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Smyrna times., 1963-12-24
Readers Still Loyal to Dickens Favorite

"a Christmas Carol In
Prose, Being a Ghost Story of
Christmas" was first published
at Christmas l843, and since
that time its popularity has
never waned.
Generation after generation
has laughed and cried over the
story of the miserly Scrooge.
who through the revelations OF
three spirits Christmas Past,
Present and Yet to Come--be-
came a man who "new how to
keep Christmas we'll, If any
man alive possessed the howl-
edge"
Charles Dickens, creator of
the ''Carol", loved 1t as well as
or perhaps even better than,
its many readers did. He told
of crying and laughing again
and again as, captivated by his
story, he wrote the 80, ,000word
book In six weeks.
When Dickens gave readings
from his works in England and
America, the story of Scrooge
was always the prime favorite
with his audiences.
Perhaps the best known part
of the story is Christmas din
ner at the Cratchits, where
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christ
mas Present observed the fam
lily of his clerk, Bob Cratchit,
making merry over a simple
Christmas dinner, highlighted
by a goose = There never
was such a goose" - and a
pudding - "Oh, what a won
derful puddingl"
And favorite character is
Tiny Tim, the Cratchits' Grip
pied son, to whom the re-
formed Scrooge became "a sec
ond father"
One of the most famous
speeches in the English Ian
guage is doubtless, Tiny Tins
at the conclusion of the Christ
mas feast, "God bless us, every
onel"
Smyrna times., 1963-12-24

Many legends have devel-
oped around the visit of the
three wise men to adore the
Infant Jesus. Even their num-
ber is legendary.
St. Matthew, the only book
In the New Testament that re-
fers to the visit, reports that
wise men came from the east,
without stating how many there
we're.
Smyrna times., 1963-12-24
Pastor Wrote To
Please Children

'Up on the Housetops" is a
happy. Christmas song written
by an Ohio pastor, Benjamin
Handy, In 1864.
Believing that music was a
part of religion, he held week
ly songfests for children in
New Paris, Ohio. Since he was
short of money, when the chill
dren needed a new song, he
wrote 1t himself.
The song, which tells the
joys of going cup on the house,
tops" and "down through the
chimney with good Saint Nick"
to the "click, click, click" of
reindeer hooves. gained early
popularity.
Its origin, however, was lost
when the Chicago publishing
house of George F. Root, pub
fishers of the song, burned.
Credit for the authorship was
not restored until after Han
by's death.
Smyrna times., 1963-12-24
CROWING HOLLY

A holly tree grows is years
before it produces, but its life
may be as long as 125 years.
Smyrna times., 1963-12-24

"Angels We Have Heard on
High" is a French carol, al
though some sources say that
it originated not in France but
In Quebec, Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Arlington Asks
Bigger Budget,
Same Taxi Rate

The Arlington County Board
this week will try to devise
means to enable it to spend
more without raising tax rates.
Its efforts to prepare big
ger, but balanced budget al
ready have encountered diff
culties in the form of chal-
lenges from the Public Utilities
Commission, police and fire.
men.
The PUG vigorously has OBJ
jected to County Manager Bert
w. JohnSon's proposal to in
crease water rates from 43 to
10 cents per 1000 gallons.
Sewage Plant Sought
The increase, about a third
Of which would be offset by
elimination of water service
charges, is being sought pri-
marily to finance construction
Of a planned SIS million second
airy sewage treatment plant.
However, it would create for
one year only a 100000 sur
plus which could be transfer
red to general county funds
and diminishing pressure for
higher taxes.
In detailed study presented
to the Board yesterday, the
PUG asserts that such a shift
of funds is indefensible; ques-
tons the basic procedure of
determining rates, and argues
that in any case an increase
is not justified.
Police Want Raise
Police and firemen are de-
handing a flat $500 pay raise,
contending that their salaries
are dropping behind those Of
fered by neighboring counties.
Present budget projections
make no provisions for a raise
beyond normal longevity incre-
ments.
The board will consider these
and other budget proposals at
a public hearing beginning at
8pm. Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
RuruI Job Gain
Seen VituI to U.

ARLINGTON, Va, April 20
(AP) - Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Freeman said tonight the
Nations future is at stake in
the success or failure of policies
designed to use industrial and
farm abundance effectively.
The Kennedy administration
farm. chief said that hope for
success could not be placed in
the Republicans because, he
said. they are prisoners of the
past"
In a talk prepared for a
jefferson Jackson Day Demo-
cratic dinner, Mr.. Freeman said
the Democratic party, while the
oldest in the country, is "the
newest in its attitude" toward
economic, social and political
problems.
Insofar as agriculture is con-
cerned, Mr.. Freeman said. the
big task is to help provide off
farm employment opportunities
for underemployed and jobless
farmers - not in the cities
where unemployment already
exists but in rural areas.
The administration seeks to
provide such jobs through
shifting unneeded cropland to
recreational uses. establishing
factories in smaller communi-
ties and through training the
rural unemployed for other
skills, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
Attention Mel EngIes!
House Republicans Showing
Sharp FrufriciduI IncIinufions

servatives it was an inevitable
clash.
The rift came out into the open
when Rep. Haines (R-Missoula) ac-
cused Republican majority leader
Alex Blewett (R-Cascade) of having
"done a great disservice to the State
of Montana and his party, when "for
the first time the majority turned
down a recommendation of the APP
preparation Committee. Haines said
it was the first time in his many years
of legislative experience such thing
has happened.
The issue was whether the appro-
priation for the legislative council
should include some $1,000 for mem
bership of the State of Montana in
the Council of State Governments.
The committee had not included
the appropriation in the bill and be-
sides that had attached rider which
see page 2
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08

Mel Engles,. chairman of the
Republican State Central Com
mittee would better get his
mind off differences he sees
within the Democratic party
and get up to the House with
a bucket and scrub the blood
stains from the rug on the ma
jority side of the aisle.
A last minute committee amend
ment to the appropriation bill for the
operation of the legislative council
caused an open wound in the Republi-
can ranks that until these closing
hours of the session had been kept to
caucus scratches.
The conflict over HB So revealed
the strong Birch influence in the
Republican ranks and unless Re-
publicans in Montana had bowed
to the pressure of these ultra con-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08

the issue "could be settled for all
time".
Referring to the co-operatives as
"time-honored, wholesome, Amer
lean way of doing business, he said
our laws as they are set up recog-
nize and establish the co-operatives
as way of business life. "In this
Legislature we want to tax them in
political manner, he said.
"Co-operatives and the cooperative
way of life is a political concept,
Sen. Gerard (R-Madison) said. 81 re-
gard this view as anti-free and al
most anti-capitalistic, at least anti
the things that made our country
what it is today. he stated.
He noted that the bill before them,
HB los, recognized there was an in
herent difference between co-ops and
regular business and specifically said
the patrons refunds should not be
taxed.
He felt whatever law applied to the
i'big guy should also be valid for
'sthe little guy, indicating he did
not go along with the Melcher theory.
see page
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
Yellowstone Coop
To Observe Its
18th Anniversary

Yellowstone Valley Electric CO.
operative, which services the rural
area of the Midland Empire, will
hold its 25th anniversary meeting,
Tuesday, March IL, in Billings, coop
manager Max Mathews, Huntley, has
announced.
The meeting will be preceded by
the annual breakfast at the Northern
Hotel where business and profess
sional people of the area are the
guests of honor.
Principal speaker for the annual
meeting will be Ralph V. Fitzgerald,
deputy administrator, Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation Serv-
ices, USDA, Washington, D. G. Fitz-
gerald, graduate of Xavier Univer-
sity and former state secretary of
agriculture in South Dakota, is a
practical farmer operating diversi-
fled farm in his home state. His talk
will be on ''the role of the Asses in
the Wheat Referendum"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
In u. S. Senate f.
In u. S. Senate
Bill To Halt
Rail Mergers
ReintrodUced

WASHINGTON, D. C. =
Montana Senators Mike Mans
field and Lee Metcalf agai1
have joined Sen. Estes Kefau-
yer of Tennessee in cosponsor-
ing a bill to halt temporarily
mergers of major railroads tic
give Congress more time to
look into the nations trans
portation policies.
If enacted, the bill would have the
effect of postponing a decision on
several large mergers, including the
proposed combination of the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific, Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, and the Spo-
kane, Portland & Seattle Railroads.
1t would prohibit the Interstate
Commerce Commission from approx
ing large mergers until after Dec. 81,
1864. The temporary moratorium
would apply to mergers involving
railroads with assets totalling more
than 5000 million.
A similar anti-merger measure was
approved last year by the, Senate
Antitrust and Monopoly subcommit-
tee, of which Kefauver is chairman,
but was not acted upon by the parent
Judiciary Committee.
The 1868 bill-like last years
proposes the merger moratorium to
permit the time needed to investigate
thoroughly the economic impact of
mergers in the rail industry and to
spell out new g'uidelines for the ICC
to follow in considering future merg-
ers.
In addition TO Kefauver, Mansfield
and Metcalf, the merger moratorium
bill is cosponsored by Senators HUI
bert Humphrey and Eugene Nc
earthly, Minnesota; Frank Church,
Idaho; Ralph Marlborough, Texas;
Paul Douglas, Illinois, and Wayne
Morse, Oregon.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
1eumsfers Present
Deer Lodge Hospital
With $1,000 Check

Transfers Local $40, Deer
Lodge, has made the first ma.
jor contribution toward furn-
ishing the Powell County Me
mortal Hospital, according to
the SILVER STATE POST of
Deer Lodge.
Last week a check for $1,000 was
presented to Mrs. Robert Steinber-
ger, hospital advisory committee sec
rotary treasurer, by Wesley A. Curn,
secretary treasurer of Local 370.
President of the Local is Nels H.
Hansen, and recording secretary is
Charles B. Hansen.
The $1,000 will make it possible
for the hospital TO receive an addi-
tional $500 for furnishing through
federal Halliburton funds. A similar
matching ratio applies to the various
other contributions which have been
and are being made to the hospital
furnishing fund. Application for fed
eral matching funds, according to
the POST, was made Tuesday of last
week by hospital advisory chairman
Malcolm MacCalman, Powell deputy
county attorney.
Halliburton matching funds are
available for hospitals meeting gov
eminent specifications, up until a
hospital is accepted, or usually about
90 days after its completion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
Eskildsen Has Field Day
Contrasts COP Words vs..
Deeds On Federal Funds

The time to accept or reject
federal funds amounting to
some $150,000,000 is on the
floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Rep. Eskildsen ID
Philips) said Tuesday when
the lower chamber was consid-
ering money bills for the finan-
cling of government for the next
biennium.
This past week the major legisla-
tion being considered by the House
of Representative has been appro-
priations for state government, and
while the appropriations as such
caused no political ripple, Rep. Es-
kildsen (D-Phillips) assistant minor
ity floor leader, has made each bill
a chance to point out that the state
is receiving approximately $150,0O0,-
900 in federal funds to operate state
government.
On lib 428, the money bill for
state boards and bureaus, Republi-
cans had to admit "there is lot
of it for sure, when asked how
much federal money was involved.
When Rep. Wayrynen (D-Silver
Bow asked Rep. Adams (R-Golden
Valley) if he would advocate reject
ng the federal funds that went to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08

| these departments, Adams said, 81
can not say / would.
Eskildsen, who is on the Appropria-
tions Committee, had pointed out
that as each bill came before the
committee he had questioned all de-
partment heads as to whether they
wanted the federal money and wheth-
er they felt undue pressure has been
exerted by the federal government in
return for the money.
The Phillips county Democrat re-
ported that in no instance had he
found any one who would reject such
funds. He said they have, in fact,
felt they were needed, and that there
has been no undue control or pres,
sure exerted from Washington.
STATE CONTROLS TOUGHER
THAN FEDERAL
The department heads have said,
according to Rep. Bardanouve Cd
Blaine) the only criteria set forth
by Washington has been that the
funds be used for the purpose they
are designated. "They even said that
more restrictions and controls are
set forth by the State than by the
federal government Bardanouve
stated.
Republicans, attempting to justify
the federal money in their budget,
asked Democrats if they did not be-
see page 4
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08

Emerging from the gossamer ca
coon where they spend their time
warmed and protected by the afflu-
ence of the special interests, Repub-
hcan leadership launched a frenzied
and savage attack on first a House
resolution and then Senate bill.
House Resolution 11* was viewed
with scorn" by Rep. Keller (R-Cas-
cade) because it asked the Board of
Education to consider making Mon
tana's educational institutions avail
able to a limited number of retired
persons who might wish to pursue
their education after retirement.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
House Republicans Reveal Their
Tax Relief Is Okeh for Utilities and
Oil Companies, But Not for the Aged

Cost of living increases have re-
duced these pension Values
Rep. Spahr (D-Cascade), who was
a member of the committee which
proposed special tax relief for the
OIL and utility industries, opposed
SB % because, eff we are taking it
solely on the basis of income the re-
tired person has no more reason to
have this than the working man.. He
said it would effect the income under
the 6-mill university millage and the
2-mill general fund levy.
OIL MORE IMPORTANT
THAN PEOPLE
81 do not think this is the time
to add another classification
sizeable amount of money will be
lost, not only to the general fund
but to the counties, Spahr said.
Blewett said SB 20 was zone of a
batch of terrible bills we got from
the Senate on the last day. and re-
ferring to Senator McKeon's widows
and orphans, he added, "one-half
of the legislation from McKeon puts
you in the position of being against
your Mother or Father if you don't
vote for it,.
Haughey who played a major part
in drafting and putting through the
House rather substantial relief for
oil companies and utilities, defended
those tax relief measures and said,
Sin comparison this bill (SB 28) is
an absurdity''.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
u,s1o.s ,.o,s ~ s sss
As of Press Time or Ao4nlA
Coop Taxing Measure In
House -Senute Conference

Extended and sometimes tord debate and three roll calls
were before the Senate completed revampng
work ON Hous Bill 105 and sent the farmer taxing
ure back to the House for further action last Saturday
1924 roll call.
Earlier after consideration by Sen Mannings Taxation
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
POLITICAL AMENDMENTS"

Sen. McKeon called the Melcher
amendments the political amend
ments" to the Coop Tax Bill. He saw
the amendments which tied the state
law to the federal law as the way
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
Senate Bill 2s+ would have provided

Senate Bill 2ST would have provides
lower classification relative to i'm
provements on real property owned
by old people and widows, and was
called a cynical effort to curry ia
vor of group with a strong politi.
cal identification" by Rep. Haughey
(R-Yellowstone) and 'insincere
a scheme "a trick a political
guise to put us ON record. by Rep.
Blewett (R-Cascade).
Shortly after these TRADES, Repub-
licans voted down a bill calling for
a Council ON Aging that had been
introduced by Senator McKeon ID
Deer LODGE VINO had also been the
author of SB %.
After defeat of his tax break
for senior citizens, Senator Nc
Keen said the House majority were
Freddy Flintstone boys, who "re-
fuse to recognize that the people
of Montana want social legislation
not just special interest legisla-
ton.
House Minority Leader Wayrynen
(D-Silver Bow said, Montana elder
citizens took a sound beating" at
the hands of the House Republicans.
RECALLS 1857 BANKERS
RELIEF" ACT
Rep. Judge (D-Lewis & Clark
pointed out that Legislative assemblies
had a record of reducing taxes for
certain groups. That in 1857 they
had voted to reduce to TO the CLASH
of capital improvements on
banks and in 1861 had voted TO
for new industrial
In this session, he said, the oil
were voted a great tax
on property taxes, and lesser
vindfalls went to other vested inter
est groups, by the Republican-con-
rolled House. (Since killed in the
Senate. See Editorial.)
Judge said, 1.-THE most neglected
group in our society are the senior
citizens of this state. People on
pensions, pensions purchased with
hard earned dollars, earned during
long lifetime of labor and put
aside bit by bit during productive
years These people now face
Debated income in these pensions,
being paid in less valuable dollars.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08

port by Manning and others that log
be amended to conform with the new
federal law governing taxation of CO.
operatives, and two minority reports.
One of these sought passage of the
bill as drafted by the House. The
other, by Sen. Melcher (D-Rosebud)
sought to write into the bill $25, 1000
exemption for smaller co-ops. A hassle
followed whether there could be two
minority reports. The Senate Rules
Committee said no. Melcher's minor
ity-of-one report was ruled out, leav-
ing him to secure consideration of
his amendment on General File.
The minority report was beaten
down, 27-29.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
By GRETCHEN G. BILLINGS

The Republicans in the State House of Representatives who
spend so much time in tender political embraces with the
vate interests, barred their fangs the
couple of bills directed to the problems of old people, They
snared and spit at the opposition party and the Democrats
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-03-08
CONTENDS AMENDMENTS
REASONABLE SENSIBLE"

On General File, Sen. Melcher pro-
posed his amendments to the Coop
Tax Bill, HB los, which he said were
the grounds on which divergent view
points could meet and maintain rea-
sonable and sensible position. At one
point the Melcher amendments were
accepted by the Senate in a 1926
vote, but were wiped away when
Senator McKeon (D-Deer LODGE
moved to reconsider HB los and
the Senate ON roll call agreed, 1927.
The theory behind the Melcher
amendments was to exempt small CO.
operatives with $3.50 of stock owned
by Montana residents from the A " %
corporation license tax. The Rosebud
Democrat said, "This issue has been
political vehicle for many years and
the party on the other side of the
aisle has benefited from this politi-
cal ISSUE, and that "being overly
protective to large regional co-opera-
tives has been pinned to the tail of
the Democratic party. Remove this
from the Donkey's tail', he said.
By including the small co-opera-
tives under the section of the law
that gives small businesses a favored
tax position by exempting them,
said the large regionals would
pay the tax if they had income.
He said if REAs and RTAs were
not specifically exempt from any CO.
OPP tax law he would propose an
to be sure they are ex-
empt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-07
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-05-07
Chevy Chase Chevrolet

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The Nome nugget., 1963-02-18
Social Security Agent Due In Nome Feb. 25

Your Social Security representa- tive is due back in town. Ralph Seward, assistant manager from Juneau will be in Nome Monday, Feb. 25. He will be in the court room of the Post Office Bldg. from 10 am. to 12 noon. Anyone in the Nome area is urged to make a note of MT. Stewards visit if they wish to file a Social Security claim or have a question about Social Security.
 Seward offered a few tips re- gently on how to get your first Social Security check when it is due.
 If you are nearing retirement, Seward suggests that you get in touch with him, and take some proof of your age with you. Have him examine whatever proof you may have to see if it will be ac- ceptable when you do retire.
 Should you need better evidence of your date of birth, you will be given information to help you get that additional evidence.
 If you are within three months of retirement age, the Social Se- curity office can take your appli- cation for benefits now.