The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-05-11
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

When government collects ''every
penny we can get" without regard
to need, interest in the use of tax
dollars diminishes, and especially
when it is the little guy who is con-
tributing "every penny" that can
be collected.
On the other hand this is singularly
the 'business-like" approach = to
charge all the traffic will bear i.
and the value given for the dollar
becomes secondary.
The easy-come-easy-go financing
of government might relieve some of
the democratic pressures for the mo-
ment, but it adds nothing to the
basic premise on which it is founded.
The primary vote, it has been said,
will be light. This is hardly unex-
pected in view of the lack of interest
that has been created by the filings.
The Republican primary is as usual
Clean. The Democrats didn't get
candidates in all races at the county
level
Other than the Court race for the
spot presently held by Stanley Doyle,
the Public Service Commission race
on the Democratic ticket, the West
ern District Congressional race on
the Republican ticket and the East
ern District Democratic COMPRESSION
al race things will be rather mild on
the 9Th of June.
In the Republican Western District
Congressional race there doesn't seem
to be much at issue between the
except one is the state
administrations candidate, thus prob
ably the candidate most preferred
by the corporate activists within the
party; the other represents the 'far
OUT right in the party.
Tom Collins has resigned from
the Planning Board where he spent
the last year moving around the state
with his accordion across his chest
and smiling il. certainly he accom-
ohshed nothing for Montana as Plan
ming Board chief, so we didn't lose
much there.
1t would be nice to be able to af-
.ord to quit a job and run for public
office with little more to recommend
you than prospects of entertaining Ev
md Charley. All, welll
When either one of the Republi-
an candidates for. Congress speak
t is mostly in the vein of chants
'ver the retrenchment cadaver. They
eem to want to perpetrate the shriv-
ling economy that has become our
OF and they intone a doxology in
ed : white and blue designed to
bury us once and for all.
Concentrating in the small counties
,ollins follows Montgomery and talks
gainst federal power development
r any other hfe-giving programs.
With each one trying to out-bury
'estern Montana, the nomination will
robably go to the one that will
harm the most people. If music has
harms, Collins will probably win.
A rather interesting by-play over
federal Intervention" within the
anks of the anti-federalists over
lter-state highway routing in the
filings area.
The BILLINGS GAZETTE has
iitorially said 1--WE can be thankful
| this case that we have had some
ederal intervention but the
ELENA INDEPENDENT has inter
reted the whole thing regardless of
hat the Yellowstone county people
ant, as federal aid, meaning fed
al control.
You just can't satisfy some people.
the federal government goes with
e people against a state commits
on, it is federal control, if the fed
al government goes with the COM
ission against vocal expression on
g local level it is still federal con-
oil +. you just can't win for los
g.