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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
By ROBERT G. SPIvACK.

In the letter. he said that he had
voted for the Vinson bill, the Smith
Connally Act, the Taft-Hartley Act
''and, in the last two instances !.
voted to override Democratic presi-
dent to make these measures law"
Even the late Senator Taft con-
coded that the purpose of the Taft
| Hartley Act was to cut down on labor
power and what he considered to be
abuses that had developed under the
Wagner Act. For Johnson to recite
his labor record" without once re-
ferring to the Wagner Act, which
organized labor has long considered
it's magma Charta', seems like more
than simple omission. M
|, Could it be; that somehow Johnson
has become convinced that the Ma
tiona1 Assn. of Manufacturers and
the U. S., Chamber of Commerce are
choosing delegates to the Los Angeles
conventions? Or is it simply that he
did not expect his letter to fall into
the wrong hands?
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
There is now Chester Bowles-for-
President movement, with a national
organization in the process of forma-
ton i. Sen. Hubert Humphrey made
quite hit at the National Press Club
when he told his listeners that he has
won the support of his son Douglas
by promising him that when they
reached the White House ''you won't
have to caddy for Daddy" Stories
keep popping up, which are not very
denied, linking Walter
Reuther with Sen. John F. Kennedy's
campaign.
THE LONG LOOK
The smart money bettors here are
not taking literally Nelson Rookie
feller's. withdrawal from the cam
paign. They believe that by early
February there will be a series of
citizens committees springing up all
over the country to "draft" the New
York governor. Meanwhile, Rookie
Teller is keeping his whole roman
staff on the payroll.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

and Utah to see the mistakes those
states made in constructing their
prisons. The architects have already
received $73,549 for the pre-planning
and will receive an additional $685.
366 from the Housing and Home Fl
nance Agency whether or not the
$5,000,00O bond issue to finance
Hotel Pen gets by the general cleo
ton.
At the Board of Examiners meet
ing Wednesday, Gov. J. Hugo Aron-
son, Secretary of State Frank Muir
ray and Attorney General Forrest
Anderson thought it would be good
idea for Warden Floyd Powell and
encourage to get out of the state for
little while. The prison ranch man.
ager has resigned and would like to
have Legislative Council members
come and see the work he has done
and receive his explanation for quit
ting.
Also postponed was the adoption
of Sen. Arnold Reider's State Lands
subcommittee report which recon-
mended the setting of the conserva-
tive average value of state grazing
land at ten dollars an acre. This value
plus taxes and two per cent interest
would raise the animal unit monthly
rate to one dollar. The one dollar fig
ure is arrived at using the presently
established ratio formula, based ON
the present market value of beef.
The report also recommended the
base be established on the last years
market values instead of the present
three-year system. The one-year
method is used by the Forest Service
and would be of real value to relieve
ranchers during market dips. Private
operators receive no concessions from
tax authorities for market losses.
The report adoption was delayed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
HOW TO CUSHION
BETTER COUNTIES?

HI. S. Cooper, Hill county assessor
and an official of the State Associa-
ton of Assessors, asked GLOW can a
cushion against value reductions) be
made for the benefit of counties
which are doing a good job?"
Byrne said the answer lies in those
counties putting heat on the laggards.
Also, he said that the Boards latest
request to the counties to bring their
titled dry wheat land assessments up
to an average of rs per cent of full
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
Montana Legislative Council
Montana Legislative Council
Much Higher Grazing Rental Proposal
To Be Considered at March Meetinq

The Legislative Council Tuesday ended fourday meeting
with Chairman Bob Durkee tearing proposed press
lease the taxation subcommittee Sunday meeting Durkee
explained that old stuff The of Equazations
multmion dollar tax bonanza to utilities turning to be
the biggest issue of the coming campaign dead story this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15


of Winters asked if he was correct il
the assumption that the Board hae
two duties in this field:
L.. To assess inter-county prop
critics of utilities at full and true
value; 2. To equalize assessments
between counties and between
classes of property. He further
asked if these two duties conflict.
Winters replied that the Board
does have two duties, and said that if
county assessments were at the same
percentages as the State Boards,
there'd be mo excuse for valuation
reductions !" Continuing, he adj
mitted that both the Board and As
SCISSORS are guilty of failure to do
assessing jobs properly" (This fail
ure to do proper assessing is not new
goes back over the years.
Cavan then asked if "the board
admits in making these reductions
they are not fulfilling their duty to
assess at full and true value?"
Board member Ed Byrne replied
that he and his fellow members feel
their greater responsibility is to
Equalizer first, that courts over the
nation have ruled "our authority to
equalize overrides the duty of assess
ment - Continuing, he said 1the
Board has been very reluctant to
accede to the utilities requests for
lower valuations :" And, he re-
counted the continuing efforts put
forth by the Board to get assessors
and commissioners to "close the 20
per cent gap with little success.
We could have alleviated this first
reduction" he said, ssbut the assess
ors and commissioners apparently
thought nothing would be done' by
the Board to close the gap.
Cavan, building his case methodic-
ally toward clincher question later
then asked: ''The Board feels it's duty
to equalize supersedes its duty to
assess at full and true?" To this
Byrne replied, "Yes".
Continuing his cross-examination,
the Billings lawyer queried: ''the
board then has a duty to make a |
further reduction this year," Byrnes
said chats an unsettled question"
"Why," said Cavan, "since you've
already said the number one duty
is equalization, is it unsettled ~
To this, he received no reply. In
stead, Byrne went into detail on the
Toole county case which the Board
fought through and won, and made
stick their authority to force any
county to raise it's assessments of
property when such property was
grossly under-assesse In this, he
pointed out that the adjacent counties
on dry titled wheat land had the fol-
lowing values as compared with
Toole's SIS to ST an acre assessed val
uations: Pondera, $24; Liberty, Sill;
Glacier, SIP. The Board made stick
a doubling of Toole dry titled land
values, in spite of the protests of
Sen. George Wilson. Wilson, Byrne
pointed out. was most vehement in
MS opposition, yet, on the stand adj
mitted his land, which was assessed
at from SIS to 81 an acre was worth
S100 an acre.
Byrne also told the subcommittee ,
hat Montana is considered worst" !
among all the states in its property ,
methods. And, in Mon {
ana itself, Toole was 'the worst" i
# all the Sc counties. Y
HOW THEY ASSESS,
Chairman Winters in bringing the !.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

and true had resulted in ga rash of
indignation meetings.
In this connection. Morley Cooper,
Lewis & Clark county commissioner
and president of. the State Association
of Commissioners. said that survey
showed the reaction to the Boards
November request that dry farm land
values be increased had brought fol-
lowing results:
1. 38 counties went on record
against any further utility valuation
reductions.
2. Fl counties assert they will cut
local assessments if the State Board
makes any further utility reductions.
8. 9 of these counties will not raise
their land values.
Winters, further illustrating how
poorly some of the counties do their
assessing, pointed the finger at the
Noxon Rapids power dam in Sand
ers county. The local assessor, he
said, has assessed that major Wash
ington Water Power dam at only
26 per cent of its full and true
value, as compared with the 55-57
per cent level on utility inter-
county properties assessed by the
State Board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
SOONER OR LATER, STRICT
ADHERENCE TO THE LAW .

A. J. Liggett, although not a mem
Der of the State Board at the time
the utility valuation reduction pro-
gram was decided up, said he is "more
or less in general agreement" with
the program. He said he has talked
to a number of the assessors in the
Glow counties" and they're generally
agreed with the "need to level out
values but, with few exceptions are
not doing very much about the prob
lem. He said that, after having been
in the real estate business for 40
years in Musselshell county, he knows
Gland values are low.
Looking ahead, he stated that
sooner or later we must adhere
strictly to, full and true (valuations)
as provided for under the constitu-
ton Until we do, we'll continue
to have inequities" between various
kinds of property and between the
counties.
To get the ball rolling, he sug-
gested that the next legislature
would be a good time for resolu-
ton to implement securing full and
true at both state and county levels.
This was so he said since the Swear
property rehabilitation program
is due for completion on June 30,
1862, and that would be the time
to get the entire assessment pro-
cedure on an even keel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
HOW THEY ASSESS,
ALLOCATE

Chairman Winters, in bringing the
subcommittee a clearer understand
ing of the Boards taxing activities,
stated that they, like 40 other states,
used combination of factors includ-
ing: stocks and bonds value, capital
lied net investment, reproduction
cost less depreciation, ETC., over a
five-year average in determining the
actual value of utility or railroad.
Clarifying how the Board allo-
Gates its inter-county assessments,
he said they first take the total
value arrived at and subtract there
from the Iocally-assessed properties
of such utilities. After that figure
is arrived at. the balance is divided
up between the various counties in
which the utility operates accord
ing to the number of miles and
types of line or trackage in each
county.
Council member P. ]. Gilfeather
(D-Cascade) questioned if there
weren't other ways to arrive at full
and true'' value besides the formula
above since state laws do not specify
any particular formula. Winters ad-
mitted other methods could be en-
ployed ~ ssso.
Gilfeather. then asked wouldn't
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ISSUE gives CIlo IulI pIcJuro.)
The council schickened out" on the
proposed junket of the new prison
architects and the warden to Louisi-
ana, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
TWO COUNTIES CITED
FOR IMPROVEMENT

Two counties. Chouteau and TIE.
ton, were cited by the Board among
some others, which nave taken action
since the November dry titled land
assessment request was issued. They
now join IA other counties who are
at or above the % per cent of full
and true level the Board set at this
time as a preliminary goal for the
counties to shoot at.
In addition to the utility assess
ment-cutting program, some discus
sion was given over in the late stages
of the meeting to the property re-
classification program. Board MEM
bers indicated that for the most part
the program is coming along very well
and they have high hopes of having
it completed by the June 80, 1862
deadline date set by the 1851 Legis-
lature.
Other legislative council members
present at the meeting included Rep.
George Howard (R-Missoula) and
MIC Chairman Robert Durkee Cd
Hill), and Council Executive Director
Eugene Tidball.
Also in attendance was Lieutenant
Governor Paul Cannon who has been
following this and other taxation mat.
tiers closely.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
Board Backs Away From Earlier

Continued From Page One)
of Winters asked if he was correct in
the assumption that the Board had
two duties in this field:
Evening star., 1960-07-08
Rhee Minister Tells
How He Rugged Vote

SEOUL, South Korea, July 8
(AP).-Ousted President Syng-
man Rhee's former home min
lister testified today he rigged
South Korea's March presiden-
tial election because the Rhee
regime would have lost an hon
est election.
The testimony came from
United States-educated Choi
1n-kyu, on trial in Seoul dis
trict court on charges of elec-
ton rigging, corruption and
security law violations carrying
a maximum death penalty.
Choi and four codefendants,
top figures in the Rhee regime
that was toppled by a student
uprising in April, admitted
prosecution charges against
them on election rigging.
Roped to the other defend
ants, DeSpectacled Choi testified
40 per cent of the total vote
was stuffed into the ballot
boxes before 6 am. election
day-an hour before the polls
opened.
1T was to elect the Liberal
ticket Of DR.. Rhee and Lee XII
poong that I was named as
Home Minister" he told the
crowded, heavily guarde d
courtroom. However, under
the political circumstances and
public opinion at the time, there
was no chance at all Of their
Evening star., 1960-07-08
JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN
APOLOGIES FOR RIOTS

p, Japanese businessman has apologzed to a manu-
fsetrers representative here for he discotesy" shown
President Eisenhower
j. Earl Helsel Sr, of Hesel and Associates 1907 M.
street NV said he first met Akra NakaShima president
OF Motor Vehicle Maintenance Specialists Tokyo about
year ago.
Mr. Nakashima and several other japanese business
men toured the United States inspecting automobile re-
pair shops and inspection stations The tour spon-
Sored by the International Cooperation Administration
MI Helsel guided the groups tour here.
Shortly after Mr.. Eisenhower's visit to Japan was
Cancelled Mr. Helsel received note from Nakashima
1t read in part:
=. 1t is to be regretted and it is sadness for us
as we'll as majority of the Japanese people that Ikes
"Trip was put off because of the uncertain state of politics
of Japan. =.
There is deep confidence in your country in the
mlnos OF majority of japanese people heartily
apoogze Tor the discourtesy shown President Esen-
hover. :"
Evening star., 1960-07-08
Breok-In Suspect.
7 raped as Dogs
Lead Policemen

A juvenile housebreaking
suspect last night might have
made good his escape except
for the work of two sharp
scented Metropolitan police
dogs.
When Canine Corps Privates
John E. Drass and William R.
Newman, along with their dogs,
Fritz and Mark, investigated a
report that a man was in Lanes
Restaurant. 2700 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. they found the front
door locked and no one in sight.
But that didn't slow down
Fritz and Mark. AS soon as the
two German shepherds were
brought within shifting dis
tance, they began barking
furiouSly and trying to climb
up the front window of the
restaurant, Pvt. Drass said.
over the window was a sign
about IL feet long. There was
about 3 feet of space between
it and the wall, the policeman
said.
When the patrolmen pulled
the dogs away and climbed up
behind the sign, they found the
suspect crouching there beside
an air-conditioning duct he had
used to gain entrance to the
restaurant, police said.
The juvenile was booked on
a housebreaking charge. Moth
ing was missing from the res
taurant, police said.
Evening star., 1960-07-08

winning the election honestly" "
Choi testified Rhee personally
ordered the Ministers of Home
Affairs, Finance and Justice to
take good care" of the anti
Communist Youth Corps" a
strongarm group maintained by
Rhee's Liberal Party. He said
Lee Ki-poong. Rhee's vice presi-
Dental running mate, who
later committed suicide, handed
out the corps operating funds.
Choi'S co-defendants are for
mer Deputy Home Minister Lee
Sung-woo; former National Po-
lice Director Lee Kang-hak;
former Provincial Affairs Chief
Chot Byung-hwan and Han
Hi-suk, Rhee's campaign man
ager.
Evening star., 1960-07-08
By the Associated Press

The Korean governments
monetary and trade policies are
blocking Korean economic re-
covery, a congressional staff re-
port asserted today.
The report says Korea's
monetary exchange rate and a
refusal to trade with Japan are
otfsetting the economic aid
being pumped into the country
by the United States.
The report, based on a seven
week survey of Korea, Iran and
Thailand by staff members of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee was released today. The
survey was conducted late last
year before the overthrow of
korea's Syngman Rhee gov
ernment. The policies referred
to. however. are still in force.
The report recommends linn
iting future economic aid to
Korea to the level necessary to
maintain the, present rate of
production, with nothing for
expansion, until the policies are
changed.
SO% Of Revenue from U. S.
Korea is one Of the major
recipients Of United States eco
nomic aid. which accounts for
about 80 per cent of its annual
revenue.
The 'three-man survey team
reported the aid program had
been generally successful in re-
pairing war damage and get
ting the economy started, but
was being handicapped by Kor-
can fiscal policy and its attitude
toward Japan.
The official rate of exchange
is 500 Korean hwan to one
Evening star., 1960-07-08
Korean Aid Curb Urged
Until Policies Chonoe

United States dollar, whereas
it should be 1900 hwan, said
the report. AS a result, it said,
the Korean economy is being
isolated from the world COM
munity.
Further isolation results
from a trade embargo against
Japan imposed last summer
after Japan permitted North
Korea to repatriate Koreans
living in Japan, the report ad-
ded. The embargo has little
effect on Japan, it said, but
hurts Korea and the United
States.
Handicaps Block Economy
"The United States should
not attempt to Offset, by put
ting up more money, the
handicap imposed on economic
development by the Korean
government" the report con-
cluded. "It is unlikely that a
healthy economy capable Of
paying its own way can be de-
veloped while these handicaps
persist"
The team found conditions
more favorable in Thailand
and Iran, but it did cite some
examples of waste and bad
planning-for instance, ship
ping manure spreaders to Iran
where for centuries manure
has been burned for fuel"
1t placed the blame for de-
ficiencies in the economic aid
program on what it called
faulty administration and lack
of coordination among the
many agencies involved, and
recommended the Information
al Cooperation Administration
be given overall responsibility
in the field.
Evening star., 1960-07-08

treaty with East Germany in
September.
I'VE will let 1t go through
our heads" he said.
1t has generally been be-
lieved that Russia would do
nothing about Berlin before
the new American President is
elected in November.
Mr.. Khrushchev compared
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
to Hitler again and said the
West German leader would be
smashed "if he, attempted to
touch" any country in the
Communist bloc.
He apologized to Mr.. Raab
for making such remarks on
Austrian soil but said it was
his duty not to evade any
question"
Remarks Protested
The United States, West
Germany and Italy all have
protested to Chancellor Raab
against the Khrushchev at
tacks on them during his visit.
An American correspondent
said he had read Khrushchey's
messages to many Communist
party congresses and asked the
Premier;
What is your message to the
Democratic Party congress,
which opens in Los Angeles
next week?"
Mr.. Khrushchev replied that
he did not think the Democrats
wanted any message from him,
and went on:
"It would be tactless If we.
in this great moment, would
take any initiative. =
ut also would be an inter-
ference in the internal affairs
Of the United States. We have
great respect for the people of
the United States and we be-
lieve the people do not need our
message, especially at this time
when they are getting ready
for their presidential elections"
Enlarges on Threats
Mr.. Khrushchev charged that
military and business leaders
in the United States want to
see the nuclear test suspension
talks in Geneva fail.
He evaded a question de-
signed to determine whether
he faces active opposition from
Communist China to his pol
icy Of co-existence with the
West.
Il am Premier Of the Soviet
Union and first secretary of the
Communist Party" he said. II
do not know Of any (opposi-
tion), but If you know of any,
please tell me-"
The Soviet leader threatened
to pour Soviet arms into Middle
East countries unless the West
ern powers halt their own sale
Of weapons in that troubled
area, particularly to Israel.
Evening star., 1960-07-08
Senate Is Told
Of Suspicious
OF RedA-Tests
By the Associated Press

Some American suspicion
that the Soviet Union may be
conducting secret nuclear
weapons tests is disclosed in
censored testimony made pub
lie last night by the Senate Dis
armament Study Subcommit-
tee.
The testimony, heard June
10, also indicated Russia tor
pedoed the disarmament talks
at Geneva just as a tiny ray of
hope for progress toward agree
ment seemed visible.
These two points highlighted
information given behind
closed doors by Philip F. Far
ley, the State Departments
disarmament specialist, and
John Irwin. Assistant Secre-
tary of Defense for Security
Affairs.
The suspicious about pos
slble secret nuclear testing
came out in a discussion of a
published report that John A.
McCone, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission, sis
convinced that the Soviets are
already holding secret tests"
Report Is UncOnfirmed
Mr.. Farley and Mr.. Irwin
said they could not recall ever
heearing either Mr.. McCone
or Secretary Of State Herter
say they were convinced of this.
Mr.. Irwin, however, said, "I
think the Russians have the
capability of testing without
detection"
1T would not surprise me II
the Russians are testing" he
said at a later point, "but I
personally have heard from no
source that they are"
The subcommittee hearing
was held II days before a
Russian walkout halted the
Geneva disarmament talks on
June 27.
The Communist walkout
came after the Reds had in
jected into the Geneva talks
a new disarmament proposal
which Mr.. Farley told the
Senators contained some gen.
eral provisions he believed were
hopeful.
Agreement Seemed Closer
Il think" Mr.. Farley said,
that the Soviet reasons for
including more general provi-
sions about control are partly
ones that should be welcomed.
Il think they recognize the
validity of our criticisms in the
past and, to the extent that
they recognize that and at
tempt to accommodate them,
it does begin to move closer to
the possibility of some day
finding agreement on it,"
Mr.. Farley made clear, how
ever, he believed that nothing
in the Soviet proposals showed
any withdrawal from the Soviet
resistance to American de-
mands for controls or safe
guards.
Evening star., 1960-07-08
Air Force to Get
Its Own Medals
By the Associated Press

The Air Force will have its
own medals under a bill signed
by President Eisenhower yes
dretay.
The bill creates an Air Force
Cross and an Airman'S Medal
to take the place of the Dis
.tinguiShed Service Cross and
Soldiers Medal among Air Force
personnel.
The Air Force has been seek
ing its own decorations since it
was separated from the Army
in 1947. The Navy has long
had its own medals.
Evening star., 1960-07-08

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