The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15
State House Beat -.
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By FRANK SMALL

Will easily destroy any town or any
one in Montana. Why? Because of
a simple factor that is not supposed
to exist in the modern enlightened
State of Montana. Discrimination
Prejudice?
Yes. Of the worst kind-sexual.
Sexual discrimination is a profit
able management policy. Women do
ing the same work as man will take
less pay because of mythical weak
ness. Said weakness, which is the
natural reserve and equanamity-
level Medicines, is used against
women workers by scurrilous, I'M
scrupulous male profit seekers. And
what does it profit them when they
lose their right of self-respect?
Where do we start? Is it important
enough TO have Domestic Peace
Corps ITO support local authorities in
times of social crisis? You don't think
the us. Constitution broke down in
Hardin No reason for crash pro-
gram? No influx of social scientists
to document the terror of the stranger
that stalked the streets?
All right, let's stay Within the
accepted nou1ns. Start at the top you
say and maybe it will itricl1le down
to the eight-year-old level.
tkr-c y
Before the Supreme Court, as of
last Thursday, is one of the most
fragrant cases of sexual discrimina-
tion that has appeared in long time.
It's been going ON as public policy
for a long time but never brought
into the open ais has the Vivian Nc
earthly case. Mrs. Mccarthy is the
wife of School of Mines student.
She had been am employee of the
Montana Power until she asked for
a leave of absence because she was
seven. months pregnant.
Pregnancy is obviously poor ex-
cuse for a worker to present to man.
agennent as reason for leave since
they are in no way responsible. Of
course it was NOT granted. Pregnancy
is just another form of attrition that
workers must realize that they are
faced with.
Mrs. McCarthy's husband accepted
with firm in Sacra-
mento, California, during the sum-
mer of '62 ON a trial basis to see if
he would join the company when he
graduated the following year. AL
though their rent remained paid in
Butte through the summer, Mrs. Nc
earthly made the female error of
ioining her husband in California
Turing the period she was incapaci-
'ated through NO fault of the Mon
ANA Power Co.
Amy women who would do such a
hing to the Montana Power Co. is
rot entitled to Unemployment Com
What the he'll was she
rying to do, break down our whole
ocial structure and the UCC trust
und?
No compensation, says UCC. Yes,
avs Judge Sid Stewart i'm the Silver
low COURT and UCC had the gall to
ppeal 1T.
The compensation money may not
e important now to Mrs. Mccarthy
ut the principle involved-the prof
ability of sexual prejudice should
9 clarified by our five men of the
Ugh bench.
But that's not really the solution.
n immediate characterization of the
dullt delinquency in Hardin must be
ffected into non-vicious forms. The
sligious leaders in the community
tho have failed their townsmen will
ave to get some sort of bunny clubs
DING to have the twisted sexual
rives dissipated.
A no-holds-barred course in sex
must be instituted in
every accredited school in the state.
Not few years from now-now
if not it's murder. What's little
murder compared with your per-
,onal embarrassment?