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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
Cash Registers Y. Human

additional 1900 jobless Montanans
in line for welfare, Rask in his analy-
sis made special point of the added
disqualification clauses which would
"add penalties ON top of existing
penalties. Penalties that would, virtu-
ally at the whim of the employer,
eliminate many higher paid workers
from any possibility of coverage. The
nature of the mining industry is
such,'' he said, 'fthat were this bill
to become law, a large portion of
miners otherwise eligible would be
disqualified :"
Robert Harris, executive secretary
of Montana Council of Carpenters,
emphasized the basic policy behind
the drafting of Montana's law of
setting aside" in good times "of I'M
employment reserves to be used for
the benefit of persons unemployed
through no fault of their own ="
This policy, he said, has not been car
ried out. "When we had large trust
fund we didn't keep it large. Labor
asked that the legislature keep the
contributions coming in to Guild up
and) maintain a fund of 100 million
dollars during those good times, but
we did not prevail and you saw fit
to cut the tax and the fund has been
going down ever since. You do not
take amy responsibility for the work
ers because you are worrying about
The fund :"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08

| The Foundation Program was never
in greater trouble than when it left
the Senate Wednesday with only foul
dissenting votes. Senate Bill 20, in
which is embodied the hope of the
dation Program, is so constructed that
it makes it appear that the state
money would be adequate to supple
ment the mill levies of the poorer
school districts.
Based upon last years income the
state share will be ten per cent short.
Even if the state had income to meet
its responsibility, under the provisions
of SD 20 it would not cover the an
ticipated six per cent rise in educa-
ton costs thsi year and another six
per cent rise next year, primarily due
to enrolment increases.
Even so, it is better than nothing
because it kills the district levies and
relies upon countrywide levy of 40
mills for the elementary and high
schools before participation in state
money can be available in the poorer
counties. Which brings us back to
the problem of whether the county is
really poorer or just doesn't have the
valuation of its property assessed
high enough.
Another feature which gives value
to SB 20 is that it knocks out the SO
per cent limitation which encouraged
low assessed districts in the past to
get in on the state aid.
SD 20 will make it hard on districts
which have had good voted levy sup
port and pull them down to the level
of districts which can't get voted
levies.
This makes the average or median
the maximum of modicum-t medi-
ocre becomes the new high standard
IN school financing.
One imbalance has been corrected |
tiny schools which had |
been favored so heavily in previous
foundations has been changed so
hat there is proportionately more
lelp for the high schools of larger
ize which SO desperately need help.
Senator Bill Croft (D-Ravalli) ex-
,lained in the Monday session on the
foundation Program that the mill levy
hould be set at fifty mills and then
lse state funds for equalization but
20 mills is about the average for the
ounties now. Increased enrollments
nd inflated school costs have bulged
he Foundation Program way below
he support given when it began in
949. Based upon the actual costs of
asst year a median budget is set for ,
ach school board. (Median differs
rom average in that no arithmetic
! used to find a commences. The ,
riddle number is selected as the me-
ian in a column of numbers which
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
Senate OverfUrns--
from page /

should be limited to the sale and
transmission of rural power until their
loans are repaid to the federal gov
eminent.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
from page

Chad Smith, who, so far as we
know, has never been unemployed a
day in his life, in so many words said
that he had promised to help the bust
nessmen he is lobbying for to work
to cut down on the benefits to the
jobless in order to save those employ
ers money. Chad, contended that
Somewhere the matter has to be
balanced so there will be a substan-
tial reserve as well as good sub
stantial reserve which will bring in
an interest return :" Obviously, he
is as unacquainted with human priva-
ton today as he was when he was
UCC chairman, or as he was when
recently he received several thou
sands of dollars from the UCC for
being successful in securing a reversal
of a district court decision on bene-
fit payments from the Supreme Court.
Other employer spokesman pledged
anew their concern for the worker
who is truly part of the labor force"
as it was put by Ed Kellner of the
State Chamber of Commerce, and
then proceeded to urge further scut-
thing of the compensation act.
In addition to Kellner, there was
Robert Corette, Montana Power di-
rector. who only short while ago
resigned from a $29,833 executive
vice presidency of the Company; and
Norman Blevins of the hardware deal
ers who kept his record of being 100
per cent anti-people, unblemished at
the hearing.
A COST OF DOING BUSINESS
State AFL-CIO President James S.
TIMBER, who introduced opponents of
HB 167, told the committee that ''the
cost of compensation is charged off
like any other tax. We feel the en-
ployer pays that tax as a cost of do
ng business, therefore the people
who are supposed to benefit should
receive it *. :"
Cascade County Commissioner z.
:. Shubat said: 1--WE find that when
people are disqualified for unemploy-
nent they come to the welfare. This
Ids Utcll CIuc Ill 'Cilc pdSG CWO WSCho,
md it is true every season.
when you disqualify these
workers." he said, "you are not
penalizing the workers alone, you
are penalizing the county. We have
to care for them. That is the law.
With disqualification for benefits
you are not only putting tax bur-
den on the employers but on the
rest of the citizens of Cascade
county You are simply spreading
the burden -
Mine-Mill board member Barney
task roundly condemned HB 167 as
a most vicious and irresponsible pro-
osal". In addition to placing some
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08

Assists new industries by reducing
length of time required for establish
ment of experience rating from pres
emit five years to three years. At pres
emit new employer must pay 2.7Go
for five years !. a factor which could
be decisive with some very narrow
margin industries considering locat-
ing in the state. 8. provides a change
in percentage bases which will cushion
small employers against an abrupt
rise in premium rate. At same time,
this revision would discourage mass
lay-offs at ONE time by large en-
ployers, because of the immediate eff
ratings. A. Change the base on which
premiums are paid from $4,000 to
$780,. The $4,000 base was written
into the act more than 20 years ago.
Since then, the taxable wage to total
wage ratio has grown tremendously,
and with wages and living costs more
than double what they were at that
time, the $4,000 base is completely
unrealistic, just the same as the
5000 deduction per person on income
tax is today completely away from
reality.
Other sponsors of HB 354 and 357
besides lombard are Tracy, Johnson
and Slaby.
SET ON SD ITS
SB IFS. by Mahoney, Hafferman,
Reardon, Siderius, Jensen, McKeon
and Durkee, will be the subject of
Senate hearings this week.
This bill, unlike the commission
bill, SD 68, by Lehrkind and Ullom,
would make some badly needed i'm
orovements in the UCC Act. These
include:
/. Give $1.OO week raise across /
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
Revump of Fin.--

from page
of loss of federal funds for that por-
ton.
Crosswhite also expressed a fear
to the committee which is quite COM
mon that, if this one phase of
the financial districting act is
preached, it may only be a matter
of time until an effort will be
launched to repeal the law in it's en-
tirety. This would open the possibility
of return to the cold days" when
political strength determined which
areas got the roads and which were
left ito continue eating dust or plow-
ing through mud.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
Do You Know the FACTS About the UN?
(No. 2 in a Series

Are being Nations is too costly?
United States bis
The of the UN for 1862 S0
million The United States of this budget In
addition and
ordinary Assistance Congo operation
Refugees The each United States citizen therefore, is
$1O6
The the United States it's United Nations cont1bu
ons about equal what 10 hours World War II nation
St.. IT, N Y)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
LOMBARDI BILLS DRAW
SUPPORT

Spokesman Tor wage earneTS were
in agreement that House Bills 354
and 357 should be enacted, not only
for the benefit of jobless workers,
but for the benefit of the states
economy as a whole.
Testifying directly on these two
bills in addition to sponsor Rep. Lom-
bardi of Silver Bow, were All Root
and Robert Harris; and Maurice
(Sunny) Powers and George Kala-
fatich of Mine-Mill.
Some of the major provisions of
these bills include:
lib 354: 1. simplification of the
qualification formula for determin-
ing benefits; 2. the one-week waiting
period is eliminated; 3. ceiling of
$45 week is placed on jobless bene-
fits; a. flat 26 weeks duration peri
cd for benefits is established.
Under 354, according to Lombard,
there will not be much overall gain
to unemployed persons, and in some
cases the weekly benefit will be re
duced The advantage of this
formula is that it is actuarily based
and not arbitrary such as the fixed
schedules are (under present law
and it has it's own built-in projections
against abuses )"
lib 357: 1. Would change average
,otal premiums from present 1.5 per-
.entum to 1.8 percentum. This would
A toll x1 ,,,4o of
MUM money into the UCC fund. 2. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
WHERE is THIS "FREEDOM"
FOR MPCo. CUSTOMERS?

r. d. Corette told the Senate com
mittee that people should have the
freedom of choice in selection of who
serves them power, just like we choose
our drug store; that the territorial
integrity bill was piece of legisla
ton promoted from the national level
| that when REAs move into private
utility areas there was a tax loss
/ that private utilities are regulated
and REAs are not so there is unfair
competition, and this was am attempt
to do away with the original intent OF
the REA. (See editoriaD.
In answer to a statement by the
power company witnesses that rural
electrics are in TO property tax
classification and other utilities in
a 30 to 40 per cent classification,
coop spokesman pointed out that
their utilities average about one
customer per mile whereas the pri-
vate companies average about ~.
S. T. Mcfarland, Sun River Elec-
trio, introduced spokesman for the
proponents which included Gene Pike,
Missoula Electric, and former State
Senator Charles Mahoney.
Mahoney on rebuttal said of the
loan status of co-operatives that he
was sure the Montana Power and
other private utilities took every adj
vantage offered them by the federal
government and it was by federal
legislation that REAs received their
2%o loan rate.-GGB
Sponsors of SD 1914 were Haffer-
man, MCGOWAN, Rieder, O'Neill and
Durkee.
The roll call ON having SB 1914
printed and placed on General File for
further debate follows:
For Printing & Further Debate (29)
MCGOWAN
Cook Mckenna
Cotton McKeOn
MeIcher
DeWOlfe MicheIs
Durkee Nees
DussauIt Nixon
O'NeiII
Hauk ReardOn
Rieder
James SchOOnOver
Jensen Siderius
Keller Stein
Thiessen
Against Printing and For Killing
Bill (24)
Anderson Grieve
3algord Croft
BeIey Killing
3entz Lehrkind
8oVey MacKay
3reen Mcdonnell
3renner McElwain
taShmore Moberly
cole Moritz
Edwards RoStad
rerard Shaw
sraham Ullom
EXCUSED: Thomas; ABSENT: Good
yin and Manning
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
WOULD FORCE SKILLED
WORKERS TO LEAVE STATE

Joe Crosswhite, business represent
ative of Operating Engineers 371, in
opposing HB 167 said that sin the
construction industry there is no such
thing as permanent or steady job
What you are doing in 167 is penaliz,
ing man so he would not dare quit
a job and he is going to be on the
unemployment rolls all winetr
In the construction industry the aver
age is IL weeks of unemployment
comp drawn per year. Under 167 we
would have no alternative but to
leave the state.
"The present administration" he
charged, sis against any federal in
PREVENTION, but the history of feder-
al Intervention shows it comes when
the state will not take care of its
people! IF any part of 1877 is adopt
ed the federal government should
come in SO we can get a fair
shake -
Pete Gilligan of the Great Falls
Building Trades, told the committee
OAlS%o biIC lilOISlldIIU OQIlOIO WIICIl OCIl-
efits are cut off and the small mer-
chant has to carry credit, especially
for groceries, when an unemployed
man doesn't get benefits.
Alfred Root, of the State ALL
Clio and former longtime member
of the NC commission, analysed the
various new restrictive provisions of
HB 167, and pointed out how each
would make increasingly difficult the
securing of compensation earned by
men and women who find themselves
employment due to causes
beyond their control.
Sponsors of HB 167 are: Haughey,
Iead-off sponsor of HB 27 of 1861
session; Haines, Goan, East, Spahr
and Laas.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08

EXCUSED: Thomas; ABSENT: Good
win and Manning.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-02-08
QUOTES FROM HIGHWAY
PUBLICATION

Crosswhite's most telling argument
came by way of his quoting directly
from Highways CENTERLINE for
April 1861, wherein Highway Fund
Apportionment" was discussed. Said
CT:
eve have had many people ask
why we don't commence to build
road at one end of the state and con-
tinue it through to the other side.
The financial district law provides
for an orderly division of construc-
ton funds for all portions of the
state #. Montana is one of the few
states that is broken into such dis
tricts. The districting law was passed
to assure each district of receiving
it's fair share of highway funds :"
emphasis supplied).
Whether each district will con-
tinue receiving it's fair share of
highway funds" should HB 1914 be
enacted. is a matter of concern to
every highway user. HB 1914 pro-
vides no safeguards against the
weight of political might which could
De brought to bear on commission de-
iberations.-HLB
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

enced TO three to five years 4
the State Prison system Thurs
day afternoon. He had been
found guilty Of manslaughter
in the death of Joseph Melvin
Powell of Whiteville on Sept.
1862.
But Penny will be allowed
to continue to work at his
former job as a clerk at the
Columbus Motor Co. under 4
work-release program of the
state Prison Department.
Judge c. w. Hall of Dur
lam sentenced Penny after the
jury trial. James c. Bowman
md Bum Frink, both of
southport served as solicitor
md states assistant.
j. b. Lee and j. K. Powell,
mayor of Whitevillc, were at
torneys for Penny.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Six Will Take
Office June 3

Five incumbent town COM
miSSioncrS and a new Record
cr'S Court judge will take their
oath of office on June 3 in
Fair Bluff, according to town
officials.
SpruCl Britt. who led the
ticket with 264 votes. Willard
Small, Lawrence Minton, Jim
RADON and b. A. Powell Will
return Ia their seas as COM
miSSionCrS. ~
J. G.. McNciri, incumbent
who defeated j. b. Euro by
2O0-votC margin. will take ov-
or as the new Recorders Court
judge.
Ii was enormously stated in
an area paper that Sprucl
Britt lost his scat ON the town
council.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

should be complete because
they can be called into court
at any time"
"a good Administrator
capable of the many duties as
signed such a person: running
a laundry, collecting bills.
dealing with Trustees and
doctors, dealing with 1.-THE wo-
men who run the hospital =
and keeping the finances of
the hospital in order.
A good Nursing Staff,
with ample Registered Nurses.
Practical Nurses and Nurses
Aides.
He told of the need for COM
petent people in the drug
room, the department of an
aestheSia, pathology, the lab
oratory, dietary department
etc.
Whether LoriS Community
Hospital will win threc-ycar
accreditation next year, he
said, depends on the people
who are here tonight"
Il congratulate you on a
fine Job" he said
But there's Il bigger job To-
be done.
whether is will be done de-
ponds on you folks here"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

1t has dollar and-cents
value, too, he said. for the day
Is fast approaching when Blue
Cross-Bluc Shield and other
insurance groups will not pay
the full bill of patients who go
to hospital which is not &C
credited.
But the main thing" he
said. lis the right of the patti
ent to feel that he is in a hos
pital where he is going to get
care that meets standards set
up by an authoritative group"
Hospitals could ascertain the
quality of their care i'm num-
Der of ways, he said: CD Thr-
ough studies made by the doct-
ors, the trustees and the adj
miniStrator; or (2) BY bring
ing in someone from outside
to study the hospital opera
ton: or CD BY survey made
by the Joint Commission on
Accrcditation.
OF the three, he said, the
latter has been found by far
the most valuable and the
most objective.
He listed as essential to ac-
creditatiOn the following:
Am active Board or Trus-
tees that knows what's going
on in the hospital" The trust
ees, he pointed out, employ
an Administrator, appoint the
members of the Medical Staff
doctors permitted to practice
at the hospitaD, keep track of
finances and plan for the fut-
urc.
"A good Medical Staff,
organized SO that members
can keep check on what is
being done there in the field
of medical care. by checking
poSt-operativc diagnosis again
st the prc-opcrativc diagnosis
10 insure that needless surgery
is not being performed. And
by other means. 1t is the re-
SpOnSlbility of members of the
Medical Staff to sec that patti
CntS do not remain in the hos
pital longer than necessary. nc
/ said.
1 In this connection he point
ed out that patients frequent
| iy, for reasons ~ convenience.
wish Ia remain in a hospital
a day or so longer than nc
ccSSary. Where doctors allow
this, he pointed out. hospital
IZation rates are bound To in
crease.
He told of the importance
of members of the Medical
Staff keeping adequate re-
cordS-paticntS' charts, etc. -
so that later they may be able
to review the medical work
done and cvaluatc it. And. ne
pointed out. such records
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Locals Defeated
12-6; Jackets

Elizabcthtown High School
won over Tabor City, 1876 in
local baseball game Thurs
day afternoon.
Dave Allen pitched five in
ningS for the Yellow Jackets
and was credited with the win.
Allen gave up only four hits
in the fifth inning.
Pat JcSsup pitched the rest
of the game and gave up no
hits or walks.
The Elizabethtown pitching
staff also led the hitting-Al-
len and JeSsup had the only
homerS of the game.
Tabor City'S Ronald Foley
struck out five, walked four
md gave up 10 hits.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

munity colleges.
He told the group he felt
sure that North Carolina would
nave the opportunity to get
these colleges in the near fut-
urc.
DIR. Archie, who is chairman
OF the State Board of Higher
Education, stressed the i'm
portance and advantages of
community colleges.
Archie said he felt Columb-
us County was in need OF a
Community College
The Board of Higher Educa-
ton recommended several
months ago that Ia commun-
ity colleges be established to
meet the growing demands FOR
higher education.
Lions President Lloyd Bat
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Archie Speoks
To Joint Meet
Of Civic Clubs

DIR. w. c. Archie at a meet
ing in Whiteville said that the
legislature would not leave
Raleigh until the higher edu-
cation measure was passed and
approved.
Speaking before a joint
meeting of Rotarians, Jayoees,
Lions and Civilians. he said the
areas that were interested and
were willing to sacrifice time
and money should really go to
work to get the proposed COM
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Cont Rest On lourels.' Price
Tells Community Hospital Folks

Loris Community Hospital
may well be proud of having
achieved accreditation for the
second consecutive year but II
must continue to move for
ward or soon e will be going
backward.
That was the word Monday
night from DIR. Julian Price,
florence pediatrician, former
chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the American Med
zeal Association, and former
member of the Joint Accredit-
ition Commission.
He spoke at dinner at the
Loris Elementary School at
Tended by members of the hos
)itaPS Board of Trustees, Med
zeal Staff, hospital personnel
md members of the newly
organized Nursing Auxiliary.
The dinner officially began
local observance of National
Hospital Week MAY l2-18),
which also marks the 18th
Birthday of Loris Community
Hospital MAY l5).
Next Sunday at 2:3O p. m
Open House will be held al
L"ris Community Hospital and
is Nursing Home. with cere-
monies at which Service Pins
VIII be awarded personnel
who have served stated num-
bcrS of years.
DR.. Price pointed out that
for each of the last two years
LorIS Community Hospital has
won onC-ycar accrcditatior
from the Joint Commission or
Accrcditation. But next year
unless is has improved suffici-
emily to win three-year &C.
circulation, it will be dropped
from the accrcditation list, h,
said.
Only about one of ever,
three hospitals of under l0(
beds over the nation is accrcd.
tied, he said, and Communit,
Hospital has a right to bC
proud To be one of that select
number.
But, he emphasized. the hos
pital cannot rest on its laur-
els.
The Joint Commission or
NccrCdltation. nc pointed out
Is comprised of 20 persons
seven from the American Hos
pital Association. three from
the College of Physicians ano
three from the College of Sur
gcOnS.
ACcrCditation by the Joint
Commission is valuable in
many ways both To the hoSpit-
al and To the people it serves
he pointed out: 1t creates :
sense of pride in those VIII,
work at the hospital and il
the people of the community.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Work-ReIeose
Given City. Man

A 29-vear-old shipping clerk
at a Whiteville business firm
viii continue to work at his
job during the week but will
be required to spend his
nights and weekcnds in the
Columbus County Jail in
Whiteville.
Thurman Yanccy Penny Of
the WelcheS Greek section of
Columbus County was sent
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15
Continued From Page l.

VIohtlnued From Page i
OF America, Student Council
past secretary, and an eleven
year music student.
She will present her senior
piano recital Friday. MAY Il.
as part Of graduating cxCr-
ciScS. She plans To major in
piano nj Greensboro College.
Williams has been active in
football lin which he received
a Srant-ln-aid from the Uni
vcrSity of North Carolina) -.
National Honor Society. an
officer in Future Teachers Of
America. marshal. Monogram
Club and French Club.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

ten presided over the meeting.
The Whiteville Lions were host
to the other civic clubs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

fok SALE: IA Cubic foot US
ed freezer. In good condi-
ton, and guaranteed. ONLY
$3.50. With TERMS. Day
Phone 1921, mite phone $751;,
TABOR City ask for Jimmy
Burroughs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

Mary Baker Eddy
II is difficulties which show
what men are.
-Epictetus
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-05-15

FOR SALE: 3 II. p. Evinrude
cupboard motor. In good
condition, and GUARANTEE
ED. just S38.88, Phone 37ll.
Tabor City, ask for Hildred
Harrclson.