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The people's voice., 1959-02-20
Continuation oi
Interim Group
Brings Hassle

Kermit Daniels (D-PowelD took
some lusty slaps at HB 1876, that
would re-enact the law creating legis-
lative interim councils, late last week,
saying he realized opposition to these
interim bodies was like attacking
Mother or God". Daniels said he
failed to see legislative problems were
any different than they were two or
four years ago when there was no
such council.
When proponents of the interim
legislative body pointed to results
they had achieved on the prison study
they made, Daniels countered that
the only thing that had accomplished
anything at the penitentiary had been
the riots. He said the terrible condi-
tions that existed there had been
recognized for many years but moth
ing was done until the riots.
HB 1876 asked for 100000 for
council operations in the next two
years, and said Daniels, 81 don't
think we are going to get 100000
wortho of good out of it,.
Pat Gilfeather (D-Cascade) tried
to amend the bill to say that up to
$4,000 should be earmarked for a
study of the corporation license tax
and the committee be directed to
bring in legislation correcting the in
equalities in that area, but council
people argued against such defining
restrictions as unnecessary.
Winfield Page -Missoula) argued
against creation of the council on
The basis that they propose legisla-
ion then lobby for it in the Legisla-
lure. He said, at has gotten so that
+ this thing keeps up we will be sign
ng a proxy and they will be doing
our work for u.s..
Cecil Parker (D-Pondera) feared |
councils would soon supersede repre-
sentative government.
Members of the last council who |
defended this form of legislative study
sroup were James Wood (D-Chou-
eau) Lloyd Barnard (D-Valley) and
ieorge Howard -Missoula). They
we're opposed to special study groups
hat were set up at the last session,
uch as the Taxation and Education
Commission, which received an ap-
ropriation of $4,000, and they be-
ieved these problems could be han
led by interim councils.
The House voted 48 to 33 to give
he interim council two more years
f life.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20

Headlines in the ACM Helena daily
Thursday of last week said, "House
Majority Refuses Cut of Two-Mill
Levy on All Property in Montana,
which was misleading enough to re.
ouire comment. In the VOICE last
week we carried a story of the de-
bate on this question, but perhaps
additional comment should be made
in view of what appears to be a
propaganda line that will be used in
connection with this obvious political
more, via headlines.
The two-mill levy under debate is
the statewide levy enacted by legis-
Iative assemblies since 1928, and
which serves as cushion in the event
of financial emergency in state fl
nances. The need to impose the levy
arose in 1858 after liquor dealers cir
culated petitions and made imperative
a tax measure voted by the 1857 Leg
islature. The state lost approximately
IL million dollars as consequence,
and it became necessary to impose
the two-mill levy.
No one wants to deny any group
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
"Widows and Orphans"
Carry the Day In Fight
Over Inheritance Taxes

A bill that would have made insur-
ance policies of over $4,000 subject
to inheritance tax was killed Sunday
when a successful move was made
to strike the enacting clause of HB
461.
Presently insurance policies are ex-
empt up to $4,000, and the bill was
intended to equalize the status of in
surance beneficiaries with that of an
heir who must pay Inheritance taxes
on other property after $17,500. The
authors of the bill were submerged
in the tears for widows and orphans.
Harold Gunderson (D-Cascade)
pointed out that if he left his wife
property she would have to pay in
heritance tax on everything over
$17,500, but if his brother left his
wife insurance she didn't have to
pay the tax unless she had more
than $4,000.
Cecil Parker (D-Pondera) pointed
out that $3.50 of insurance policies
were for less than $4,000.
This attempt at equalization of
Inheritance tax was lost by arguments
such as:
Felt (R-Yellowstone): The Board
of Equalization is trying to overturn
a court decision;
Bradford (D-Cascade): Something
should be sacred to man and his
family without taxing;
Lees (R-Yellowstone) Taxing wild
ows and orphans is going a little too
far, and
Helding (D-Missoula): This is the
most vicious piece of legislation to
hit this assembly.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
Why don't co-ops grow faster?

Why don't co-ops grow faster?
They've existed from the very be-
ginning. AS early as 1852 Benjamin
Franklin organized mutual fire in
surance company. In 1904, Connect
cut dairy farmers formed milk mar
keting coop. AS the frontier moved
west, people raised their barns and
houses by mutual effort.
The Mormons organized their eco
nomic life in cooperative, self-help
enterprises. In the 1870s, the Grang-
ers invested their boundless enthus-
iasm in countless co-ops-bull rings
in the dairy states, threshing rings on
the plains, and countless general mer-
chandising emporiums.
Yet only a handful of the co-opera-
tives as we know them today had been
founded SO years ago-and most of
these are farmers marketing co-ops.
Massachusetts passed the first cred
it union law in 1909. The oldest re-
gional farm supply co-op-Farmers
Union State Exchange-was organ
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
Republicans, Company Press
Team Up On Propaganda Move

the right to take their case to the
people in the same manner as the
liquor dealers did. At the same time,
the state administration must have
some emergency means of protect
ing the government against financial
chaos resulting from these steps.
This two-mill levy has never been
taken into consideration by any Ways
& Means Committee of the Legislature
as a source of revenue to meet ex-
penses, when they are figuring the
income and outgo to balance the state
budget.
Experience has we'll proven that
it would be madness to remove this
cushion. Therefore the move by Re-
publicans, and the headlines in the
Company's Helena press are entirely
political in nature, and deception
that is designed to play on lack of
understanding of the voting public
of what the real issue is.-G. B.
The G. F. TRIBUNE's head
line on same story was more honest.
1t said: effort To End Two-Mill
Property Tax Defeated.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20

Co-operatives got another kicking
around during the night session Thurs
day of last week, when HB 359 by
Gilfeather D-Cascade) came up for
debate.
Conflicting federal court decisions
and rulings by the Internal Revenue
Service have temporarily placed in a
legal "no mans land" the time when
coop rebates should be considered
as income. One rule held that they
were taxable in the year accrued
whether or not paid out to the patron.
The other held that they were not
taxable until such time as actually
in hands of patron. HB 359 will re-
solve this at the state income tax level
by considering all such farmer coop
rebates as income the year accrued,
whether paid out in cash to the patron
or placed to his credit in the coop
via revolving fund certificates, re-
tain certificates, capital stock, or
merchandise, etc.
Coop antagonists, Elting Q-Cus-
ter) and Angstman (D-HilD aroused
coop defenders McOmber (D-Teton)
and Parker (D-Pondera). McOmber
rose to the point of personal privi-
lege" after Angstman called coop
people 'tax dodgers.
The Teton representative said any
corporation in this state can derive
the same benefits as co-ops if they
just return all their dividends to their
patrons. He said in a coop everyone
shares, and when they "trade down
the street they get calendar at the
end of the year,.
Rep. Parker said he chad been
waiting 80 days to prove the gentle
man from Hill (Angstman) doesn't
know what he is talking about.
Rep. Bar6anouve (D-Blaine) said
he would be glad to accept any of the
worthless paper" anti-co-op people
were complaining about, and added
that his cooperative had returned
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
US Co-ops Date >WayBaek'
Development Very Recent

lASu Ill 1014. HG 1IISI ISS1OlAdI SOlA-
sumers co-op-Central Co-operatives
appeared in 1917. The Cooperative
League wasn't founded until 1916.
The first coop entered the oil busi-
ness in 1920, and not until 1926 was
the first wholesale petroleum coop
Midland Co-operatives = organized.
That same year the first housing CO.
op blossomed in New York City. The
oldest health coop was founded on
the Oklahoma plains in 1929.
U. S. co-operatives became move
ment in the Great Depression. The
deepening farm crisis of 1920-33
gave the first big push to the vigorous
farm supply co-ops that now virtually
cover the nation. And as the farm
crisis spread to the cities, co-opera-
tives took hold here and there, too.
1t was the Great Depression that
brought credit unions together in
Credit Union National Association.
In the quarter century since then,
people have organized $4,000 credit
unions, and they now have 10 million
members and $4,000 million in assets.
The first rural electric co-ops were
organized in those years, and today
there are nearly 1000 of these with
4 II million members who buy $500
million worth of electricity a year.
The beginnings of cooperative in
surance are remote. Farmers township
have a long and illustrious
history. (For what is an insurance
coop except mutual company with
a special viewpoint?) Yet the null
tiple-line companies that identify
themselves with other co-operatives,
that emphasize policyowner participa-
5ion, and that maintain genuine demo-
cratic control date only from the late
l92Os.
These were years when people had
20 think-and think fast. They had
'oresaken their implicit confidence
n things as they are" and were
tasting about for new solutions. Many
If the old supports were gone, and
young people dared new ventures.
Above all, the people sensed they were
III in the same boat, and the boat
leeded repairs.
From time to time, as far back as
he 1870s, small coop food and cloth
ng stores have flared up in the
tiles, only to die away. Not until
he 195Os did urban people clearly
ee the factors success rests on, and
heir co-ops are now rocketing ahead.
Fifty years is short span in the
fe of social and economic institu-
ions. Yet few modern co-operatives /
ate back any further. And 25 years |
!; an even shorter time. Yet it was I
My then that co-operatives became {
movement. What do you expect in '
quarter century? {
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
>Right-to-Know'
Bill Approved
By Lower House

House Bill 5, the 'right-to-know"
bill, said Dale McGarvey (D-Flat-
head) is part of the democratic
processes, and is necessary for an
informed electorate, and a corolary
of responsible freedom of speech.
HB came out of committee with
a majority and minority report. The
minority was edo pass" and was de-
Tended by McGarvey, author of the
bill. He was opposed by Rep. Ander-
son (R-Yellowstone) who thought
there were, what he called "quasi-
judicial commissions operating in
the state, such as the Railroad and
Public Service Commission who need
ed to deliberate away from public
scrutiny. He recognized there were
abuses by, certain boards and depart
ments of the secret meeting technique.
but he doubted the wisdom of "sub-
Jectlng them to continuing pressure
of people who have appeared before
them.
Rep. Felt (R-Yellowstone) said it
would make it necessary for import
ant matters to be settled in hotel
rooms and "drive them underground.
Rep. Daniels (D-PowelD said Sc
cret sessions of state officials end
up with the people not knowing the
real reasons behind decisions. He said
"they might as we'll be blunt and
frank.
McGarvey's minority report of "do
pass" was accepted by the legislature.
Monday night HB passed the
House SO to 20.
Other sponsors of HB in addition
to McGarvey are: Tonner, Wold, Bar
ret, Sheldon (Flathead), Cerovski.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
Senate Gets New JobIess
Benefit Bill

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
A bill was introduced in the Senate
providing for establishing nationwide
minimum standards of unemployment
compensation, including a thirty-nine
week benefit period and payments to
equal fifty per cent of weekly wages.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
Paging Jimmy Felt
Administration Lacks
Sponsor for Ike's
Coop Tax Bill

WASHINGTON, D. C.-CCNS)
The Presidents proposal for a
special coop tax had not been in
troduced February IL, two weeks
after Treasury Secretary Robert
Anderson sent the long, carefully
worded bill to Capitol Hill.
Rep. Felt, you'll recall, was lead
off sponsor of HB 65, which pro-
posed taxing non-existent farm
coop net income under the COR
poration license tax law.-Editor.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
By JERRY VOORHIS

(Voorhis is executive director of
the Cooperative League, a former
STERN congressman from Cali
fornia and an official of the Ma
tional Council of Churches of
Christ in America.)
The people's voice., 1959-02-20
House DEGREES
No Douuh For Wheat Commission

all wheat grown in Montana. 1t would
have set up a seven-man commission,
including a no-dues-paying member
of the grain processing industry.
In last weeks VOICE, Leonard
Kenfield. president of Montana Farm
ers Union. said ''there is little doubt
that if the industry people really want
to encourage improvements in winter
fheat varieties they would get almost
complete response in a very few crop
seasons by offering premium for
the variety of wheat they want :"
The House majority apparently
concurred that, rather than set up
another bureau (Which in effect
would constitute another and single
purpose farm organization backed by
the power. of the state to tax), the
millers should offer the premium,
and there the matter lies for at least
another biennium.
The roll call on HB 251 was taken
on third (finaD reading. Those vot-
ing faye" voted for establishment of
a wheat commission. The roll call
follows:
The people's voice., 1959-02-20

For Establishment of Wheat
Commission (38)
Aasheim Kolar
Anderson KVaalen
Babcock Lees
BentZ Leuthold
Breeder Mernin
CaVan Morrison
CerOvSki Nees
Elting Cd Nelstead
Felt Page, Gran.
Flare Page, MSla.
Fladager Paulsen
Gleed Reeder
Haines, Pr. Regain
Haines, MsIa. Reinecke
Hanks Rindy
Hawks Sales
Higham Walton
Howard Wood
Kiff Wright
Against Commission Estab. (47)
Abel Jensen
Angstman karlberg
BardanOuye LangStOn
Barrett Macdonald
Barnes McGarvey
BashOr McNalIy
Casey McOmber
Cloves MOudree
Curry Nichols
Daniels Parker
Devier Powell
DeW0lfe Powers
EmmOns RaundaI
EsIkildsen Schwinden
Gilfeather Shea
Gill Sheehy
Clancy Sheldon, Line.
GundersOn Sheldon, Flat.
HarbalI Strnisha
Healy TOnner
HeIding Wayrynen
HOlecel WOOdrin@
HOItz WOId
Jardine
ABSENT OR EXCUSED: Barnard,
Battin, Bradford, Corcoran Gerard, Lo-
man, Loughran, McGaffick, Picard.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20

ABSENT OR EXCUSED: Barnard,
Battin, Bradford, Corcoran, Gerard, Lo-
man, Loughran, McGaffick, Picard.
The people's voice., 1959-02-20

Other sponsors of HB in addition
to McGarvey are: Tonner, Wold, Bar
ret, Sheldon (Flathead), Cerovski.
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Wellesley Club Plans
Opening NIGHT Benefit

The Washington Wellesley
Club will sponsor the opening
night performance of Will
liam Inge's new play, "A
Loss Of Roses. on Thursday,
october 20, at the National
Theater.
The play. set in Kansas in
the early '30s, stars Shirley
Booth who also starred in
"Come Back Little Sheba",
one of the playwright's earli-
er hits.
Proceeds from the tickets
told by the Wellesley alum
nae group will be contribu-
ted to the Faculty Salary Ad-
vancement Fund of the COL
lege.
Mrs. Bernard Koteen Is
chairman of the benefit. Mrs.
William Seawall is vice
chairman, and Mrs. Stanley
Levine is treasurer.
Committee heads include
Mrs. Lloyd Cutler, patrons;
Mrs. Karl G. Harr and Mrs.
Philip M. Swatek, external
publicity; Mrs. Karl Baer,
internal publicity; Mrs. Ar
mold Raum, invitations; Mrs.
Vincent C. Jones, telephone
and Mrs. Kennedy Schmertz,
and Mrs. Seawell, reserva-
tons.
Those serving on the
Patrons Committee include
Mrs. Deane G. Acheson, Mrs.
Philip w. AmraA, Mrs. Leo
nard Carmichael. Mrs. Ed
win G. Nourse, Mrs. Dom
aid r. Roberts, Mrs. Seymour
j. Rubin, Mrs. Harold Bur-
ton, Mrs. Edward Foley,
Mrs. H. Strive Hensel, Mrs.
Arthur H Reyes, jr., Mrs.
Richard Il. Sanger, Mrs.
James c. Sergent. Mrs.
Philip w. Thayer and Mrs.
3. Franklin Kahn.
Those planning to give
pre-theater or after-theater
parties that evening include
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ciabie enough. don't make q
q point TO talk everything
over with them, don't care
to go out into mixed society
where they win meet no one
for whom they have any
particular regard.
"It's the nature Of the
beast" Women should not
expect too much, and. above
all. they should not expect q
man to behave like O woman.
I have O free reading list,
"The Psychological Differ
ences Between Men and
Women" that viii guide you
to some books in the public
library which are well worth
some study by both men and
women. Any reader may have
q copy by accompanying the
request by q self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
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YOUR FAMILY AND YOU
Here Are a Few Tips
From Across the Sea

course she wouldn't. Shed do
something else. simply be-
cause she is q woman and he
is O man.
Understanding
AS the italian writer. Mrs.
Luisa Guarnero. remarks,
this is one Of the FIRST things
a girl ought TO learn. She
ought to understand herself
as q woman. Then she should
understand that men are
something else again. Let's
take just one point which
Mrs. Guarnero goes on TO
emphasize: Feminine nature
possesses one characteristic
that is unknown to the mas
culine." She calls 1t "expan-
sivity." We might describe 1t
as an outgoing disposition, q
desire to give of herself, to
do things for others.
1t has often been remarked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
BY DIR. PAUL PoPENoE

"Vive 10 differencel" as
the French say. Now an
italian psychologist says,
1.-THE first mistake q girl
makes. from earliest youth,
in judging her male asso-
ciates, is to suppose that they
are psychologically like her
self"
What's the matter, girls?
After all. the mutual attrac-
ton between the sexes is
based on the extraordinary
ease with which you can spot
some OF those differences at
o glance.
Why don't you realize that
q man will behave different
ly, too, in almost any situa-
ton? But a girl will complain
bitterly. II don't see why he
should act that way. I
wouldn't do that to him." OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
that D mans idea Of treating

talnt y uhuh iuOu VI UkOubtLib
q visitor well is to leave him
alone. not to bother him. His
wife's idea Of treating the
visitor well is TO do as much
as possible for him. She leads
him to an easy chair. wants
him to admire the view, asks
him to listen to a funny story
that she reads to him. sug-
gests o television program.
offers refresbment, and is
continually afraid she is not
doing enough.
Jaw, leave him alone" her
husband grumbles. LET the
poor fellow relax"
That's the woman Of It,
Mrs. Guarnero asserts. From
infancy. the feminine nature
is directed more toward social
relations toward friendships.
toward condolences. She has
an irresistible impulse to
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Engagement
Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Emory
Hutchinson announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter,
Mrs. Paul Hildreth Francis,
to DR.. Albert Edward Mar
land. jr.
Mrs. Francis is a graduate
Of the Madeira School and
Colby Junior College. DR..
Marland is a graduate Of
Georgetown University and
the Georgetown Medical
School.
The wedding will take
place the latter part Of No
vember.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard Bra
love, Mr.. and Mrs. Koteen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler.
Mrs. Lawrence J. Hender-
son is president of the club
and Mrs. Koteen is vice
president. Also serving as
officers are Mrs. Kahn. re-
cording secretary: Mrs. An
drew E. Taylor. correspond
ing secretary, and Mrs. AL
bert C. F. Westphal, treas
urer.
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japanese Lunch

The Women's Planning
Committee of Japan Inter-
national University will hold
a luncheon at the Tokyo
Sukiyaki Restaurant on Con-
necticut avenue at 1890 pm.
Wednesday. At the meeting
the committee expects to
complete arrangements for
its large tea on october %
at the Japanese Embassy.
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make known her feelings. her
tastes. her joys and sorrows:
to analyze her own senti-
ments and those Of everybody
else.
Esteem and Interest
In mans makeup (again
I'm quoting Mrs. 0uarneroD
there's nothing Of the sort.
Men are less communicative.
Their friendships are based
on esteem, on COMMON inter-
ests rather than on the nee
essity Of having someone in
whom to confide.
It's worth while for every
woman, young and old, TO
remember this. Unfortunate
ly, most Of them fail to re-
member 1t. They are con-
tinually complaining that
their husbands are not So
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"It Is commendable to elimi-
nate paper work." he said, "but
not in this field"
"The use Of the telephone re-
vealed in the report certainly
Is not good Government busi-
ness" he added. However. 1t
could be good for the manu-
facturer."
Mr.. Hebert referred to a re-
port on contracts with the Me-
Donnell Aircraft Corp. Of st.
Louis. The company holds Navy
and Air Force contracts total
ing about $3.50 million. manu-
featuring the Navy's Fish
Demon and the Air Forces
F-l0l Voodoo airplanes.
According to the report. Navy
Bureau of Aeronauttcs repre-
sentatives obtained cost data on
contracts merely by lifting up
the telephone.
I'm establishing a Arm price
for the airplaneS Navy
contracting officials utilize,
without adequate evaluation or
verification, cost data which
include duplicate costs and
costs not applicable to the con-
Evening star., 1959-06-15

creases, he added that working
men must be careful not TO do
things that will hurt them
selves.
Mr.. Whitehouse told the
union gathering today that
business is using a generally
anti-labor atmosphere created
by the Senate Rackets Com
mittee hearings TO undermine
the entire process Of collective
bargaining and limit unions
from getting a share Of new
prosperity for the workers.
THE administration shares
part Of the blame" Mr.. White
house said.
when the President Of the
United States makes 1t appear
that a union-negotiated wage
increase is some kind Of social
crime and that a wage dollar is
more inflationary than a profit
dollar, an interest dollar, or
one made by pushing up hous-
ing costs through land specu-