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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
"A Tool of One Man.
"A Tool of One Man" .
Education Threatened Bv
NUtter's Hitler Act

When HB 391, often referred tc
as the Hitler Bill, was on general
orders Tuesday, Assistant Minority
Leader Schwinden (D-Roosevelt)
tried to amend out of it the local
advisory committees to the several
custodial institutions and the state
university units, and the state board
of education, but he was unsuccess-
full.
Schwinden said the University sys-
tenn should not be subject to political
vagaries and by the present system
of appointment, the eight-year terms
and the overlapping of members pro-
vided continuity that cannot be OBJ
tanned under a departure as all in
elusive as HB 391.
If lib 391 gets through the House
and Senate the Governor would have
the power to relieve all of the present
board of its duties and put in his own
people, and each Governor could do
the same, depriving the institutions
of the experience obtained by past
members and opening the door for
putting higher education strictly in
politics.
Schwinden, who favored HB 391
except for the inclusion of the insti-
tutional units, said he had to oppose
it when his motion to exclude them
lost.
391 would give complete power
of hiring and firing to the Gov
ernor. He would have full respon-
sibility for everything good or bad
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
Regents Rebuff Governor
Unit Presidents Resist Raid
ATTEMPT On Athletic Funds

''The only way / know how to prog
ress is first to do something on a
foundation. You must spend some
thing. Whether the budget is SO mil
lion or $50 doesn't matter, if there
is not enough money coming in. The
only way the money can come in is
by people working and doing some
thing
Anderson said that Senator Lee
Metcalf has warned this state that
Montana's unemployment is only ex-
ceeded by Alaska.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

On the other hand Rep. Waite,
Lass (D-Liberty) said these people
had to be watched "or lot of seats
will be filled by them in this legis-
lature".
Rep. Kolar (R-Judith Basin) fa-
vored the land-limiting legislation
and said that the United States
with all our strength we are weak
because we can speak, think and
act and believe against our coun-
try. We have card-carrying COM
munists and those who do not know
any better, but the worst are our
communal parties. Wherever they
went they were prosecuted and
harrassed. Can such people be a
righteous people? Self denial makes
it possible for them to buy better
land they are parasite to
our way of life.
Tom Judge (D-Lewis and Clark
took exception to part of the Kolar
statement when he said, ct do not
believe because these people have
been prosecuted and harrassed they
are not righteous people, and the
young Democrat was obviously
at the philosophy of the
Judith Basin county representative.
The Madison Avenue-oriented Mon
tanans seemed deeply worried be-
cause the butterflies are able to avoid
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

Montana's Republican controlled
House this week again turned down
memorials aimed at protesting the
proposed merger of the Great North.
ern and Northern Pacific and the
abandonment of passenger service by
the Milwaukee Road.
With the rundown went the last
opportunity for some vulnerable Re-
publicans to ''save face" after their
having earlier voted against SINH
lar memorial (HJM a. by Melcher
and Harper.
The two memorials killed this week
were Hum Is and HUM II. The first
was sponsored by Melcher, along with
four Republicans who had voted
against Hum 4-Swanz, Schye, Bald
win and Weeks-and dealt exclusive
ly with opposition to the abandon
ment of Milwaukee passenger serv-
ice. The second, Hum IT by Melcher
and Harper, and four Republicans
who opposed Hum 4-Swanz, Rein
ecke, Weeks and Lucas-opposed the
GN-NP merger.
Hum II died on general orders"
by an unrecorded vote of 52-37. Hum
16 went down by voice vote of ac-
ceptance of an adverse committee re-
port.
Speaking in support of the anti
merger memorial-17-in House de-
bate were Reps. Melcher, Harper,
Mernin, SWAMI and Lucas. Opposing
the memorial were Reps. Loman,
Hall and Beam. (The latter
is an official of the MP.
Loman said that death, retirement,
etc., will take care of the employment
loss caused by the merger. Haughey
contended the railroads are in very
poor position today because of facing
many forms of competition, and that
to survive they must remove ineffici-
encies in their operations. He said
the merger should not be of concern
to the legislature.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
Regents Rebuff Governor .

Gov. Don Nutter's attempted raid
of the University units athletic funds
in a secret meeting Tuesday met
shoulder-to-shoulde resistance from
the unit presidents. Nutter had called
in the appropriations committees
from the House and Senate to meet
with the University Budget Commit
tee of the Board of Regents to stop
the rising tide of resistance to his
slashes in the higher education pro-
gram.
Nutter's theme was carried over
into the open session of the Regents
when Boyington Page, Philipsburg,
moved to cut the use of station
wagon from the Montana State Col
lege coaches recruiting trip to be
made to Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
Only the Helena Regents, Mrs.
Harry Byrne and Gordon Doering,
gave Page support to hamstring the
Bozeman football team. Against
Pages motion were DIR. Earl Hall,
Great Falls; George N. Lund, Re-
serve; Gordon D. Mulendare, Glen
dive; Mrs. F. H. Petro, Miles City;
Msgr. Emmett j. Riley, Butte; Supt.
of Public instruction Harriet Miller,
and Attorney General Forrest H.
Anderson.
Anderson struck swiftly at the
move TO ''build fence around Mon
tana" not only in athletics but the
whole education program.
Anderson told Nutter that his en-
tire retrenchment program must be
reversed.
He pointed to the example of
Geogia and Florida who run full page
ads in the Wall Street Journal show
ing how their educational programs
are furnishing the scientific and tech
nical personnel required for industry
to locate in their states.
In fact the Attorney General
thought it would be an even better
idea if Montana recruited brains
instead of Drawn. The state could
offer campus jobs" to outstanding
scholars instead of the football
heroes.
az don't agree with retrenchment,
It frig'htens me-" Anderson told the
After the meeting Anderson showed
reporters the advertisements and
further pointed out the foolishness
If being enid Victorian in the rocket
lge". !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
FEWER TRAINS MEAN
LESS SERVICE

! AS for fewer trains on the NP-59
per cent less traffic from Billings
east-Melcher said remember this:
fewer train crews mean fewer trains,
and less freight trains mean less serv-
ice. Transportation is vital to our
economy and continued growth. The
State of Montana is vitality concerned
with continued economic development
in the Midland Empire. Continued
development of new industry in Mon
tana would be crippled by the merger.
New industry has little interest for
building on other than main line rail-
roads, and if the merger is permitted
large portion of our railroad sys-
tenn would no longer be main line,
with main line service.
"Our concern here in this assem-
bly,. at these DESKS" the Rosebud
legislator said, ''is to aid in Mon
tana's future development. That is
our task !"
Melcher also mentioned that the
MP had received $4,000 acres of "our
best agricultural and grazing land''
for every mile of railroad that was
built across the state-a land grant
totalling in all, 43,150,330.39 acres.
He said he didn't begrudge the rail-
road the land grants, but contends
that the MP, after rs years in Mon
tana SHOULD continue to assist in
the development of the area which
it serves, and the development of this
area cannot be served by decreasing
its freight service -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO
STATES ECONOMY

Rep. Melcher, in prepared state
ment, contended that the merger
would seriously set back the economic
growth of Montana and told his col
leagues 1--WE owe it to the people of
Montana to give very serious consid-
Grafton to this memorial, because you
may be assured that the people
throughout the state are very
concerned about the effects of the
merger should it be allowed to take
place ~
Melcher than briefly reviewed prob
able tax losses that will result to the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
RECALLS HITLER'S
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS

Charles Cerovski (D-Fergus) com
pared the 'hate and prejudice to-
ward the butterflies with the atti-
tude of Hitler as put forth in the
''Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"
The Fergus county representative
compared the attitude of Hitler to-
ward the Jews with the attempt to
curtail the butterflies and "the burn
ing hatred that left an ugly scar on
civilization" that will remain for hum
dreds of years. He said ''there is no
reason to curse anyone because of
religious faith, we should look at
them with pity rather than hate. He
thought the bill, if there was a neces-
sity to "zone" land, should extend
to all land owners, "and there are
many in our state", he said.
In Fergus county, according to
Cerovski, there are four colonies.
He said they never ask for welfare,
they attend public schools with lay
teachers, and all of them over the
age of FL vote. He said he did not
want America to fall into the trap
Germany did.
Russell Conklin (D-Cascade) said
this was "moral ISSUE. He said he
did not like the way they lived, or
dressed, but that is their business.
would the whole world had the
same attitude" toward passive re-
as butterflies do" he said.
.GB
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
OTHER NOTES ON BOARD
OF EDUCATION MEETING

The custodial institution cuts are
the most merciless. They have no
alumni associations to support them.
With the Boulder Training School
and Hospital, which now operates on
the lowest per capita cost in the ma
ton, faced with 100000 cut be-
low the present standards, it is a
''false economy" Nutter is trying to
sell the state after the last 10 to IL
years have been spent trying to build
up this institution.
The Children's Center in Twin
Bridges and the School for the Deaf
and Blind in Great Falls face cur
tailment in teachers salaries and the
elimination of social workers and
chaplains. The Children's Center cuts
are supposed to be made up from
grants from the federal government
and tribal council funds because 62
of the children are part Indian. These
children should have been more Sc
lective in choice of parentage.
At the Boys Industrial School the
100000 appropriated for the tin gym
will be used to make up the deficien-
cies in other institutions.
Robert G.. Willhite will be the new
Dean of Boys at the Industrial School.
Willhite has five children of his own
and will leave the Glen Lakes School
for Boys operated by county juve-
nile court 10 miles from Minneapolis,
Mimi. where he has been receiving
$4,000 to take $4,000. He will also
receive free rent and maintenance
from the schools stores.-FS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

There is much land in Montana
owned by church groups" he said,
eff we object to one we should OBJ
ject to others. Non conformists
from other lands made us great, |
am a non-conformist and / speak
for non conformists X. this is OBJ
noxious legislation.
The butterflies would be limited
to 6,4OO acres of land because of the
"class conflict they are supposed
to be creating in Montana, and the
economic pressures their way of life
brings to a community. The bill is
called rural zoning act.
Gordon McOmber (D-Teton) asked
one of the many attorneys to stand
and tell him this bill was constitu-
tional-and they all sat and looked
at him. McOmber pointed out that,
in addition to the mammoth holdings
of Wellington d. Rankin and Tom
Campbell mentioned by Conklin, a
California corporation had $4,000
acres of state land, the Rock Island
Oil Company had $4,000 and a Wyo-
ming corporation had $4,000 acres.
Earlier. in a successful effort to
overturn 'do not pass" recommen-
dation by the House Judiciary Com
mittee, Elmer Schye (R-Meagher)
denied the bill was aimed at this
communal living group for religious
purposes, but for the purposes Of
establishing order" because of the
conflict of interests and the serious
implications caused by their COM
munal way of life.
He said the bill was not based on
hate or religious prejudice, but their
expansion has caused them to move
from all European countries, and
Canada has been forced to enact a
law limiting their land holdings. The
bill Schye supports is based on a re- !
Gently passed Canadian law. "Hutter-
ties have accepted only the part of |
our way of life that is advantageous
to them, he said. "Their way of life
IS strictly communistic and supported
by Montana taxpayers.
butterflies were condemned for
many things in the debate that would
limit their land holdings, including
heir adherence to a policy of nom
and lack of participation in
politics. Their attitude toward schools
and the fact they spoke German in
heir homes were considered I'M
healthy to the communities in which
hey have settled. 1
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

"Non Conormist" ConkEn Contends
Hutterite Bill Should Include
'Rankinites and Complexities

eve faced here with situation of passing Legislation
shall be ashamed" Russell Conkln D-Cascade)
said when restrict holding of the butterflies
committee of the whole Tuesday Il would like
the bill if it included the the Campbeltes he
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17
RECALLS NUTTER'S
STATEMENT ON MSC's RENNE

eve all know politics and educa-
ton do not mix, Rep. Daniels Cd
PowelD said in supporting the
Schwinden move, Gin a short time
the board would become the tool of
one man.. He said we have already
had ''injudicious statements" about
'sbeing here longer than a certain
person.. eve should view that situa-
ton with alarm one man should
not have complete control of our edu-
cational system, he said.
Rep. Beam Yellowstone) asked
Daniels if he didn't know education
is already in politics and the tail
has been wagging the dog. Zone
man has been and is now running the
Board of Education, he said.
Daniels gave it to Beam neat. He
said, 81 heva been in this state all
my life and I have not been aware
of that situation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

in the administration of all depart
ments not subject to election.
Schwinden said education ''is one
area we should not tamper with, we
do not want radical changes over
night, subject to the whims of one
political party. The Board of Educa-
ton must develop long range pro-
grams without being subject to the
whims of any political party.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

PATRONIZE THE CO-OPS-THEY
BELONG TO. THE USERS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

radio, TV, and posters in the school
rooms''.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-02-17

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
, 1961-06-24
Cdribdir Purchases
New Turbo Props
for PRIV. |. Service

Caribair has signed a sales con-
tract to purchase three Convair
$40 turbo-propeller aircraft, it
was announced recently by Carl
bair President Dionisio Trigo.
The Convair 540's will carry so
passengers, at $50 miles-per-hour
cruising speed. Final decision to
purchase the Convairs was made
at a special Board of Directors
meeting, in which it was chosen
as the most suitable plane for the
Airline's needs.
Costing $1,000,000 each, the new
planes will carry twice the num-
Der of passengers, twice as fast as
the DC-3s now used by Caribair.
The first Convair will be oper-
ated by Caribair under a lease
agreement, and will arrive in San
Juan early in September, 1861.
This plane will be demonstrated
over the Airline's route system,
and also be used for training. Re-
gular service between San Juan,
st. Thomas and st. Croix will
commence on December Is, 1861.
Delivery of the three aircraft
ordered on June q, is expected
to begin during the first three
months of 1862. 1t is expected that
the airports at st. Thomas, Ponce
and Mayaguez will be improved
Continued or page a
, 1961-06-24
DdrnleY Petersen Is
Cited BY FILA. For
Thirty Years Service

Darnley Petersen, County SUI
pervisor for the Farmers Home
Administration was cited for his
thirty years of service. He was
presented with a gold emblem
of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture and a certificate which
states that it was in recognition
of the completion Of thirty years
of service as a Federal employee.
Mr.. Petersen now holds three
emblems--two hronze--marking
10 and 20 years. He is the first
resident Virgin Islanders to hold
all three of these emblems.
AS of the end of May MI. Pc
tersen had already completed 81
years of Federal service. Prior to
that he served the local govern
ment three years.
c. c. Stubs, State Director, in
a letter said in part: "a 30-year
Award is a recognition of, and an
honor bestowed by the American
people, in appreciation Of demon
strated personal loyalty, integrity,
and a job well done"
, 1961-06-24
Equity Publishing To
Druft New Election
Code for Virgin Is.

The Equity Publishing Corpora
ton of Oxford, New Hampshire,
has been engaged to prepare a
new Virgin Islands Election
Code for presentation to the Gov
ernor and Legislature prior to
October /, 1861.
The Legislatures Home Rule
Committee has been directed to
have legislation prepared which
would establish the same type of
election machinery found in the
various statess including provi-
sion for primary elections and re-
g%istration of voters along party
lines.
Judge Albert B. Maris of the
U. S. Court of Appeals has been
asked to serve as advisor. He
played an important part in the
drafting of the Pennsylvania Elec-
ton Code.
, 1961-06-24
Elmer Gentry To Be
Screened Sun. Mon.
Tuesday, Nights

The highly controversial film
version of Sinclair Lewis best
selling novel ELMER Gantry",
will be screened at the Alexander
Theater this coming Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday. Burt Lancas-
ter and Jean Simmons are starred
in the picture with Dean Jaeger,
Shirley Jones, Patti Page and
Arthur Kennedy.
Lancaster portrays Elmer Gam
try, the itinerant evangelist minis
ter. Miss Simmons co-stars as Sis
ter Sharon Falconer.
Miss Page makes her debut in
the motion picture as the choir
leader of the travelling Evange-
lical troupe,
, 1961-06-24
ST. Thos. Jolly Sisters
Defeat Jets VollYbGll
Tenn in First Come

The Jolly Sisters Volleyball
team from st. Thomas defeated
the Jets of st. Croix in a game
last night on the Christiansted
court.
The jolly Sisters won by a score
of 1873. The Jets took the second
game by a score of 1912. After a
brief rest, the third game was
won by the visitors 1873.
The last game was very exciting;
the Jolly Sisters won 1911, Civ
ing them three games to win the
series.
, 1961-06-24

ing, way ahead politically in 1886,
we since have lost ground, and are
now in a relative sense behind the
other territories in this area in the
realization of our hopes and aspi-
rations for an ever increasing mea
sure of self-government.
Our present political base is
now undergirded by a good econo-
mic base. Public revenues have
leaped from $50 million in 1854,
when the Organic Act was re-
vised, to STA million in 1860,
tourist expenditures in the islands
have jumped from about $1.8 mil
lion in 1850; to some $24.8 million
in 1860; and the value of imports
has risen from $14.9 million in 49,
So to $685. million in 1859.
In 1850, data from the Census
Bureau indicated that almost 14%
of $500 persons reporting employ
ment earned less than 500 in 49,
40 and more than 50% earned less
than $500. BY June 1860, our own
Department of Commerce and In
dustry estimated that per capital
income was $3.50 : $50 higher
that of Puerto Rico which was
only $493 for the same year.
Continued on page D
, 1961-06-24
Business. Professional
Women Entertdin
Girls of Grud. Glasses

The Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club of
Christiansted was hostess
to the young ladies Of the
graduating classes of the
.Christiansted High school
and St. Mary's. Parochial
School on Thursday after
noon at a Garden Party
held on the patio and gar
den of Mrs. Pearl Larsen's
home on King Street.
The girls present were
Misses Sandra Hardcastle,
Cheryll Walcott, Carmen
Brignoni, Doreen Hector,
Eleanor Cutler, Graciela
Chardon, Norma Henry,
Lois Francis, Edris Smith,
Athletic Williams, Brenda
Bennerson and Shirley
Barnes.
A discussion Of the ca
reers open to girls and wo-
men today took place and
Continued from page y
, 1961-06-24
Govt. Secretary King
Urges Full Self Govt.
For Virgin Islunds
Concluded from yesterday

AS we pause today to evaluate
and analyze the net result Of our
passage through the above-listed
stages, it might enhance our in
depreciation Of the past and sharp
en- our understanding of the task
ahead if we were to do so in terms
of the relative progress in self-gov
eminent by other non-selfgovern-
ing territories in the Caribbean.
For example, in 1944-some 8
years after we in these Virgin Is
lands were electing municipal
councils which convened annual
ly to legislate for the entire is
lands-universal suffrage was just
being introduced in Jamaica. To-
day, however, while we are still
electing a Legislature which is
subject to a Governor, albeit a ma
tive, who shares with the Presi-
dent of the United States abso-
lutte veto power, jamaica oper-
ates on a system Of parliamentary
government in which the Chief
Minister is elected by universal
suffrage, and he, in turn, picks
his own cabinet and runs the gov
eminent of Jamaica. Yes, although
being exposed to the experience
of popular government some 3
years after we were, Jamaica to-
day is fully self-governing inter-
nally. What's more, at the close of
a conference in London only last
week, the Colonial Office an
nounced that May 81, 1862, was
agreed upon as the date when ia
maica and the other islands which
comprise the 10O0-mile chain of
islands making up the West In
dies Federation would achieve in
dependence.
In the Overseas Departments Of
France, deputies are elected to the
French Assembly and Council of
State from Martinique, Guadalupe
and French Guiana. At the same
time, we here in the Virgin Is
lands continue to hope that some
day we shall be allowed to elect
a territorial deputy to speak but
not vote for us in the Congress of
the United States.
The Netherlands Antilles and
Surinam have their own parlia-
ments and are equal parts Of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Our neighbor, Puerto Rico, by
Congressional action and since no
LITIGATION to the United Nations in
1853, has been a commonwealth
effectively exercising full internal
self-government.
From the foregoing, it is obvi-
Gus therefore that while the Vir-
gin Islands were relatively speak
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MOVIE
REVIEWS

Class a, Section
Morally U n Objectionable
for General Patronage.
9 NJ RI L IT.
MGM.
Class A, Section z ~
Morally u n Objectionable
for Adults and Adde'S
cents.
Ho o . LUM PRIEST.
VA.
KONGA Am. Inft.
SNlPERfS RIDGE .
Fox.
o-WAY STRETCH .
(Br.) Rank.
Glass A, Section 3 {.
Morally Unobieefionable
for Adults.
ONE EYED c 4.
Para.
Class 3 4. Morally OBJ
ieetionabIe in Part for
All.
TERROR OF tones .
Col. Objection: Excessive
brutality.
Glass c Condemned.
BR ATHLESS : FRY
Films Around World.
Objection: The grossly
indecent and saIacioUs
treatment of This film in
e~osfUming, dialogue and
situations makes il COM
pIefeIy unacceptable from
a moral point OF view for
a mass medium of enter.
fainmenf,