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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27

For instance, in the small town Oh
Lewistown, primarily farm com
munity, the business agent for the
Laborers Union had conducted his
union business in a corner of his
living room and on street corners, 10
these many years. When this national
defense project came to Montana it
was no longer possible nor practical
for him to do this. Communications
between the Laborers in Lewistown
and Great Falls, headquarters of the
contractor, Fuller Webb, required in
stallation of teletype. If Fuller
Webb needs men in the Lewistown
area they often need them in hurry
and the Laborers & Hold Carriers, the
largest force on this first phase of
the project have always had men
where the contractor wanted them,
when they were needed.
Vital to the manning of the prof.
ect has been the hiring hall, or re-
ferral system, which provides a CO..
ordinated operation, under contract
and law which requires there will
be no discrimination in making job
referrals.
In the prairie town of LewistoWn
the business agent of the Laborers
Union could no longer handle the
necessary work in a corner of his
living room. He had to be accessible
to men who must register with him
(. and even wives of labor union
I, ,4o Id 40
vacy in their homes.
Business-like and more efficient
operation, necessary to the national
defense when practiced by q small
labor union suddenly becomes giant
ism, in the anti-labor gossip rampant
today.
The dedication of the business
agents of the Laborers & Hold Car
riers unions in Great Falls and
Lewistown in keeping the contract
ors supplied with men, along with
taking care of the interests of their
members has been beyond the call
of duty, either on the patriotic or
business agent level.
Elmer Britten, Great Falls Labor
srs' BA, and hard-bitten veteran
IF the Montana labor movement, has
worked increasingly to uphold his
to everyone with a stake
n this project, as have all of the ,
BUSINESS agents and other union en-
'loyees representing the working
orce.
.ABOR CAN BE PROUD
The fact Montana unions haven't
lad complaint filed against them
" the National Labor Relations
Board of a single instance of dis ..
hiring in processing these
thousands of men under the job re-
erral system is situation. trade j
lnions can be proud of. II
Another dagger aimed at the heart 8
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
NEED EMERGENCY
APPROPRIATION

Stephenson should be given an
emergency appropriation by the Gov
ernor as first step to halt the death
on the highways. The u. S. Congress
should assume its responsibilities to
the patrol much as the patrol assumes
the added responsibilities brought
about by federal impact.
Some responsible people must be
elected to the legislature who don't
think in slogans like "fat cutting
but see that the administrators of
the state are given enough funds
to carry out their duties. There
would be no sense in calling back
the Responsibilities we endured
last January and February.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
PREPARED TO MEET
JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES

Jurisdictional disputes that haunt
a IL labor management relations
whether defense or otherwise, hover
in the wings in Great Falls and al.
ways pose threat to the cooperative
program. However, one possible juris-
dictional situation, at least, was be-
ing anticipated. The scheduled ap-
pearance in Montana of three inter
national union representatives to dis
cuss the jurisdictional matter will
result in local unions accepting their
decision, Building Trades leaders said.
No one has abdicated any peroga-
tives in reaching the successful asso-
citation that has existed for six months
on this subject.
Union and management repre-
sentatives give credit to the me-
dunn they have established through
these weekly meetings and the
willingness of both to commune
cate, thus avoiding small misunder-
standings from becoming ma gnified
into major problems.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27

The true value of horse sense is
clearly shown by the fact that the
horse was afraid of the automobile
during the period when the pedes-
TRANS were laughing at it.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27

4
mainly because of the federal con-
struction of three dams and more
than $50 missile launching sites.
HIGHWAY PATROLLING CUT
BACK 20 PER CENT
Four patrol officers have been
shifted to the missile launching COM
pick, vacating their regular posts.
Another officer has been assigned to
the Yellowtail Dam while the federal
dam near Dillon takes one man.
Eight patrolmen have been pulled
out of their cars to give instructions
in Pathological monitoring as part of
the Civil Defense program. Four cap
tains have also been assigned to CD.
They are in charge of warning sys-
TENS, police plans, communications
and intelligence.
The matter of strict enforce
ment of existing law is out of the
question in Montana where the
86-man force is SO weakened by
the impact of federal activities and
the "fat" cutters of the Legislature
and the Nutter Administration.
The national Safety Council recon-
mends that on the basis of the num-
Der of paved miles in Montana we
should have patrol force of 1873.
For the number of rural miles we
should have Al more patrolmen. For
the number of rural fatalities we
should have rs more patrolmen. We
have total of Sc.
Where are all the additional men
needed to bring Montana up to the
minimum required to enforce the
laws governing traffic?
During the session last winter High
way Patrol Chief Alex Stephenson
asked for Is more patrolmen. He
was turned down flat and given
tut in the "fat".
AS serious as the carnage on the
highways is, some steps must be taken
% bolster Stephenson's efforts. The
lrain of federal programs in the state
S too much for the debilitated patrol.
sn't there some sort of federal re-
,ate available to make up for the
oss of protection caused by the i'm
'act of federal programs? Couldn't
he interstate tax on gasoline be used
o pay for part of the cost of keep
ng people alive on the superhigh-
JavS?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
MUTT" THOMPSON SET UP
FIRST MEETING

1t was S. E. (Mutt) Thompson,
former IBEW official, working as
labor-management liaison for Fuller
Webb, who set up the first meeting
with the business agents of the I'M
ions. When Thompson left Fuller
Webb his work was taken over by a
young Montana attorney, James Bot
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27

The best manner of avenging our
selves is not by resembling him who
has injured us.-Jane Porter
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
Labor Management Harmony Prevails On

tomly. The meetings have been helc
weekly.
At the two-hour session this re-
porter attended, no less than Ia
matters were discussed, in an atmos-
phere of understanding and conf
dence. Discussion included items such
as pay checks, stolen carpenter tools,
show-up time, safety measures, work
ALLEGATIONS i.
Bottomly made special point of
the fact unions have been the best
safety critics the company has, which
has cut down on the accident ratio
on the job.
An example of one of the matters
taken up at this meeting was heat.
1t is already getting cold in Mon
tana, the wind on the prairie can be
bitter and there is no protection from
it. Trailers have been set up at the
sites to store equipment and provide
shelter for the men. They are
equipped for heat, but management
was told that in some places there
was no heat. In others it was being
turned off at night and the miners
clothes which are taken off wet at
the end of a shift are still wet, cold,
and stiff in the morning.
Cold men are neither efficient
nor productive. Cold men are miser-
able and disagreeable. Heat is to
the company's interest as well as
the workers.
Out on the JOB the men know if
they tell their union representative
their problem he will communicate
through the proper channels and the
matter will be given consideration,
labor spokesman said.
Willard E. Delger, Great Falls Car
penters' BA, said this form of COM
munication with management ''has
the men from feeling they
nave to settle their problems with a
cad pipe.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
Montana Could Use One of These /.
Attenuation Farley Called
BY California Governor

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Sept. rs
Governor Edmund G. "Pat' Brown
announced here he has called state
wide conference of labor and business
leaders to discuss the impact of auto
nation on CALIFORNIA; workers and
economy. The parley will be held in
Los Angeles, Nov. 27 and %.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-10-27
Patrol Has Added

from page
mainly because of the federal con-
struction of three dams and more
than $50 missile launching sites.
HIGHWAY PATROLLINC CUT
BACK 20 PER CENT
Evening star., 1961-09-26
STOOD UP ON A HOT SET
Liz |rks II Congressman

ROME, Sept. 26 CAP.-
Eleven miffed United States
congressman, stood up by
Elizabeth Taylor on a swelter-
ing movie set, reacted unhap-
PLY today.
The Congressman, 10 Demo-
Gratis and a Republican, were
invited to meet Miss Taylor
yesterday at Rome's cinema
village, Cinecitta. Miss Taylor
didn't appear, although she
later received three members
of the group who waited until
evening.
1t was the first day of
shooting of the twice-postponed
filming of Cleopatra"
1T was pretty disappoint-
ing" said Representative An
fuso, Democrat of New York,
in the mildeSt comment voiced.
That's sure an understate-
ment," commented Represent
ative Santangelo, also a New
York Democrat. Il think it was
stupid on her part. I don't
know what her trouble is.
Maybe she thinks she really
won that award that was given
to her out of sympathy"
Miss Taylor won an Oscar
this year shortly after recover
ing from a grave illness.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Hawaii Volcano
Ends Lava Flow
But Still Heuves

PAHOA, Hawaii, Sept. 26
CAP).-"It doesn't look like
we're out of this yet-that
thing is still heaving," a VOL
cano expert said yesterday
after unpredictable Kilauea
shut off another flow of molten
lava.
Don Richter, scientist in
charge of the volcano observa-
tory, said there was no definite
way of telling WHEREOF when
the volcano might blow again.
He said Kilauea'S summit has
risen 6 feet in the last year
from increasing pressure far
beneath the surface.
Kilauea, one of the worlds
most active volcanoes, has
spewed lava at three places
since Friday. All the outbursts
have been in old rift areas near
this rural town of LOO on
Hawaii Islands southeast shoe.
The third lava fountain
stopped yesterday, leaving only
a pile of glowing clinkers.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

of other things-but not Miss
Taylor. After a couple of hours
we had to leave for a reception
with the Prime Minister
(Amintore FanfanD.
"At one point I saw Miss
Taylor getting into a car and
driving to the makeup room.
The public relations man tried
to call her over, but she re-
fused. Pretty stupid public re-
lations."
Miss Taylor's husband, Eddie
Fisher. was furious about the
mixups. MY wife knew moth
ing about this" he said.
Said Mr.. Santangelo: Her
husband coming around max
ing excuses didn't undo the
damage. I think it was de-
Hberate.'
Three Congressman who
stuck it out nearly four hours
did see Miss Taylor. They were
Representatives Halpern, Re-
publican of New York, Dent,
Democrat of Pennsylvania, and
Daniels, Democrat of New Jer-
Sey.
The Congressman are in Italy
as part of an official delegation
celebrating the centennial of
Italian unification.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Charles E. Wilson Dies;
Ex-Defense Secretary

NORWOOD, La, Sept. 26
(AP).-Charles E. wilson,
Secretary of Defense in the
Eisenhower administration and
former president of General
Motors, died at his plantation
home near here early today. He
was II.
Tom Mckenzie, who manages
the 4,000-acre plantation, said
the coroner listed the time of
death about 2::30 am, and
attributed death to a coronary
thrombosis.
Mr.. Wilson died peacefully,
apparently without any pain"
Mr.. Mckenzie said. A butler
tried to rouse Mr.. Wilson at
7:30 am, but was unable to
wake him and summoned help.
Mr.. Wilson arrived at the
plantation where he raised
beef and dairy cattle on Sept.
18. Mr.. Mckenzie said, and had
planned to leave for New York
about october l on business.
Mrs. Wilson, Mr.. Mckenzie
said, did not come to Louisiana.
and was still in Michigan. Mr..
Wilson's son Edward &C
companied him south, but left
for Michigan a few days ago.
Mr.. Wilson complained of a
slight case of indigestion last
night. Mr.. Mckenzie said, and
retired early. He rode around
Evening star., 1961-09-26

fidence that "firmneSs and rea-
son" can lead to a peaceful
solution.
The President stopped short
of saying what kind of solution
might be acceptable to the
United States and it's allies.
But he gave some clues.
Ready to Compromise
The United States, he said,
is not committed to any rigid
formula. In other words, the
United States is prepared to
consider compromises and con-
cessionS. There can be mo
perfect solution" for either side
in the dispute, the President
added.
Mr.. Kennedy said the United
States recognizes that Ger
many can be kept divided by
troops and tanks. His guarded
statement implied acceptance
indefinitely of the existing di-
vision of Germany. Such &C
ceptance could lead to Western
accommodation to Communist
authority in East Germany.
Mr.. Khrushchev long has de-
manded that the Western
powers recognize the East Ger
man Communist regime.
Mr.. Kennedy said he believed
See FORMULA, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Living Cost
Trend Dips,
Rises in D. c.

The cost of living across the
Nation dropped slightly last
the Government an
nounced today.
Seasonally lower food prices
especially for fruits and vege-
tables caused a OIL per cent de-
cline to 1880 in the cost of
living in July and August.
However, the living cost in
dex for Washington between
May and August showed an in
crease to a new high of 1852
using as a base of 100 the
years 1947-1949.
For the quarter, higher food
prices, plus increased private
transportation and housing
costs contributed to the overall
rise in the District area.
Economists pointed out
within this overall rise, food
prices fell 0.2 per cent between
July and August, a drop which
was in line with the rest OF
the country.
Evan Clague, commissioner
of the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics predicted the index will
show a rise for September, for
two reasons: An increase in
used car prices is expected be-
fore the arrival of new models
on the market, and the intro
duction of fall clothing lines
will boost the apparel index
following the late season sum-
mer clearance sales.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
s Innovations Noted
In Disarmament Plan

put on preventing accidental
war. The United States ac-
cepted for the first time the
Soviet proposal for ground sur
veillance of military concentra-
tions without insisting on So
Wet acceptance of the open
skies plan for aerial inspection.
Sixth. more emphasis was
placed on developing the peace
keeping machinery of the
United Nations. This was an
extension of the program
started in the last days of the
Eisenhower administration.
Complete Plan
President Kennedy outlined
the nuclear-diSarmament as
poets of the United States pro-
gram in his address before the
General Assembly yesterday.
Later. the American delegation
submitted a declaration on
disarmament" providing the
complete plan.
Stage one provides for estab-
lishment of an international
disarmament organization: re-
duction of armed forces to 81
million men for the Soviet
Union and the United States;
transfer of arms to interna-
tional depots; limitation OF
ornaments production; eStab-
lishment of a chemical, biolog-
ical, Pathological experts COM
mission to seek verifiable
means of reducing these stock
piles.
Also proposed were a nuclear-
See EVALUATION, Page At
Evening star., 1961-09-26

works appropriation bill, in
which most of the Senate in
creases were retained.
The only other bill delaying
adjournment is the final sup
Elemental appropriation, COW
ering laSt-minute needs of
many agencies, which the Sen
ate is passing this afternoon.
Many House members who
had gone home over the week
end were summoned back by
the leaders today. AS a result
a quorum call showed 259 pres
ent today, with only 218 re-
quired for a quorum.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

the allied powers will agree on a
compromise formula for OPEN
ing negotiations to see whether
a deal is possible.
What is highly uncertain is
whether the formula can be
worked out in Western diplo-
matte talks now under way
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko. The talks
could produce accord in the
next few days if Premier Khru-
shchev is ready to ease the
tensions over Berlin. If he is
not. the current efforts of Sec
retary of State Rusk and Brit
iSh Foreign Secretary Lord
Home will end in failure.
Further Moves Possible
Should these preliminary dis
cussions collapse, however, the
prospect is that some new effort
to arrange negotiations will be
undertaken later in the fall.
Western leaders seem privately
convinced of this because the
alternative to a Berlin settle
ment may well be a nuclear
war.
Mr.. Kennedy told the United
Nations yesterday that the
Western powers are determined
to defend West Berlin "by
whatever means are forced upon
them" But he expressed con-
Evening star., 1961-09-26

Mr.. Anfuso gave this &C
count of yesterdays affair:
I'VE were invited out there
Ito Cinecitta) to see the sets
and meet Miss Taylor. The first
thing 1 said to the people out
there was we hoped to see her.
oh, sure, it's all arranged.
they told us.
I'VE saw dancers and a lot
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Montgomery Trip
To Chino 'DeIiqhtfuI'

HONG KONG, Sept. 26 (AP)
Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery returned from Com
munist China today and said.
II had a delightful trip"
He said he had visited Inner
Mongolia, North, Central and
South China. He conferred
with Chinese Communist Party
Leader Mao Tze-Tung and
other top officials.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Arms Control
Agency Gets
Kennedy OK
President Calls
Act Symbol Of
Desire to Disurm

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (AP)
President Kennedy signed a
bill today creating a disarm-
ament agency. He called it a
symbol of United States de-
sire to diSarm mankind of the
weapons of war.
Mr.. Kennedy, in his New
York hotel suite. wrote his
name on legislation to estab-
lish the Arms Control and Dis
armament Agency.
The President advocated such
an agency to provide the tools
for a disarmament program
which the United States could
place before the world as a So
luton to the threat of future
devastating wars.
Mr.. Kennedy announced that
William C. Foster, former for
eign aid administrator and As
siStant Secretary of Defense,
would head the agency
Mr.. Foster, with Mr.. Ken
nedy's top disarmament and
nuclear test ban advisers,
Joined Secretary of State Rusk
and group of House members
to witness the signing cere-
mony.
Reds Reject Plans
Mr.. Kennedy wrote the bill
into law as Moscow Radio re-
ported that the Soviet Union
had rejected the latest United
States disarmament proposals
as unsatisfactory. The United
States made public its arms
reduction program in the
United Nations yesterday.
. Mr.. Kennedy noted that Mr..
Foster, who had been a con-
sultant to Disarmament Adviser
John J. McCloy in drafting the
United States program, is a
Republican. He also remarked
that G. o. P. leaders in Con-
gress had helped pass the
measure.
Mr.. Kennedy said that BIZ
partisan support of the legis-
lation indicated a national
concern "for this effort to
disarm mankind. with ade-
quate safeguards"
The Chief Executive said the
establishment of the agency
"symbolizes the Importance the
United States places on arms
control and disarmament in its
foreign policy"
He said the ultimate goal is
to liberate the world from the
danger of war and the terrible
burden of ornaments.
Complex Problem
General disarmament, he
said, is a complex problem and
one that will be difficult to
reconcile through negotiation.
But he said the new agency
will be able 10 keep abreast of
all developments affecting
armaments and to frame a pos
sible method Of ultimately
eliminating arms as an inStru-
ment of national policy.
After the signing the Presi-
dent headed for a six-day
vacation at Newport, r. I. Mrs
Kennedy, who arrived yesterday
to hear her husband address the
United Nations General Assem-.
bly,, planned to fly with him fol
the stay at her parents New
port estate.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
SOME PROBLEMS
FACING STUDENTS

UNDERSTANDING the teacher is
the first problem thot foces q STU
dent beginning the new school year.
Education expert Leslie J. Mason
soys students must train their eors
to comprehend whot's going on. His
column is on Pose Alb todoy.
THE COLUMN Strikes and
Spares" by Joe WiImon makes its
seasonal debut todoy on Poee A-l9
Of the Sports Section. 1t will be cor
ried through the bowling season
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Evening star., 1961-09-26

the plantation Yesterday in a
station wagon.
The body was taken to Clin-
ton, La. No arrangements for
funeral services had been made.
A large man with a quick
tongue and an even quicker
smile, Mr.. Wilson, many times
a millionaire, often reduced his
aim in life to four WordS-"Get
along with people"
He WoS 2 "~'o:uS at electrical
See WILSON, Page A-4
Evening star., 1961-09-26
BY a Star staff Writer

UNITED NATIONS, New
York. Sept. 26. - The latest
three-stage United States plan
for general disarmament pre-
Sented by President Kennedy
and his disarmament advisers
here was being evaluated today
as a significant reaffirmation
of previous plans. with a few
new points added.
Experts listed six innova-
tionS:
First, it allowed more flexibil-
ity in the mix" of disarma-
ment measures; the United
States is ready to take a lot of
disarmament at the first gulp
or proceed more slowly, which
ever way the Soviet bloc wishes
to go.
Second, stocks of missiles and
anti-miSsiles are listed for
reduction in the first stage, in
stead of later.
ManpOwer Cut
Third, a new concept of stop
ping all nuclear-weapons devel-
opment simultaneously ha S
been introduced-tests, produc-
ton. transfer and outer space
use of nuclear weapons all were
Jumped together for prohibition
in one package if the Soviet
Union was ready.
Fourth, it provided for a cut
to 81 million men in Soviet
and American forces instead of
the old first-Step level of 2.5
million men.
Fifth, heavier emphasis was
Evening star., 1961-09-26


but the Senate approved al
most the full authorization of
$4.2 billion.
Indications are that the con-
ferees have settled on a figure
close to $4 billion. but they
have not disclosed whether this
includes $50 million for the
Peace Corps and all or part
of $106 million left from last
year.
The conferees disagreed last
night because the administra-
ton was trying to get close to
81 billion in new money with
out counting the unexpended
balance.
One conferee said this after
noon the two groups are now
so close that any further hold
out would De "nit-picking."
Meanwhile, the House
adopted the $50 billion public
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Crash With Cow

FONTENAY LIE COMTE,
France. Sept. 26 lAP).-Paul
BolsSinot. %, a farm hand, was
killed yesterday in the collision
of his motorbicycle with a COW.
The sharp horn of the COW
pierced Mr.. Boissinot's chest.
Evening star., 1961-09-26
Aid Accord Revives
Adjournment Hopes
Postore Sees Two House Conferees:
Congress Windup Possible Tomorrow
BY J. A. O'LEARY
Star staff Writer

Hope for adjournment of Congress by tomorrow was
revived this afternoon the deadlock the foreign aid
bill seemed to be near settlement.
After meeting informally with two of the House
ferees Senator Pastore Democrat of Rhode Island told