The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-12-08

against" the water pollution control
act of 1861.
to education, said that teachers are
as concerned about control as any
one" But, said he, s'all such bills that
have been before Congress since the
first one was written by Sen. Robert
A. Taft" have had alright prohibi-
tions against federal control. Once
federal dollars are mixed with state
dollars, he continued, 'there is no
way to tell whether they are state or
federal dollars" He further pointed
out that under present federal assist
ance programs ,"no school district
has any trouble with control" at
tempts by federal agencies.
About teachers salaries, he said
ga good teacher is more important
than classrooms, important as class
rooms are, because poor teacher
can not do good job in any class
room"
Blaylock compared standards and
regulations of the teaching profession
with those of other professions such
as medicine and law. In both of the
latter, he said, the profession sets
the standards and if you do not meet
them you do not practice.
ACTION
Both Gabriel and Void stressed
the Importance of organization and
the need for hard, continuous work,
if party is to be successful at the
polls.
Gabriel, taking note of the drastic |
in research funds by the |
1861 Legislature, said that research |
s a continuing thing and cannot be
turned on and off. The damage done
1T the last session can not be cor
'ected merely by Democrats" re-
saining legislative control. ga great
mount of irreparable damage has
llready been done," he stated, and
pointed out that "the new frontier
# development is research"
Void emphasized organizational
york at the precinct level and said
hat Democrats have to do the job
f organization and expect their re-
Yard in personal satisfaction. There
re a lot of fine people who are will
ng to make the sacrifice
Void also spoke briefly on the need |
or enactment of Public Utility Dis
riot legislation. and said that people
rould understand these better, eff !
hey are compared to city water sys-
ems. He said that Montana, with
ne of the largest electric potentials /
| the nation must make that power
-ork for the benefit of the state
nd its people" A public utility dis
let law, he contended, should "bel
ltroduced in every session of the
gislature." Concluding, he pointed
1T the power company doesn't want
explained to the people"
Gretchen Billings, who, since the
tier part of October, has visited
any sections of the state from
nompson Falls on the west to Sidney =
/ the east, reported some of her =
ndings as to activities of the ultra :
and the Birchites. She =
ported finding in some areas, con- =
lerable infiltration of "right-wing" n
fluences and propaganda in public ~
lools She also decried such ignoble =.
is as dissertation of American flags -
d private business signs in the Sid a. a.
Y area, which seems to be the d
lntain head of "extreme-ism'' in
'ntana today. M
Mrs. Billings also briefly out
ned the essentially totalitarian tn
ructure of the Birch Society and NO
uestioned if such monolithic con- err
oil is not in direct contradiction ma
} American principles of repre- tn
ntative government
FUTURE HOLDS SO MUCH in
Dr.. Fischer, in the major address IN
the conference, took issue with ul'
Sc who yearn ''for the good old So
81, sating they are "either darn
s or have very poor memories" ca
sse tra-conservatives, in their 60