The people's voice., 1959-04-10
Repr. Leroy Anderson
Reports To You From
The Nations Capitol

has returned from its traditional
Easter recess and along with the
other members who returned to their
home states, have received inspira-
ton for courses of action on many
matters here during the next few
months. This first week of resumed
sessions will be mostly committee
meetings, but next week there will be
greatly accelerated activity on the
floor of the House.
USO-As Montana representative
on the National Council, l plan to
attend the Annual National USO
Council Meeting here this week.
Others from Montana may also at
tend. This is the group which is sup
ported by most American church and
civic groups to provide wholesome
recreational outlets for our young
men who are in military service
throughout the world. Nationally
prominent speakers scheduled are
Mrs. w. Randolph Burgess, member,
Paris, FIR, USO Committee; George
Venable Allen, director U. S. Infor-
nation Agency and former ambassa-
dor to Greece, Turkey, Yukoslavia,
India and Iran; Senator Jennings
Randolph of West Virginia, and top
officials of the nations defense es-
tablishment.
Millionaires In u. S.-The New
York Times the other day carried an
article revealing there are about 200
persons in the U. S. who report an
nual incomes in excess of one million
dollars, but estimating there are
hundreds of thousands of millionaires
in this nation. In New York State
alone there probably are as many
as $4,000 millionaires. Only about
four dozen from these $4,000 actually
declared annual incomes in excess
of million. From among those indi-
viduals in other states who listed at
least million per year income were:
Pennsylvania, 18; Illinois, 13; Texas,
II; California, 8, and Delaware, 8.
UNDERSTANDABLE enough, these six
states are the ones from which come
the most big banking and business
pressure group demands that fed
eral income taxes be reduced or even
and that individual states
be given the right to take over
this form of taxation. The reason is
easy to see. Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Texas and Is other states do not
levy personal income tax. The other
states levy at most about per cent
on income over $4,000 annually.
Federal income taxes, which million
aires naturally would like to elimi-
nate, range from SO per cent for
net income over $4,000 to 81 per
cent on net income in excess of
100000.
Montana's Ranking-The achieve
ments, educational responsibilities,
ability to support education and eff
fort to support schools by Montana
are shown in a statistical summary
ssued by the National Educational
Association here.
Our state is 18th in the nation with
persons 25 or older having median
If 10.1 years of schooling. 1t is 18th
highest among the states in percent
Ige of those with at least four years
# high school, and 10Th in numbers
# college graduates. 1t is 18th among
he states in the percentage Of per-
ons of voting age voting in the
presidential election of 1856. It's
i've birth rate per 1000 population
S ninth highest in the nation, averag-
ng 27.
Our young people in the school age
'racket, 5 to II, range 10Th in the
J. s., while 8O.4 per cent of these
re enrolled in public schools, to
ank Montana 34th in this respect.
his is because Montana ranked 21st
ationally in the percentage of all
lrolled children who were attending
rivate or parochial schools.
In one respect, Montana is near
he bottom of the list of states, in
9th place, with the average number
f days that schools were open for !
171.7 days as compared
o the national average Of 178 and
llinois' top of 1869 days. Montana l
rallied, too, in the percentage of ele- s
lentary school teachers with four ,
r more years Of college prepara-
ion. 1t ranked 34th with 38.5 per
ent as compared to the U. S. aver
ge Of I'll, and Oklahoma's top of