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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

ties and allies and costing hundreds
of thousands of dollars, will be effec-
tive unless the general public is told
the truth, he warned.
Some of the facts that must be pub
icized throughout the nation, Zeldin
said, are these:
Electric co-ops were formed to
bring electric energy to rural Amer
lea that most private utilities would
not serve. Due largely to the do-it-
yourself rural electrification program
encouraged by government policy
and help-the number of farms en-
joying electric living jumped from
ten per cent in 1885 to 81 per cent
today.
Members of consumer-owned
systems use more power and pay
less for it than customers of the
nations private companies.
Rural electric systems give eff
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

lations, I urge you to start doing So.
"You can also get your story
across through your existing publ
cations; through your participation
in various civic and business groups
in your communities; by letting the
editor of your hometown paper
know what your system is doing;
how it contributes to the economic
health and vitality of your COM
munity; and most Importantly, by
giving your consumers the best
possible service at the lowest pos
sible rates"
The "weird charges being leveled
against rural electrics and other con-
sumer-owned electric systems by the
cost-plus power companies accuse CO.
ops and others of being "socialistic"
and even "un-American" Zeldin said.
"The vicious advertisements" spon-
sored by the commercial power utili-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

Washington = (NRECA)-
Consumer-owned electric sys-
TENS must become much more
public relations conscious" if
they are to survive the intensi-
fled propaganda campaigns be-
ing waged against them by the
profit power utilities.
This warming comes from Marvin
Zeldin, executive director of the Elec-
trio Consumers Information Commit
tee, who recommends that rural cleo
trio co-operatives and other non
profit groups must counter such
propaganda with widespread "ftruth"
programs at the local, state and ma
tional level. ...-: ..-----.. -.
Support must be given by indi-
vidual member-consumers to their
state, regional and national associa-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

tions in their public relations cam
paigns and in their efforts to pool
funds for effective public relations
campaigns, Zeldin asserted.
He noted that Clyde Ellis, general
manager of the National Rural Elec-
trio Cooperative Association, recent
ly sounded the urgent need of a CO.
operative resources pool. This would
"set in motion a co-operative-wide
advertising and public relations pro-
gram that would tell the truth about
a dynamic, cooperative industry that
has earned it's right to stand shoulder
to-shoulder with any other industry
in our modern society,""
Speaking at the annual meeting of
the Midwest Electric Consumers
in Denver earlier this
month, Zeldin told members that
"much more must be done. And if
you aren't budgeting for public re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

cient service at reasonable rates de-
spite the major handicap of serving
an average three customers per mile
of line compared to an average 80
consumers per mile served by pri-
vate power companies.
Consumer-o electric systems
paid more than $51 million in taxes
in 1860 despite the commercial pow
er industry's claims to the contrary.
Consumer systems also pay the
equivalent of millions of additional
tax dollars in the form of payments
in lieu of taxes and other contribu-
tions to local governments.
Attacks against the REA inter
est rate do not include the fact that
the interest paid by rural electric
systems amounts to TT per cent of
total operating revenue. By con-.
trast, profit power utilities pay only
see page a.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
Recovery Of Mentally III Can Be
Speeded By Legislative Action

Studies are under way now but
there seems to be some indication
that our arid, sparsely populated
areas of the eastern part of the state
contribute more than their ratio of
admissions. This would lead to not
only clue of stress of isolation but
maybe to dietary or water chemical
origins of mental health.
Exactly why we have such an insti-
tuition as Warm Springs State Hos
pital is a curious reflection on our
social nature itself. The normal"
person with his rational" mind has
had entirely misleading concepts or
superstitions about Insanity. This
is reflected in the revised codes of
NJ ontana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
MFU President States
Wheat Commission Levy Would
Be a Marketing Sales Tax

state law would bring them the funds.
First efforts to put over a wheat
commission were based on the need
for research to improve the quality
of Montana wheat. But wheat grow
ers voluntarily shifted from Yogo
winter wheat, frowned upon by the
millers and Extension Service, to
Cheyenne, with the latter now top
ping all production in the state.
Meanwhile wheats in Montana
without a wheat commission rate
among the best in quality in the ma
ton according to government tests
see page a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
Former FLU Central
Exchange Head Dies

! WILLISTON, N. D.-CNS)-Alez
Lind, former president of Farmers
Union Central Exchange and direc-
tor of Farmers Union Grain Termin-
al Association from the time it was
organized in 1888 until he retired in
1861, died in a hospital here Deem
Der 3. He was IS.
Lind was born in Sweden, came
to the U. S. on a visit in 1905, and
decided to stay, homesteaded near
here. Seven years later he helped
organize the first grain coop here
and moved into leadership of north
west co-ops.
X X X
Lind preceded the late Leo Doheny
of Dutton and Great Falls as presi-
dent of the Central Exchange.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
Peace Corps Tests
To Be Given In Is
Montana Cities

The Peace Corps, Americas finest
experiment in improving our nations
foreign relations with underdeveloped
countries, will hold placement tests
in 16 Montana cities, Saturday, jar
uary &c.
The Corps, which has in it's year
and half of existence done much in
providing on-the-scene educational,
technical, medical, agricultural and
engineering assistance and guidance,
cannot keep up with the demand for
corpsmen. From developing nations
around the globe are coming requests
for more corpsmen who are teachers,
farmers, nurses, engineers :. Amer
leans of many slills. o
Volunteers for the Corps must be
at least 10 years old and American
citizens. Married couples are eligible
if both qualify and have no depend
ents under Is.
The Corps tests are not competitive.
Anyone with the equivalent of a high
school education is eligible to take
the test. The tests, which are not
subject to passing score, help the
Corps determine the overseas assign
ment for which applicants are best
qualified.
To qualify for the test, those in
should write Peace Corps,
25, d. c. for the Peace
Corps QUESTIONABLE.
Montana cities in which the tests
will be held are: Billings, U. S. Post
Office Building; Bozeman, federal
building; Butte, Dillon and Glasgow,
federal buildings; Glendive and Great
Falls, post office; Havre and Helena,
FEDERAL building; Kalispell, Lewis
own, Miles City and Misosula, post
'ffice; Plentywood, county court
rouse; Shelby and Sidney, post office.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

The National Institutes of Health
are financing the study which will
concern the development of immunity
to cancer.
Jutila started research in cancer
immunity at the University of Wash
ington where he received his Ph.D.
in microbiology in 1860. He is a
graduate of Montana State Univer-
sity and has been affiliated with the
U. S. Public Health Service, Rocky
Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
POPULATION DOWN 1870
IN PAST DECADE

You are alert to the problem? You
know that with modern drugs and
methods the daily population at the
State Hospital has dropped in the
last decade from 1900 to 1860. Health
can be restored to the mind as we'll
as any other organ of the body. They
are not dying off, because the death
rate in the hospital has not fluctuated
much in the past so years although
the daily population has tripled.
Minds restored to health are return
ing to being normal citizens in the
various communities.
The death rate is principally among
the elderly. Of the 1900 admissions
this year half will be discharged or
placed on leave before go days of
disqualification. A greater proportion
of the women will leave during the
second or third months but the sexes
will be about even at the end of six
months with only ten per cent of the
remainder still hospitalized.
Sixty-eight per cent only have to
be admitted once. IL per cent require
a second admission and the percent
age is cut in half for each successive
admission.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

It's inventory time again. You have
to take count of your dollars for the
Internal Revenue. Make a few futile
resolutions about your personal be-
havior and shiver in the cold while
you wonder where your summers
wages went.
One of the most crucial assessments
TO be made however is yourself as a
social being in the political organiza-
ton known as Montana.
Many scales have been devised to
measure your social force. But the
bitter acid test of rational mind is
It's attitude towards it's own possibili-
ties of mental illness.
The test: Do you know that in the
past decade that admissions to the
Warm Springs State Hospital have
increased from about one day to
more than three day? That's about
1900 new admissions for 1862.
A three to four-fold increase in
incidence of mental illness in ten
years is alarming when you consider
that more than two thirds of the cases
come from the productive age bracket
of 25 to IS years old. The other third
is split between younger and older
than the productive bracket.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
By LEONARD KENFIELD,
Pres, Montana Farmers Union

A wheat commission is be-
ing proposed again for Mon
tana by sponsors who have
been urging this type of organi-
cation in the state legislature
for many years. The proposal
if put into law would require
every wheat grower in the state
to pay at least one-quarter cent
per bushel into . fund for re-
search and promotion of wheat.
Past proposals of this sort have
never said exactly what the
money would be used for.
The levy on wheat would be a
marketing sales tax collected by the
grain elevators. Collection would be
enforced by placing prior lien on
every bushel of wheat grown in Mon
tana. No sale could be made until
the tax was paid.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION
NEEDED

Louis Forsell of the Attorney Gen
erals office is preparing bills for
submission to this session of the Leg
islature to try to iron a few of these
bugs out of our laws. These changes,
by DR.. John G. Free
man and his staff include:
Revision of the mail regulations
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
State, County Employees
Seek Welfare LEGISLATION

BY JOHN F. CALDWELL, Exec. DR. State Council No. 9,
AFSCME-AFL-CIO In MONTANA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
The push under throughout the State Montana
acquant newly elected we'll veteran legislators with
the terms of Council 9 program for state employees
of insurance, disqualification and medical care.
The program, adopted by delegates at the Council g.
ACME convention in March, 1862 legislators
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

considerable detail and instructed
Caldwell and Dougherty, who are to
be more actively involved with the
bill during the coming session of the
General Assembly, to remain "flex-
ible" with respect to the amount of
see page 3
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
ofessor Has
Study Grant

N = A $4,000 frant to
Ihree-year cancer research
as been awarded to DR..
"a, assistant professor of
" at Montana State Col
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28

to provide $1,000 per month for eacl
state employee against the premium
for a comprehensive program of in
surance.
The bill provides that a govern
ing board shall be named by the
Governor consisting of five state
employees. The duty of this Board
will be to purchase insurance from
insurance companies or non-profit
agencies established for this pur-
pose, and to administer the pro-
gram.
WIDE DISTRIBUTION
Council No. 9 has distributed 5000
copies of the proposed legislation to
state employees, legislators and state
government officials. The bill itself
was accompanied by a brochure ex-
planning the rights and privileges of
participants in the program.
During recent weeks, a special
brochure was published for distribu-
ton to the successful legislative can
didates, which gives in some detail
what the federal government and
various state governments are doing
with respect to similar programs. A
large number of states pay part or
all of the premiums for employee
specialization, medical care and life
insurance.
AFSCME's program was designed
at the request of President George
L. hammond, Executive Director
John P. Caldwell, and the Councils
attorney, Alfred F. Dougherty, by
experts of the Montana Physicians
Service of Helena. MPS's services to
AFSCME were donated as a public
service for State employees.
THE GENERAL REACTION
Reports to the Council headquart-
ers from officers of the "a constitu-
ent locals, indicate a wide sympathy
FOR the program from legislators of
both parties, but questions are raised
widely concerning the cost to the
State.
Part of the distribution program |
If Council 9 was to provide copies
# the bill, the brochure explaining
t and covering letter to all editors
# daily and weekly newspapers in
he state. Editorial reaction has been
mixed, with the weekly newspapers
opposing the proposed bill
n account of costs.
The Council 9 Executive Board
uring its session Nov. 1O-11 dis
used the legislative campaign in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-12-28
"a SORT OF STATE
SOCIALISM"

A wheat commission as proposed
so far is a way of forcing payment
of dues into a semi-private farm or
ganization by government, a sort
of state socialism. There would be
a howl heard all across the land if
the legislature passed law requiring
tax collectors to collect dues for the
Farmers Union. Once upon time
this was done in certain counties in
Montana for the Farm Bureau, but
the practice has now been discon-
tinued.
Wheat commission promoters have
tried voluntary dues collections and
contributions for two years and are
not getting the money they want. A
Evening star., 1962-01-24

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O'Clock tonight at Swanson
Junior High School, Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-24
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-02-28

On the basis Of recognized
standards. those high schools
are entirely too :mall to pro-
vide efficient and effective
high school opportunities for
the boys and girls they serve
ri reasonable cost. There is
also little to indicate that en-.
rCllmcnt increases in either of
The high schools will be suffic-
lent in the forrSccabIc future
to provide a nigh school of
desirable size
The survey committee has
carefully examined the curri-
cula of those high schools at
present, and it commcnds the
administration for its efforts
10 provide the best possible
programs under The circumst-
fnceS. But. as tho committee
views these offerings i'm tho
hSht OF the needs of the fut-
urc and the qualifications the
Graduates will need when tho
lace the competition Of gradu-
atcS OF other larger high
schools. ii realizes the impract-
icaOlllty Of continuing ,hc
present arrangement in this
area of the county for an OK
ended period Of time.
Today there is general ac-
ceptancc OF the idea that tho
nigh schools should serve the
children with programs suited
10 inc needs and abilities of all,
ror some. this means a strong
program of preparation for
-ollcgc; for others. il needs to
% more directly vocational.
ana for all. il needs 10 cuIip
mem for responsibilities of CIT
zenShip. family and commun-
'ty.
There would be little arpu-
"'tit lnaI such program
should include extensive Of
ieringS in English. modern
languages. science. mathcma,-
'cS, business education, indust-
TAI arts. appropriate voca,ion-
u courses. and physical cduca-
non. The fine arts. such A..
Music. both vocal and insiru-
mental. and art should not be
neglected.
II every child is to have an
opportunity for an education
nat will iii his ability. inter-
sis and needs, q we'll prepared
taft offering ! variety Of
COURSES is essential. Such on
oortunitics cannot be provided
n high schools as small rs
those in this area of the coun.
~ except OF ahigh per capita
cost.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-02-28

6. Provides a concentration
OF specialized teachers for a
better and stronger in-Serv-
ice training program.
Z. Places the school on a bet
ter bargaining basis for Sccur-
ing more welltra,ncd teachers
aS teachers more often seek
opportunities that are avail
able III large and better schools.
3. Provide AN opportunity.
when high schools are rernov-
&C from union schools. To I'M
prove greatly the standards Of
Inc elementary schools. rrin-
cipalS, teachers, and SuperViS-
olS can concentrate ON one lev
{! of Institutional procedures.
.. Special CinSSeS can be
provided at the remedial level
Tor slow-lcarnin2 students. rs
well as special grouping Tor
accelerated classes.
II is evident that much Scri-
Gus work is being done by
teachers in thc four high
schools in the fields of English.
science, mathematics and Soc
ial studies in an rifOrt Ia pre-
pare students f0r college: how
ever. a study If program Of
t.,N "lNRF L 4.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-02-28
COLUMBUS COUNTY

- in response to a request from
the board of education of CO.
lumbus county to the state
board of education and at the
direction of DR.. Charles F.
Carroll. state superintendent of
public instruction. the division
OF school planning arranged
for survey of Columbus CO.
unity schools in September,
1861, with particular reference
to educational and organiza-
Sional needs in the Chadbourn,
Cerro Gordo, Evergreen and
Fair Bluff districts in the
western section of the county.
Members of thcs urvey COM
mittce were: o. p. johnson,
superintendent OF Duplin CO.
unity schools; ]. T. Dcnning,
superintendent of Sampson
county schools; james M. Dun
lap, conSultant, testing and
pupil classification, state de-
partment of public instruction,
and w. l.. Latham of the divi-
sion of school planning.
The committee spent four
days in the county, September
30 and October 1912, 1861,
during which time various
factors relating to the total
school situation were discussed
at length with Superintendent
Guy and members of his staff:
considerable amount of data
(Which had been prepared by
inc Superintendent was ana
iyz cd and all school plants in
Inc county were listed. While
various factors relating to the
schools throughout the county
are discussed in thhis report
particular emphasis was given
H. the survey to the above
mentioned schools i'm the west
ern section of the county.
General Observations
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-02-28
School Population Trends


The attached statistical table
shows average daily memb-
ershipS in the schools of the
county at intervals during the
fivc-year period, l955-57 to
i960-6l. These figures show an
overall total increase i'm mcmb-
erships during the five-year
period of only SO pupils. Mem
oerShipS in the elementary
schools show a decline during
the period of 247, while high
school memberships show an
increase of $40 pupils. The de-
crease in elementary member
ships in the white schools was
1863 pupils, or approximately 7
per cent. The increase in the
white schools was l76, or ap-
proximatcly IL percent. Elc-
mentary memberships in the
Negro schools increased l2l or
SO per cent, while the increase
in the Negro High Schools was
ll6, or 1874 per cent. The de-
cline in elementary member
ships will no doubt result in
declining high school popula-
ton within few years
General Population Trends
U. >. CenSuSrcCordS show
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-02-28

AT this point the question
naturally arises as to what is
the desirable minimum size of
a high school. Since the pub
Hcation of the Conant Repor;
or THE American High School
Today" about 500 pupils, or
graduating class of 100, has
been rather generally accept
cd as a rough rulc-of-thumo
for the minimum desirable
high school enrolment.
1t Is granted, of course. that
some high schools with fewer
that this minimum will be ne
ccSSary, but schools below this
minimum should be avoided
when possible.
In terms of costs. several re-
search studies show an cx-
hemcly high per capita cost
(plus very inadequate pro-
gramS) in high schools of 100.
$50 and 200 pupils. In fact.
those studies show that the
per pupil costs decrease rapid
ly as school size increases uu
tc about $50 pupils. Around
this point, costs begin to level
off until size of about 1900
Is reached, when unit costs be-
gin to rise because of highly
specialized courses. In the
meantime, offerings to the in
dividual expand somewhat in
proportions to school size.
Some of the generally ac-
cepted specific advantages of
the larger high school are as
follows:
!. Provide a greater variety
o. course offerings.
Z. Permit grouping for i'll
struction at various levels f.
Meet better the nccGs of sta
dents.
3. Provide better opportunity
Tor teachers to work in then
specialized fiCl'<.
4. Enables the school To- urn-
vide better training for tho,
pupils who plan to 90 30 col
lego.