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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
State House Beat -.
FRANKLY SPEAKING

There is an enlightening compari-
son between the figures on State in
come and expenditures released by
the Legislative Council Wednesday
from the records compiled by the
Controllers office, and their rela-
tionship to your personal income.
While the nation as whole shows
an increase of 81 per cent in per-
sonal income, Montana declined IL
per cent, along with the other farm
states. Only North Dakota dropped
more than Montana in personal in
come with minus 1928 per cent.
These percentages are based upon the
incomes of the month of January
1858 compared with January 1859.
The Council states General Fund
receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1859 were $31, 190,660
while the preceding year the fund
took in $28,708,677. General Fund
expenditures for the same periods:
1859, $33,607,533; 1853, $31,456,-
1913.
This was reflected in "overdrafts''
or the using of surplus" funds on
deposit in banks in the state. The
overdrafts went as high as 81, 371,965
in fiscal 1853 and $7,946,276 in
1859.
To show this trend up to date the
Council takes portion of fiscal
1860 ending in February 1860 and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
Teachers Adopt Improvement
Proqrum For Montana Schools

The nearly 800 educators repre-
senting the 1000 members of the
Montana Education Association at
the annual Delegate Assembly in Hell
ena last week adopted comprehen-
sive program to improve Montana
schools.
Year-long committee activities were
studied by delegates. Following are
a few of the areas in which official
action was approved by the member
ship representatives:
Qualification: The MEA recon-
mends a minimum of four years of
preparation for certification of all
beginning teachers and out-of-state
teachers entering Montana school sys-
TENS, starting July 1, 1862.
Length of School Year: The MEA
recommends that the Foundation Pro-
gram law be amended to require that
school be in session for a minimum
of $50 days to qualify for county
and state equalization money.
School Lands Income: The MEA
supports the recommendations of the
Montana Legislative Council calling
for soc flat rate per animal-unit-
month plus two-and-one-half times
the average on-the-farm price of beef
per pound for the preceding year, as
basis of grazing fees on state lands.
School Finance: In Montana the
cost of education is primarily borne
by the property tax which is being
forced higher by the rising cost of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

education. The state has passed part
of it's obligation ON to the local school
district by it's failure to raise the
foundation program schedule ade-
quately. In 1949, the foundation pro-
gram provided 81.2 per cent of the
total general fund school budgets in
Montana; this has decreased until, in
1858, the foundation program pro-
vided for only 71.9 per cent of the
general fund budgets. By failing to
maintain a realistic foundation pro-
gram schedule, the state has allowed
it's contribution to the total operating
cost of education to decrease from
about 80 per cent to less than "a per
cent.
The MEA recommends an increase
in the foundation program schedule
to more realistic figure; In 1859,
the MEA proposed an average over
all increase of TO per cent after a
careful study of the actual financial
needs lof every school in Montana.
The legislature approved an average
increase of only 3.5 per cent. School
operating costs have increased since
that time, and all forecasts indicate
continuing rise in school expenses.
The MEA recommends work for
sufficient state appropriation to pro-
vide full state participation in the
foundation program; this year it is
estimated that the state appropria-
ton, when added to district, county
and other state revenue, will provide
for equalization to the 80 per cent
level of all foundation programs.
Citizenship: The MEA urged all
Montana teachers to participate in
elections; in the political party of
their choice, and in government and
civic affairs, with the slogan, every
Montana Teacher Participating
Citizen"
Professional Standards: Many Mon
tana teacher salary schedules and
salary increases depend on the pass
age Of voted special levies; the Mon
tana Education Association empha-
sizes that salaries for teachers are
basic school budget item, and should
not be dependent upon voted special
levies.
Ethics: The Ethics Committee of
the MEA has been instructed to mott
fly all Montana school board chairmen
and administrators of the ethical re-
sponsibility of MEA teachers in at
fencing fall conventions, since pro-
fessional pay is allowed for such at
tendance and since the purpose of
the convention is to improve profess
sional competence and classroom in
The MEA recommends that
non-members, and members who do
not wish to attend conventions, be
assigned professional duties at their
respective schools in order to other
wise qualify for professional pay dur
ing convention days; those who do
not attend conventions and who do
not accept professional school duties
during convention days should not be
paid for those days since no profess
sional services were rendered.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
Seat. Belts Are Popular
In Sweden

A report from Stockholm states
that more than 100000 auto seat
safety belts were sold in Sweden in
the last II months. Most of the cars
manufactured in that country are
equipped with fittings for the belts
and, in some, the belt is standard
equipment.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

Editors Note: With three mem
bers of the Montana delegation in a
primary contest for the same Senate
seat we decided, for the duration,
to turn the editing of this weekly
report to Montanans over to the one
Montana office not involved in this
campaign, that of Sen. Mike Mans
field. Notebook Editor Dockstader,
Mansfield's assistant, formerly edited
THE TERRY TRIBUNE.)
At Senator Murray's request the
Senate Interior Subcommittee on r.
rigation and Reclamation held hear
ing Tuesday, March 20, on the bill
authorizing either Knowles or Para
disc Dam in the Clark Fork-Flathead
Basin This hearing, at which the
Department of interior, Corps of En-
gineers and Forest Service testified,
was originally scheduled for March 8,
but had to be postponed because of
the -the-clock Senate sessions
on civil rights.
(See Page i for another story
P.V. EDITOR.)
Last week in floor statement SEN
ator Murray pointed out that argu-
ments made against Hungry Horse
Dam, which proved incorrect, are now
being used by opponents of Paradise
Dam. Murray quoted from an article
in Mel Ruder's HUNGRY HORSE
NEWS, published at Columbia Falls,
which stated:
Prediction that Hungry Horse
Dam would create Camille long
lake with mudflats fell flat. The
lake filled to capacity July 9, 1854
and each summer since that time
has been full :. +. In 1854, Hungry
Horse prevented a repetition of the
damaging l94S flood"
Further. said Murray, still quoting
the NEWS, Hungry Horse Dam ''has
returned $16,73O,OOO in earnings
from power sales, and it is expected
that the entire cost of the project
will be paid before the anticipated
5O-year payoff period ends"
Murray said the positive attitude
of the Great Northern Railway, whose
management realizes the immense
benefit to business created by federal
multipurpose dams along its line
(such as Hungry Horse) is in marked
contrast to the shortsighted, poor
business attitude of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, which is violent in
it's opposition" to Knowles or Para
disc.
81 predict" said Murray, "the
Northern Pacific Railroads. it is
still running will eventually brag
abount Paradise or Knowles Dam
(which will bring even greater bene-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

Land belongs to these two: To the
almighty God; and to His children of
men that have ever worked well on
it, or that shall ever work we'll on it.
CARLYLE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
METCALF OUTLINES NEED FOR
LONG-RANGE FARM PROGRAM

Our basic farm program cannot
long rest con program, emergency
in its inception generation ago, and
patchwork SINCE" according to Con-
gresham Metcalf.
EARN legislation, and thus, farm
ers, have suffered as result, as
emergency piled on top of emerg-
ency," he told the House Agriculture
Committee considering long-range
farm program. GAS result of this
piecemeal approach, we have seen
farm program costs skyrocket and
SURPRISES mount while the farmers
income fell. There have been econom-
ic and political attacks, which could
have been avoided or at least miti-
slider the problem as WHOLE
Metcalf reminded the committee
that he had first introduced in
1857 pending bill which includes:
Income protection for farm fami-
lies; replacing existing price support
programs with an income parity pro-
gram, providing 1000 parity income
protection for the family farm pro-
duction of all commodities by means
of workable combinations of parity
income supplement payments and
price support loans, purchase agree
ments and purchases.
A national security and safety re-
serve of food, fiber and biological
oils;
Expanded human use of farm COM
modities;
A program enabling farmers, work.
ing together, to keep market supplies
in line with augmented demand, "thus
making farm prices and income sup
ports essentially cost-free to the U. S.
Treasury in years of full employ
ment;;"
A comprehensive family farm yard
stick credit program.
CALVES AND CLASSROOMS
Senator Murray added footnote
to his exchange of views and CORES
on education legislation
with President Eisenhower. Murray
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

fits. to the people and businesses of
Montana than the remarkably sue
cessful Hungry Horse Dam"
HONORs THE LATE SENATOR
NEUBERGER OF OREGON
Senator Mansfield, the Majority
Whip of the Senate and his Republi-
can counterpart. Senator Kuchel of
California, have introduced bipartisan
legislation to create the Richard L.
Neuberger National Seashore in Ore
gon in honor of the late Senator from
that state.
Senator Neuberger who was so
well-known in the Northwest, had
felt for some time that our ocean
shoreline, one of the greatest recre-
ational treasures, was vanishing from
public use. The establishment of an
Oregon Dunes national park was a
project into which he threw all of his
energies.
When he introduced the bill, Sena-
tor Mansfield spoke of Senator Neu-
berger as man who understood the
true meaning of the word "conserva-
ton. He knew the role that wise
management of our renewable re-
sources played in our economic, So
cial, and spiritual well-being. He
understood that it was necessary to
utilize the forest, the range, and the
water. to meet the needs of our peo-
pie for the material requirements of
life he had keen appreciation
of the role that was mans and the
role that was natures"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01

eral aid for elementary and high
school construction and teacher sala-
ries reminds him of what AlkaE Hank
said back in Montana. Alkah Hank,
who writes a column for the McCone
County Soil Conservation District
newsletter, observed that Higher
education is okay, but it is wise to
put the hay down to where the calves
can reach it."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
INTERIOR APPROPRIATION

The Senate Subcommittee on In
terror Appropriations has recon-
mended the biggest boost in history
for national forest programs. For
estry appropriations recommended by
the Administration and approved by
the House totaled $149 million. The
Senate subcommittee added the fol-
lowing amounts, totaling $18 million,
which the Montana Senators re-
quested: 1928 million for reforesta-
ton. 100000 for wildlife manage
ment, SIP million for range manage
ment and improvement, 81 million
for soil and water management, 81
million for land use adjustm
$34O,OOO for land utilization projects,
ST. million to reforest areas burned
last year, $482,6OO for insect and di-
sease control, SIS million for recrea-
ton, $1.4 million for fire protection,
So million for new housing in nation
al forests, $4.2 million for forest
research, 81 million for fire fighting
assistance to states and S250,0O0 for
forest management assistance to pri-
rate landowners.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
A Montanan's
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK

BY RAY DoCKsTADER Exec secy to Sen. Mike Mansfield
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-04-01
CALVES AND CLASSROOMS

Senator Murray added footnote
to his exchange of views and CORES
ponderance on education legislation
with President Eisenhower. Murray
said Eisenhower's opposition to fed
Evening star., 1960-02-24

Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. So, on February 10.
Lowest, 20, on January %. Febru-
ary 16.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

Watson were involved. He said
police got a break when Jones
entered his guilty plea.
1t. Whaley said money ap-
parently was the motive in
Mr.. Lassiter's Staying. Under
the victims will, Mrs. Lassiter
would inherit at least 500, 900
in assets in addition to the
couples $50,000 home.
The Lassiters came to De-
troit from Murray, KY. Mrs.
Lasstter is the daughter of
Henry Rhodes of Murray, a
hog and cattle buyer. Mr..
Lassiter had been a truck
driver for Mr.. Rhodes. The
couple married 10 years ago.
Mr.. Lassiter was a factory
worker here before World War
II. He went into service and
began dealing in cars after dis
charge.
The Lassiter estate, filed in
Oakland County Probate Court,
amounts to roughly 100000.
Most Of the money the car
dealer left in trust to my
beloved wife Nellie"
Evening star., 1960-02-24

white wines are the only ones sany good with ham"
Pardon said but your husbands boss is off his
rocker.
I've often though sO said the lady, "and if you could
just give proof Ham is spicy salty slightly
sweet, sometimes smoky, and always full Of aste we
answered And while very dry wine like Chabs
Swiss wine would taste good with ham, howery
from the Rhine, slightly sweet one from the
Loire the Graves district of Bordeaux would be even
better. Such wine would bring of the flavor
of the ham, People pass up of the notsodry white
wines because they think they're good They are
good, and they're cheaper, too.
"You tell my husbands boss anything" said
the lady fddling with the red buttons Of her gabardne
No need TO, said Buy half.bottle of dry white,
to fatter his prejudice but also a slightly more
flowery wine, and say talked you into trying it.
We have Vouvray by of the best producers in the
Loire that is absolutely magnificent with ham and spicy
dishes. It's wine you shouldn't miss it's in its perfect
prime right now, and very modesty priced.
you've talked into it, said the lady, "and maybe YOU
have some other wines like the Vouvray." We do we
said, and they of the best buys our shelves
~You make me feel like Riding Hood, and I'll try a
mixed case" said the lady, and she hummed the cong
about the big, bad wolf made up her list.
Evening star., 1960-02-24
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Mostly
cloudy tonight with lowest
temperature around 80; cloudy
and rather cold tomorrow, with
chance of some rain or snow
in the afternoon.
Maryland - Cloudy tonight
with some light snow likely in
the mountains; lowest tempera-
lures, Is to 33 in the eastern
portion and % to 26 in the
western: tomorrow, rather cold,
with chance of rain or wet
snow in the eastern portion in
the afternoon or night and
chance of light snow in the
mountains.
Virginia - Cloudy tonight
with chance of snow or rain
in the extreme southwest
portion; lowest temperatures
around 80 near the coast and
in the 20s in the interior;
cloudy tomorrow with rain
likely in the southeast portion
and rain or snow likely in the
western and northern parts.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Cloudy tonight
with east to northeast winds
from 10 to Is miles per hour
continuing through tomorrow:
cloudy tomorrow with rain or
snow likely in the afternoon;
visibility 4 to 8 miles, lowering
to l to 3 miles in precipitation.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

Dawes, Helen Beach. John Ra.
gins, Florence Bunce. Grace
wilkins, Audrey Dade, Freder-
lex Pryor, jr., Walter O'Bryan
jr., Edith Tiege. Ann Towson
Setsuko Hada, Charlotte Fix
Violet Stotler, Lestery Myers.
jr., L. Layton and Albert Le-
buf The Federal Home Loan
Bank Board has presented the
following length of service
awards: 25 years. John D'Agos-
tino, Verne Bonesteel, Mary
Erlenbach, Margaret Kienast
M a d cline Maher, Louise
OKeefe, Margaret Phillips
Margaret Sullivan, Charles
Torrance, George Trunnell; 20
years, Hazel Howell, William
Husband and Chloe Melli-
champe.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

give immediate and favorable
consideration" to pay raise
legislation for Government
classified and postal workers.
The council quoted Labor De-
partment figures showing that
almost one half of Federal
"whitecollar" employees earn
less than $4,000 a year and that
the average medium pay for
classified employees is $4,875 an
nually. Postal salaries are even
lower, the council noted. 1t
declared that present Federal
wages are "shamefully made
Quate."
Certainly they are below the
commonly accepted r require =
ment for a healthy and decent
standard Of living" the AFL-
CIO ruling group declared.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Her-
bert G. Klein, special assistant
and press secretary to Vice
President Nixon, will address
the Government Public In
formation luncheon at 1915
pm. Friday at the YMCA
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Lodge l779, American Fed
Grafton of Government EN-
ployes, has received its perma-
nent charter Nays Bu-
reau of Supplies and Accounts
has given promotions to Lu-
cille Charles, Louise Hayward,
Sharoyn Foster, Robert Green
berg, Barbara Holler, Emmett
BledSoe, Ernest Wood, Mary
Alice Mullins, Vivian Price,
Bettye Malinis, Wilma Ben
nett, Lola Pullman. Marion
Fowler, John TAFT, Frank Wolf,
Mary Ann Smith, Helen Day.
Ida. Frank Becker, Adelaide
Durley, Irene Mcmahon, Will
liam Henderson, Lois Jean
Evening star., 1960-02-24

For hlRh and low tides AZ the foI-
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above
Annapolis, 2 hours: Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours; Colonial Beach, 594
hours: Deale, hours; Solomons Is
land, hours: Point Lookout, hours.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

DIuQgeOn SnOOClng OF ner
wealthy husband, Parvin (BilD
Lassiter, last April 6. Gordon
Watson, A, friend and business
associate of the slain suburban
Royal Oak car dealer, was
named in a similar warrant.
Mrs. Lassiter was arrested in
the chambers of Circuit Judge
Joseph Rashid, where she was
waiting to appear again as a
witness against two men re-
naming on trial in the Staying.
No it isn't true" Mrs. Las
sitter screamed after her arrest.
How can they do that when
they know it's not true. I didn't
kill Bill"
Arraignment Set
The former model, held in
Jail without bond, was to be
arraigned today before surbur-
ban Dearborn Township JUS
tice John L. Mokersky.
Mr.. Watson was arrested in
Los Angeles where he had been
working since November. He
said he would waive extradition
and go back to Michigan and
clear it up"
Five others were named as
co-conspirators but not defend
ants in the charge against Mrs.
LaSSiter and Mr.. Watson. They
include Roy C. Hicks, also a
Lassiter business associate, and
Richard w. Jones, who the
Evening star., 1960-02-24

State said was the intermedi-
ary in arranging the car deal
er's death.
Hicks. Jones and Charles w,
Nash, all of Chattanooga,
Tenn. we're brought to trial
last week on firSt-degree mur-
der charges. Jones pleaded
guilty to second-degree mur-
der last Thursday. Hicks en-
tered a similar plea yesterday.
First-degree murder is pre-
meditated.
Fee Is Mentioned
Mr.. Lassiter was killed after
returning from a business
flight. The State said he was
met at the airport by the three
men. taken to a lonely spot,
beaten and shot to death. His
body was found in a field near
Willow Run Airport.
The prosecution maintained
Hicks set up the killing by
offering the other two a $500
fee and whatever money would
be found on the body. The car
dealer was known to carry
large sums of money but had
only 1920 the night he was
slain.
State Police Detective 1t.
Howard Whaley said his Office
had been convinced from the
start Mrs. LaSsiter and Mr..
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Cor Savings Stolen

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Feb. "a
(AP).-For 18 months America
A. Bucci and his wife saved for
a new car. They had $4,000 in
a manila envelope locked in a
cedar chest. When they came
home last night after a brief
absence they found burglars
had taken all their savings.
Evening star., 1960-02-24
Herter Seen
SET on Poll
For Germans
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press stan Writer

Secretary of State Herter is
reported to favor proposing to
Russia that the German people
be polled on whether they
prefer a divided Germany with
separate peace treaties or a
united Germany with a single
peace settlement.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev
has been campaigning for sew
eral years for separate peace
treaties which would freeze the
division of Germany. The
Western powers have advocated
since the end of World War II
a policy of unification.
The overall issue of Ger
many's future, including the
specific problem of the future
of West Berlin, is scheduled to
come up for discussion at the
East-West Summit conference
at Paris beginning May Is.
Representatives of the United
States, Britain, France and
West Germany began ex-
changing views here several
weeks ago on the policy line
and proposals which the Big
Three Western powers could
have ready for the summit ses-
sion.
PIebiscite Not New
The plebiscite idea is one
topic which has been brought
into the discussion.
Mr.. Herter for some months
has been interested in the pos
sibility that plebiscite might
be advocated by the West as a
way Of countering Mr.. Khru-
shchev's proposal for separate
peace settlements with the two
GermanieS.
The conviction among West
ern leaders is that if the Ger
man people were given a free
choice under international su-
pervision they would vote for
unifying $heir country.
If. however, they voted in
favor of separate settlements,
Mr.. Herter would be prepared
to go along with that solution
of the German problem.
The concept of information
ally supervised free elections is
by no means a new one in
Western policy toward Ger
many. In fact, it has been the
key provision in all Western
unification plans.
Evening star., 1960-02-24

July l3. To date it has received
no reply. Administration off,
cials are known to be cool to
such legislation.
The committee also is not
enthusiastic over the bill, feel
ing thatsocial security coverage
to be effective must be on q
mandatory basis and not on an
elective basis.
The Teller bill would give
Federal employees the choice OF
coming under social security
by paying regular social security
taxes, or not coming under
social security coverage.
Representative Teller, Demo
crat of New York, has pointed
out that military personnel
who have their own retirement
system, have been brought
under social security. So have
many public employees of va
rious States, who now also have
social security coverage in addi-
tion to their State retirement
system.
INJURY BENEFITS - A
House Labor subcommittee has
started hearings on legislation
to liberalize Government en-
ploye injury compensation
benefits. The group is headed
by Representative Wier, Demo-
crat Of Minnesota, sponsor of
one Of the bills before the sub
committee.
HALF A LOAF-In reporting
out the various agency appro-
priations bills thus far this
year. the House Appropriations
Committee is following a pat
tern Of allowing a little more
than half of the additional
Government jobs asked for by
the administration.
In its latest bill-Treasury-
Post Ofhce-the House group
gave the Post Office funds for
$4,000 new Jobs, mostly clerks
and carriers. The Post ONCE
had asked for $1,000 new posi-
tionS.
Treasury, which asked for
1000 new positions, received
funds for 900 new Jobs in
Internal Revenue, $50 in Coast
Guard and 100 in Bureau of
Customs.
PAY SUPPORT-The execu-
tive council Of the AFL-CIO,
meeting in Miami Beach last
week. adopted a resolution in
dorsing the pay raise objectives
Of its postal and classified
employe union affiliates. The
AFL-CIO called on Congress to