The people's voice., 1959-04-03
Repr. Leroy Anderson
Reports To You From
The Nations Capitol

this week is in annual Easter recess
and many of the members have re
turned to their respective states
Tuesday night l was at Conrad, ano
this Thursday | am to be guest speak.
er at meeting in Great Falls; Satur-
day afternoon l will participate in
a ground-breaking ceremony for the
large new Army Reserve training
center at Billings, and Saturday night
l will address a public gathering at
the Northern Hotel there. My wife,
Jessie, is accompanying me on our
visit home, where we will enjoy a
brief reunion at Conrad with our
young grandsons, Christopher, Paul
and Michael Lahr.
Cherry Blossom Festival - Next
week, April TIP, one of Washington's
most colorful outdoor event takes
place-the Cherry Blossom Festival.
Included will be pageant, April II
and 12, at which will appear the
Cherry Blossom queen and her prin-
cesses from all the states and terri
tories. Montana's princess and queen
candidate is lovely black-haired
Irish miss of 10, Sheila Horgan,
grandniece of Senator James E. Muir
ray. If all the cherry blossoms that
will be in full bloom here then were
put on hats, every girl in the country
would have pretty spring bonnet.
Encircling the waters of the Tidal
Basin down by jefferson Memorial
are 600 cherry trees. Blending blooms
with them are the white Akebonos,
providing spectacular show for hun
dreds of thousands of visitors. At
1880 pm, April IL, the Parade of
Princesses will take place with more
than 1000 participants; majorettes,
bands, floats, drill teams, mounted
horse and special music units. under
giant illuminated conditions with ma
tional TV network coverage. Gener-
ally, the Festival will unfold in a
series of programmed pageants, pa
rades, balls, diplomatic courtesies,
games and shows, climaxed with the
crowning of the queen at the Jeffer-
son Memorial, Saturday, April II
at 200 pm.
National Rifle Association-I was
delighted this week with the election
of Raymond Hoem of Big Timber
as a director of the National Rifle |
Association. We both share an inter
est in the program of the NRA, since
have been member of it for many
years. Also attending the national
meeting here was Oscar Landet of
Speaker at the annual
banquet was General Curtis LeMay,
vice chief of staff of the u. S. Air
Force. At the head table were Joint
Chief of Staff Twining, the chiefs
If staff of the Army, Navy, Air Force
md Marine Corps, and top officials
# the executive and legislative
branches of the government, all of
hem enthusiastic supporters of the
lRA.
Durum Bill - The Wheat subcom- ,
nittee of the House Committee on
\ Agriculture has favorably reported |
ut my durum acreage incentive bill ;
or 1859. We are pushing this legisla- {
ion in an effort to get it through t
congress before spring planting time, ,
ut it still will be nip and tuck race, '
yith the threat of possible Presi-
ential veto. Durum wheat produc- {
ion last season was half the amount :
equired by the macaroni and other :
1t is speciality crop 2
rown largely in North Dakota and i
,astern Montana, and is not COM Q
etitive with the surplus wheats-in q
act, where durum is grown it re- =
uces by like quantity the produc- n
on of surplus-type wheats. i,
Agriculture = SO far this first
,ssion of the seth Congress. there "
ave been 238 bills introduced in =
lie House relating to agriculture. To !,
ate, the Department of Agriculture ;,
as objected to every one of these q
lis on which it has taken a position. :,
hey even opposed the school milk =,
-ogram. This administration, ac- -
,rding to Congressman Harold Coo u