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Evening star., 1960-04-19
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of street parking; terms to suit
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bedrm.. "a bath brick Cape Cod
Extra lge. liv. rm. with firepl.,
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beaut. lot with trees. $4,000
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we Have the House for your Home !
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, 1960-12-27
G R G S

TO OUR MANY FRIENDS, subscribers and read
ers, who SO patiently showed understanding and pa
thence, and who gave words Of encouragement through.
out the year about to come to a close, the AVIS extends
a very warm expression of appreciation, and the very
Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
, 1960-12-27
THIS 1860 HOLIDAY SEASON
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is exp,

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON is expect to be one
Of the gay, bright and colorful ones seen in these
Islands in many a year. The bright lights, the decora-
lions, the stores stacked with holiday goods, and the.
bountiful amount Of good things to eat all contribute
to the warmth and satisfaction of the season.
FROM NOW UNTIL early January there will be
perhaps an endless roundof social functions, private and
public, and everyone will have so many places to go and
things to do that the time will seem to fly. Yet, that is
the way it should be.
FESTIVAL Committee, having worked hard,
is putting on a good show, and the public will enjoy it
all. Many friends and relatives will fly down from New
York and the mainland, and they will not only bring
with them cheer, but find hospitality and good times
here for the season.
ALL IN ALL, everything considered, this is indeed
a bright holiday season, and good wishes for a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year will be heard again
and again. It can stand repeating in this corner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17

PINcUsHIoN FLOWER (ScabiosG
Gtropurpured) should be better known
in its beautiful varieties such as Black
deep maroon), Blue Moon, Cherry
Red, Rose Pink and Pure White.
Two-foot plants flower for weeks,
sometimes right through till frost;
you'll love them for cutting. Scabiosa
is also known as Mourning Bride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17

SPIDER PLANT (CleOme sginOsa) is
four-foot-tall, stif.stemmed annual
with fresh-looking leaves and a fire.
works-like burst of flowers at the top.
Plant Pink Queen and the less-grown
but superb white variety, Helen Camp.
bell, in groups at the back of bed of
ANIMALS. They'll bloom for long time
If they have plenty of sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17

srRAWFLoWER (HeLichryMm brQc-
teatum) is strong plant with flowers
that have many layers of crisp, in
curved petals in yellow, orange, red
or white. An annual to cut and use
fresh from the garden, or to cut and
dry for winter bouquets. To dry Straw
flowers, hang upside down, first re-
moving the leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-04-17

TOWERING TOBACCO (Nicotiona)
is closely related to the tobacco which
furnishes leaves for smoking. The
variety NicotiGna GLGta grandyford
grows to 2 or 3 feet and has creamy
white flowers - fragrant and trumpet.
shaped. A rather new Daylight Sem
sation" strain is only Is to 20 inches
high with spectacular color range.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
Examiners Told
Rabbits Eat SPAS Hole In
Lundscupinq Af Mansion

/ Gov. ]. Hugo Aronson, Attorney
General Forrest Anderson and Score
tary of State Frank Murray went
through an even dozen items al
Wednesdays Board of Examiners
meeting.
First. the Examiner trio Withdrew
the Fish and Game construction con-
tracts authorized last week, and re-
ferred them to the Attorney Gener-
ais office. Serious problems" had
arisen.
Secondly, the trio were photo
graphed with the heads of the u. S.
Savings Bond program to be kicked
off May 9-13. Standing behind the
Examiners for the publicity CAM
paign to encourage all state en-
ployees to enroll in savings We're
Troy Evans, area manager for the
savings bond drive. Ben Ulberg,
state drive director, and DON Mac
pherson, Unemployment Compensa-
ton Commission attorney.
(3) Ed Decker was given the 60
ahead to begin the reappraisal of
state owned buildings at 25 cents
a thousand. His six-week jaunt with
the fire underwriters and rate fix
ers will cover the state to determine
the new values for buildings. Still
unappraised are the armory build
ings and three ranches which are
appraised at the rate of rs cents
a thousand. Appraisals are to be made
every three years even though five
year policies are being purchased
presently. Decker is now being paid
from the Examiners special inyesti-
gator fund even though the institu-
lions are supposed TO pay for the
service. Eastern Montana College is
the only one to have paid for their
Another problem for the
(4) The rabbits have caused $245
damage to the landscaping of the
Governors mansion, according to
John Morrison, who is handling that
project. The original landseaper will
forfeit $512.3O and State Nursery
and Seed Co. will finish the job for
81, O6O.50.
(5) The inquiry of Ed Granger
Of the State Planning Board want
ing to know if trips made on state
business could be reimbursed at the
auto rate of seven cents a mile if |
a private airplane is used was an
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
Newest Racket:
S. S. SwindIes

A New and vicious racket has
aroused the concern of congressman
The victims are elderly men ano
women, disabled people, and widows
who receive Social Security benefits
The racket was exposed by Sidney
Margolis, who writes a column fo1
THE MACHINIST.
Here's the way the racket works
Confidence men posing as Social
Security officials are taking money
from Social Security beneficiaries
under false pretenses in six different
ways.
1. The imposter tells the benefici-
airy he has been overpaid and de-
mands refund" on the spot. There
is an implied threat that Social Sc
curity benefits will stop unless the
refund" is paid.
2. Beneficiaries are promised a
bonus" in exchange for a ''fee'.
One imposter collected $50 'fees"
from scores of old people by pl'omis-
ing them $500 Social Security
''bonus".
%. HC IlIipcScCl ICl1o IliC bCilClISl-
airy that Social Security is tempo
rarily "short of money, and that it
must either BORROW from recipients
or go out of business altogether.
4. The imposter tells the benefici-
airy he must take a physical examina-
ton. Naturally, there is fee in
volved-payable in advance.
5. The imposter sells subscriptions
to a phony "Social Security Maya
zine'. The beneficiary is told he must
take the magazine in order to con-
tinue. getting his benefits.
6, Fake inspectors call to find
out whether the aged person is get
ting Social Security payments. If the
answer is Eyes, a Service fee" is
charged to assure that the benefits
will Continue. If the answer is mo,
a fee is charged to guarantee that
they will be paid when the person
becomes eligible.
There are other variations. The |
way to stop all of them is to give NO |
money to anyone. Instead, write or
call the nearest office of Sociay Sc
curity for the facts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

| WASHINGTON. d. C.-(CNS)-
George Larrick, Food & Drug AID
ministration chief, has asked House
subcommittee to increase the agency's
budget 20 so it can do better
job of keeping dangerous pesticides
out of food.
Congress gave FDA SLAP million
to spend this year, and Larrick is
asking for $16.9 million in 1960-61.
With the extra $2.7 million, FDA
could hire $40 more people, and many
of them would work exclusively on
pesticides, Larrick said
In 1910 makers on insect sprays.
weed killers, rat exteminators, and
so forth. used six basic chemicals.
Now they use PIP. Farmers use 600
million pounds of pesticides a year,
he said-a half pound for every acre
of farmland.
Almost all these chemicals are poi
sonous Sin some degree, Larrick
said. "Some are so lethal that one
drop, undiluted, falling on the skin
can cause DEATH"
Last year FDA seized 100000
pounds of frozen spinach that grow
ers had sprayed with DOT too close
to harvest. 465 tons of wheat con-
taminated with poisonous mercury
compound, 100000 pounds of
dressed chickens tainted with stilbes-
troll, and 100000 pounds of cranber-
,-ies with traces of aminotriazole.
Next year Larrick wants to step
up FDA's study of wax-coated food
containers and certain food fats, he
said. Unsafe food, harmful cosmetics,
and quack medical cures, need more
policing, also.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

swered, "No". Planes are not men,
toned in the statutes.
(6) Wayne Linnel, Attorney Gen.
erals assistant, gave the Examiners
the go-ahead signal on the agree
ment between the Prison and the
Highway Department for Interstate
highway right of way across state
prison land at Deer Lodge. A cattle
underpass is to be constructed and
liquor and firearms are to be pro-
hibited in the construction area. Don
Douglas. right-of attorney for
Highway had completed the nego-
tiations with the Prison.
(7) Gareth Moon, state forester,
okayed the $11,994 cottage to be
built on Swan Lake.
(8) The Housing and Home FL
nance returned the application for
pre-planning aid for the Old Soldiers
Home in Columbia Falls because the
word housing" had been used. This
was changed to "dormitory" to make
the application comply with require
ments. m
s (9) The, Examiners happily ac-
cepted $5,179.95 from the City of
Helena as overpayment on special
district in the Capitol
area. $58,584 had originally been
paid for the improvements.
g(10) The Welfare Department
was authorized to go into next years
funds to continue the $75 month
pensions to silicotics. No funds were
available for the May and June pay
ments.
(1) Mrs. Gertrude Hatfield was
struck from the Galen tuberculosis
Sanitarium as 1928 month educa-
ton director. The reason given was
that she is the wife of the business
at that institution and. dur
ing this period of severe unemploy-
ment in Montana 1.-TWO of the same
family husband and wife) should
not be employed by the state unless
here is an economic saving.
(12) Sick leave was established at
The Prison by Warden Floyd Powell.
One day a month may be accumu-
ated up to so days.-FS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
State House Beat
FRANKLY SPEAKING

Montana now is experiencing a. full
fIedged - Madison Avenue govern
ment''e by psycho-drama oriented pub
lie relations operators. Government
officialdom has fallen to the lowly
estate of being puppets in the PR
mans bag of tricks.
Otto Ford, the Billings ad opera
tor, after his coup of selling the
Liquor Control Board a speakers
group to ward off the advances of
the Liquor Dealers Association to
the Legislature for more favorable
business climate, became so drunk
with power he tried to knock out
the Great Falls outfit handling the
Highway Departments propaganda.
No dice, the commission is being
kept happy in Great Falls.
Ford's agency has been successful
in the handling of major office seek
ing campaigns.
If the Liquor Control Board MEM
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
BY ROSCOE FLEMING, Denver


Americas very rich are getting
richer again, as contrasted with the
vast majority of us. The nations
wealth is again concentrating into
fewer hands. N
For 20 years this was not so. Be-
tween 1929, the year of the big
crash, and 1919, wealth and income
were generally being distributed
more evenly among all Americans.
But since 1919, things have again
gone the other way.
This is reported by the National
Bureau of Economic Research, a
private institution of long standing
and of utmost responsibility.
The report does not go into causes,
but undoubtedly decreasing farm in
come since 1949 is one of them.
What farmers have lost. has gone
to someone else. There aren't any
big-rich family farmers.
In 1919, the wealthiest one per
cent of all Americans owned 20.8
per cent of the nations personal
wealth, or about one-fifth. By 1856,
they owned 26 per cent, or more
than one-fourth. This is still less
than the 36.3 per cent they owned
in 1929. But the present trend is
upward just as before 1929.
The survey concentrates on what
it's owners call the "top wealthiest"
those with net assets of 100000 or
more. These number about 1.6 per
cent of the people, or about two
Ns
Inr1953, this 1.6 per cent Of the
people owned 80 per cent of the
personal holdings.
Z The kind of things owned by the
1.6 per cent of wealthiest Ameri-
cans are as significant as the
Of some forms of wealth,
such as real estate, cash. etc., they
owned from 10 to 35 per cent.
But they owned in 1853 at
least 80 per cent of the nations
personally-held corporation stocks.
So stock market boom is not the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

bers can stand being popped in ano
out of the PR magic hats and moi
have their ears pulled too far out OF
shape, one of them may get enough
buildup to be future material for
elective office. e s "a
PR men within the government
have long been accepted procedure
and some have achieved the stature
of statesmen. The recent rumble be-
tween the. Forest Service and fish
biologist on the placement of road
improvement between Thompson
Falls and Wallace, idaho, was han
died by George Slime, information
co-ordinator for the Highway, and
Frank Dunkle, director of informa-
tion and education of the Fish and
Game. Prospect Greek meanders
and bridges cost too much. Nothing
more is heard about some misplaced
interest of the biological habitat of
fish. No officials, no reportersHjust
smooth public relations.
PR is also very effective at the
highest levels. The Governors office
is prime example. When Darrell
Coover goes into session with state
officials to make arrangements for
the coming Governors Conference
are shooed away because
they are prone to deal in news and
that is a. very unstable quantity based
on information. Covers obsession
with the hush-hush aspects of his
approach has taken
the conference out of the Republican
plot (no Democrats allowed) cata-
CORY and it is now referred to as
Covers Conference. Any informa-
ton for the public must come from
ais personal releases.-F
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

than one-fifth. But by 1856, it
had climbed back almost to one
fourth. 81
The figures show another thing,
not however commented upon in the
report: Concentration of wealth at
the top is part of the ''boom" of
"boom and bust.
When too much wealth accumu-
lates up there, the whole thing tends
to become top heavy and to topple
over, as in 1898, 1907, and most
notably and disastrously in 1929 4
Regular and wide diffusion of
wealth seems to be part of healthy
economic growth. When concen-
tration at the top occurs instead,
as now, the result eventually may
be disaster. hf
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

| symbol of general well-being and
| prosperity that the Wall Street
writers work SO hard to make it
seem. $50 sa3
Instead, as an official of the Blu
reau told the NEW YORK TIMES,
it "accelerates the trend toward re-
newed concentration of national
wealth, because the maj of stock
holdings are in top-incomei bracket
levels" ,4rsn 81 ...e.s ss.s,.. .es,-,-4s.-s F.
When the paper value of stocks
goes up by $40 billions, for example,
most of that goes right into the cof-
fers of the very rich. And the sur
vey cites figures to show that what
ever else these people sell, they hang
onto their stocks. The percentage
of corporate stocks owned by them,
has changed little over the years.
4 Another most significant fact is
that this wealthiesti 1.6 per cent of
the people own almost 100 per cent
of state, city and other public bonds
other than federal.
Interest and income on these is
not taxable under the federal in
come tax law. Therefore the total
income of the wealthiest -Ameri-
cans is consistently reported as less
than it actually is.
Z They are ''even richer than they
look' because they don't need to
report that much of their holdings
and income. Even so, billionaires are
as common as millionaires were a
generation ago.
In contrast, they. own only one
third of all federal bond issues-the !
interest from these is taxable as
income.
There is even more concentra-
ton at the top top.
The survey shows that in 1929,
the top one-half of one per cent of
Americans, or considerably less than
a million, owned almost one-third
of the nations wealth, or 32.4 per
cent.
By 1949, their share had declined
to 1913 per cent, or a little less than
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
prosperity" Note:
Jobs Drop, JobIess Rise

Instead of rising by 100000, as
is normal. the number of workers
holding jobs in March fell by 1885,
600. the Department of Labor re-
ports. In other words, had March
employment figures matched the
1940-6G average, 100000 more
working people would have been en-
ployed in March than there were.
The total of unemployed rose by
275, 900 to 4,206,00O, or 5.4 per cent
of the labor force. ThejfiguresSfepre-
sent the worst February-to-March
chance since the government began
keeping job statistics 20 years ago.
The number of persons in the work
force has grown by only 300, 900 in
the last year, although an increase
ofe75O,OOO is normal and the popu-
lation- growth had indicated a gain
Of i million. Factory jobs decreased
by $4,000 in March although an in
crease is normal for that month. The
total of workers who have been with
out jobs for 15 weeks or longer grew
by $4,000 to 1877, 1000 about
double the usual March rise.
The average factory worker put in
a 39-hour-and- 3 Commute week, "a
minutes less than in February. The
work week is considered by many
experts as an Indicator of the health
Of the economy. 1t has now fallen
for three months in row, and has
been cut by a whole hour since De-
MEMO.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
Valuable AH-OO--
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
The award winner is union man in
his own right, being a member OF
the American Federation of Musi-
clans In addition to playing as a
drummer with dance bands, he is also
member of the city concert band
and the school and pep bands. Joseph
is Senior class treasurer, Key Club
secretary, Latin Club treasurer, dele
gate to the American Legion's Boys
Stale, and is head of the Senior prom
committee. sc
THE SCHOLARSHIP
4a The AFL-CIO launched its award
program in 1859, and set up three
national zones with two scholarships
to go to each zone. Montana is in
Zone 8 which includes all states
west of the Mississippi except Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
One award winner in each zone
must be the son or daughter of a
member of organized labor. The
other award has no restrictions. The
winners are determined on basis
of their general excellence in school
work. their school activities and their
character. The AFL-CIO invites
school principals throughout the ma
ton to submit the names of upper
class high school students whom they
believe to be superior material for
advanced education. In addition, in
dividual students may apply ON their
own for award consideration.
The awards entitle the winners to
$1,000 year for four years of col
lege in any university or college,
public or private, in the United
States.
The award banquet was held in the
Baxter Hotel under sponsorship of |
The Gallatin Valley Trades & Labor
Council. Charles Madden, Bozeman
Carpenter, is Trades Council presi-
lent.
Among the more than 80 present |
It the ceremony in addition to those
mentioned above were City School
'upt. John Shively, G.. v. Erickson,
Helena, representing State Supt.
Harriet Miller; Robert Rampy, Boze-
nan, newly-elected president of State
Council of Transfers; Bernhard
derkel, Bozeman, president Montana
tate Council of Carpenters; Lyle
ohnson, Bohemian, president of the
,uilding Trades Council; Carpenters
local SGT President Jones; Father
ames Burns, and Professor Robert
lumbar of Montana State College.
'DITOR'S NOTE: We hope to have
ONE pictures ON the Award Banquet
1 forthcoming issue.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29
Social Security Marks
Anniversary In August

WASHINGTON, D. C.-This year
of 1860 marks the Silver Anniversary
of Social Security. On August IA, the
Social Security Act will be exactly
25 years old.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-29

1t is more important to know where
you are going than to get there quick
w. Do not mistake activity for
ement.-MABEL NEWCOMB-
Err
Evening star., 1960-06-06
SENATORS
Continued From Page Ais

Continued From Page Ais
to see the ball once or twice, /"
Ramos said. II show them my
cap. I show them my glove.
I show them the ball. They
find nothing. Mckinley keeps
asking me after that to show
him the ball. Why they no ask
other pitchers?"
It's a good question, but it's
not likely to solve any of
Pedro's problems. Richards
started his campaign of an
noyance when Gene Woodling
struck out in the first inning,
claiming the third strike was
a splitter.
Richards also stormed at Nc
Kinley after the first half of
the second inning, then jour-
neyed to the plate again when
Gentle led off in the fourth.
Richards accompanied Nc
Kinley on a visit halfway to the
mound. Ramos took off his
cS.2 and preferred it for scam
ming. Richards grabbed at his
glove and took a look at that.
"Happy?" Ramos asked.
"Ill be happy when you stop
Evening star., 1960-06-06
Mother of Four
Dies in Sports Car

BARLOW, Fla. June s (AP)
Mrs. Marge Scheurmann, a
31-year-old Cocoa mother of
four, was killed yesterday when
her sports car flipped during a
rally.
Her death repeatedly was the
first in 10 years of Florida
sports car rallieS-events in
which drivers try to cover a set
course in a certain time, gen.
orally at a moderate speed.
The accident occurred on a
dirt road six miles south of
Barlow as Mrs. Scheurmann at
tempted to make a sharp turn.
State Trooper Dan Futch said
the car hit a fence and turned
over u times.
Mrs. Scheurmann was driving
a TR-3. She was competing in
here first rally.
Evening star., 1960-06-06

ended. Warrenton milled the
ball down the field to a spot
where an obliging pony kicked
it over for a goal.
Once on the long end at 7-6,
Warrenton went into the fifth
chukker coaSting and Mark
Cunningham of the Doll Baby
squad broke through to tie the
score. A few seconds before the
whistle, Hopewell scored to
make it 81.
Hopewell and Johnson then
went on their scoring spree,
working on feeders set up by
Edwards and Rogers.
The same Warrenton four
some and the Stoney Greek
Polo Club of Maryland will meet
here next Sunday at 3 pm.
(EST). Stoney Creeks squad
is made up of AL Miller, Ted
Miller, zeke Ferguson and Bob
Evening star., 1960-06-06

but Bob Allison drilled into q
double play. Jim Lemon sin.
gled, but Harmon KillebreW
sent a game-ending fly tc
Tasby IN center.
NOTES: Jim Kaat, hopeful
Of overcoming his early-inning
difficulties, will start here to-
night against the Orioles Chuck
Estrada. Camilo PaScual
will oppose Kansas City tomor-
row night at Grifith Stadium
in the opener of a seven-game
home stand against the Athle-
tics and Tigers.
The Senator's four-gama
winning streak perished-un-
less their protest is upheld,
which is unlikely. Gentle
and Robinson each got three
of the Orioles 10 hits. . Gen
tile is a .524 hitter against the
Senators with II hits in 81
tries. Gardner, Valdy and
Lemon each collected two hits
among the Senators 10.
Evening star., 1960-06-06
JOHN HOPEWELL LEADS WAY
Worrenton's PoIoists
Rally for 1913 Win

Marylanders promptely added
another on a quick flick by
Leo Rocca, jr. Warrenton was
on the short end of the score
for nearly three chukkerS until
Ken Edwards scored the sec
ond of his three goals and
Buzz Rogers made a spectac-
ular shot to pull the Vir-
ginians up to 5-4.
The Doll Baby squad rallied
around Zeke Ferguson in the
fourth chukker, setting up
goals by Bob Rawlins and Bob
Beer.
But Edwards squared this on
the Scoreboard with three bold
offSide strokes, the last shot
under his pony's neck at a full
gallop.
Before the fourth chukker