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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
State Planning Board
Correlation Of information On
Water Resource To Be SOUGHT

The Weather Bureau, Geological
Survey and the State Board of Health
are going to meet on April 20 with
the State Planning Board to see if
it is possible to coordinate the in
formation available on water to be
of some value to industries wishing
to locate in Montana. The April 20
date was arrived at at the monthly
meeting of the Planning Board, last
Thursday.
The three separate agencies are
now conducting Investigations on
various aspects of "our most valuable
resource however there is no place
for correlated statistics to be pre-
sented to industry. The Planning
Board proposes to fill this function.
In conjunction with this information
center, law must be passed to pro-
tect the underground water supply.
1t was brought out at the meeting
by Board Member C. HI. Raymond
that the Anaconda Company lobbyist.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Home Buyers PIucked For
Extra $45 Million a Month

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
Discounts - the premiums that
home buyers pay to get loan -
are costing them $45 million a
month, the staff of House SUBJ
committee figures.
The discount is a percent of the
face value of a loan, and it has the
effect of increasing lenders re-
turn without increasing the interest
rate.
For example, the law prohibits
Veterans Administration from
guaranteeing a private lender that
a veteran will repay his loan if the
interest rate is more than S u %.
(The rate is " %. higher for FHA-
guaranteed loans.)
However, the lender may NOT be
satisfied with 514 20 interest, even
though he has no risk whatever.
TO get a higher return and still
have VA guarantees repayment, he
will get the borrower to- agree to
repay, say, 100000. Then he dis
counts this SO, actually lending
the veteran only $4,000.
Congressman Albert Rains Cd
Ala.) released the s45-nillion-a-
month estimate February 8. He
said the typical discount is 1920 ON
VA and $50 on FHA-guasanteed
loans.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19

Robert Corette, had killed this pro-
posal in each of the last three legis-
lative sessions.
This same problem is being faced
by the Montana Resource Council,
who works with the Columbia INTER
Agency Commission and the Missouri
Basin Inter-Agency Commission.
The U. S. Neurological Commission
looks into the broad aspects of water
resources but does not concern itself
with specific information about Mon
tana's industrial potential.
Montana's underground water must
be protected by law or industry isn't
likely to be interested in locating
here. When Anaconda's opposition
was brought to light, Dick Setter
strom Montana Power industrial de-
velopment engineer, said, "We're not.
twins, you know"
Not the same litter but the
same breed of self-seeking companies
which make mockery of free enter
prise.-FS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
(See Editorial-Page y

Caring for strikers and their fami
lies was major project for the union
| involving direct financial aid as wei
as making state welfare funds avail
able to those i'm need. Twice during
the strike the Montana Supreme Couri
acted ON behalf of the strikers and
their families first. it upheld Dis.
trict Judge Downey's decision of mon
discrimination and more recently
ruled the State Welfare Board must
provide funds.
During the last week i'm December
and: during the; month OF; January,
every possible pressure @dad unfair
tactic was used by the company to
force the. Local No. lit agreement on
the, miners. and smeltermens These
company efforts were rejected time
and time again by the membership.
(: It became evident to the people of
Montana and. even as far away as
Seattle and Los Angeles that the
company was literally attempting to
.starve it's employees into submission.
During this period the Silver Bow
Emergency Aid Committee was
formed and wide support to aid Butte
i'm it's struggle against the company
was generated from the many conn
munities throughout. the state and
elsewhere. Scores of organizations
and individuals rallied to aid the min
ers and smeltermen to achieve vic
Continued On Page Four1
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19

Wednesdays daily newspa-
pers carried a story about the
Montana Highway Commission
favoring imposition of an addi-
tional one cent tax on gasoline
to be earmarked for secondary
road purposes.
The commissions statement has
brought forth question by ex-High-
way Program Engineer Horace Will
liams as to whether there is any GER
tainty that the extra S2.5 million in
revenue would actually be used to
further the secondary road system,
should the proposed tax increase be
given legislative or popular approval.
Williams doubts go back to last
June 20, when he issued resume
of the financial status of the various
financial districts for the fiscal year
which ended the following day. That
resume, which has been proven fac
tual, according to Williams. showed
that the department had overspent
and overobhgated $1,006,00O of state
funds on the Primary system in that
fiscal year. This $1,006,0OO Gin the
red" is in contradiction to legislative
statutes as regards the distribution
of state funds to the various financial
districts and the four types of road
systems-Interstate, Primary, Sec
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Williams Comments On Proposed Gas Tax Hike
What's To Prevent Commission
Diverfinq Additional Funds?

ondary and Urban. The law requires
that each system must stay even or
have money left over at the end of
each fiscal year, and specifically pro-
hibits over-running. Apparently, says
Williams. the department took sur
plus state funds from Interstate and
Secondary ALLEGATIONS in order to
cover the $1,006,00O over-run in the
Primary system.
Taking note of the commission S
worry over lack of construction funds
in the Primary system, especially fl
nancial district No. 10 to complete the
Harlem south road to the junction
north of the Roy Bridge, Williams
said their concern sis rather late".
In this connection, he pointed out that
the commission had spent in excess
of $1,30O,O00 of state funds in Dis
tricts and since 1858 ON more
than IL miles of highway across the
Fort Peck Game Range, every mile
of which was eligible for 100 per
cent federal lands funds.
mo one can question the need for
completion of the highway between
Grass Range and Malta Williams
continued shut the location and use
of state funds to build highway across
the game range may be a question
careful legislative consider
alton in 1861"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19


agreement provides for specific limit,
ations on company physical examina-
lions, removal of previous restric-
tions on arbitration, and retroactive
pay without the qualification of re
turning to work. The agreement also
provides, as in previous strikes, the
opportunity for all returning workers
to receive full vacation pay despite
a six-month period of strike.
Even more important, insofar as
older Butte miners are concerned
is that for the first time Anaconda
has agreed. to be guided by seniority
in hiring and in lay-offs at it's Butte
operations. With company opera
tions in Montana undergoing rapid
archaeological changes resulting i'm
fewer and fewer men employed,
this seniority provision will protect
many longtime company employees
employees who are at an age
q making it difficult for them to OBJ
tain work in other fields should
Anaconda's labor force be. further
reduced.
Wage-wlse, approximately 40 per
cent Of Butte's miners will ~nseaiwe,
an immediate increase of 271k cents
per hour in their base pay rate. These
are the contract miners whose new
base is $50 a day. Formerly, their
base pay was $17.79..
Ten Great Falls smeltermen job
classifications have also gained in
creases ranging from 81 cents to
S1.02 day. Similar increases were
negotiated for Anaconda smeltermen
at East Helena.
The above increases are in addition
to the general wage increase of 71a
cents an hour which was retroactive
to July 1, 1859. There will be another
general wage increase of IN cents
an hour on May 1, 1861.
The final settlement with the Ana
conda Company is victory for the
workers from the standpoint of eco
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19

thoFity similar TO that given 10 the
board by the original 1929 law prior
10 its being bosnbsrded by. amend
nlents."
The subcommittee said ''the aim of
this proposed legislation is TO slow
down the present scramble for nni-
versity buildings, and encourage fu-
tnre programs, based ON rational, de-
Hibernate decisions supported by accur.
ate, objective research"
Ii the proposed law were adopted,
the subcommittee suggested that the
Legislature be urged to consider
seriously and sympathetically'' the
building needs of the University of
Montana i'm the future.
1t was also recommended that ex-
cept ia the case of student housing
facilities, the so-called "open end"
financing be prohibited and that all
available income dedicated to the
liquidation Of existing building debts
be used exclusively for maintenance
of the specified existing buildings
and speedy reduction of the bonded
- GREAT FALLS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Legislative Council Reps
Student BuiIdinu Funds

+ WOLF POINT 0mfana,s devics
of assessing students for several mil
| HON dollars worth of recent classroom
| building was criticized sharply Mon
day by the Legislative Councils sub
| committee ON Education. "A change
| i'm the law was recommended to take
| this power from the State Board OF
Education or university regents.
/ This assessment. the subcommittee
told the council. sis tantamount to a
| tuition charge and inconsistent with
the principles of public education. -
Fee charges for building purposes
were doubled recently by the Board
of Education to 500 for students at
Montana State University i'm Mis-
seula, Montana State College i'm Boze-
man and Eastern Montana College of
Education in Billings.
Nine. members of the council met
in Wolf Point.
The Education subcommittee writ
ten report described the present law
authorizing the Board of Education
TO provide for buildings at University
of Montana units
The legislators agreed that the
board can authorize construction of
every type of capital improvement
one can imagine on a college campus"
and can provide the financing of these
buildings from income received from
rents and charges for the use of the
facilities as well as student fees. N'
The $40 fees were compared with
those of IL western land grant col
leges. 1t was found that each of the
IL institutions. assessed a lesser total
fee and lesser building fee than
MSU, MISC or Eastern.
None of the IL western land
grant colleges surveyed assess
building fees to finance buildings
for Institutional purposes, the re-
port said.
The Health Science Building, School
at MSU; the Medical Science
Library addition, an d
buildings at MISC will all
De used for classrooms or instructional
and will be financed in
whole or part by student building fees.
The subcommittee final report to
The council in March will recommend
hat the basic laws be revised to give
The Board of Education authority to
construct only student housing facili-
les and to finance such facilities only
rom net income, gifts, federal grants
,r interest and income fund money
rom institution land grants.
The subcommittee report said this
would provide for a measure OF au-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Butte Miners For First sme
Have Seniority Protection

BUTTE-(Special to the VOICE)-The new 28-month
expiring June 3d. 1862 between MineM and the
Anaconda Company calls of from 15c
35c hour health and welfare providing maxi
of benefits for employees and dependents including
scripon services with the approximately
100 of the cost paid holidays, PA times regular pay for
holidays worked, and pension improvements.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19

nonlic and non-eeonomic issues. The
struggle, TO achieve this victory was
a long. and difficult 'one. The COM
pany, On the one hand, seemed deter
mined to force upon the union a
company-dictated settlement nego-
tiated with the Anaconda Local union,
and ON the other hand, the union was
determined to negotiate settlement
satisfactory to the miners and smell
termen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
CANNON LEAKS"
ANNOUNCEMENT

Until last Saturday evening former
Toole Rep. Jack Toole was the only
Democrat actively and formally seek
| ing his party's nomination for the
Governorship. Toole filed for the
office several weeks ago. Saturday
night a second dimension was added
to the picture when Lieut.. Gov. Paul
Cannon COMPOUNDED the press, in par
ticular, by letting some 85 Anaconda
Jaycees in on the fact he would for
mally announce for the Governorship
on Friday the 10Th today. Up to
then. the press was anticipating no
public statements by Cannon until
today, and had prepared themselves
accordingly. A third Demo entry,
Mike Kuchera. reformed Republican
furniture merchant of Billings, has
also made his availability known. In
Capitol City circles it is expected
that former Attorney General Arnold
Olsen may momentarily enter the
Governors race:
Over on the right hand side of the
road only former. COP State Chair
man Don Nutter has tossed his hat
in the .Gubernatorial ring. Primary
opposition for Nutter appears unlike
ly, although there is some sentiment
i'm favor of Highway Commission
Chairman Harry t.. Burns getting
into the race and injecting some "old
time {political} religion into an
otherwise dull Republican primary
campaign. (Since the honorable HLB
is an lace salesman" for the VOICE,
we, for purely selfish reasons do hope
he'll make the race and win the pri-
asaray \
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
CONTEST LIKELY FOR
PS COMMISSION

). In other state. races there isn't
much stirring except for the probable
ity Of Democratic contest for Rail-
road and Public Service Commission
er. fsaIlatin Rep Harrison Reeder has
announced Korean Bonus Admins
TRAITOR Lou E2oedecker is expected to
announce early in March. And, OF
course, there's incumbent Austin B.
Middleton who makes like he's going
TO retire but probably wont if enough
get in the affair for him to squeak.
out a minority nomination such as
he did i'm 1854.
Horace Casey, whose term as State
Treasurer is expiring; may also once
again enter the Demo lists for
RR&PsC.
No opposition ON either ticket has
SO far developed for Attorney Gen
eral Forrest Anderson, Secretary. of
State Frank Murray. or Auditor John
J. Holmes, the State House Dean.
Until Wednesday Of. this week it
looked like Lincoln Sen. (Doc) Ander-
son might have. clear sailing through
the Primary for the Lieutenant Gov
ernorship All that came to an end
day before yesterday when his fellow
Democratic Senator Paul Ringing of
Meagher announced he, too, would
seek the post being vacated by It.
Continued On Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-02-19
Long Range Forecast: Hot Winds To Hit State :.
Political Tempo Quitkens

standstill. Rep. Lee Metcalf is sure
of denomination if he asks for it.
However, should Sen. Murray retire,
Metcaifff will likely enter the Il. S.
Senate race against Anderson and
Mahan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

cosmetics from the gathering.
Among guests at the party
were Betty's mother, Mrs. John
j: White; her cousin, Donna
Murphy, who is visiting from
Kentucky; Mrs. Lucie M. Pyne,
Richard Montgomery Spanish
instructor who teaches both
girls; their biology teacher,
Miss Grace Smith, and their his
tory teacher, Mrs. Frances Hol-
mead.
Fellow students and friends
attending the testimonial in
cluded Jackie Joyce, Linda Reid,
Panalee Stephens, Kathy Mar
vim, Julie Jones, 1'anya Dayoff,
Sherry Miller, Gloria Robinson,
Lynda Tinsley, Margaret Hit,
Sonia Holtzclaw, Kathy Grimes,
Anne Beane, Barb Spaulding,
Sandra Robertson, Barbara Lee,
Judy Pulliam, Marcia Strong,
Mike Curtis, Tom Tracy, lack
Fullerton, Richard Keelin, Bud
dy Sturges, Bill Rabbit, Norm
Pennington, Dickie Benso on,
John Wells, Bill Slater and
Brian Lane.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
E. B. Mason
Is HOnOred
By Officials

Seventeen county school
administrators paid tribute
last week to the man to
whom they attribute their
advancement from the teach
ing ranks.
They presented Elwood B.
Mason, Wheaton High School
principal, with a watch and a
photograph Of himself sur
rounded by those whom he has
placed in orbit"
Mason, a resident of Silver
Spring. has been active in the
school systems lei dership
training program. He joined
the system as principal of Lee
land Junior High School In
1913.
Expressing their appreciation
for his help were:
DR.. Fred Dunn, principal,
Aspen Hill High; P. ]. Emma,
vice principal, Western Junior
High; DR.. Kieran Carroll, super
visor of social studies; Miss
Henrietta Baker, principal.
Western Junior High; James
Williams, principal, Belt Junior
High.
Also, Miss Kay Martin, vice
principal, Belt Jr. High; Ed
Hoffmaster, assistant super
visor of science; Tom Conion,
principal, Sligo Junior High;
Oscar Snyder, vice principal,
Gaithersburg High; Cecil Work.
man, vice principal, North Be
thesda Junior High.
Also. Herbert CORN, vice
principal, Montgomery Blair
High; Henry Gregory, princi-
pal, Walter Johnson High;
Harold Horn, vice principal,
Wheaton High; Willard Shoe
maker. principal, Kensington
Junior High; Bill Bennett, vice
principal, Walter Johnson High;
James Jacobs, curriculum CO.
ordinator, and Miss Anne Dry
den, vice principal, Leland
Junior High.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Dedication Set
For NH Facility

King Bhemibol Adelyadej, of
Thailand, in Washington for a
four-day visit, will participate
today in ceremonies dedicating
the Public Health Services new
Division of Biologics Standards
building at the National Inst.
tutes of Health.
Surgeon General Leroy E.
Burney win preside at the pro.
gram, opening, at 2:45 pm. and
a commemorative address will
be given by DR.. Roderick Muir
ray, director of the division, in
observance of the fifth ami.
versary of the units creation
as a separate branch of the
NH.
According to NH officials,
the Thailand ruler was invited
to participate in the dedication
program In view of his active
role in health measures in his
own country and his intensive
interest in the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization-NIH' Chol-
era Research Project.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Ambassadors TO
Pinneberg' Feted

Rockville's two "ambassa-
doris to its Sister City were
given a surprise sendoff last
weekend in advance of their
summer visit to Pinneberg,
Germany.
Donna Lower and Mary Eliza
beth White, Richard Montgom-
cry High School juniors who
have been selected to represent
the city in a student exchange
trip to Pinneberg, found them
selves in the role of honor
guests at a fuIl-fledged party
when they went to the home of
Flo DiGiacinto Saturday night
in response to casual invita-
ton.
Several of their teachers at
Richard Montgomery, class
mates and friends were on hand
to wish the two 16-year-olds well
and to emphasize their express
sions of good will with substan-
tial gifts that should serve
them in gooo stead during their
German visit. Besides cash
gifts, Donna and Betty received
sun hats, dress pins, scarves and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Widening Of
ArcOla Ave.
Is Protested

Approximately so resi-
dents of Arcola ave. in
Wheaton have made it plain
to the County Council that
they are bitterly opposed to
the planned widening of their
street between Kemp Mill I'd.
and Georgia ave
Led by Eugene J. lander,
president of the Wheaton Civic
Association, the homeowners
attacked the proposals as un.
justified, unnecessary and a pc.
tential hazard to their children.
Only support of the move
came from Thomas G. Oyster,
representing the eaton
Chamber of Commerce. He said
the proposed 40-foot road would
provide a much-needed bypass
while University blvd. is being
improved and is needed to &C.
commodate the hundreds of
new residents who will move
into the neighborhood as the
area is developed.
lander, in a six-page letter to
the Council, insisted that the
bulk of the traffic on Arcola
ave. comes from outside the
community. And he predicted
that this would diminish sharp
ly as soon as University blvd.
is improved.
He assured the council that If
the traffic on Arcola ave. does
not drop off after the Univer
sity blvd. work is completed,
1--WE shall withdraw our objec.
tons to the Public Works De-
Ipartments plans for some rea.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Al6-"""''' '' 30 1850 SENTINEL e SssEfp"E HD
Ben C. Fisher, Mrs. June Shields
Head County COP. CAMPAIGN Unit

dental nominee and Charles
MAC" Matthias, the party's
Sixth District Congressional
candidate.
Matthias expressed complete
satisfaction with the selection
of both chairmen and the mem
bers of the campaign commit
tee.
Il can think of no better
group in Montgomery County
to which to entrust my political
future" said Matthias. 'They
are hard workers, dedicated to
the cause of good government
in the Congress and Viii e
House by impartial and effec-
tive representation which I adj
vocate. / am proud to have
them with me-"
The new committees is COM
posed of Raymond DuFour, of
Kenwood, campaign finance
committee chairman; Edward
]. Clarke. Sumner, presiden of
the Matthias for Congres
Clubs; Robert E, Billiard,
Silver Spring, 18th District
chairman; Gordon Hawk, Be-
thesda, seventh district chair
man; Mrs. Robert McQueeney,
Rockville, fourth district chair
man; McKendree Fulks, Lay
louisville, first district chair
man; Robert A. Wallace, Bur-
louisville, fifth district chairman
and treasurer of the Matthias
for Congress Campaign Com
mittee; Mrs. Stephen M. john
son, Takoma Park, president Of
the Federation of Republican
Women of Montgomery Coun-
ty; Roy Tasco Davis, Chevy
Chase, Maryland Republican
elector.
Also Don Kendall, Chevy
Chase, president of the Young
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Mrs. Henry Lo,oden Heads
County Branch Of YWCA

vile; Mrs. William Trauth, Be-
thesda; Miss Edith M. Throck-
morton, Wheaton; Miss Vera
v. Barger, Washington; Mrs.
S stanley A. Borzage, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Herbert S. Cotton,
Bethesda; Mrs. Fred B. More
house, Silver Spring; Mrs. P. H.
Ho, Bethesda; Mrs. Joseph T.
Howard, Kensington; Mrs. Cliff
ford w. Hurley, Silver Spring;
Mrs. Georgia r. Lawson, Boyds;
Mrs. Ronald L. Mighell, Silver
Spring; Mrs. Anna P. Rose,
Chevy Chase; DR.. Fern D.
Schneider, Silver Spring, and
Mrs. James L. Thomas, Rock
vile.
New members of the nomi-
mating committee are Mrs. Her
bert S. Hyatt, Mrs. Carl Prit-
chett, Mrs. E. Carroll Creitz,
Mrs. John A. Johnson and Mrs.
Forest V. D. Gustafson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
G. E. M. Store
Scheduled Here

Rockville area residents soon
will be able to trade at a GEM
store right in their own neigh
borhood.
Officials of the department
store organization, which serves
government employees and mill
tary personnel, have announced
plans to build on a section of
the White Flint Golf Course at
Wisconsin ave. and Nichol-
son la.
Sol c. Snider is chairman of
the board of directors and
Stanley Rosenweig is presi-
dent. Other officers are: