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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

he thought a representative of the
people should be present and through
a door already being closed in his
face Stein was told by Comm. Sorrels,
II represent the people.
In this chummy and exclusive COM
pany Burns told us this was not
regular meeting of the commission
and the only thing he felt could be
accomplished was to Enquire further
into the appraisement and the price
paid for the Werner addition. He
said Baron Shacklette, the congress
sional investigator, had called him
before leaving Montana for Washing
ton, d. G. and had suggested s'the
commission do something of this
kind and forward any information
that could be added to what Shack
lette already had.
1t was a weird sort of affair. !
had the feeling unopened cans of
whitewash were sitting in the
wings. What, l asked myself, did
they hope to accomplish in this
atmosphere of mutual admiration?
Swanson made an opening state
ment as to why he had asked the COM
mission to come to Livingston. He
said it was 'to clear the air" and "see
on the ground" the property in ques-
ton. 1t was never intended to be
"secret" meeting, he said, but if it
had been public meeting 1--WE would
not be able to accomplish the purpose
for which we are here.
Swanson said he had been taking
a good deal of the "brunt'' of the
criticism about the Werner purchase
Continued On Page Five)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Dawson Democrats To
Hear Nevada Senator

Senator Alan Bible of Nevada will
be the principal speaker at dinner
and rally in Glendive, October 21st,
Stanley E. Thompson, executive Sec
rotary of the Montana Democratic
State Central Committee, has an
nounced. The meeting will be held
at 6 80 at the Elks Club.
Senator Bible first gained national
attention in 1912 when he was elected
Attorney General of Nevada at the
age of 80 years, and thus became the
youngest Attorney General in the
United States.
He was first elected to the Senate
of the United States on November 2,
1854, to fill the unexpired term of
the late Senator Pat McCarren. He
was reelected on November 6, 1856,
for a 6-year term.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

purpose dam some twenty miles east
of Livingston and in so doing mum
date more than ten million dollars
worth of superhighway.
Highway Engineer Fred Quinnell
last Friday asserted that there isn't
the 'sremotest possibility Absaroka
Dam will ever be built. Highway Com
mission Chairman Harry Burns, in
letter to u. S. NEWS & WORLD
REPORT last March contended that
the charge as to the possible build
ing of federal dam that would
flood a 1O-million dollar portion of
the highway was made by disgrunt-
led, jealous engineer (Horace Will
liams).
Commissioner Roy Sorrells, Bill
lings, Saturday asserted 'sthat dam
is the most ridiculous thing It's
all politics )"
"Ridiculous" and only the "remot-
est. possibility the dam may be in
the minds of the Highwaymen, the
Continued On Page Seven)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

Farmers Union; Tom Steichen, Cen
trail Exchange general manager; Cor
don Roth, director of public relations
for GTA; Glenn Long, Marketing
Association general manager; James
S. TIMBER, president, Montana ALL
CLIO, and Ernest Salvas of the execu-
tive board, International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.
Registration will begin at noon
October Is in the lobby of the Park
Hotel. Pre-convention events this day
include the County Officers Confer
ence, the Washington Trippers Ban
quet and get-acquainted party.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Father Of Grand
Coulee To Speak
In KuIispeu

KALISPELL=Fo u. S. Sen.
Clarence Dill, Spokane, will speak on
the. comprehensive development of
new industry and new jobs to western
Montana. at public meeting in Flat
head County High School auditorium,
Thursday, Oct. 20, at 800 pm, Rep.
L. P. (Cy) Tonner has announced.
The meeting is being sponsored by
Montana Electric Consumers Council,
of which Tonner is president. D. Cor
don Rognlien, well-known Kalispell
attorney, will chair the meeting.
Sen. Dill was foremost advocate
for building of giant Grand Coulee
Dana proposal which became
legislative reality before he volun-
tarily retired from office in 1886.
He is now public utility attorney
and power consultant in Spokane.
"Dill's ideas have become classics
in the fields of water development
and resource planning according to
Rep. Tonner. "He is also a champion
of effective utility regulation. His
career is characterized by integrity,
vision. imagination and brilliant
analytical insight. Mr.. Dill visuaizes
the power industry of the future as
based on a high use-low unit cost
philosophy, with grant power grid
systems tying together the thermal,
hydro and atomic power plants of the
future in the most economical way"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

The Comptroller General, while
awaiting himself of the findings of
the Bradford 1859 highway investi-
eating committee, by no means places
sole authority for his agency's find
ings ON the committees report, as
State Highway Department spokes-
men would have the Montana public
believe. The federal agency also made
an Investigation and had what ap-
pears to be good cooperation from
the BPR regional engineers office
in Portland.
In many ways the report, while
very critical of the operation of Mon
tana Highway Department, is even
more scathing in it's findings relative
to lax practices INDUCED in by BPR's
then Montana divisional engineer
a man who was transferred out of
the state last summer.
SEVERAL MAJOR ITEMS CITED
Several major shortcomings in the
highway programs operation in Mon
tana are cited in the report. These
include:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
p Highway
Was Intent of Hearing To Cruelty Sen. Ben Stein?

Wednesday afternoon the Highway Commission met at the
Murray Hotel in Livingston at the of vice chairman
L. check circumstances surrounding the
chase of ghoway for Interstate 90 from David and Vera
Werner.
The meeting pubcised effort to the at
tendance of the five commissioners the departments go
way officials land others
In announcing the meeting Swanson also said eff there
has been wrongdong false information
the commission it's appraisers want to find about it,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

1. Building highway in a river
bottom where an authorized fed
eral dam may eventually be built.
2. Inadequate investigation of
subsurface soil conditions.
3. Lack of sound, consistent
right-of-way procurement policy.
4. Inadequate advance studies of
Interstate routing through Mon
tana, and resultant adverse public
opinion.
S. Analysis of reasons reported
for Interstate programs delay in
Montana.
s. The laxity of the Montana
BPR division office.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14

All five commissioners were pres
emit. There was young man to handle
the recording of what was said, Lewis
Chittim, right of-way engineer; Fred
Quinnell, state highway engineer;
Clayton Heron, state highway at
torney; Wayne Neil from Nebraska,
one of the appraisers in the Werner
purchase, and BPR representative
Cowan.
THERE WERE NO "OTHERS"!
Waiting for the Commission when
they arrived at the Murray Hotel
were the editor of the Livingston En-
terprise, editor of the Park County
News, the Tribune correspondent,
representatives of a local radio sta
tion and your VOICE reporter.
Your VOICE reporter felt about
as welcome as a skunk at a Sunday
school picnic. / don't think they
thought / would be there. However,
except for Chairman Burns, who
tried to pretend didn't exist, the
other members of the commission
were pleasant and gentlemanly.
The press waited in the lobby while
the commission and department peo-
pie ate lunch, then waited little
longer while they went upstairs to
decide whether the meeting would
be open to the press.
Finally the word came down. We
were told the meeting would be open
only to members of the press.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Anueondu's Block Cuving' |rks
VAUDEVILLE City Fathers

The fencing operation, the mayor
and Council contend, is blocking the
city thoroughfares, company opera
tions have destroyed approximately
three blocks of sanitary storm sewers,
company actions have been confisca-
tory by destroying and making use
Continued On Page Eighty
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Proposed Mission Dam

Highway commissioners and top
departmental personnel, in defending
their routing of Interstate 80 In the
Yellowstone River bottom east OF
Livingston, have vociferously pooh
poohed the possibility the federal
government may build a multiple
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Sloppy Operation Of Highway, BPR
Confirmed BY Federal Investigation


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Of highway
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
SENATOR BARRED
FROM MEETING

Ben Stein, Park County State SEN
ator, followed us upstairs and knocked
on the door asking if he could come
in. He was told he could not. He said
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-10-14
Sen. kefuuver To Address
Formers Union Convention

Sen. Estes Kefauver, nation
ally-known for his unrelenting
Investigations of racketeering
and vice, will be a featured
speaker at the 45th annual con-
vention of Montana Farmers
Union in Great Falls Civic Cen
ter next week, according to the
current issue of MFU NEWS.
The Senator from Tennessee, who
is no stranger to Montana, will adj
dress the convention Thursday eve
ming, October 20.
Kefauver. it will be recalled, won
the Democratic nomination in Mon
tana's only Presidential preferential
primary in recent years, in 1856.
Later that same year he was chosen
as running mate of Adlai Stevenson
ON the Democratic ticket.
Kefauver was invited by MFU of
ficials to come to Montana again this
year because of the recent revival
of debate on the question of legalized
gambling. He will speak on the con-
nection between big time gambling
and criminal syndicates.
He will also speak on the peril of
monopoly, from his long experience
as chairman of the Senate Anti
Monopoly subcommittee.
CONVENTION OPENS
WEDNESDAY
The convention begins Wednesday
morning, October 10, in the auditor
ium of the Civic Center.
Among principal speakers will be
James G. Patton, president of Ma
tional Farmers Union; Glenn ]. Tai
bott, national vice president, and
these presidents of state unions: Hair
old Golseth of South Dakota, Gilbert |
Rohde of Wisconsin, and Edwin Chris
tianson of Minnesota;
Ed Nelson, president of Alberta
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LANITOR

Colored, married, no children, for
Arl. apt. bldg; experienced; $3.50
per mo. and large 1-bedrm. apt.
Contact MR.. ORTON, weekdays
9 TO II am. Ma. S-o34h
Evening star., 1960-03-22
HELP MEH
INSURANCE

Experienced man to manage agency
once to be opened within next
1880 days for disqualification In
surance CO.; salary overwrite and
renewals. Call JU. S-74s3 be-
tween 9-l2 noon for appointment.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
JANITOR

JANITORIS ASSISTANT
Apt. DEVELOPMENT in Wheaton. Sill
yer Spring, Nd Hrs. 7:30 to 4
pm. 5-day vk. to assist ianitor in
hall and yard work. No quarters
furnished. See Mr.. NOVEL; before
Evening star., 1960-03-22
INSURANCE
SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Aggressive-to service D. c. area
Large, progressive company de-
! tiple line exper. Excellent fringe
| benefits Salary open. Phone for
appt Mr.. Lee. JU. 5-325O. GEN
ERAL INSURANCE CO. OF
Evening star., 1960-03-22

when dHswerinc advertisements
addressed to Star boTes do NOT
t1close original references, pho
toprdphS or other materials OF
personal UdlHe. Copies -serpe the
purpose. Originals may get lost.
Evening star., 1960-03-22
MAN WITH CAR

Good opportunity tor excellent
earnings and rapid advancement
For Appointment Phone
Evening star., 1960-03-22

JANITOR AND MAINTENANCE
MAN, colored. for 5O-unit Earden.
type apis, in Va Middle-aged
married, no children. sober Loca
refs. required. Must be able q
make all minor repairs. And bt
thoroughly exper. In coal Stokers
salary IN quarters. Call MRS
EIISPANn nv 11o1G
Evening star., 1960-03-22
HELP MEN

MANAGER, for Morton's mems de-
partment. excellent opportunity,
full-time position, experience nee
essary. Call Mr.. FRESHMAN, DI.
7-hon0 for Annnintnnhnt
Evening star., 1960-03-22
RELP MEN

ACCOUNTANTS, jrs. and seniors,
public accounting hrm. Suite 321,
Union Trust Bldg, 18th and H
StS. NV
Evening star., 1960-07-18

checking on complaints against
management in Elizabethton.
Tenn, he was kidnapped at gun
point from his bed by a group
Of local businessmen. driven to
the Virginia State line, freed,
and told not to return.
He went right back to Eliza
bethton, and stayed until he
got what the union wanted.
He left Government service
in 1887 to become labor rela-
tions official for Radio Corp. of
America. The following year
he became a vice president and
director of RCA. After his re-
tirement, he was retained as a
labor consultant by RCA and
remained as a director until
last month.
During World War II he
served as special consultant on
labor matters to Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson.
He leaves two daughters. Mrs.
Nathaniel Simpkins, with whom
he made his home, and Mrs.
Alfred Fleming of Lauderdale-
by-the-Sea. Fla, and a brother,
John, of Newton.
Funeral will be Wednesday
with a solemn requiem mass in
Our Lady of Christians Catho-
lie Church at 9 am. Burial will
be in Old Calvary Cemetery,
West Roxbury.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Ralph Penn, Il,
Student, browns
In James River

Funeral services for Ralph
Penn, who drowned while
swimming in the James River
near Williamsburg, Va, Satur-
day, will be held here tomor-
row.
Mr.. Penn. 81. of 106O8 Mea-
dowhill road, Silver Spring, was
a Junior engineering student at
the University of Maryland.
Services will be held at II
am. at the Danzansky & Sons
Funeral Home. Burial will be
in King David Memorial Gar
den.
Mr.. Penn drowned while
swimming about 100 yards from
shore, the Associated Press re-
ported. James EccleS, "a, of
48O6 Morgan drive, Chevy
Chase, another Maryland stu
dent, said he was swimming
with Mr.. Penn when the latter
cried out. He said he told him
to lie on his back and float
and he too called for help.
When he looked for Mr.. Penn
again, he said, he had disap-
peared. Mr.. Penn is survived
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry j. Penn; a sister, Audrey
Harriet Penn, and a brother,
Alan Irwin Penn.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Mrs. Longerbeom
Practical Nurse,
UDC Member

PURCELLVILLE, Va, July
18 (SpeciaD. - Mrs. Bertha
Fletcher Longerbeam, 70, of
PurcellVille. a retired practical
nurse, died Saturday night at
Loudoun County Hospital from
a heart ailment.
A native of Clarke County,
Va. she had lived in Purcell
vile tor 40 years. She was the
daughter of the late Joshua
Clay Fletcher and Sarah Eaton
Fletcher. Her husband, Ode
Douglass Longerbeam, died in
1919.
Mrs. Longerbeam had worked
as a practical nurse for 80
years. She was a member of
Lee Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy and of
Bethany Methodist Church in
Purcellville.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Katharine Davis of Purcell
vile, two sons, William D. of
Purcellville and Kenneth of
Salt Lake City, Utah, and seven
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p m. tEST) tomorrow at the
Hall Funeral Home in Purcell
vile. Burial will be in Ebenezer
Cemetery near Round Hill.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Mrs. De Mile, 81,
Actress, Widow
Of Film Producer

HOLLYWOOD, July l8 (APD
Mrs. Constance De Mile. 81,
widow of producer director
Cecil B. De Mile. died of pneu-
monia last night in the man.
sion Mr.. De Mile built for her
in 1916.
She had been in poor health
for several years and was so i'll
when Mr.. De Mile died of a
heart attack on January 81,
1859, that the news was with
held from her for several days.
Mrs. De Mile was born in
East Orange, N. j. When she
had completed her education
she decided, against the advice
of her family, to seek a career
on the stage.
This led to her meeting in
1900 with Mr.. De Mile, then a
l9-year-old leading man in a
Washington stage production.
They were married in 1902.
Mrs. De Mile soon quit the
stage to devote full time to her
husbands home and career.
During the era when Mr.. De
Mile was writing Hollywood
history with successive screen
epics, she was active in civic
social and philanthropic circles.
She leaves four children, Mrs.
Cecilia Harper, Mrs. Anthony
Quinn, wife of the screen star;
John Blount De Mile and
Richard De Mile.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
WIN. Bossett, Almond Aide
And Head of F furniture Firm

BASSETT. Va, July 18 (APD
William NJ. Bassett, Sc, busi-
ness adviser of Virginia Govern
norS and head of the company
that is the worlds largest
manufacturer of bedroom fur
niture, was stricken with a
fatal heart attack yesterday
while driving in Roanoke.
Mr.. Bassett was chairman of
the board, chief executive off,
cer and treasurer of Bassett
Furniture Industries, Inc, with
a dozen plants here and at
nearby Martinsville. The in
duStrial complex was founded
by Mr.. Bassett's 94-year-old
father, j. D. Bassett, Sr.
William Bassett also was
president of the First National
Bank of BaSsett, of BasSett
Mirror Co. and Of Valley We
neer Co.
He was a member of the
board of trustees of the Uni
versity Of Richmond, where he
received an honorary degree
last month.
Gov. Almond said in Rich
mond he was distressed to
learn of Mr.. Bassett'S death.
He was one of my most
trusted advisers" said Gov. Al
mond. Il leaned on him heav-
lily for information and advice
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Joseph Gunther,
Changed Fishing

RICHMOND, Va, July 18
(AP).-Joseph w. Gunther, ST,
of Irvington, who pioneered in
the use of planes to locate
schools of fish, died yesterday
in a local hospital.
Mr.. Gunther developed his
method of spotting fish shortly
after World War II and it rev.
olutionized the menhadden fish
industry. The use of planes in
commercial fishing has since
become widespread.
A native of Kilmarnock, Mr..
Gunther was an insurance man
turned commercial pilot. He
began flying in 1923.
Survivors include his widow,
his mother, a daughter and a
son.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at Irvington Baptist
Church, with burial there.
Evening star., 1960-07-18

William S. Sims, commander in
chief Of the United States
naval force in Europe.
AS a colonel, he graduated
from the Naval War College
here and later, after gradua-
ton from the Army War Col
lege, returned to staff duty at
the Naval War College.
He had also served as COM
manding general of the Fleet
Marine Force and Marine Corps
base at San Diego. After the
death III l949 of his wife, the
former Elsie Cobb of Aiken,
S. c., and Washington, Gen.
Little had lived in Washington
for a time.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. Tuesday at St. Mary's
Episcopal Church, Portsmouth,
R. l. Burial will be in Airing
ton National Cemetery Thurs
day at pm.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
John F. Gehun,
Ship Line Head

NEW YORK. July 18 lAP).-
John F. Gehan, 66. president Of
the American Export Lines
until his retirement in January
last year, died of a heart at
tack in Lenox Hill Hospital
Saturday.
A spokesman for the steam
ship company, which operates
between the east coast, the
Mediterranean and Southeast
Asia, said all American Export
Line ships would fly their flags
at half mast this week.
Mr.. Gehan had been promi-
nent in the American maritime
industry since 1925. He had
been national president of the
Propeller Club of the United
States and a director of several
large shipping associations, in
cluding the American Merchant
Marine Institute and the Mari
time Association of New York
City.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Edward F. McGrody,
Labor Expert, Dies

NEWTON, Mass, July 18
(AP). Edward F. McGrady.
former Assistant Secretary of
Labor and pioneer in the labor
management relations field,
died yesterday. He was SO.
Mr.. McGrady, a native Of
Jersey City, N. j.. rose from an
apprentice in Boston news
paper press rooms to interna-
tional prominence in labor rela-
tions in his 55-year career.
In 1888, he was appointed
Assistant Administrator of the
National Recovery Administra-
ton, and later was named first
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Early in his NRA career, he
was called upon to handle a
threatened strike by 10000
Pennsylvania coal miners which
could have wrecked the re-
covery program.
He few to Uniontown and in
one dramatic speech to the
miners ended the threat.
Name Magic Thereafter
From then on, his name was
magic. Many labor problems
seemed to dissolve at its men,
ton.
For the next five years, he
travelled coast-to-coast, settling
strikes. Once, during rare day
spent in his Washington office,
he received word that mailers
in three Washington news
papers were striking.
He left his Office, plunged
into the negotiations, and 3
hours later the mailers were
back at work.
Mr.. McGrady had worked
just as hard for the AFL before
his Government career. In 1929,
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Roymund Hart,
Pioneer in Rudur

OXFORD, England, July 1S
(AP).-T The death of radar
pioneer Air Marshal Sir Ray
mund Hart, 81, was reported
yesterday.
He died at his home at Aston
Rowant near oxford Saturday
His association with radar
began in 1886 when he Joined
Sir Robert Watson Watt and
became responsible for training
the first radar operators and
for developing the radar re-
porting system.
Sir Raymund retired from
the air force in 1859 after AZ
years service.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Gen. Louis McCorty Little,
Veteran of Boxer Rebellion

NEWPORT, R. l., July l8
(AP). - Maj. Gen. Louis Nc
Carly Little. 81, USMC retired
died late Saturday night at the
home of his sister here.
Gen. Little was command
ing general of the Marine bar
racks at Quantico, Va, when
he retired February /, 1912
after AZ years service with the
Marines. He had lived here for
several years with his sister,
Mrs. Reginald Norman.
During his service he saw
action in the Boxer rebellion IN
Peking, served in the Philip
pines, on the ISthmus of Pana-
ma and in Haiti, where he later
returned as military governor.
His sea duty included service
abord the battleship Rhode
Island. During World War he
was on the staff of Admiral
Evening star., 1960-07-18
DR.. GoreIik,
Heart Expert

NEW YORK, July 18 (AP)
DIR. Aaron N. Gorelik, an in
ternationally known heart sur
geon, died yesterday of a
cerebral stroke. He would have
been SO today.
DR.. Gorelik, himself a heart
patient, was credited with saw
ing many lives. Earlier this
year he had operated to cor
rect a congenital heart condi-
ton in a 4-year-old Greek
boy. The operation, which
closed a hole in the boys heart,
was a success.
The surgeon and the boy,
StellakiS Parthenopoulos, son
of a Greek laborer, were re-
ceived at the White House last
month by President Eisen-
hover.
DR.. Gorelik was born in
Cairo and received his medi-
cal degree in Beirut. He came
to the United States 35 years
ago to specialize in heart sur
gerry. He spent many years in
research and centered his at
tention on three-part opera
ton designed to strengthen the
heart muscle by increasing its
blood supply.
Dr.. Gorelik, who suffered
heart damage as a youth when
stricken with rheumatic fever,
underwent the same three
part operation 10 years ago.
He was the author of many
technical papers and fellow
of the International College
Of Surgeons and the American
College of Cardiology.
Evening star., 1960-07-18
Ralph S. Allen,
Advertising Man

Ralph Seward Allen, 81,
regional manager of Philbin g.
Come Advertising Service, died
at his home, 209 North Edge
wood street, Arlington, yes
terday, of cancer.
Mr.. Allen was born in Du-
luth, MINI, educated in the
public schools of Eugene,
Greg, and graduated from the
University Of Oregon. He
came to Washington in 1899,
and for 20 years he was in
charge of streetcar and bus
advertising with the firm,
Philbin & Coine. At the time of
his death, he was the regional
manager for the firm.
He was a member of the
Washington Advertising Club
and a member of the Board of
Trade.
He leaves his wife, the for
mer Angeline Carver, home ad-
dress; a brother, Franklin S.
Allen of Los Angeles, and a
sister, Mrs. Frank T. Holmes
of New York.