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The people's voice., 1959-04-17

determination
shall include the preparation of bills
necessary for the enactment of legis-
lation in the State of Montana and to
resolve any conflict with law current
ly in effect:"
RECALLS GOVERNOR CALLING
HIM TO HELENA
You will recall, after this Commit
tee had been created, you invited me
to come to Helena to help select a
committee as directed by the legisla-
ture. You had received list from the
Montana Transport Association listing
names Of possible representatives
from the various financial districts
My name was not on the list despite
the fact that / appeared before the
Highway Committee of the House in
the 1855 Session when the weight
distance tav was first seriously con-
sidered, and at that time. I recon-
mended that this tax idea be post
poned and thoroughly studied before
considering its enactment.
You may recall that the Report
prepared in 1854 and submitted to
you on December 1, 1854, contained
number of recommendation includ-
ing No. 4, the model diesel tax law
providing for differential in taxes
paid for diesel fuel and gasoline.
No. 5, Anti Diversion Amendment.
No. IA, A legislative Fact Finding
Committee with the suggestion that
this Committee make a ''full scale"
study of the highway needs and taxa
tion including the weight distance
principle for use in the guidance of
future legislators"
You will recall, when I came to
Helena to help you select the Com
mittee which was to serve and report
to the 1857 Session, I advised you
that | was not in a position to take
the time and personal funds necessary
to serve on another committee, having
already served on three previous
ones. However. you insisted that
become a member of the Committee |
in the following words. "Sit down |
there and go to work.. then decided |
that | would try to be of help espec- |
tally in view of the fact that you gave |
us complete support and cooperation |
during the 1855 Session when we en-
countered extremely strong opposi-
tion to the Anti Diversion Amend
ment.
incidentally, during the 1856 Ses-
sion, we also encountered extremely
strong opposition on the part of the
trucking industry because they were
to paying higher tax rates
for diesel fuel than was being paid
for gasoline. However. all available
showed that there should
be differential and we were finally
in having the necessary
legislation enacted.
INDUSTRY OPPOSITION
NOT UNUSUAL"
This opposition on the part of the
industry was not unusual
because you will remember when you
we're Chairman of the Senate Com
nittee on Highways, you presided !
'ver a meeting in the Governors re- !
,eption room, at which time, your '
committee considered the recon- d;
nendations of the 1850 Governors i
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
POINT 2

AfOnSOn.
The price of such basic commOdi-
ties as milk and bread might easily
be increased. This is certainly no
boon to the ''IittIe man" or his chill
dren. Estimates in the dairy industry
show that the tax rate on trucks
owned by various creameries Will be
two and three times as high as the
present GVW tax. In one case 1t will
be four times high. 1t In logical
to believe that some of this will be
passed on to the consumers of milk,
cheese and ice cream, and this is
only one example.
Schotte:
Your second objection is to the
effect that there will be an increase
in consumer prices. 1t is difficult for
me to understand why you would
object to an increase in consumer
prices based on the enactment of
this type of legislation, in view of the
fact that you personally and various
of the Highway Commission
and Highway Department, apparently
at your direction, have been constant
ly asking for and encouraging the
enactment of an additional gasoline
tax which is simply sales tax di-
rectly passed on to the consumer.
Your contention that this tax would
have unduly affected consumer prices
the facts established by
the special study made under the
direction of our Committee entitled,
Effect of Commercial Vehicle Tax
alton on Consumer Prices. This Re-
port concludes, "for most goods
bought by consumers. the possible
affect of the proposed Montana
tax is negligible. For
the most heavily affected,
among a selected group of grocery
TENS, is potatoes where the possible
increase under certain conditions of
approximates 1/10c on a
zen pound bag of potatoes retailing
for SIC. "The same computation on
MILK. which is an item to which you
"would indicate charge of
about one half of that for potatoes
,r 1/10c on $1.00 worth of milk. This |
s charge so small as to be almost |
of passage to the con-
iumer".
On Page :, of this Report, you will
ind. "as final note. the fact that
he tax burden may fall ultimately |
IN producers, marketers, and to some
extent consumers as we'll as trans
,ortation agencies should not be re-
garded as undesirable of itself. Ger
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
POINT a
Aronson:


The sO-caIled weight distance tax
is "a mystery of administration. No
one can be 100 percent correct I'm
predicting it's operation. However,
1T is definitely true that n great num-
ber of factors compIicate Its adnmin-
istration. Throughout Sub. HB 22S
important determinations as to Its
application are left to the admins
trative Judgment of the State High
way Department. This opens the pos
sibi1ity of different rules under every
different Highway Commission Ii
certainly leaves any Commission and
Department wide open to pressure
tactics. This is not sound tax as-
miDistered policy.
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
Schotte:

Your fourth statement refers to
mystery of administration, and
proceeds to substantiate this with this
fstatement, mo one can be 1000
correct in predicting its operation.
If would be interesting to have some
one select any piece of legislation
which was enacted by the recent
Legislature or by any other Legisla-
ture in Montana or elsewhere, and
have that individual predict with
1000 accuracy what the enactment
of the legislation would do. Since all
legislation deals with human beings,
it is simply impossible to make this
type of prediction.
You will very well recall the Fact
Finding Committee was constantly
told by some of the leading attorneys
who served in the 1855 Session, that
the very, very short anti-diversion
amendment bill was completely bad
and defective in almost every legal
way and this type of opposition con-
tinued until you personally advised
a group of Senators that "they were
not returning home until the legisla-
tion was enacted" and suddenly this
very. very short bill became accept
able legislation and to my knowledge,
it has not caused any serious prob
lens since its enactment.
Furthermore. our neighboring states
of Idaho and Oregon seem to operate
their weight-distance laws without
any serious or insurmountable prob
lens and received letter two years
ago from the Department in New
York in which they stated that they
felt the administration was not un-
usually difficult and certainly their
problems have thousands of .ramifi-
cations which we would not encounter.
Finally. the administration of the
law would have been under personnel
of your own selection and it is my
opinion that our administrators Sc
lected by you would not, and should
not. be less capable than the ones
called upon to administer similar
legislation in other states
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
Schotte:

personally, and l am sure the techn1-
clans who worked on the Report,
would be the first to agree that Sub.
HB 228 provides for some exemptions
which were not provided in the Bill
prepared by US and considered in
1857. However, this of itself should
not have been a fatal defect because
the legislation as it passed both
Houses would still have been a step
in the right direction. as was the
GVW legislation in 1851.
There are approximately 10000
trucks registered in Montana, 52@0
of these are rated less than 5000
GVW. This size vehicle, namely pick
ups and small panels, substantially
discharge their highway responsible
ity. Under the present tax system
an additional 400 of the vehicles
are registered between 5000 and
$4,000 GVW and according to the
Fact Finding Committee they can
discharge their cost responsibility by
uniform annual fee only slightly
adjusted from the current GVW fee
plus &c gas tax. The 500 exemp-
tion, therefore. does not apply only
to farm and logging trucks as implied
in your message, but it applies to any
vehicle operating at less than $4,000
pounds.
Furthermore, it is not an exemp-
tion as such, since flat fee is
levied in lieu of mileage fee and
as stated, in the smaller trucks, the
traffic pattern indicates that they
can be charged on flat fee basis
with reasonable equity.
The Fact Finding Committee bill
provided for a fee on farm vehicles
up to $4,000 pounds. however, Sub.
HB 228 provided for these rates to
go all the way to $4,000 pounds and
the rates in the upper weight groups
were substantially below
those in force under the present GVW
law. This was an unrealistic approach.
1t is not reasonable to provide a We
hicle rate for vehicles over $4,000
pounds since it is not an economical
process to provide such vehicles for
farm use and / doubt that you can
find any farm trucks in their weight
however. if such large
sized vehicles are to be used on the |
the rates as they were pro-
vided in Sub. HB 228 should have |
been substantially higher.
The fee schedule provided for log |
ging trucks is very little higher than !
The people's voice., 1959-04-17

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
Continued From Page One)

each weight group; provided further,
that such study and determination
shall include the preparation of bills
necessary for the enactment of legis-
lation in the State of Montana and to
resolve any conflict with law current
ly in effect"
The people's voice., 1959-04-17
INDUSTRY OPPOSITION
mot UNUSUAL"

This opposition on the part of the
because you will remember when you
were Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Highways, you presided
over meeting in the Governors re-
ception room, at which time. your
committee considered the recon-
mendations of the 1850 Governors
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of opposition voiced by Presi.
dent Eisenhower at his, news
conference last week and signs
that such an extension bill
might not get through either
House or Senate by March
81. the committee Thursday
greatly modified the bill.
The revised bill provides that
Federal payments be continued
only to eligible persons who
apply before April / for such
supplementary unemployment
compensation in States. The
committee estimated this would
cost the Government less than
$50 million and that Federal
participation would end in q
few months.
In a drive to step up legis-
latiye production before the
To-day Easter recess begins
March 81. the House this week
also expects to act on the first
appropriation bills for the As
cal year beginning July l The
District appropriation bill /:
scheduled for debate tomorrow
and the Treasury-Post once
supply bill for next Thursday
Still another money bill
might be reported out late this
week by the Appropriation
Committee. This is the $2.4
billion supplemental measure
requested February II for vari.
Gus agencies for the remainder
Of the current fiscal year.
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million recommended by the
President in his budget.
Another Veto Possible
This is the third spending
program on which the Demo-
cratic leaders have gone well
above the Presidents figures,
the other two being the hous-
ing and airport bills.
President Eisenhower vetoed
q similar area redevelopment
bill last year. and some Sena-
tors think it's heading toward
another veto, even though It's
supporters have adopted some
Of the criteria favored by the
administration for eligibility.
OF the total In the Senate
bill, $500 million would be
placed in three separate revolv-
ing funds for loans. Another
$40 million is for grants for
communities which cannot bor-
row, and $40 million is for
payments to workers being
retrained for new industries.
There is an outside posi-
bility the Senate also may
have time to act before the
recess on the $3.50 million
House bill increasing taxation
,f insurance companies.
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Meantime, congressional lead
ers will have made a good start
On the 1859 legislative program
In these first three months.
The two houses have sent Ha-
Eaiian statehood and a four
year extension Of the draft law
10 the White House.
/, Housing Bill Pending
An omnibus housing bill has
passed the Senate and been re-
ported out Of the House Bank
ing Committee. But House
headers say that branch will not
consider It until after Easter.
Z The bill to continue Federal
aid to airport construction also
has cleared the Senate and will
be the subject Of hearings be-
fore the House Rules Commit
bee this week..
The area redevelopment bill,
designed to help cities suffering
from chronic business depres-
sion. is highly controversial,
and informed sources say there
Is considerable doubt whether
it can be passed before the re-
cess. s.t ~
AS reported from the Bank
ing Committee by a 9-to-6 vote,
it embodies a 1895 million
program. as against only SIS
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BUDGET
Continued From First Page

SVhSAhuCu EhV" hh5s obO
realty tax were to bridge 1t
alone. The actual deficit, ac-
cording to latest revenue esti-
mates, would be more than 81
million. they said.
City officials have opposed
any immediate tax increases
on the grounds that they would
drive taxpayers from the city.
They also are not happy about
making further cuts in the
spending plans. which already
have been reduced by the COM
mittee sos million from the
Commissioners requests.
But there was also some
favorable reaction, by both city
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the House units approach to
the question may prove hopeful.
Congress In recent years, the
official pointed out. has not
tied the Federal payment to
any specific formula.
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struggle over attempts to boost
the total closer to the Sass NH
hon bill passed February 5 by
the Senate. The administration
proposal last January was for
5000 million.
: with or without the airport
issue, however. the House faces
a busy legislative week. This
starts tomorrow as Democratic
leaders move to bypass the re-
luctant Rules Committee and
bring up two other highly con-
troversial bills.
One Is a watered- down plan
to extend the law enacted last
year for Federal assistance to
continue unemployment COM
pensation benefits to jobless
workers who have exhausted
their State benefits.
Tax Deferrai
The other is a suggested tax
deferral arrangement by which
self-employed persons such as
doctors could deduct up to
$4,000 Of income a year on tax
returns by putting that amount
into retirement plans for a
$4,000 maximum. This would
apply only to specified profess
sional groups who do not come
within the payroll tax with
holding procedure.
Over the opposition of House
Republican Leader Halleck,
Democratic leaders viii call up
those two bills under suspen-
sion Of the rules. The measures
have been approved by the
Ways and Means Committee
but have been taken to the
Rules Committee.
Under the rules suspension
process, each bill can be de-
bated only 40 minutes and
cannot be amended. But each
will need a two-thirds majority
vote for passage.
Democratic leaders take the
position that both bills are
emergency" legislation that
must be sped to the Senate
without further delay, The
1858 unemployment compensa-
ton enactment is due TO expire
March 81 unless extended.
Seek Extension
Democratic leaders decided
earlier this month to press for
a one-year extension. Because
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urbs. City ofiicials handed out
q list OF 1868 suburban tax
increase proposals and the
actual increases. The actual
raises were much lower.
However. one ofiicial said
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Airport Aid Issue
Faces Rules Hurdle
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star stan Writer

battered airport Federal aid bill will try to get on the
ground In the House this week despite Rules Committee hazards
and Eisenhower administration GOODNESS.
Action the proposed 1927 million four-year program
depends on clearance the Rules Committee Tuesday
the bill reaches the House floor Wednesday, it will set of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Senate Debate Slated
On RedeveIopnent Bill
BY J. A. OLEARY
star stan Writer

The Senate will begin debate Wednesday Thursday
he major hfor redevelopmehtbut with no GER
tainty the measure can pass before Easter
The House is virtually certain to take To-day Easter
recess starting March g. and the Senate probably will do
likewise. 500, laa Fr Il
Even il no more major legislation goes through the
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Legislator Perturbed

One Congress member noted
Yesterday that Congress in the
last several years has legislated
several major tax increases for
the city. including the intro
duction Of the sales tax and a
drastic boost in the individual
income tax. Both of these have
turned out to produce far more
revenue than was expected orig
inally. the legislator asserted:
We've Just about taxed those
people in Washington up to
the point we're running them
out. You could put more tax
on real estate. but your going
to kill the goose that laid the
golden egg"
This legislator also labeled
the Federal payment recon-
mendation significant as q for
ward step.
But II doesn't answer the
purpose" he said.
City officials yesterday took
issue with some of the argu-
ments presented by the House
committee In its proposal for
higher District property taxes.
The committee, at one point,
asserted that the District
looses about the same amount
In tax revenue from Govern
ment and other exempted prop
critics as the SIS million figure
But finance officers said this
Is based on old calculations Of
the theoretical tax value OF the
exempted properties. These
properties are now being reas.
sessed, as required by law de-
spite their exemption. and the
new total may be higher, they
said.
The House group also cited
plans for realty tax increases
in some Of Washington's sub
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leaders and District supporters
on Capitol Hill. to last weeks
committee action.
The committee itself pointed
out that the recommended 925
million Federal payment Is Q
Is per cent increase over the
past Federal payment level. One
influential congressional source
described this as q major
break through"
Sympathy In Congress
Until now the District has
never won Appropriations Com
mlttee support in the House for
more than the $40 million fig-
ure. although Congress approved
q theoretical authorization Of
$32 million last year.
The recommended $237 mil
hon budget also represents a
sizeable jump. congressional
sources noted. over past District
appropriations. For this year.
before Congress voted salary
raises for the city's employees
along with those In the Federe'
Government. the city's appro-
priation was 1904 million
The fact that 1t was Congress
and not the District itself which
took the initiative on the pay
raises. to the tune Of $l3 mil
lion In added annual cost for
the District. has brought SYM
pathetic comment from several
key Congress members, includ-
ing Representative Rabaut
Democrat Of Michigan. who
heads the subcommittee which
blue-penciled the appropriation
bill.
However the city is operating
on a tight budget in terms of
available revenue. The COM
missioners recently warned the
Senate and House District Com
mittees that increasingly criti-
cal financial problems lie ahead.
And they have commended that
the city for the moment has
tapped its full tax potential
snort Of reaching the point Of
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million recommended by the
President in his budget.
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NEW. Beautifully Illustrated


By REV. LAWRENCE LovAslK. s.v.D
INDISPENSABLE . even for those who clready
own O MissaI or Prayer Book.
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Joseph Lang Retires

Joseph H Lang 3044 Olive
st., Columbus, vice-president
in charge Of transmission for
the Ohio Fuel Gas 20. Will re
tire January !, ii was announc-
ed BY +. d. Bivens. vice-pres-
ident and general manager Of
Ohio Fuel.
Lang has been with Ohio
Fuel As years. He started with
the company in 1914 as a me-
chanic. was promoted TO gas
measurement superintendent
Is years later. became gener-
al superintendent Of pipelines
in 1885 and was named assist
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11

ant manager of transmission
IN 1851. He vas elected an as.
sistant vice president in
March. 1858, and was made
transmission department man
sger and promoted to vice
president the following Octo-
Der.
Lang, IS. was born in Co
lumbus. He attended Catholic
schools here and is q register
ed professional engineer. A
World War | veteran, he is a
member Of Camp Chase Post
a9 If The American Legion,
ST. Mary Magdalene Parish.
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The Catholic Times-3
Friday, December IL, 1859
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publications by Father John
F. Kramer, Sd, Of West Bad
en- College. a seminary con-
Quoted by the Jesuit Fathers.
FATHER KRAMER said his
study indicates that POAU has
lost the support of many
activities in opposition to the
Catholic Church.
Catholics too readily con-
clude that POAU has the back
ing of ali Protestants," he
commented. The facts show
that such a conclusion is both
unfair and unwarranted."
To support his contention,
Father Kramer cited recent
articles condemning P0AU
policies which have appeared
in such Protestant magazines
as the Christian Century,
Christianity and Crisis, and
the Crusader.
He SAID PoAU has lost
Protestant support for trying
to block the granting of tele-
vision station licenses to two
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per cent Of the rice increase
was accounted for by bigger
yields per acre and 40 per
cent by the sowing of new
areas, it said.
The Garner State Depart
ment study on population
growth itself placed special
emphasis on the effect of this
growth on the effort TO raise
the general level of produc.
ton and well-being, not just
food.
IT EMPHASIZED that dras
tic lowering of the death rate
not an increase in the birth
rate-accounts for the popu-
lation growth.
All the medical develop
ments and public health tech
Riques developed over the
past century are available now
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To Meet Dec. IL

The next regular meeting
Of the 4th Degree Knights of
Columbus, Columbus General
Assembly, win be held at
Council No. 400, State and
Sixth Streets, at $50 Thurs
day evening, Dec. II. Mrs.
Fred Pagura, Jr., is in charge
of a Christmas program.
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for combating disease in un-
derdeveloped nations, it said.
las a result, death rates in
many countries 49,. are now
declining much more rapidly
than they ever did in the in
dustrial nations and at a much
earlier stage of development,
before there has been any
substantial Improvement in
levels of living it claimed.
II sketched the problem of
population growth, saying:
I'm THE MAJORITY of the
less developed areas, popula-
tons are now increasing at
annual rates of at least two
per cent and rates of three to
3.5 per cent are not uncom-
mon.
These rates of growth will
result in a doubling of hui
man members once every 20
to 35 years.
Moreover, there will very
likely be a continued aeeelera.
ton in population growth in
these areas. There remains
much room for further reduc-
ton in death rates and there
are no definite indications
that a significant decline in
birth rates is imminent.
Even if birth rates were
to begin TO decline immedi-
ately, there would be an extend
ed period of rapid population
growth before the declining
birth rates could reach the
lower level of death rates"