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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08

ton comparing the Knowles Project
with Montana Powers proposed alter
native, Buffalo Rapids Dams Num-
bers 2 and A, and an explanation of
the Montana Power Company's esti-
mate that their two dams were
100000 kilowatt project as against
|256,000 at Knowles. Bonneville Adj
ministrator Charles F. Luce's reply
points out that, like Hungry Horse
Dam, Knowles Dam would be high
storage dam with a large reservoir
capable of impounding 3,0S4.0O0
acre-feet of storage. Hungry Horse
Dam produces 1000 kilowatts at
site.
'But the storage water works IA
more times, at both public and pri-
vate dams, on it's way to the sea,
adding another $4,000 kilowatts.
Knowles Dam would produce not
256,OO0 but 100000 firm average
kilowatts at the dam site, and an
other $4,000 kilowatts downstream.
If the Canadian Treaty on joint de-
velopment of the Columbia River and
its tributaries is ratified and treaty
dams constructed, the contributions
of either Knowles or The two Buffalo
Rapids dams would be reduced con-
'Mr. Luce continued:
"'Buffalo Rapids Dams Numbers
2 and 4, proposed by the Montana
Power Company as a substitute for
the federal Knowles Project, are
not storage projects and would not
add to control of the river nor in
crease power production at down
stream projects. These two run. of
the river projects would add only
$4,000 kilowatts of prime power
to the Northwest's power supply.
Knowles will contribute six times
as much power to the regions sup
ply as will the two Buffalo Rapids
dams.
The 100000 kilowatts of power
attributed to Buffalo Rapids Dams
los. 2 and by the Montana Power
Company is installed capacity, and
lot prime power capability. This
means that if there were sufficient
yater behind the Buffalo Rapids
ans at all times, their generators
ould turn out 100000 ki!owatts of
irm average energy, also called prime
over. But there will not be that
luch water behind the dams at all
ines and their output will average
My 14S,000 kilowatts of prime pow
r. To get the $4,000 kilowatts of
rhine power, the Montana Power
ompany must draw down Flathead
axe 10 feet each low-water season.
Y ORDER TO GET THE FULL
10000 KILOWATTS OF PRIME
OVER, MONTANA POWER COM
ANY WOULD HAVE TO DRAW
o WIN FLATHEAD LAKE AT
EAST 80 FEET LOWER EACH
OW-WATER SEASON."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08
THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF
KINC-ANDERSON BILL

Nestingen went into some detail
to briefly explain the various object
of the Administrations propose,
health care for the aged under Socia
Security, as well as to clear away
many of the misconceptions as t.
what the bill would accomplish.
The bill, he pointed out, pro-
vides health assistance to people
over SIS years who are covered by
Social Security or the Railroad
Retirement Act. After the first
$50 of hospital and other related
costs, it would pay for up to 80
days of hospital care, $50 days of
nursing home care and 240 nurs-
ing home visits or out-patient dag
nostic service at the hospital.
This added section to the Social
Security Act, he said, would be paid
for by a one-fourth of one per cent
payroll tax on both employer and an
employee on the first $4,000 of an
employees annual income. On self
employed people the added tax would
be Is of one per cent on the same
amount of annual income.
The proposal, embodied in the King
Anderson bills (and currently bottled
up in a Observation-Disclosures
House Ways and Means Committee)
would guarantee eligible oldsters hos
pitalization without "going on relief
or relatives, he said BY 1864, latest
statistics show, 8 out of 10 Ameri-
cans over 65 will be eligible for such
health care under Social Security.
This means that of some is million,
more than IA million would be elig-
ible.
Taking note of the violent opposi-
ton to the bill by the American Medi-
cal Association, Nestingen said the
ANA has been ''most unreasonable, |
completely inaccurate and completely |
regressive' in its opposition. at is
unfortunate" he continued, that |
the doctors have been lacking in
ability to recognize a very human
need"
KERR MILLS A GOOD
SUPPLEMENTAL MEASURE
1
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08

A nationwide Gallup poll has
recently found that Americans
under 80, as well as the aged, are
overwhelmingly in favor of increas-
ing the social security tax to pay
for medical assistance to those
over IS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08
Knowles Six Times More Valuable
Than MPCo.'s Two Small Projects

Contrary to propaganda Montana Power has banketed
most of Montana with in opposition to the proposed
DAM the latter would increase the supply of the Pacific
Northwest by almost six times many kowats
two small dams proposed for the stretch
of the F1athead by the private utility.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08

By SEN. LEE METCALF
81 recently asked the Bonneville
Power Administration for informa-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08
OPPOSE SALES TAX,
BACK FARM PROGRAM

tration, the Young Democrats also
enunciated nine other policy posi-.
tions. These are:
L. Unequivocal opposition to a
state sales tax Gas unfair and un-
just, and urge 1868 Legislature to
oppose its enactment.
2. Full support for Kennedy-Free-
man farm program. eve believe that
it is in the best interests of agricul-
ture, consumers and taxpayers and
is well-designed to bring about the
eventual solution of the nations farm
problem.
8. Education: Opposition to any
further cut-backs in the State Uni
versity system, and urge greater OPP
portunities for college education for
all of Montana's youth through action
of the state government and a pro-
gram of federal aid to education.
a. Commended organization of the
Peace Corps, and cal, ed attention of
congressional and state officials of
sMontana's extraordinary per capita
participation" in the corps.
5. Condemned the State Republi-
can Administration for it's failure to
meet the states obligation to the I'M
fortunate through inadequate "main-
tanning of custodial institutions, as
it pursues program of false econ
omy".
6. Urged increased emphasis on
re-education and rehabili- |
tation by federal and state govern
ments as one of the steps necessary
to solve ''the chronic unemployment
brought about by automation in Mon
5ana's basic industries.
z. Urged legislation lowering vot-
ng age to Is years.
8 r eesaesttea --ensas ettfffe fftt of q
closed primary election" law in
Montana.
9. Ask constitutional amendment
,e placed on the ballot by the Legis-
allure to remove the limitation on
he number of constitutional amend
nents which may be introduced and !
essed at any one legislative session. a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08
Young Demos Oppose Sales

measure to help fill out health care
for those over 65 not covered by the
King-Anderson billl.'' It's scope,
statewise is limited, having been ac-
cepted by only 27 states (not includ-
ing Montana). In several states, in
Guiding Massachusetts,, West Virginia
and Illinois, the KIM program is in
serious jeopardy because of states
inability to meet their share of the
programs cost. Kerr-Mills, unlike
King-Anderson, is paid for through
general taxation, including increased
property taxation at the local and
state levels.
Exploring the oft-repeated charge
that the Presidents program would
lead to socialism, the speaker re-
minded his audience that the same
ones making that charge today, have
taken the same position on Social
Security from its conception more
than a quarter of a century ago.
Those fears have not materialized.
King-Anderson, Nestingen pointed
out, is ga step away from socialized
medicine rather than toward it -
The bill ''would only provide a means
of payment of hospital bills and
would not affect the hospital rela-
with the patient.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-08

KERR-MILLS A GOOD
SUPPLEMENTAL MEASURE
Kerr-Mills was labeled by the HEW
, official as ga good supplementary
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
NewZeuIund
Dedicutes
Byrd Tribute

WELLINGTON, New Zea-
land. Mar. IL (AP).-A thou
sand New zealanders sat in
rain and wind atop Yelling
tons Mount Victoria yesterday
to pay homage to America s
foremost Polar explorer, the
late Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd.
The occasion was the dedi-
cation of a memorial to the
conqueror of the North and
South Poles. In the shape of q
Polar expeditions tent, it is
made of stone shipped from
Antarctica.
During the unwilling, a Can
berra jet of the New Zealand
air force flew overhead in sa-
lutte. Flags of all IL signers of
the Antarctic treaty flew
around the perimeter of the
memorial.
Admiral Bryd's daughter,
Mrs. Robert Breyer of Los
Angeles, flew to New Zealand
for the dedication.
New Zealand Prime Minister
Keith J. Holyoake said Admiral
Byrd's greatest contribution to
Antarctic exploration was in
adaptation of machinery to the
harsh cold conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

The Kennedy administration
apparently is ready to put its
weight behind a move to over
haul the Hatch Act to ease the
restrictions on the political &C
tfyities of Federal employees.
Government employe leaders
as well as leaders in the field
Of public administration are
supporting such liberalization,
Also an increasing number of
members of Congress feel
changes are necessary in the
present law.
Representative Lankfor d,
Democrat of Maryland, has
written to President Kennedy
proposing that the President
Task Force on Implementing
the Governments new labor
management program conduct
a study of the Hatch Act and
make recommendations TO
needed changes.
In a recent speech, Arthur
Flemming, former Secretary OF
Health Education and Welfare
and onetime Civil Service Com
missioner, declared that the
Hatch Act was making second
class citizens" of Federal EN-.
ployes. 1.-The Hatch Act is ire
concilable with citizenship he
declared.
The AFL-CIO Government
Employees Council, representing
more than 100000 Government
and postal workers, has writer
to President Kennedy indorS'
ing Representative Landlords
proposal that a comprehensive
study be made of the Hatch
Act that would lead to iberali'
zation of its provisions.
It's known that some TOT
administration officials directl!
involved with Government per
sonnet matters definitely fee
that the Hatch Act, which wa,
enacted in 1910, is outdated ant
too restrictive in its limitation
Of Federal employe politica
activities.
NJ one advocates repeal o
til. Hatch Act, but it is fel
that Federal employees Shoul,
be given considerably more lati
tude in political activities thai
they now have.
consequently, the chances ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

recently finished redecorating
and charging. Scattered in
the wreckage were shreds of
clothing, family photos, chill
dren's toys.
Air Force officials declined
comment on details of the
crash. They said the crew.
men, all uninjured, were held
for medical observation at
Calender pending an official
crash investigation.
1T could have been worse"
Mrs. Dave Adams, a neighbor,
said. Just Is minutes before,
Levron's cousin, his wife and
their baby had been visiting.
They probably would have
been killed, too, if the crash
had been just a few minutes
earlier"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Novy Trying to Rescue
Ship in Antarctic Ice

WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Mar. IL (AP).-With the United
States Nays most powerful
icebreaker preparing to rush on
a 5,600-mile rescue mission,
some concern was felt here for
a South African ship trapped in
Antarctic ice.
It. could be a race against
time for the icebreaker, the
Glacier, with the Antarctic
winter season closing in.
Rear Admiral David M. Ty-
rec, commander of United
States naval Antarctic opera
tons, said. sit could develop
into a bad situation. 1t is very
late in the season for an at
tempt at something like this. "
The Republic of South Africa.
a, supply ship, radioed for help
but said at the present time
it appeared in no immediate
danger.
The ship got stuck so miles
off the Princess Martha coast
when her rudder was damaged
trying to push through thick
ice to the open sea.
1.-The stricken vessel messaged
United States Navy headquart-
ers at Christchurch, Small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

pools where we are but unable
to move. No pressure at pres
ent as in very small pool and
situation doubtful"
The Glacier, under command
of Capt. Edwin A. Mcdonald,
will leave Lyttelton, New zea-
land, Wednesday on the rescue
mission. 1t is expected to take
Is days to cut a path to the
Iicebcund ship.
The United States Coast
Guard Icebreaker EaStwind
also. will sail from Lyttelton to
the Princess Martha coast to
stand by while the Glacier tries
to free the South African ship.
United States Navy opera
tons in the Antarctic this WIN
ter will be the biggest yet. Ad-
miral Tyree said $50 men - so
more, than last winter - will
remain in the frozen continent
at McMurdo Sound, Point Hal
let, the South Pole and the
new Skihi station in Marie Byrd
Land.
The increased force is to
maintain the new nuclear
power station at the McMurdo
base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

cnalrmen 10 accept a report
of a commission appointed by
President Eisenhower which
recommended changes that
would cut the work force
among railroad workers.
Union officials said the pro-
posed rules changes would af-
feet some $4,000 firemen, with
about 10000 losing their jobs
during a 15-month period.
The general chairmen of the
Brotherhood have been meet
ing in Chicago since Thursday
to decide what action to take
in the rules dispute.
H. E. Gilbert, president of
the Firemen and Enginemen,
said the strike ballots will be
distributed among the unions
members about April l. He
said no date has been set for
return and tallying of the vote.
Mr.. Gilbert said the strike
vote authorization came after
railroad executives had issued
statements ruling out any
agreement with the union that
was not in conformity with the
presidential commissions re-
port.
The union chief said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

railroads are asking for trouble
by approaching negotiations
with preset, arbitrary ground
rules"
No date has been set for
negotiations between the car
riers and the Firemen and
Enginemen.
The work rules, including
provisions which management
said cost millions of dollars
annually for employment of
workers on standby jobs, have
been in effect for many years.
The railroads have declared
that many jobs were not nee
eSsary for operation of trains,
but the union contends that
they are necessary for safety.
Mr.. Gilbert said the strike
vote will not be based on the
Presidential commissions re-
port because the report has no
legal standing under the Rail
way Labor Act.
He said the union will con-
duct a national information
and education program to meet
the threat to jobs, wages and
contract protection posed by
rail arrangements demands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Reuther Heads Drive

Roy L. Reuther of the United
Auto Workers will direct the
get-out-the-vote drive which
was announced last month by
the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Mr.. Reuther is administrative
assistant to his brother, JAW
President Walter Reuther, and
will be on leave from his regu-
lar post for the duration of the
drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12

the mother was shot through
the head as she stepped out of
the car. The father tried to
drive away but a rifle@ slug
through a car window stopped
him. The boy said his father
got out of the car and started
to run. A shot felled thin.
After shooting his father,
the son said he struck him on
the head with the rifle.
The boy then drove to the
State Hospital at Concord and
asked to see a doctor. Arold
ParadiS, hospital police officer,
noticed the boys blood-splat-
tered clothing, put handouts
on him and took him to police
headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
$4,000
Is Award in
Medical Suit

A District Court jury has
awarded 100000 to the par
ents Of an 8-year- old girl who
her attorney said became a
wreck a vegetable" as a
result of negligence by an Ar
lington physician.
The jury brought in the YER
dict for Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
M. Neyland of 206 North Penn
sylvania avenue, Falls Church,
after deciding that DR.. Weldon
A. Price. a pediatrician, was
negligent.
The attorney for the parents
and the child, Michele Neyland,
was Richard w. Galliher, who
charged that Dr.. Price should
have carried out a complete
blood TRANSMISSION for the little
girl at the time of her birth
after she developed symptoms
caused by Rh blood factors.
The jury cleared another
doctor in the case, an obstetri-
clan, who had originally been
named as a defendant when
the damage suit was filed in
1856.
The jury during seven days
of trial was told that the child
is unable to speak and prob
ably can't see or hear.
John L. Laskey, DR.. Prices
attorney, told the jury a clini-
cal decision was made against
TRANSMISSION after laboratory
tests at Arlington Hospital in
dicated Enormously as it
turned OUT that there were no
Rh complications. The lawyer
said another consideration was
the knowledge that transfu-
sions for infants involve a 10
per cent death rate.
The jury deliberated for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
No Sure Halt
To ICBM Seen
By Mcnamara
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara says no amount Of
money can make possible an
absolute defense of the United
States against intercontinental
ballistic missiles.
More than $500 million will
be spent in the next fiscal year
on anti-missile technology, Mr..
Mcnamara said yesterday, "but
we can see no reasonable pros
pect for successfully developing
that capability."
The Secretary said the Nike
Zeus antimissile system is
quite advanced" but has seri-
Gus weakness. I'VE cannot rec
ommend that it be placed in
production at this time" he
added in a television interview
Mr.. Mcnamara again regis
tered his opposition to speed
ing production Of the 1000
mile-an-hour RS-70, the Air
Forces new designation for the
controversial BIO bomber, but
he said manned bombers will
continue to play a major de-
Tense role in this decade.
First Due in December
The House Armed Services
committee has uregd the Pen
tagon to spend $491 million de-
veloping the RS-70. Mr.. Nc
Namara insisted that nothing
beyond the $3.50 million Presi-
dent Kennedy requested ought
to be spent at this time.
He said the first expert
mental RS-7O probably will be
ready in December, a second in
September, 1868, and a third
the following July.
Should we desire to place
the plane in operation it will
probably cost about $40 billion
to provide necessary equipment
and for structure. AS we look
ahead, it's to early to state that
we should rely entirely upon
intercontinental ballistic mis-
siles for our strategic nuclear
force"
The Defense Secretary noted
that the Air Force recently has
redeSigned the BIO as a re
conference.-the" plane with
objective of making it, among
other things, a platform for
firing of missiles.
Mr.. Mcnamara called this a
desirable modification but said
its accomplishment depends
upon technology which is not
yet available to U.S."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Administration Seen Ready
I To Back Hatch Act Revision

good that the Kennedy admin
istration will undertake some
action designed to liberalize the
present law.
FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL
RAISE-Chairman Johnston Of
the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee predicts that his COM
mittee will approve a fairly
substantial pay rise" for postal
and Federal classified employees.
At last weeks National AS
ISOLATION of Letter Carriers pay
rise rally, the South Carolina
Democrat said the bill that will
be approved by his committee
will be more liberal for postal
workers and lower Salaried Fed
eral workers than advocated
by the administration.
But he indicated it wouldn't
be as liberal as the unions are
asking for. The employe
groups are supporting the two
Morrison bills one would give
postal clerks and carriers a
20 per cent rise and the other
would give classified employees
an average Is per cent increase.
I'VE have to face facts -
Senator Johnston said. There
will be a fairly substantial rise
but not all that we might
want"
Senator Johnston also pre-
dicted that the increases would
become effective this year and
not deferred until next Janu-
airy l and spread over three
years as advocated by the
administration. Federal and
postal employees shouldn't be
required to wait more than
three years for pay increases
that they deserve right now
Senator Johnston said.
Meanwhile, the Senate Civil,
Service Committee intends tc
wind up its postal and Fedora,
employe pay rise hearings g
week from tomorrow.
y + y
JOB CUTS ASKED - The
Kennedy administration is un.
der pressure from the Nation.
business community to reduce
Federal employment.
The Council of State Cham.
berS of Commerce has proposed
that Federal job estimates fol
fiscal 1868 be reduced by
1875, 800 jobs.
The council said this coulc
be done by holding down thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-12
Boy, II, Admits Killing
All 4 Others in Family

NEWPORT. N. H., Mar. IL
(AP). "A slight 17-year-old
high school boy who police said
admitted killing his parents
and two brothers was brought
back to his saddened and
shocked hometown today.
John William McGrath was
driven under police guard from
Concord to Newport for a
closed-door Juvenile Court
hearing.
Splattered with blood, the
blond and bespectacled youth
drove to Concord late Saturday
night and told police he killed
his entire family-parents and
two younger brothers-because
he felt they would be better
off dead.
Although considered one of
the brightest in the senior
class at Towle High School,
young McGrath had been I'M
der psychiatric treatment for
two years.
The Sayings occurred in
Newport, a Central New Hamp-
shire town of $500 population
about so miles northwest of
Concord.
Funerals Arranged
Meanwhile, arrangements
were begun for the funerals,
presumably a joint service, in
the Methodist Church of the
Good Shepherd at Newport
Wednesday.
The victims were Francis L..
McGrath, 81; his wife, Willena,
40; and their sons, Peter F.,
10, and Charles A., S.
Police quoted the youth as
saying in explanation of the
shootingS Saturday night: II
was thinking about their suf-
fering. They always have trou-
bles."
Police said the boy told this
story:
He arrived home from his
Supermarket job Saturday night
and found his parents angry
at each other. The parents
went out shortly afterward.
When they had gone, the
boy said he got a Japanese
rifle and shot Peter in a hall
way. Then he went into a
bedroom and killed Charles in
his bed.
Father Tried to Flee
When Mr.. and Mrs. McGrath
arrived home a half hour later,