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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
A GOOD DEAL OF NONSENSE

| This being an election year sup
pose the silly season starts earlier
than usual. But / think members OF
the Washington press corps are be-
having more innocently than ever
these days, namely and to wit:
A top Washington columnist.. who
was not present at the Gridiron Club
| dinner, considered it big news that
President Eisenhower came out in
an oblique way for Richard M. Nixon
for President. What did this writer
expect, that Eisenhower was coming
out for Stuart Synaington?
A group of prominent correspond
ents were invited to dinner given
by Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler, who proceeded to
tell them that he thought Sen. John
F. Keneddy was almost certain to win
the Democratic nomination on an
early ballot. The correspondents re-
ported the story as coming from a
stop Democrat" or a 'high-ranking
organization Democrat. Without
identifying him, they made it look as
is the stories emanated from a politi-
cal figure of known sagacity.
This was silly enough SO far as the
correspondents are concerned since
very few regard Butler as much more
than nice, well-meaning guy who
is afflicted with foot-in-the-mouth di-
sease. When Butler was named as
the source of their stories, the cor
respondents were embarrassed.
But Butler outdid the newspaper
men. On leaving the meeting he ex-
pressed the hope that no one would
interpret his remarks as indicating
that he was HOPING" for a Kennedy
victory. Naivete was thus included
among his other shortcomings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25

ferred to studies which were made
by locators in the 1929-30's and after
World War H.. These are in depart
ment records and demonstrates how
impractible and expensive their pro-
posed routings to Great Falls are.
Ebaseo Services eliminated such a
thing as locators from the Highway
service, instead we have Meisners.
Some other highlights of the eve
ming came when Maurice RiChey,
traffic engineer, told the crowd that
the businesses destroyed by the high
way would only be paid for the actual
building value and the merchandise
on hand No payment would be made
for good will and other .'blue sky.
Of course running in the back of
businessmen's minds was the pay
ment to Werner Enterprises of Liv-
ingston of $4,000 an acre for only
slightly improved land outside of the
city limits.
Livingston purchases can be pried
from the Right-of Way section until
the whole package" is bought. Indi-
cations of smell forewarn, when it is
"unwrapped" it may be a shocker.
But don't let me get your goat.
Have faith and to quote Mr.. Wall,
eve hope the Bureau of Public Roads
and the Montana Highway Commits
sion will read the proceedings of the
hearing. IFS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
READERS FORUM
Prospects Of Peace
For People
Rest In Peace
(Part IT'D

Pity poor America and the people
who inhabit this unf fortunate land. w
are the worlds most unfortunate peo-
pie Supposedly the most enlightened
we basically are the most ignorant pc
cause what knowledge we have is based
on wrong motive and wrong method
Born in a distant age of indiv1duallsm
this knowledge is anachroniStic In TINS
modern age of col1ectiviSm. Fsfrmers
might as we'll devote their mind TO
studying how to farm efficiently with
wooden plows as to study more effi-
Gent modern methods Efficiency in
production has already become so un-
balanced in free, capitalistic society
with it's private profit motive, that the
machinery of production is now owned
by comparatively few of the people
who engage in production. The few who
own, also rule. They dictate what the
many shall think and do.
Perhaps their constant presentation
and repetition by mass machinery OF
education like the press, radio ana
television does not-quite brainWash an
old radical like me, but think what 1t
does to our youth who hear notning
else except the deadening, escap1sm
and conformity. Always there is the
preying upon prejudice and the clever
creation of wants which owning busl-
ness needs for market. This utterly
selfish and unholy business OF Great
ing unnoeded ana OIten injurious waits
because it is profitable for someone
to supply them, is called freedom
Yes, we are very efficient now, all of
us. But what is our goal? Is it for our
own private advancement and profit,
regardless of others, even when we
know our gain means loss to others
in competition?
We used to call competition "the
life of trade". Like all life, death Is
the inevitable end. We either end
competition, in order that the people
may live I'm a new social order appro-
pirate to modern technOcracy, and
under peace and plenty made poss-
ibIe by this new cooperative life,
or we the people die.
Competition has evolved to the stage
where a comparatively small class OF
fearfully insane owners control ma
chimes of mass murder as we'll as mass
production. When the increasing num-
Der of disinherited and no longer
needed become burdensome ito the few
who rule and despise their victims,
Hitler already showed us the ultimate
end in efficiency. If efficiency is
synonym for determination, we've had
it.-HOBART McKEAN, Circle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
Small Cities Gain In
New Plant Sites

A report by the Commerce Depart
ment's Business and Defense Services
Administration indicates that cities
and towns under $4,000 population
and located outside metropolitan
areas have become Increasingly pop
ular as plant sites in recent years"
The smaller communities are now
estimated to provide jobs for more
than one-fourth of the nations manu-
featuring employees.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25

$1.s MILLION MORE OF
EXPENSE
N"Mr. Burns in his letter tries to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
BURNS, NOT BRADFORD,
"SUNK THE BRIDGE"

Gin doing SO, as usual, he had a
careless disregard for the truth in
refuting the statements contained in
the article. | am happy. however, to
find that Mr.. Burns at long last has
found out that the road leading up
10 the Roy Bridge has sunk, just as
the investigating committee report
said it had. He has been for months
denying this fact in stating that my
charges were false. For some reason
he had sunk the bridge II feet instead
of the highway approaches which /
have heretofore called attention to.
The sinking of the bridge was fig
ment of his imagination to get away
from the real issue. E8s
"In selecting the Roy Bridge
route Burns tells the NEWS edi-
tor that they made borings to test
the site. Had he taken time to read
the transcripts of the. testimony of
his chief engineer, Fred QuinneH,
he would have found that no core
drilling was made and that MIR.
Quinnell thought there was coal
under the highway.
"Mr. Burns charges that Horace
Williams, Highway Commission engi-
neer. made criticism of the locating
of the interstate highway near Spring
dale. for the reason that this portion
of the road would be flooded when
the Mission Dam was built and furth-
err says that Mr.. Williams admitted
the falsity of his claim. If. Mr.. Burns
had taken time to read the transcript
of the hearing, he would have found
that Williams was not the source of
this information, although he did tes-
tify about it. The dam was authorized
by Congress by SD 191 under So Stat.
881 of Sec. 9 of the Flood Control
Act. Mr.. Williams did not dream up
this dam. ~
$1.s MILLION MORE OF
EXPENSE
NssMr Burns in his letter fries to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
Harry Burns Has Careless

/ justify a million dollar change order
at Springdale by saying it would have
cost 100000 to move the MP tracks
and the state would have to main
tain the same. The truth of the mat
ter is that the estimated cost of the
road taking into consideration the
moving of the MP tracks would have
been $1,7OO,0OO. The route selected
by the commission was let for the
contract price of $2,500,00O and with
the million dollar change order made
necessary by running into the loose
rock, it is making the project cost
So, 100000, SO that it9would 5have
been 81, 100000 cheaper for the, state
highway to move the MP tracks.
.Burns tells the editors of the
u. S. News & World Report that the
Farmers Union is to blame for all
of his troubles, that the Investigating
committee. was composed mostly of
Farmers Union members and that
the chairman was receiving a "fat
retainer" from them. / am sure that
some of the members also belong to
the Elks, the Masons, the Methodist
Church. Catholic Church and the
Chamber. of Commerce, but, for the
life of me, can't see what all that
had to do with the investigation. For
his information, have never had
a fat retainer, or any other kind of
retainer, or any pay of any kind, from
the Farmers Union.
sDISGRACEFUL WASTE"
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
"Burrls says that the committee
members were dupes in making this
investigation and were trying to de-
stroy responsible government in the
State of Montana and in the nation
as whole. Whether duped or not,
we certainly did the State of Mon
tana great service by bringing to
light the disgraceful waste of our
highway money and we have no apol-
ogies for our part in this investiga-
ton. tsi
"Mr. Burns seems to think the
whole. investigation was political.
If he thinks this investigation was
of no use and the public didn't APP
prove of it, | would suggest that
he file for Governor and give the d.
people of the State of Montana an
opportunity to place their stamp
for approval or disapproval upon
his conduct of the highway. COM
missions business"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
State House Beat


Leave your goat at home If you
have anything to do with the High
way Department. If you don't you
will have a had goat.
For exaanple-A contract with
Meisner Engineers of Chicago was
signed and sent to the Board of Ex-
aminers last Wednesday. sat in the
Examiners and the thing went right
through the hands of the Governor
and the Attorney General without
a word said when this radical depart
ure from Highway practice received
their blessing.
So for a week now / have been
badgering the Department for the
conditions of the contract. When the
thing goes through the Board of
Examiners it certainly is public in
formation. Meisner is going to do the
location work from Butte to White
hall but for how much money. is the
question.
Has the commission lost faith in
the Department ability to perform
location work? Do they really believe
the propaganda that their engineers
are bunch of misfits who can't make
the grade in private industry?
Meisner has sold the commission
on his unique skill'' with the use of
the departments airplane, cameras,
Kelch plotter, IBM $50, and geodetic
devices.
The practice of contracting out
regular functions of highway man
agement leads one to wonder why
the department was built up in the
first place. Why have civil servants
in the state? Contractors of brains,
such as Meisner, could surely save
us tons of tax dollars. But how much
money will remain a mystery. The
contract is now lost in the files.
The trouble is in the lack of faith
of Commissioners in public informa- |
ton. You cannot build private en-
pires with persons who are willing to
make information public. The Horace
Williams case is a prime example. He
was supposed to give the Legislature
the old run around but instead told
the truth under oath. The hired
hatehetmen of the commission, EbasA
co Services. chopped Williams out of
80 years of civil service to Montana.
Another example of how goats are
had by the department occurred Mon
day night at the Helena Civic Center.
The Colonial Club cloverleaf was in
question.
At hearing prescribed by law
before the department goes ahead
with what they were going to do
anyway. the crowd was so incensed
they cheered Williams and Chamber
of Commerce highway committee
head Neil Wall when they protested
the planned routing of Interstate ID
in thepdHelena area.
Williams was cut off by Howard
Boswell when he attempted to show
the improper location of the clover
leaf and Interstate Is as whole.
The Helena peoples tempers broke
at this point and they applauded
Williams as he returned to his seat.
Wall wanted the department to
build roads between cities instead
of tying up vast amounts OF Highway
funds on structures which will lie
unused for several years.
Williams point conceded with Wall
in that neither of them had received
the courtesy of response from the
to their letters implorlng
of routing of the
super road from Helena to Great
Falls.
Williams, in letter to Commission
head Harry Burns last June, had re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
Spring Is Here :.
Examiners Invited
10 Roll Eggs

Wednesday the three Dummies on
the Board of Examiners were invited
to take part in the Forthcoming
Easter Egg Hunt on the Capitol
grounds by Chief Helena Eagle, Chad
wick Smith.
| Uncle Chadwick is chairman of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission. He has slipped a. 2.7 pre-
MUM egg under employers to hatch
into a larger reserve fund to insure
that funds will be available for the
slack seasons ahead. The fund
dwindled drastically this winter.
The three Dummies (Goy. J. Hugo
Aronson, Attorney General Forrest
Anderson and Secretary of State
Frank Murray examined the egg
laid by Helena Postmaster Hugh Pot
ter and Budget Director Jack Reid
and then demanded written pro-
posal of the money saving" plan
to get the State out of the mail bust
ness. Reid, some time ago, proposed
turning the Capitol Post Office sub
station over to federal management
and operation, contending such
transfer would save the State $4,000
year.
AG Anderson said, eve could save
money by closing the Capitolw
The Dummies Engineer Martin KEEL
ly okayed the $322,O65 cafeteria at
Warm Springs State Hospital. Nor
man Hamill, architect, receives $780,
948.
The Helena Girls Vocational School
project will cost sol, 1928. This will
leave $4,000 for furnishing the 25-I
girl dormitory. Architect Sig Berg
will receive $6,304. The school has
half the beds in storage and only
two matrons' rooms will have ito be
furnished, along with the recreation
area.
John Morrison, of Morrison-Maierle
Engineering, discussed how he will
have the landscaper replace the trees
and shrubs around the big bunny's
Gov. Aronson was displeased
with the vegetation arrangement last
year.
Mrs. Herman Krognnan will plant
the flowers around the Capitol, mu-
scum. Mitchell and laboratory build
ings.
The Legislative Councils proposal
to tighten the paper work of the Elk
aminers met with approval, however,
the Attorney General thought they |
could never take away the right of
the Examiners to look at any claim
they wanted to.
Treasurer Horace Casey person
ally petitioned the Examiners to have
mis- office painted. When questioned
he had any funds of his own
he replied that he didn't have enough
20 pay the salaries. Casey is like the
sailor, Water, water
everywhere and not drop to drink.
IFS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25

The Legislative Councils propose
to tighten the paper work of the Elk
aminers met with approval, however
the Attorney General thought the!
could never take away the right Of
the Examiners to look at any claim
they wanted to.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
THE NEWEST NIXON

If the Democrats were having their
troubles, so were the Republicans.
What's bothering the extreme right
wingers is that Vice President Nixon
seems. to be trying to repudiate his
past.
A story in the NEW YORK TIMES
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25

The longest railway tunnel east of
the Mississippi River is the Hoosac
Tunnel at North Adams, Massachu-
sets, 25,081 feet in length. 1t is
double tracked.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-03-25
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CONTINUED from rage One)
that the article was referring to the
program of our State Highway Com
mission. He became highly incensed
and took pen in hand to take the edi-
tor of the magazine to task and to
berate the Montana legislative high
way investigating committee, myself
in particular. s.a5a
Evening star., 1960-02-13
Urbon Land Institute
Subject Of New Book

The founding, history and
present functions of the Ur-
ban Land Institute is the
subject of a recently pub
lished book, "Of Land and
Men"
The book traces the devel-
opment of the ULI, founded
in 1886, from the view of the
late Walter Seton Schmidt of
Cincinnati, real estate man
and leading spirit behind the
organization. that there ex-
lists a serious handicap in the
lack of a built-up body of
knowledge" about urban land
economies.
Evening star., 1960-02-13
Wheaton
Branch
Opened

Shannon & Luchs, WASH
ington real estate firm estab-
lished in 1906. has opened a
Wheaton-Silver Spring Office
in the Wheaton Triangle
Shopping Center at 2519 En-
nails avenue. The Office will
specialize in residential and
commercial sales in the two
communities. .
An announcement today
said this is the firms third
branch, the others being the
uptown Office at 5000 Con-
necticut avenue NV. and the
Arlington Office at 2055 Will
son boulevard. Another Vir-
ginia branch will open in
new quarters in Alexandria
within the near future. Main
Office is at 724 Fourteenth
street NV.
In charge Of branch-office
operations is Foster Shan
non, sales manager Of the
firm. President Of the COM
pany is William E. Shannon.
Frank ]. Luchs is executive
vice president and treasurer.
Evening star., 1960-02-13

The ULI, the book notes, is
concerned with not only the
means for assuring sound
city growth but also with
means for conserving values
in present business, industrial
and residential areas and for
opening the way toward
sound reconstruction of those
areas where decay is far ad-
vanced.
Copies of the book may be
purchased through the Urban
Land Institute Office here.
The writer was Garnett L.
Eskew.
Evening star., 1960-02-13
Builders Weekly Report

Residential work accounted
for $269,647,000 of the total,
a figure l per cent greater
than that for 1858. Non-resi-
dental work made up the
other $305.857,000 of the
total, and showed a SIS per
cent increase over the 1858
non-residential figure.
The area covertd by the
Dodge report includes the
District, Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties in
Maryland and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties in Virginia.
During December, the
building contract total was
.$39,854,000, a gain of % per
cent compared with the same
month of 1858.
December residential work
amounted to $19,248,000, an
increase Of 36 per cent over
Evening star., 1960-02-13

Contracts awarded for fu-
ture construction in the
Wa ashington Metropoli-
tan Area during 1859 totaled
$575.504,000, a gain of "a per
cent over 1858, according to
E. H. Keefe, of the F. w.
Dodge Corp.
Evening star., 1960-02-13
Apartment Pool
Gets Under Woy

Ground has been broken
for a residents swimming
pool for the Rock Creek
Forest Apartments, Ross and
Grubb roads, Silver Spring,
the managing agents, Fig
and McKeever, announced
this week
The main pool, which is 80
by so feet, and a smaller
wading pool for children, is
being built by the Martin &
Solomon Co.
Evening star., 1960-02-13

the earlier December. Nom
residential work cached
$20,606, 900, up % per cent
from December, 1858.
Kaiser Aluminium g. Chem
ical Corp. will hold a special
exhibit of new aluminium ap-
plicatiens for home construc-
ton at $50 pm. Wednesday
in the National Housing Gen.
ter, 1925 L street NV. The
exhibit, which is open to in
vited guests. will be followed
by a reception and dinner.
Evening star., 1960-02-13

DIkES lIO%S: Out duoIone Shirley Highway LineoIn
CRt 1885, Turn right Rt 23e
Then left Beck Lick 10
Evening star., 1960-02-13

DIRECTIONS: Out EaSt-Wcst Hioh-
Georgetown Rd blocks PAST SubIT-
Dan Hospital at GyeeHtree Rd.: left
on Greentree Rd. one mile to model
nome on rioht Or-out Wisconsin
ave; to Bradley BlUd., left on Bradley
Blpd. miles to FernUood Rd., rioht
on Fernnood Rd., one block to Green.
tree Rd., one block to model home.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

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Address of Distinction
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ROOF GARDLNG ETC.
1-BEDRM. APT.
S145.50 up
RES MGR. Du 7-34no
rs FORESTER ST. s.W.
2-bedrm. apt. $3.50 incls. utiIs
nr. shops and tranSp. Frse psrkt ir
ing, STORAGE fscS. 10. I-4457.
6O4 Kennedy st. NV,
New Modern Building
cow. TO STORES AND TRhNsP
LlVlng room, " bedrooms. kit and
eath; $50, including all Utilities.
See Res, Mgr, Apt. ~ or cali
RA' 6-0f3O for appointment.
H. L. RUST co.
1901 18th st. NV. MA. $500
2716 PORTER ST. NV.
BLOCK EAST OF CONN. AVE.
Ltv, b,th rm;, God noee6rm' e6' din. area. kit,
AN and ' BATH GsHg@' $50, uts fin neodinv Im flt
- HERBERT HARVEY. INC.
gl2 lIth ST. NV. RE. 1-I566
CoLoRED-IIOa n. CAPITOL ST.
. Rooms, Kit, Bath. Utilities: SEQ
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coLoEEDIl5O3 tt,E 20. CAPT, ST..
GcGms deems. ss5 81 fpa beat fat5' fafh n neTiy 3
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a6ults only BRODIE & col BERT
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LIST 4. 2rms,, kit. dinette. bath
Adults S6t50 Bus and store at
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CoIoRED = 1881 CROFFUT PL.
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rms, kit dinette and bath; large
rear porch; heat and hot-waterI
incl: children accepted only
$3.50 mo. MR.. NEUMANN, MA
$4,000.
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extra laree apt, . rms, kit. d.
nette and bath, lge. rear porch.
heat end hot water incl. Only
S19 90 mo. Children accepted
MR.. NEUMANN. MA. S-670n.
C0LORED-IG?5 Isth ST. NV
One-bedrm. apt; $50: top A: goI
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COLORED, 23a HAMILTON ST
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-10-13
Abnut
PEOPLE
YOu KnOw

Miss Shirley Robertson OF
Inglewood, California is here
for a three week visit with her
father, Mr.. Samuel Robertson
|13404 Milan ave.
This is the first time since
1941 that Miss Robertson has
been in East Cleveland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Parham
formerly of East Cleveland are
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Connolly, 1922 Forest
Hills ave. They are now visiting
old friends in the area. The
Parhams reside in Whittier,
Calf.
Winner Of the American
Spirit Honor Medal at the U. S.
Naval Training Center. Great
Lakes, ILL.,, was George B.
Simon, II, 14003 Mont ave., who
received a 40 average in his
studies there, the highest pos
sible grade attainable.
George, who attended Su-
perior, Kirk and Shaw Schools
studied at Kent State Univers-
ity before his enlistment.
Present when the award was
given, Oct. 9th. were his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William C.. |