The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-08


Walker participated in recreatlonal
activities of the first four days OF
the school.
HEALTH NEEDS INCREASING
Principal talks on the Tuesday
agenda conferred around health, edu-
cation and highways.
Mrs. Ronald Holtz of Floweree,
long an active worker for better
health programs and former mem
Der of the State Board of Health and
the Montana Health Planning Coun-
ell. told school participants of the
increasing need for national health
program.
Mrs. Holtz placed primary emphasis
on the problems of health of people
over SIS, pointing out that three out
of five people in that age group, with
incomes of less than 81, 900 year,
are unable to secure the health at
tention they need.
Two bills introduced in the last
Congress, she said, have as their
primary purpose helping to allevi-
ate the health problems of our
older citizens. One of these bills,
commonly known as the Forand
Bill, would provide for hosPitaliza-
ton expenses of the aged. The
other-the Murray-Dingell Bill,
would help meet medical costs of
the elderly.
Both bills would be financed
through the Social Security program,
and would involve ''slight increase
in social security payments.
In spite of the all-out opposition of
the American Medical Association,
first to voluntary health plans, and,
in more recent years to any kind of
prepaid health insurance admins
tered by the federal government, Mrs.
Holtz said that "over the years we
have been achieving, little by little
Maybe soon we can get break
through and secure enactment of a
national health program.
SCHOOL CRISIS INCREASING
Contrary to what many people are
beginning to think, the problems of
teacher shortages and lack of class
room space are growing year after
year." Gordon Twedt, Rudyard, told
the school. Twedt, MFU vice presi-
dent is delegate to the White House
on Education and MEM
Der of the Montana Citizens Commit
tee for Public Schools. He is also a
of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee to Montana State College,
Bozeman.
Using Great Falls as an example, |
where in 1960-61 public schools will
De operated in 'Edouble shifts, Twedt |
said that the voters of the Electric |
City are being asked to approve at a
special election next week bond
ssue of substantial size to help meet
schoolroom needs of a fast
growing city.
The MFU vice president ex-
planned that Great Falls is typical
of much of the nation. Everywhere
the problem is looming and must
be met if the quality of education
is to be maintained and improved.
The problems of education are
made more difficult because of
over-crowding of classrooms and
an inadequate supply of teachers
to give proper training to the grow
ing population of school-age Amer
leans.
Federal aid to education is now
oming more and more into light as
he only way to solve our educational
inancing problems" Twedt stated.
VEIGHT-DISTANCE
1ETO LASHED
A third Tuesday speaker was Harry
!. Billings of Helena, Editor of THE
topples VOICE. Billings reviewed
ne seven-year fight to secure enact
lent of a weight-distance truck tax
lg law. similar to that in successful
peration in Oregon for the last 13
ears. The veto of weight-distance
Y Gov. j. Hugo Aronson during the
959 Legislature, he declared was
lspired by the truck industry lobby.
Billings also briefly reviewed some
the more publicised controversies II