
operations" To the contrary ''in
Idaho they say the industry is flour
ishing", just as it is in Wyoming, Ore
gon, Colorado, New York, Ohio and
other states with similar truck-taxing
laws.
The people's voice., 1959-02-27

| look on that man as happy who,
when there is question of success,
looks into his work for a reply
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The people's voice., 1959-02-27
HIBBS LABELS 228 "a
RAILROAD BILL"

Minority Leader Hibbs struck out
at 228 as having rates $50 high as to
be punitive :" He castigated it as
a railroad relief bill'', and warned
that truckers would pass the increases
on to consumers. Hibbs questioned
the "sanctity" of various committees
which have studied Montana truck
taxing legislation. He also question
ed whether all of organized labor was
supporting the bill, saying he had in
his possession kilograms from Team
ster locals in opposition to 228.
Sen. Hagenston, who supported W.
D in 1855 and 1857, said he favored
the Sagunsky lower schedule amend
ment because of information he had
received from his home town of Glen
dive.
Sen. Grandey issued dire warning
of adverse economic consequences to
the state if 228 becomes law.
Sen. Grant, never a supporter of
weight-distance, contended that "the
truckers cannot live with this kind of
tax We will lose the industry and
The people's voice., 1959-02-27

laws.
SAGUNSKY SOUGHT TO
CUT RATES
Sen. Sagunsky, in attempting tt
amend the rate schedule of 228 down
ward, disclaimed any desire to zen,
tangle" the bill and said that his
amendment had not been prepared fol
him by the trucking industry.
Sagunsky's amendment would have
cut the rate schedule by about 80 pei
cent. This schedule, he said, would
compare favorably with Wyoming
W-D charges. He offered three rea.
sons in asking support for his amend
ment:
/. 1t has to come near the Wyo-
ming schedule because if it is too
high it will bring about evasion, and
the tendency will not be so great
toward evasion if fees are lower;
2. The "piggy-back" operations
of the rails must be considered;
3. Reciprocity which Montana op-
orators will lose will penalize them
when travelling in other states.
The Madison senator contended
that ''if we have weight-ristance we
should have something that is going
to be fair
To the latter, Sen. Michels replied
that 1--WE were very careful not to
make our rates too high. They are
lower than our cost studies (of 1856
Sc Fact Finding Committee) show
they should be. In no case could
the rates" under 228 cause freight
rates to increase by "more than one
per cent
AS for the fear of reciprocity loss,
he said that "Oregon with IL years
experience, has reciprocity with 40 of
the 48 other states. This legislation
will not affect reciprocity or pro-ra-
tion :. . since these are done by ne
gotiation and agreement "and there
is no reason" same conditions cannot
continue.
IN RIGHT DIRECTION
Majority Leader James said "this
matter has kicked around for a num-
Der of years. Much time and money
have been spent in studying it. l be-
lieve it is a step in the right direction
and in accordance with the statement
in the Governors message that there
should be equitable increases in truck
taxation along with the one cent gas
tax Increase. do not think the COM
mittee is going to bring recommenda-
tions that are going to cause undue
hardship on anyone :"
Later, James added that eff we kill
228 then l am in favor of killing the
one cent gas tax bill. Although there
are some people who do not care if
we have a road program or not, I
think most people want one :"
Sen. Reardon, in opposing Sagun-
sky's amendment, said "it will take
everything out of the bill. The bill is
equal to Idaho and slightly
higher than Wyoming . :"
In debate on 228 proper, Rear
don said 1--WE have heard all this
talk about the poor truckers, but
not one word about the poor public
that is paying more than four times
as much (per ton-mile) as they
should be -" compared with the
heavy mileage truckers.
Reardon also pointed out that 228
will give small (mileage) truck op-
orators a chance they do not now have
lnder the GVW
1IBBS LABELS 228 "a
RAILROAD BILL"
Minority Leader Hibbs struck out
1t 228 as having rates $50 high as to
'e punitive -" He castigated it as
railroad relief bill'', and warned
hat truckers would mass the increases
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19
Heis Budget
Is Backed by
BeaH, Butler

Republican Maryland Senators
]. Glenn Beall and John Mar
shall Butler this week threw
their support behind President
Eisenhower's balanced" SIT bill
lion budget, striking out at Demo
Gratis and "spenders" who would
increase government spending.
Already" Sen. Butler said,
spending proposals introduced
by this group ('free spenders0
since the start of the year would
quickly raise the Federal budget
to over 500 billion"
ITO continue to add to the ma
tional debt is to return to the
New-Fair Deal dogma of deficit
financing" he added.
Sen. Beall lauded the Presi-
dents work on the defense por-
ton of the budget, saying che
did not slight our defense" and
warned that any increase in ex-
penditures would have to be sup
ported by lateral increases in
taxes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19

A Rockville WON an es-
capped unhurt last Saturday
when a Southbound B & o
train demolished her stalled
car on the Halpine rd. cross
ing, Rockville.
Mrs. Marilyn l.. Silvers, 26, of
6 Alsace Ct, was placed under
ISOLATION by a physician follow.
ing her narrow escape. Her 1857
Mercury sedan was a complete
loss.
Mrs. Silvers was driving west
across the railroad tracks, only
three blocks from her home, at
1O:45 am. Saturday when the
engine of her car stalled.
She looked up and saw the
crack passenger train bearing
down on her from the right. She
scrambled to safety along side
the tracks as the diesel train
came on at 76 miles an hour.
The crash hurled the car sc
feet south and against the side of
a building occupied by the Sub
urban Propane Gas Co.
Inside the building, Ira Justice,
36, was startled by Mrs. Silvers'
scream and looked up just before
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19

Howard virgins, when Mrs.
Thornton Brown and Mrs. r. B.
Farquhar entertained the Wrig-
gins and friends at the Brown
home last week. The virgins
had spent some time in Ceylon
o nd ha d beautiful pictures to
show and an interesting report.
DR.. II. King Vann was host
to the February Enterprise Farm
ers Club at Hollow Tree Farm.
Mrs. Herbert Adams is one of
many Sandy Springers now va
cationing in Florida.
At its February meeting the
Women's Auxiliary of the Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Depart
ment reported on its donations
and purchases for the benefit of
the Fire Department during 1853
The Auxiliary's major efforts
produced a new generator and
kitchen range and the installa-
ton of some doors in the Fire
House.
Mrs. R. A. Spaeth has just re-
turned from visit to her daugh-
ter and her family who live in
Stratford, Conn.,, but who will
move soon to Seattle. On the way
Mrs. Spaeth stopped to visit the
Bassett Fergusons, who have re-
Gently moved from this neighbor-
hood to Ridley Park, Pa.
Brownie Troop No. 1016 under
Mrs. Howard Edwards recently
celebrated its first birthday at
a party for the girls and their
mothers. The fourth grade girls
got their one-year pins and en-
ioyed refreshments and a grab
bag.
One of the old favorite stories,
Heidi and Peter" is to be the
next film in the family movie
series at Sherwood. It will be
held tomorrow night.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19
Germantown
Girl Scouts
Will Honor
.Juliette Low
BY Deborah II. Lenz
Gaithersburg 692-M

The Juliette Low World Friend
ship Program will be held on
February 25 at 7:30 pm, at Nc
Cathran Hall, Washington Grove.
All Brownies, Girl Scouts, and
their parents in the neighborhood
are invited.
This program is an annual
function. Mrs. Clarence Streeter,
a Senior Leader, who spent last
summer in Finland chaperoning
American Girl Scouts on a trip
sponsored by the Juliette Low
Fund, will show colored films CT
her trip. Each troop is to bring
its Juliette Low pennies to this
meeting. These pennies, collected
annually, make up the Juliette
Low Fund.
Mrs. Andrew H. Gibbs, chair
man Of the UPMONTCO Girl
Scout Neighborhood, announces
a meeting of the Neighborhood to
be held February 18th at 8 pm,
at the home of Mrs. John Gloyd
in Gaithersburg.
The annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale is scheduled to begin on
February 81 at $3.50 pm. Ton
the dotD. 1t is the one time in
the year you can give your sup
port to this fine organization.
Mrs. Margaret Wear is the
proud grandmother of her fourth
grandchild. A son, Edward Brian.
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
ward Donald Ganley of Laytons.
vile, on February -, at Sandy
Spring Hospital. Mrs. Ganley will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19

Although plans have not yet
been made an architect has
not been selected, Mother Con-
stantine said - the hospital sure
ly will have an emergency room.
Mother Constantine said that
she thought an emergency room
is one of the services a hospital
should provide for the public.
Many do not
Such facility in populous Sill.
yer Spring would aid police and
firemen UNNECESSARILY in their
conduct of emergency cases. A
nearby Silver Spring hospital
would negate time-consuming
trips to Suburban and Washing
ton Sanitarium Hospitals.
Henry S. Nelson, administrator
of Washington Sanitarium, COM
mented that, There is need for
further medical services in the
area and the coming of the hos
pital is good sign.
But" he added, II wish II were
to be located further north to-
ward the population centers of
Wheaton and Rockville"
c. Carroll Morgan, president
of the Suburban Hospital Asso-
citation, lauded the Sisters of the
Holy Cross as "A very capable
group.
THE hospital" Morgan said,
''is located reasonably north and
east of us to serve the commu.
nifty"
Morgan not long ago appeared
before the Silver Spring Hospital
Association in an effort to get
that group to throw its financial
support behind an expanded Sub.
urban Hospital.
At that time, he told the Asso.
citation he thought ii would be
better for them to be part of a
hospital center than to go ahead
with a smaller, individual hos
pital.
Mother Constantine said that
in her judgment. a large pedia-
trio service will not be necessary
in Silver Spring because of the
complete facilities at Children's
Hospital in the District.
Nun-nurses will live in a sec.
ton of the hospital until expan.
sion requires them to live in
separate quarters. At that time,
Mother Constantine said. plans
may be made for construction of
a nursing school.
Separate and we'll developed
hospital departments, offering
the chance to learn. are what will
attract young intern doctors.
Mother Constantine said. Mean
while, she said. a medical ad
visory board to advise on selec.
ton of resident physicians and
others will be formed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19
Woman in Car Stalled on Halpine Crossing
Leaps to Safety Seconds Before Crash

the collision. "She was standing
there with her hands on top OF
her head, screaming" Justice
said.
He said he did not hear a
whistle. East and west bound
traffic on Halpine rd. is stopped
at the tracks by stop signs. So
is traffic entering Halpine rd.
from Fishers la. on the south.
Fla hing red lights warn
motorists of approaching trains.
The crossing does not have bells
or a gate. The right of way on
each side is owned by the rail
road company.
Train engineer Raymond B.
Coleman, ga, of Arbutus. Md,
told police he saw the car on the
tracks some distance from the
scene of the wreck, but that he
thought it was moving.
When he saw it wasn't, he said,
ii was too late to stop. The train
stopped about a half-mile down
the track from the wreck. Cole
man estimated he was travelling
at 76 miles an hour.
John o. Moser, chairman of the
traffic and safety committee for
the Twinbrook Citizens Associa-
ton, and Mrs. Jean S. Everhart,
Tea president, meanwhile, urged
all area residents to use extreme
caution when negotiating the
Halpine crossing.
Mrs. verhart also recon-
mended installation of automatic
gates at the intersection and paw
ing and widening of the crossing.
Her suggestions were to be for
Warded to the B q o.
The last remembered injury at
the crossing came in the 1920'S
when truck was wrecked by a
train. M. G. Coplen, of Coplen
Nursery, Veirs Mill rd., and fell
low worker, were nearing the
tracks in a search of a carload
of stone.
Coplen this week recalled that
he was looking out of the truck
window when some h IN G"
blocked his view. He rolled out
the truck door but his companion
was caught in the cab that was
smashed by locomotive. He was
found later, dead, on the front of
the locomotive.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19

be remembered as Miss Betty Jo
Wear.
Mrs. Annie Waters celebrated
her S5th birthday anniversary
last Sunday. Mrs. Waters, the
widow of the late William Wa.
tiers, lives at the home of her
nephew and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roger Humphrey. Hearty
congratulations are extended to
Mrs. Waters.
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wa.
ters Woodfield entertained their
son, Albert Woodfield, and his
two sons, Junior and Allen, of
Washington, D. c., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Schaeffer, of Cedar
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Grove of
Clarksburg, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Schaeffer of Cedar Grove
are spending 10 days on vaca-
ton trip to st. Petersburg and
Miami, Fla.
Germantown welcomes back
Mrs. Charles Deck and her three
children, John, Reggie and
Jeanne, although we are sorry for
the circumstances which brought
them back. In July, 1857, Mr.. and
Mrs. Deck left Germantown for
Ankara, Turkey, where Mr.. Deck
began a two-year assignment for
the u. S. Government. A few
weeks ago Mrs. Deck was noti-
fled of the serious illness of her
father in Chicago, and she re-
turned to the States with the
children. After a visit to her IA
Their. she returned to German
town and plans to remain here
until her husbands return early
in March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob GasSaway
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of a daughter, born
February 10, at Sandy Spring
Hospital. Mr.. Gassaway is en-
ployed at Kings Service Station
at Old Germantown. Mrs. CASA
way will be remembered as Miss
Gloria Hessie.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-02-19
Sandy Spring
80 Couples
Attend P-TA
Fund Dance
Margaret F. AdelfiO
Walker 4-3S03

That Valentines Day Dance at
st. Peters Hall was great sue
cess. The so or SO couples who
attended thoroughly enjoye d
dancing to good music and So
cializing. Decorations were beau.
tifully done and pertinent to the
Valentine theme.
Profits from the dance are for
the Sherwood Elementary School
P-TA, so al. the fun was for a
good reason. Stanley Moore and
Leslie Weatherford were CO.
chairmen of the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. John.
sen invited a group Of friends to
a post-dance pizza and coffee
party at TOMBSTONE Saturday
night.
Members of the Friendship Gar
den Club are in the process of
planning an informal garden
exhibit to be entered in the Ma.
tional Capital Flower and Gar
den Show, which is held annually
at the National Guard Armory in
March. Mrs. Merritt Chance was
February hostess OF the Friend
ship Club when the project was
discussed.
Mrs. David Brigham, chairman
of the Mothers March on Polio
here, reports that in the recent
drive over 5000 was collected in
this area. The report was made
at the last meeting of the Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary which was
held at the home of Mrs. Robert
Kemp on February 9.
Local Lions Clubs also have a
favorable report on community
activities. All three clubs, Sandy
Spring, Burtonsville and Coles
vile, were over their quotas at
the recent visit of the Red Cross
Bloodmobile. They are proud of
the turnout.
Mr.. a N d Mrs. Charles Grey
were hosts to the "Neighbors"
last week. A friend of theirs who
does work in agriculture for the
government showed slides he had
taken while on a project in For
moSa.
Also showing color slides of
far-away places recently was Mr..