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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12
By ROBERT X. WALSH
Star staff Writer

SubStandard and scattered
housing for thousands Of mill
tary services families endangers
the effectiveness of the armed
forces, Defense Secretary Nc
Namara warned Congress in
testimony released today.
Requesting $500 million for
construction or improvement of
such dwelling facilities for the
current fiscal year. he cited
numerous instances Of what he
described as unwholeSome, I'M
fair and inadequate living con-
ditions endured by many serv-
icemen and their families.
Hurts Morale
1T seems to me that in a
country as wealthy as ours. /"
he told a House Appropriations
Subcommittee at an october 81
closed session, there is really
no excuse for any member Of
the armed forces to have to
live with his family under such
conditions. Certainly it cannot
help but adversely affect his
morale and, as a result, his
on-the-job efficiency"
Secretary Mcnamara and
Gen. Curtis LeMay, Air Force
Chief of Staff, explained that
key personnel and highly
skilled professional soldiers
form a large proportion Of per-
sonnet obliged to occupy I'M
suitable housing or to be seq
regated from their families be-
cause of inability to find &C
commodations. The officials
had no survey statistics on
reasons why servicemen some
times return to civilian life. but
they said that inadequate
housing undoubtedly has been
a main cause in many in
stances.
Lists Complications
The military establishments
housing problem, Secretary
Mcnamara said. has been fur
Their complicated in recent
years because:
More than so per cent Of &C
tive duty male personnel are
married and constitute the
bulk of the career personnel.
occupying key positions and
possession professional leader
ship and technical skillS. Prior
to World War II, single men
made up almost rs per cent of
the peacetime military estab-
IlSnIn6IlI.
The average size Of military
service families also has in
creased. The number with
three or more children has
more than doubled in the last
five years.
Other Hardships
AS Of last year. $4,000 mill
tary families were involuntar-
lily separated because of lack
of suitable housing. That did
not include about $4,000 fam
lilies separated temporarily for
various reasons such as service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12

the work Of prote tin g and
guarding Federal buildings to
the Pinkerton Detective Agency
and similar firms.
At present, the law forbidS
Fe deral agencies from using
the services Of the Pinkerton
Agency or similar firms.
The Age is fearful that the
bill, if enacted, would not only
abolish the jobs Of Government
building guards and others as
sign e d to such duties, but
would give impetus to moves to
contract out additional Sow
eminent functions to industry.
The Age contends that
there already is too much con-
tracing out of functions and
duties formerly performed by
Government, and that the pre-
sent bill would trigger an even
greater tr ansfer of Federal
functions to industry, thereby
costing the jobs of m any
thousands of Federal workers.
The AFGE d eclares that a
number of congressional probes
have shown that it usually
costs more to contract out a
job than 1t does to have the
work performed by Federal en-
ployes.
The Senate-approved bill has
been referred to the House
Government Operations Com
m ittee, which has not yet
scheduled hearings.
| PAY CONFERENCE.-THE
National Association Of Postal
Supervisors is holding a one
d ay legislative conference at
the Continental Hotel on No
vember 10 on b Re h alf Of the
Government and postal pay
raise legislation.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Navy's
Military Sea Transportation
Service needs a statistician or
statistician-trainee, grade 9 to
II. Call OK. 6-9262. Samuel
Hoskins, editor Of the Afro
American, will address the No
vember luncheon m e tin g Of
the Federal Editors Association
at noon Thursday at the Presi-
dental Arms. He will discuss,
The Role of the Negro Press
Today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12
Montgomery Thieves
Get $1,000 at Tuvern

Safecrackers last night took
an estimated $4,000 from Dietles
Tavern, 11010 Rockville pike,
near Rockville. Montgomery
police reported.
The thieves entered the build
ing through an unlocked win
dow in the restroom and
knocked the dial off the safe,
police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12

4" Imported Frog Legs t6),
Frozen 20
. ri" Souce Moison LIS
~" Cote Espresso, II o.,
$50
GAME BIRDS OF DISTlNC-
TON Selected for their
meoty perfection, frozen, pre-
packed for shipment. Choose
Bob White, Quail, MoIIord
Duck, Chukko Partridge or
Pheasant. AND SOME OF THE
WORLDS FINEST CAVIAR.
BeIueo and Sevrueo, imported,
Pockoeed in 7 and II OF. tins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12
The FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
+. McNomuro to Keep Engineers,
+: Scientists Under Civil Service

One difficulty encountered
by Defense and other Federal
agencies in research and devel-
opment work is that they lose
many of their key scientists
and engineers to non-profit
and other outside groups who
on the basis of their cost-plus
contracts with Government are
able to pay higher salaries.
This has nothing to do with
civil service. The only way this
situation could be corrected
would be for Congress to forbid
these outside groups to pay sa-
laries higher than the going
rate in Government for these
jobs.
35-HOUR WORKWEEK-
The AFL-CIO United Fedora
ton Of Postal Clerks declares
lit is more urgent today" than
ever before that the Govern
ment go on a 35-hour work.
week.
E. C. Hallbeck, president, and
John O'Connor. legislative rep
reSentative of the UFPC, de-
clared that the greatly in
creased use of automation in
Government and the plans for
even greater automation in the
years ahead-make a 35-hour
Federal work week imperative
to protect the jobs of present
Government employees.
The officials said the shorter
work week would be one of the
unions major goals"
The postal clerks group is
especially concerned with the
noact of automation on the
postal service and the jobs of
postal clerks. Optical scanning
devices could cost the jobs of
between 100000 to 100000 pos
tai clerks in the not-too-dis-
tant future, it feels. The only
solution to ease the impact of
automation is a 35-hour work
week, to spread the work, de-
clared Mr.. Hallbeck, who also
| is chairman of the AFL-CIO
Government Employees Council.
/ OPPOSED-The American
Federation of Government En-
ployes is trying to block House
approval of a Senate-p aSse d
bill which would permit the
Government to ntract out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12

power than the Supreme
Court"
Mr.. Smith urged that the
House be given an opportunity
to vote promptly on the Ash
more resolution. He asked:
Does the Supreme Court Build
ing belong to the people Of
the United States or to the
Chief Justice?"
The court ruled last year that
1t was unconstitutional to re-
quire that prayers be said in
public schools. This ruling led
to the Ashmore resolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-12
Auction Planned

The Mems Club of the Mont
gomery County Jewish Center
will hold an auction beginning
at 6 pm. Sunday at the Gen.
ter, S402 Freyman drive in
Chevy Chase. The auction fea-
lures all new merchandise.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
New Plant To
Use BPA Power

WASHINGTON, D. Montana
industrial development got shot in
the arm recently when the Bonneville
Power Administration signed a 20
year contract with Montana Phos-
plate Products Company to supply
5000 kilowatts of power for the
firms new phosphate plant near Hall.
BPA told Senators Mansfield and
Metcalf and Congressman Olsen that
the plant would be used to beneficiate
phosphate from the Douglas mine. ~
miles north of Philipsburg in Granite
county.
Montana Phosphate last December
announced plans for Sc million min
ing project, including the new plant
near Hall. Thirty men are currently
employed at the mine. When the
mill is completed, the operation will
mean steady employment for 125
men.
BPA will start delivery of the
5000 kilowatts ito the plant when it
is completed or by April 1 1864,
whichever is sooner. Delivery will be
at the governments Sherryl substa-
ton adjacent to the firms plant.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Sportsmenship, Birch Style

Congressman Everett G. Burkhalt-
er (D-Calif.), who in the last cleo
tion defeated former Congressman
Edgar Hiestrand, Republican and
member of the extreme right-wing
John Birch Society, says Hiestand
took revenge by dumping" out the
contents of all the files in his House
office.
That made things hard, not only
for new Congressman Burkhalter, but
also for many of his constituents. AS
Burkhalter said: "Due to this unprece-
dented move by my predecessor, /
have no records of cases that were
initiated with government agencies
prior to my taking office
Burkhalter has asked constituents
who have pending cases to inform him
about them, so he can follow up with
the proper government agencies
LABOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Worker Security
Costs Revealed

Latest figures issued by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board
show that employer payments for all
worker security benefits amount to
7.9 per cent of payroll.
The TO per cent is 1900 per cent
higher than in 1929, but in that year
security payments were virtually nom
existent.
Employer welfare payments began
with the New Deal and have been ex-
tended through collective bargaining.
The 7.9 per cent figure includes all
employer payments for Social Secur-
ity, workmen's compensation, health
and welfare, pensions, unemployment
compensation, and other insurance.
Private pension and welfare bene-
fits-thanks to collective bargaining
now exceed payments for NC and
Social Security combined.
Total employer security payments
amounted to $20.6 billion in 1861.
The fastest growing part of security
payments is for unemployment bene-
fits due to high joblessness.-IUD
BULLETIN.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Fort HawIey
Plan Explained

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Fish
and Wildlife Service recently spelled
out what it hopes to accomplish in
the proposed Fort Hawley Waterfowl
| Development-one of several possible
recreation. wildlife and hydroelectric
projects under study in the Upper
Missouri River Basin.
Public hearings on the proposals
for the Upper Missouri are planned
at Lewistown, April 20; Havre,
April so, and Malta, May 1.
Purpose of hearings is to give the
Corps of Engineers and the Interior
Department the opportunity to hear
first hand the views of people living
in the area and to answer questions
regarding the Upper Missouri pro-
posals. Preliminary summaries of the
proposals will be ready we'll in adj
vance of the hearings and will be
available to interested persons from
the offices of Senators Mansfield and
Metcalf.
In it's report to the Montana Sena-
tors, the Fish and Wildlife Service
emphasized that the Fort Hawley
proposal-like the others for the
Upper Missouri livery preliminary
in nature and is subject to further
study. The public hearings in Mon
tana represent an important part of
the continuing investigation.
The report, signed, by Assistant
Secretary of Interior Frank P.
Briggs, said that the Fish and Wild
life Service has developed a proposal
for a wildlife development area in
GLIDING the Fort Hawley Waterfowl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Workings of New Coop Tax Law
Argued By Attorneys, Tax Men

years from now, it can claim re
fund from the Treasury.
But how big must this refund be-
Can you coop continue exempt from
income tax on share dividends if you1
non-cash refund isn't 5000? Suppos
ing it's only 500 or $3.50 or has less
market value than your co-op's other
non-cash funds? Has the coop met
the test of treating all its customers
alike?
One coop attorney argued that
the Treasury should be interested in
equality of tender, not a legalistic
equality of treatment. If all mem
bers are offered the same treatment
Regardless of whether they accept
it) the coop should still be eligible
for this limited exemption.
3. Suppose your coop pays you
$3.50 in cash and so cents in common
shares for each bushel of wheat you
deliver. then at the end of the year
pays you cents more-one-fifth in
cash and four-fifths in non-cash re-
funds. Does this meet the test? The
Treasury's regulations indicated it
would meet the test. Yet the question
arose, are those common shares really
non-cash refunds? What if these
"unit capital retains" are issued in
some other form than common shares?
One coop attorney, Karl Loos,
said, 'We'lI be right back where
we were after the 1851 law and
invite all sorts of litigation unless
the Treasury spells out what it
means by retain certificates
NTEA's lawyer agreed, suggesting
that these must either be common
stock or bear interest and have a
due date.
a. Suppose you owe your coop
$3.50 on a 6-month-old feed bill and
you're entitled to a $3.50 cash re-
fund. Can your coop send you 500
and cancel the bill? Or does it have
20 pay you $3.50 and try to collect
what you owe?
The Treasury's proposed rules say
you must endorse a check for $3.50.
Coop men argued that it's customary
TO deduct old debts from cash re-
funds and that co-ops should be al
owed to continue. Tax men listened
put didn't commit themselves.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Civilization

A year ago, 264 inhabitants were
removed from remote Tristan Da
Cunha Island because of volcano
scare, and were resettled in England
where they celebrated most I'M
happy Christmas last year. There
were few gifts or toys, no drinks and
many couldn't even afford Christ
mas dinner.
A fourth of the refugees are jobless
and others have low-paid jobs. Most
are in debt and just about all want
to go back where there's neither TV
nor installment buying. An advance
party left to get the South Atlantic
island speck in readiness last month
and the rest plan to follow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
Auto Buyers Don't Know
Interest They're Paying

SAN FRANCISCO-(CNS)-Of
los heads of families buying auto
mobiles on the installment plan and
questioned in a study by DIR. Jessie
Coles of the University of Cali
fornia, only one knew the exact
rate of Interest being charged. The
80 who thought they knew gave
the questioner a $50 to 1870 per
cent range, while the real charge
was more like 1870 to 2O%o. Sew
eral were paying 1870 and one was
was charged an illegal 400.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
For Flathead Basin
Knowles Provides Alternative
To Growing Rural Bankruptcy

'etary, Committee For Paradise Dam
load''. Advocates reply, Gust think
what it would be if they didn't have
Hungry Horse. Per capita income
is usually considered the most
meaningful measure of economic
growth, according to Mrs. Johnson.
Figures for per capita income by
counties are not available, but median
family income is given in the 1860
census.
By this measure Flathead county
is far better off than Lake. Median
family income in Flathead is $5,-
932, more than $1,000 above the
median for Lake. The aluminium
company's 600 man labor force,
paid an average of over $500 per
hour, is the most significant single
contribution to this higher income.
In 1910 the pioneers of the Flat
head Irrigation Project saw the posi-
bilities of raising farm income by irri--
eating. At that time, too, there were
those who prophesied doom, who did
not want any changes, who hated to
see the open range cut up by fences,
the native grass turned under. But
the pioneers persevered. They looked
to the future, not to the past.
Times have changed. Farm prod
ucts are in surplus supply. Farm in
come is down relative to other sources
of income. There is widespread
agreement Montana needs industry.
Lake county has lost population. 1t
was one of the first classed as de-
pressed area. It's median family in
come is 9th from the lowest in the
state.
We have the opportunity to make
5he transition in this area with a
minimum of economic distress. to do
not just "wait out" the
painful period of readjustment.
Will we do greater honor to the
pioneers of 1910 by clinging to the
past, preserving every last mile.
of their bitches, or by following
their example of studying the whole
situation, being ready to change
with changed conditions, to grasp
new opportunities, and having the
courage and independence to strive
for better income for the people
of Lake county and western Mon
tana?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15
MSU Professor Is Target off,

from page
condemning man ON the basis of
a press release, quoting out of con-
text on the subject of ''the free en-
terprise system and "individualism"
Sheldon read a paragraph from a
magazine printed by the Standard
Oil of New Jersey to show how an
out-of- context-quote might be mis-
understood. The quote he read said
SIN brief, our free enterprise
system is a wild misnomer for what
is going ON.
In the final moments of the de-
bate before the vote was taken on
HB % Sunday afternoon, Rep.
Aasheim (D-Sheridan) said he
thought perhaps there should be an
investigation of the political think
ing on all of the campuses because
he had heard of some individuals
"who have rightist leanings", and
maybe many of us disagree with those
teachings we hear about.
Aasheim said "for the good of
freedom of speech and for the good
of our university system let's throw
this in the waste paper basket.
VERDICT" BEFORE EVIDENCE
WAS AT HAND
Before Blewett, an attorney, had
read the full context of the speech
he had called the Borden statements
"a vicious attack on the Governor
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Co-op at
torneys, anti-co-op attorneys, and
U. S. tax men, meeting February 10
discussed rules needed to administer
the 1862 tax law as it relates to CO.
ops.
There were men who have repre-
scented co-operatives for years-Karl
Loos. James Harmanson, M. r. Gar
stang-and newer representatives
such as Wesley Jennings of Consum-
ers Cooperative Association and
Ornal Creach of Missouri Farmers
Association. And there were repre-
sentatives of National Tax Equality
ssociation--Walter Slowinsld of
Baker. Mackenzie & Hightower and
Albert Adock.
The question was whether the
Treasury Departments Internal Rev
enue Service has written regulations
that are equitable and adequate.
These covered 101a pages of fine
print in the FEDERAL REGISTER
of December 20. They discussed these
questions:
1. Suppose your refund is only So.
Must your coop pay you 40c of this
in cash and set up SLIGO to your
credit to be paid out to you in cash
at a later date?
Treasury men said yes. They'd
make the minimum refund 81. The
coop could toss anything less than
that into it's general reserve.
WOULD DOUBLE BOOK WORK
One coop attorney pointed out
that $3.50 of the refunds from farm
ers co-ops in 1861 were less than $40,
yet accounted for only go of the
dollar total of these refunds. The |
new law will double the bookwork |
on small refunds which add little to |
farm income, he said, recommending
a SIS minimum.
2. Suppose your coop sends you
a $40 check for one-fifth of your
1868 refund. You can refuse the
check because you don't want to add
the $500 to your net income. Then
your coop has to pay $104 income
tax on the 5000. 1t can, however, turn
around and issue you non-cash re-
fund that you needn't include in
your 1868 income, and when the CO.
OPP redeems this in cash five or six !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15

A scholarly study, PROBLEMS
of Economic Growth In Mon
tana" by Maxine Johnson, as.
sistant director of the Bureau
of Business and Economic Re-
search at MSU, concludes that
the states growth is hampered
by too great dependence upon
agriculture, because agriculture
yielded one of the lowest average
incomes of any industry in the state
in 1862.
Agricultural income per worker
(including both wages and prophet
or's incomes) actually declined be-
tween 1850 and 1860.
''There is little doubt that Mon
tana's rural population and it's agri-
cultural employment will continue
to decline for some time to come,
Mrs. Johnson states. Certainly, this
is a very difficult problem, both eco
nomically and emotionally."
She suggests that 'there is prob
ably no real solution other than wait
ing out the time necessary to allow
these industries agriculture, mining
and transportation to readjust to
changed conditions.
Such waiting out" in agricuI-
ture usually means reduction of
the farm population by the cruel
wringer of bankruptcy.
But in the Flathead Basin we have
a positive, active alternative in the
Knowles project. Granted, some of
the people in the reservoir area do
not want to leave at any price. Many,
however, are eager to sell and move
to locations where the chances of
making a good living are better. The
prospect of being paid a fair price,
with the privilege of suing if the
offer is not satisfactory and nego- |
tiation fails) plus moving costs, looks
far better to them than waiting and |
taking whatever if offered at a
forced sale.
The process is inevitable for an
rs yet undetermined proportion of
farmers and ranchers, not only in the
Knowles area, but all over the state
md the nation. 1t is equally newt
lble for some of the small town bust
lesses that depend on their trade.
You can see it taking place. In 1851
here were 10 business establishments
n Dixon. Today there are four.
The Knowles project offers more
than just the opportunity to get
fair price, not distress sale price.
1t offers 10000 man years of la
Dor during the period of construc-
ton. Wages in the construction
industry are relatively high. In
1860 the average in Montana was
$5,454 compared with $4,48O in
a agriculture, according to the u. S.
Census.
And after construction is COM I
leted, what then? Skeptics say, t
You can't guarantee industry will I
cate in western Montana. Advo- r
ates of Knowles reply that no one C
IN guarantee any future event. No
ne could guarantee that John Glen a
ould land safely, but he and all the il
her astronauts had faith and cour- n
re and were eager to be the first e
mericans to orbit the earth. We n
i've lot more experience to go on n
an did Columbus or John Glen. We N
I'VE the benefit of the experience
IVA and Grand Coulee. We know 8
nat has happened as result of is
lngry Horse. W
Opponents of Knowles say, "But a
athead county has high welfare ii
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-15

4 anu all Oh us MAKING d IuOChoTy
out of what we consider free enter
prise. He shuddered to think about
his children attending such univer-
sity. He was indignant that anyone
would say ''the outlook for Montana
is DIM, because this kind of talk
might breed unfortunate attitudes in
younger and older people.
Other sponsors of HB 20 besides
Crum, all Republicans, were: Goan,
Boughton, Resell, Smiley, Selstad,
Rehberg, Woodland, East, Tooke,
Wright, Smith, Leuthold, Reinecke,
Nash and Falkenstern.
Sundays roll call on the right
wing-inspired Resolution % follows:
For Roman. Holiday At
MSU's Expense (45)
Adams Lucas
AsbjornSon Lund
Baldwin Lundgren
Beam MatherS
Beck McNamer
Blewett Nash
Boughton Nelson
Breeder Nichols
Casey Nutting
Crum Pierce
Dykstra Rehberg
East Reinecke
Etchart Resell
Falk enstern Schye
Garrison SelStad
Goan Seymour
Haughey Smiley
Hawks Smith
Thompson
HemStad Tooke
Holtz Turn6ge
Keller Wright
Kvaalen
Against Such "Birchian"
Nonsense (28)
Aasheim Jenkins
Jensen
Bradford Judge
Brenner Northey
Davis O,Hair
0esChamps Osburnsen
Cyan Rearden
1skiIdsen Regain
Flynn Spahr
sO0d Tracy
1aineS Twedt
Tanks Watt
Harper Wayrynen ,
IeaIy thinner
ABSENT: Bailey, BaShor, Cummings,
ill, Hubbard, Johnson, Laas, Leuthold, Y
lewis, lombard, Murray, Schepens, :
helden, Slaby, Spilde, Stranahan !,
wanz, Weeks, WEIGH and Woodland.
NOT VOTING: Raundal L