The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-04-14

The presidents this week expressed
an urgency that the board act in some
manner to quell the unrest on the
campuses that had arisen out of the
recent legislative session and poll
teal haranguing over higher educa-
ton. by the Republican leadership.
Among the six people who voted
against the Nutterites on the Board
Tuesday there is an imposing record
of service to education in Montana.
The three who were the immediate
target of the Governors venom total
81 years of Board of Education ex-
perience. George Lund has served
since 1916; Mrs. Petro, since 1949,
and DIR. Hall since 1857. The three
whom Nutter accuses of being "fol-
lowers were Msgr. Riley, Harriet
Miller and Forrest Anderson. The
two elected officials are serving their
fifth year on the board.
The driving urge that seems to
compel Nutter to have his own way
at any cost will keep the University
System in a state of unrest, despite
the urgent necessity expressed by the
presidents to relieve the tensions for
the sake of the educational processes.
The only logical conclusion to be
drawn from the gauntlet laid down
by the Governor Wednesday, is
that he intends to keep higher edu-
cation in politics.
There is no logic in his expression
that the board can not keep proper
policy control over the system with
contracts of more than one year for
the presidents.
Why are the Nutterites afraid of
contracts for University
They say business and
industry" do not give more than one
year contracts, yet every man sitting
around the Board of Education table
Tuesday was there on contract
IF one form or another for four or
more years, and their terms are sub
ect to no control or review until the
contract ends. They are serving no
ess at the cost of the taxpayers than
my president of any university who
S subject to constant control and
eview by the policy board which
ires him.
T e stimulating applause that
arly greeted the bravado of the
Iutterite fiscal-political crusade still
choes in his ears; but the line of
pprobation is dwindling, and for
he sake of Montana, we should all
ope he will stand still long enough,
nd soon, and cogitate on whether
ne ringing noise he thinks he is still
caring is applause or the tocsin.
The cline" is out about you-know-
no are exposing the Birch Society
nd raising questions about it-au-
lority of course, the Birchers.
No less than the editor of the
ELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
defending the group, telling us you
now-who are against it and joining
lie Birch Bark.
The IR editor says the first expose
bout the JBS appeared in 'the Of
cial Communist paper on the west
'ast, THE PEOPLES WORLD,
hen on February 18th this year they
tinted an article on it.
Now | don't know about THE
EOPLE'S WORLD, but I do know
at in the INDEPENDENT RECORD
thin the past week, on the editors
vn page, George Sokolsky took cred
for being the first newspaperman
give nation wide notice of the
tivities of the Birch group, and Mr..
'kolsky dated his expose as January
81.
Even before Mr.. Sokolsky's syndi-
ted column reached nation wide
aders the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
ok in July of 1860 carried a series
the Birch Society, which was a
sic presentation of the material
at has since been printed and re-
lnted over the country. We have
pies of these articles in our files.
rther exposure by the Republican
ess at that time was probably de-
red because of the political cam
ign in process; but since then many
Jor Republican publications have
ne extensive research and have
blished reams of material on the
'ch Society. The VOICE has taken