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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-17
Personal ME- ntion

Alex Holmes, of the University
of Virginia, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Holmes.
Visitors at Hampden-Sydney
for Dads Day were Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur w. Harrison. Mrs.
William A. Johns, Mrs. James
H. Parson, DR.. and Mrs. James
Asa Shield, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
nett Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Chesley
TreadWay, DR.. and Mrs. C. c..
Chewing, Jr.. Mrs. CraWley F.
Joyner, Jr., Mrs. Henry H. Nc
Vey, Mr.. and Mrs. Aldrich Dud-
ley, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Ros-
well Davenport, all Of Richmond.
Spending the week end at Mays
Head were Mr.. and Mrs. Mere
dith Robson.
Mrs. E. A. Parry, of Cape
Charles, spent the week end
with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Whita-
ker.
Week end guests of his mother,
Mrs. r. II. Digger, were Mr..
and Mrs. Merrill Digger and
daughter, Judy, Of Virg N a
Beach.
Mrs. E. H. Lowry will enter
tain her bridge club Tuesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Burger,
of Charlottesville, spent the week
end with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Burger.
Dickie Moss, of St. Christie
piers School, Richmond. spent
the week end with his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. c. G. G. Moss.
William Newman and Henry
Irby, of Bon Air, were week
end guests of Mr.. Newman's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Newman.
Spending the week end with
his mother, Mrs. w. B. Bruce,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Bruce
Of Richmond.
During the week end Mrs. Het-
tie Davis and son, Brad, of Arl-
ington, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Meadows and children, of Rich
mond, visited their mother Mrs
Annie Meadows.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Wells and fam
lily were Mr.. and Mrs. j. E
Jones, of Jarratt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burger
and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Fore
were in Richmond Saturday
night and attended the Victor
Borge Show.
On Saturday Mrs. Earl John,
son and Mrs. George johnson
visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Percy
in South Hill.
Visiting his mother, Mrs. c.
M. Smith, are Mr.. and Mrs
Clyde Smith, of Montgomery
w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bern
ard, of St. Adams. w. Va, were
week end guests of his sister,
Miss Lora Bernard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Large
attended the Victor Borge Show
at the Mosque in Richmond Sat.
urday night.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Lovelace
have moved into their home or
LongWood Ave.
Ronnie Frazier, of Oxford, N
c., was a week end guest Of
Mrs. NJ M. Layne and family
In Washington, D. c., last week
to attend the American Trucking
Association Convention, were Mr.
| and Mrs. Verle Gordon. Mr.. Cor
don is a state director Of the
| association.
Visiting friends and relatives
in Richmond this week end were
Mrs. Lula Thompson and Mrs
| Mildred Eoct
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-10-17
COMEBACK

Say, you're the limit. If
mailed letter addressed to the
'dumbest man in Boston, I
know who they'd deliver it to-"
so do l -; they'd return it to
the sender"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Overhaul of Cumbersome

Democrat said, ''this is no time to go
backward, and he condemned the
Republican policy that took away the
use of student fees for building and
used them as part of the budget. ed
ucation in Montana is Free, he said,
$50 we do not use the word tuition,
we call them Student fees"
If education had been excluded
from the Hitler Bill'', giving the
Governor full power to hire and fire,
Conklin said he would have been in
favor of the bill. He said he voted
against the bill because of the feud
over DR.. Renne", who has become
a symbol of education in Montana
this year. 81 am sure the Governor,
and | think Bill Beam, are fighting
with Renne over something, he said
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17

and II, were then introduced, but
both of these also failed of approval
(See back issues of PV for ramifica-
lions of proposed merger.)
SR ia memorial similar to HIM
A in that it too opposed the merger,
was introduced and steered success
fully through the Senate by IL Demo-
Gratis and one Republican, after a
GOP-sponsored effort to kill it failed
24-28. This 'letter to Washington"
is undoubtedly now in the hands of
the proper officials in the national
capital. There was no roll call on this
memorial, but its sponsors were:
Democrats: Durkee, Reardon, New
man, McKeon, Hafferman, Dussault,
Carney, 'LaCombe, Stein, Beley, Cot
ton and Rice; Republican: Rostad.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Rural Electric Co-ops, Etc.

lib 36S-a seemingly harmless bill
would have required rural electric
co-ops to file their rate schedules
with the Public Service Commission.
Opponents feared that this bill was
a first step toward bringing such
patron-owned utilities under the rate
fixing authority of the commission
step which could jeopardize the
continued orderly operation of such
co-ops. Bill was killed in Senate COM
mittee. Since rural electric people had
no opposition to voluntarily filing
such rate schedules for public infor-
nation with the commission, SEN
ate resolution urging such filing was
given approval.
lib 395-waS a measure aimed at
hamstringing further development of
publicly owned electric utilities.
Called an "anti-Public Utility Dis
trict" Bill, it would have made it a
felony for people "conspiring" to
establish such publicly systems
and would have provided for such
properties formed to escheat to the
State of Montana for sale with the
proceeds going into the school fund.
1t takes little imagination to figure
who "fathered" this baby.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Governmental
Reorganization, Etc.

Several measures aimed at govern
mental reorganization were intro
duced in the 1861 session, but, 81
most of them fell by the way side
These included:
lib BY Bardanouve and Schwin.
den-proposed the consolidation OF
i all bureaus and agencies concerned
with agriculture into the Department
of Agriculture. This bill was aimed
at bringing about more efficient OPP
Grafton of the several overlapping
bureaus. 1t met with immediate dis
favor of the stockmen in the lower
house and went down on roll call
vote, 41-49. (See VOICE, February
3D.
HB 63-by the same Sponsors
sought to set up a Department of
Natural Resources including water
conservation board, soil conservation
board, grass conservation board, and
the state engineers office This meas
House. Companion to HB SO was
HJR 2 which requested the legisla-
tive council to make study of the
feasibility of also bringing Fish &
Game and the Office of State For
estry into such a resources depart
ment. The resolution went the same
way as HB So.
HJR proposed another interim
council study of the earmarking of
funds, the states structure and its
system of accounts. This resolution
has been signed by the Governor.
HJR 8-by Haughey and others
request the interim group to develop
a general plan for the reorganization
of state government for presentation
to the 18th Legislative Assembly.
This resolution, too, has been given
gubernatorial approval.
lib 3e1-proposed giving the Gov
ernor unlimited power to appoint and
remove administrative heads and
members of state boards. Dubbed
Hitler act similar to that of the
late thirties, failure to exclude the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Myrnu SuIvus Joins
Lee MefcuIf,s Staff

BUTTE-Myrna Salvas, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Salvas. 1920
Locust, has received an appointment
to Senator Lee Metcalf's Washington.
D. C. staff, and will take up her resi-
dence in the nations capitol on
March 16.
Miss Salvas graduated from st.
John the Evangelist grade school and
Girls Central High School here in
Butte. She has been student at Mon
tana State College where she majored
in Social Studies. While student at
Montana State College, she was sec
rotary treasurer of the Young Demo-
Gratis Club; secretary of the Students
for Kennedy and John Club; held the
office of vice president and president
of the Independent Students Associa-
ton; active in Newman Club; mem
Der of the Model United Nations
Club; member of the Student Edu-
cation Association; on the executive
council of the Associated Women Stu
dents and Student Senate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
TaxatiOn

With the Republican House and tn
Republican Governor bent on econ
omy, no matter how badly education
the custodial institutions, and othel
service might suffer as result, there
were few important tax proposals in.
troduced this session.
/ One trend was noted and that had
to do with the COPS determination
to push revenue problems. back on
to county and local government and
individuals whenever possible.
lib 15-as enacted, increased the
level of county levies for hospital
medical care in public assistance cases
from six to eight mills before a
county would be eligible for state
welfare assistance on this item.
lib 62-which would have reduced
the tax classification of livestock
from 33 rs to 20 per cent, made it
through the House without too much
trouble except for a brief flare-up
when some small businessmen-Re-
publican legislators attempted to get
store inventories reduced to the same
level proposed for livestock. The bill
died in the Senate by voice vote
Opponents contended that the CLASH
fication reduction would cost the
counties more than one million dol
lars year revenue and would force
the imposition of even higher levies
on other property.
HB 286-by Mernin and SB 1913
by MCGOWAN sought to close loop.
holes in the income tax law. The
House bill was specifically aimed at
collecting income taxes on stocks
and bonds and other liquid invest
ments in Montana by non-residents. |
lib 286 took a 6O-33 drubbing in the |
House. SB 1913 was on the desk of |
the Governor as this is written.
SD 137-by McKeon and others
seven per cent tax classi-
fication for new industry locating in
during it's first five years
in operation. The bill was amended
downward before finally receiving
House approval and landing on the
desk.
lib 274-was a proposal to take
the Building & Loans out from under
the Coop tax bill, HB 131, and re-
turn such loan organizations to a
tax exempt status under the Corpora
ton License Act. Bill passed the
House, only to die by Senate accept
ance of an adverse committee report.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17

lous neighboring states. Enactment
of SB 76 would have increased the
attractiveness of teaching in Mon
tana and helped keep many of oul
more competent teachers from leav.
ing to take positions in Washington
Oregon and California. Bill passed
Senate, only to die in House "com-
mittee of the whole.
SB 11O-the school foundation bill
which provided for adjustments in
foundation schedules to bring about
greater equality between districts in
providing financing. Bill went through
the Senate with only 10 opposing
votes. In the House it was quite a
different story with Republicans gen.
orally opposing the measure, and
most Democrats supporting it. (For
57-37 roll call against SB ITO, see
VOICE of February 24.)
Hum 8-the anti-federal aid me-
mortal which contended that (even
though the Legislature failed to help
the schools) Montana could go it
alone without accepting federal aid
to education. Memorial sailed through
the House but met sudden death via
voice vote in the Senate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
General Legislation

There were scores of bills which
could come under the general legisla-
ton heading. A few stand out as
either good, bad or indifferent.
lib 4O6-the bill to restrict growth
of Hutterite colonies was, no matter
how you view it, one of the most
dangerous threats to basic civil rights
to be considered by a Montana legis-
lature in at least Is years. HB 4O6
attempted to get around the Federal
Continued On Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17

lib 131-aimed at taxing the 'snet
income" of farmers co-operatives is
covered under agriculture" above.
lib 42-the ''kill 'em dead, trad
ing stamp act by Conklin and others,
after considerable amendment in the
| Senate turned out to be a possible
"back door" sales tax on items pur-
chased at stamp handling stores. The
$4,000 license in the House approved
bill was cut to 500 in the Senate,
and the 1 per cent gross tax put in
by House amendment was increased
to 2 per cent of the gross dollar vol
ume of stamp-dispensing stores. The
bill may kill stamps dead. On the
other hand, it may be disguised
sales tax on food and other necessi-
ties worth up to $2.5 million per
year to Nutter's general fund.
HJR 1O-the "old stone age" reso-
luton to the Congress by Beam ct al,
requested Congress to draft a con-
stitutional amendment outlawing the
federal income tax as we'll as. COM
pelling the federal government to
oCll Oil dSCnSlCo SOiIlpcLlIlS Will pIl-
vate enterprises. These include So
cial security, commodity credit, farm
ers home, farm credit, IVA and some
700 other service agencies u. S.
NEWS & WORLD REPORT states
this week that income tax repeal
would necessitate imposition of
20.5 per cent sales tax on all retail
business. HJR 10 passed the House
1888 (PV, Feb. 10 only to receive
a painless, quiet death in the Senate.
SD 29-the 1861 "bankers relief
act'' proposing that state banks be
given tax exempt status under Cor
ooration License Act, failed to make
t out of the Senate Taxation Com
nittee. This was the so-called money
coop" bill.
HB 8-was constitutional amend
nent by Conklin proposing the Henry
George Single taxi concept of taxa
ion, with real property bearing the
otal tax load. 1t had an interesting
ife and set some legislative heads to
linking along new concepts before
finally went down in the House.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
CONTINUED From Page One)

| tOOnC1nueO Il rom rage On6J
settle its own ditch problems and mo-
take up the time of the legislature
81 do not think the legislature has
any business taking care of individual
things for individual cities, he said
ANNUAL SESSION PROPOSAL
GOT NOWHERE
The constitutional amendment pro-
viding for an annual legislative ses-
sion, zone of the most important
things we need", he said, did not
even get Aout of committee.
Conklin, who renewed feud he
has been having with the mayor of
Billings by dropping in on Carl Clava-
detscher, told his audience about his
attempts to get salary increase for
policemen and the opposition of the
mayor and legislative delegates on
the basis that Billings law officers
were getting enough money. While
visiting city hall in Billings, Conklin
said he looked at some of their files
and found one member of that city's
police force with eight dependents
who received $3.50 a month. "Will
it be moonlighting or graft, he asked.
Speaking about state financing,
Conklin reiterated a stand he took
during the session that it was poor
fiscal policy not to provide capital
funds.
He said the budget as passed by
the legislature provided no new
buildings, and added, "the state
prison is crumbling and the State
Capitol is crumbling !. these
buildings are worn out, somebody
is going to have to pick up the bill
someplace, because the buildings
that are falling apart have to be
replaced"
The only bureau to receive an in
creased budget was the Vocational |
Department, which |
Jonklin said he was much in favor
If. The budget for the elective Of
ices went up, at the expense of the
Institutions, he said.
On education, the Cascade county !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Education, Teachers, Etc.

The public schools, the university
system and educators, like farmer
and labor, were not welcomed with
open arms in the House this year
AS a body firmly dedicated to re.
viving the Past and backing out the
Future, the House Republican major
ity made short work of legislation
aimed at improving the general Level
of Montana education.
There were, several score of edu-
cation bills before this session for
consideration. THE VOICE shall not
endeavor to comment on all of them
That analysis we shall leave to Mon
tana Education Associations journal.
from which we will pick up a more
comprehensive review at a later date.
Among some of the important
school bills were:
HB 33-to raise grazing leases on
state school lands to level some
what more comparable to private
rental rates. Bill, prepared by Legis-
lative Council after exhaustive study,
provided for increasing average Ami
NAL Unit Month rate from present 48
cents to $1.O1. private rates run
as high as So per AUM). Passage of
HB 33 would have brought in over
a million dollars additional income
to the school fund in biennium ahead.
A bipartisan coalition of stockmen
led the successful fight in the House
to kill this most meritorious piece
of legislation by a roll call vote of
53-40. (For roll call, see your PV
of February I'D.
lib SO & 37-are companion bills
which prohibit the further increasing
of university system student fees for
the purpose of capital improvements,
other than dormitories.
Fee increases ranging up TO SIP a
quarter however are coming next fall |
term, under terms of HB 458 where
by students will be forced to pay a
portion of the cost of operating each
unit. Tuition by any other name
smells the same, although supposedly
outlawed by the State Constitution.
HB 66-to materially improve
teacher certification requirements,
hereby improving the quality of in
'truction available for Montana chill
lren. Bill met sudden death in House.
lib 22O-the district reorganiza-
ion bill met with strong opposition,
md, even though watered down to
make it substantially "permissive"
vent down in the House, principally
because of the fear of rural people
hat this bill was first step toward |
forced school consolida-
ion.
lib ALTO drastically weaken the
enure provisions protecting teachers ,
fter their probationary period. Bill i.
led in House.
SB 76-to provide a moderate 7
mount of annual sick leave for Mon :
ana teachers, as is the case in var +
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17
Labor Legislation

Labor, both organized and morgan
lied, had about as many friends il
the 1861 legislature as leper away
from a leper colony. On the mos
vital issue of all to wage earners-.
unemployment compensation-the
were only 10 out of $50 in the two
houses who had the courage to stand
in opposition to the Ubiquitous HB ct,
Besides HB 27 and HB 40. re-
viewed in last weeks VOICE. there
were a number of other measures be-
fore this session concerning working
people and their well-being.
HB 100 and 1O1 and SB 10 and 40
were all measures backed by organ
lied labor to improve the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act. By amend
ing various statutes they would have
brought Montana's law up to a little
nearer the minimum standards recon-
mended by the U. S. Department of
Labor under President Eisenhower.
All four bills failed to survive adj
verse committee action.
lib 313-was the $1.OO an hour
minimum wage bill Few members of
organized labor would have bene-
fitted from this, but several thou
sand unorganized hotel workers, store
clerks, mattresses and others would
have come a little closer to a living
wage standard had it passed. AS ex-
pected, it met a quick and fiery death
in the House.
lib 378-proposed to make it
felony for third party to import
strikebreakers into Montana in case
of labor dispute. Today strike
breaking agencies are big business,
particularly in the printing trades,
and by using their services disputes
between employers and employees
are often drug out over long periods
of time to the detriment of the entire
community. In the printing trades,
such strikebreakers, or 'rats", are
frequently found to be undesirable,
many having past prison records.
This bill, too, met sudden death in
the House incinerator.
SD 13s and HB 430-the Cashmere
Bentz strikebreaking bills-didn't
fare too much better than pro-labor
proposals. However. SD 139, because
of the disgraceful fuss kicked up by
it's sponsor against State AFL-CIO
President James S. TIMBER, did re-
ceive one favorable roll call vote be-
fore being discarded in a 1920 OPP
posing Senate standing tally. HB $50
was killed on acceptance of an adj {
verse committee report in the House.
SD GA safety measure to have
rail management provide side curtains
for track motor cars in inclement
Weather passed the Senate with little
only to go down in the {
House at the request of the rail lobby.
SB 116-to increase worImen's t
benefits, died in the t
Senate Labor Committee.
HB 243 and lib 2s7-the first to
provide higher minimum salary for
policemen and the second similar t
Measure for firemen, were killed off a
fter considerable argument in the n
epublican-controlled House.
HJM4, Is and 17-were three me- !,
norials opposing the, proposed MP :
IN merger and abandonment of pas :.
enger service by the Milwaukee. Hum u
was voted down along almost
traight party lines. Heat from a u
lumber of counties was intense on a.
republican House members for hav- d
lg voted against the anti-merger;
abandonment propos- a.
l. Two "face-saving'' memorials, is ts
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17

State Board of Education from it's
context was principal reason why
the Senate via voice vote killed this
proposal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-17

PV Editors Legislative Report

From Last Week
Evening star., 1961-12-10

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1920 q DAVID BRINKLETS JOURNAL.
Public Affairs Color.
q MR. LUCKY.
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HOO q NEWS AND LOCAL NEWS.
Color. Harkness. Rash.
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q ELEVEN O'CLOCK FINAL.
ABc News Final Commentary. J. Nc
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Ills N WEATHER. SPORTS.
Color. Forester. Simpson.
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Movie l Hour 40 Minis. "The Yer
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lips N SAM AND FRIENDS.
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ll:30 q JACK PAAR SHOW.
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900 q THE BOB HOPE SHOW.

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$50 q JOHNNY STAccAT0.
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Comedy. Sarah Gertrude Bers) gives
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