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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15

complish than for it's accomplish
ments.
Panel moderator was James Leary
Butte, AFL-CIO regional director
Legislators were Sen. Edward Dus
sault and Rep. Elmer Flynn, both O.
Missoula county.
Leary pointed up that much needed
legislation failed to get to first base
He also raised the question of re
apportionment of the legislature tC
guarantee greater voter equality be-
tween urban and rural communities
| What reaction there was was varied
with many seeing the spectre of
even more legislators of the ultra
conservative type now representing
Yellowstone county, should reappor-
tionment be put into efefct.
Dussault said many good bills
such as air pollution control, and
rural electric coop territorial integ-
rity-were dealt with lethally in the
House. He said onlya mediocre i'm
provement had been made in rental
schedules on school grazing lands,
and that we're "going to hear more
ON this the next year or So" He did
point out that the new corporation
code is definite improvement over
past laws governing business trans
actions, and he said some slight i'm
provements had been made In the
Workmen's Compensation Act.
Rep. Flynn told his audience he
twas very disappointed in the labor
and compensation committee" of
which he was a member. That COM
nittee, he said, was apparently
9oaded deliberately with legislators
rom rural counties who have little
'r no knowledge of the problems of
workers.. This made it possible for
hem to use the axe ON needed legis-
alton" yet not materially 'faffect |
heir chances at the polls" another
lection.
Flynn also deplored the tendency
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15
MISCELLANY

The Friday evening session was
held in the MSU Little Theatre. Sat
urday and Sunday sessions We're in
the new Wonnen's Activities building.
The Saturday night banquet was in
the Florence Hotel.
MSU Vice President Frank Abbott
welcomed the more than 100 farm
ers, workers, teachers and other in
terestjed people to the campus.
Institute committee members in
addition to Chairman TIMBER We're !:
Leonard Kenfield, secretary; Ralph
Cook and Albert Root tfst
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15
Values of Free Men, Emphusized--

of shifting to the local leveP' gov
ornamental costs traditionally re-
sponsibility of the State. AS an ex-
ample he cited the gymnasium ap-
proved for the Industrial School
for Boys at Miles City. Instead
of the State meeting the cost re-
sponsibility for the gym, the coun-
ties will have to pay for it in pro-
portion to the number of boys they
have in the Institution.
The freshman House member also
pointed out that while the House
looked with favor on legislation bene-
fetal to corporations, including tax
relief for the utilities and oil COM
panies, it did nothing to help aged
Montanans, either in the way of tax
relief, or augmentation of the Kerr
Mills federal-state cooperative health
Rev. Howard Y. Williams of Butte
raised the question of severance
taxes, and Robert Weller, Kalispell
Lumber & Sawrnin Worker official,
commended that there should be at
least a 10 cents per Thousand board
feet severance tax on timber, as a
means of securing to Montana and
It's subdivisions small return for
of this most valuable
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15

L. Literacy tests standards fol-
voting must be the same without re-
gard to race, creed, color or national
ity.
2. Public accommodations
motels, restaurants, places of amuse-
ment. etc., must be available to all.
Lodging houses renting to five or
fewer tenants would be excluded.
Under the bill, state laws to the
the contrary would be voided.
8. The Attorney General would be
given authority to compel the de-
segregation of all public schools.
A. The present Civil Rights Com
mission would become a permanent
agency to check on and take action
against discrimination.
5. Discrimination and segregation
would be barred in any program
where federal funds are involved,
such as Halliburton hospital pro-
gram. to end the separate but
equaP' facilities fiction.
6. Discrimination would be barred
in all public facilities. u g
g.. III CllpiOy ilIClit
would be barred in all establishments
employing % or more people, in q
three-step program. The first year
of the law, places employing over
100 would have to end discrimina-,
ton; the second, SO to 100, and the
third, 25 to so. This provision also
applies to apprentice training under
State-Federal apprenticeship pro-
grams, job classifications and refer
rails, and exclusion from union mem
bership because of race, creed Or
color.
The act would also establish a
equal opportunity COM
TIMBER pointed out that while
many Montanans push the question
of discrimination aside by claiming
we have no Negro minority prob
lem here, in truth, the Negroes
we do have are constantly discrirni-
mated against, and certainly some
5000 Indian people in Montana"
know what discrimination isl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15

Wisconsin horseshoers asked the
legislature to reprint the laws relat-
ing to their trade, which they af-
firmed is very far from having died
out. Said one: Horses have become
status symbol, and somebody has to
shoe them"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15


Atkinson, president of Saskatche
wan Farmers Union, was introduced
by Montana Farmers Union Presi
dent Leonard Kenfield.
Kenfield in remarks preliminary
to introducing his counterpart
from across the border, recalled
the continuing efforts of the late
Justice r. v. Bottomly to get farm
ers and workers to sit down and
mutually discuss their problems
and problems facing people as
whole. Judge Bottomly, Kenfield
said, was probably more instru-
. mental in getting the Institutes
launched, in the early forties, than
any other person.
Roy Atkinson, a grain grower, and
a past president of Community Health
Services of Saskatchewan, said that
in earlier years his province was
largely rural and that the farmers
who had come West found they had
two major problems in common: l..
discriminatory high freight rates, and
2. being at the mercy of the grain
commission men of Eastern Canada
IN selling their product.
Desperation first drew the farmers
Of Canada together, to form co-opera-
hive marketing operations. AS the
years went by, through cooperation
and through government serving as
IN agency to meet their needs, they
had established publcly-owned trans
,ortation, telephone, power, and in
'urance agencies. The success of
'hese experiments, he pointed out,
ed to the people of the province de-
handing and securing prepaid hos
,ital care in the late 4Os.
More recently, in 1860, the one
major issue in provincial elections
was prepaid medical care. The
Commonwealth Federation party
which had first won power in 1914
with the backing of farmers and
organized labor, strongly backed
the medical insurance plan, and
won by a substantial majority in
1860. When the issue was before
the parliament for decision, it was
approved unanimously, by Mem
bers of Parliament of ALL parties.
10 ONE WALKS ALONEl
Reflecting back over the PROVINCES
istory, Atkinson said the people at
rst believed we could go it alone,
ut it didn't work out that way"
hey found that survival was some
hing possible only by collective eff
'rt. The publicly-operated services
'day, he said, are mot communism
socialism, but COMMON SENSEw
Contending that man "slhould be-
'me involved with his fellow man."
e farm leader said that in spite of
e progress the people of Saskatche-
am have made comparatively in
der to financially survive, they,
re people everywhere have failed
learn fully how ito live with their {
llow men. We have evidence of $
5trust, hate and conflict everywhere
J turn. Man has largely failed to : +
pc innaginatively with his fellow
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15
Legislative Panel

Concensus of many who listened
to the Legislative panel was that the
1868 Legislature will he more re-
membered for what it DID NOT ac-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15
10th Annual Farmer-Labor Institute
Suskutchewun's Fight for
Health Plan Retounted

Everyone should become involved with his fellow man.
said Roy Atkinson of Regina Saskatchewan addressing the
Goth Farerabor Institute banquet Saskatchewan
comprehensive prepaid health insurance Mssoua
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-11-15

EDITORS NOTE: More details
on the plans actual operation were
carried in the VOICE of Sept. 20.
at which time we reprinted the
speech of D. D. Tansley, chairman
of the commission, before the La
Dor Seminar in Great Falls. A
limited number of copies of that
issue are still available and may
be had by addressing your requests
to the VOICE at Box 1913, Helena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
Tax Unit Votes Revision
Of Capital Gains Levy

to be aiming at a net tax re-
duction approaching Mr.. Ken
nedy's goal of $40 billion.
New Category Urged
In its action on taxation of
capital gains-the profit on in
vestments and other assets sold
after a specific holding period
the committee recommended
setting up q new category that
would benefit owners who held
the assets as long as two years.
At present, capital gains on
assets held as long as six
months carry a maximum tax
rate Of Is per cent. Alterna-
lively, q taxpayer may include
so per cent of his capital gains
along with his income for tax
purposes.
The committee proposed that
gains on assets held as long
as two years be taxed at a
maximum rate of 81 per cent,
instead of IS. Or, If it was to
the taxpayers advantage, he
might include 40 per cent, in
stead of SO per cent, in his in
come. ~ ..., Ell.
Gains on assets held from
six months to two years would
be taxed as at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
BY DANA BULLEN
star staff Writer

CHICAGO. Aug. S.-The
American Bar Association has
invited q national organization
Of Negro lawyers to become an
affiliate and to participate in
the policy making activity OF
the ABA.
Sylvester c. Smith. jr,, ABA
president, extended the invita-
ton yesterday at q meeting
with officials of the National
Bar Association, which also IL
holding its annual meeting
here.
The move appeared to be q
deliberate effort on the part OF
the ABA to include Negroes
more fully in its activities. The
ABA has no race barriers fol
individual membership and has
accepted Negroes as members
for an estimated rs years.
p The American Bar Associa-
ton has 114,000 members, about
half the active lawyers in thu
country. The National Bal
Association estimates its mem
bership at between 1000 ant
1000 persons.
The affillation proposed TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
Racial Clash Places Town
Off Limits for War Games

Sit-ins and picketing con-
tinued in numerous locations.
But at Newark, N. j., a 5l-honr
sit-in ended when labor lead
ers and indignation groups
agreed to further negotiations
on hiring practices.
Dissident pickets failed to
rally mass support for demon
Strations In New York at
Brooklyn and Queens construc-
ton sites. A few pickets pa
raded. But major Negro ele-
ments stood by O truce they
reached Tuesday night with
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
A pushing melee erupted at
the site Of the Union County
courthouse annex today in
Elizabeth, N. j., where some
100 pickets demonstrated
against alleged discrimination
in hiring by the building trades
Two Negro men we're arrested,
one Of them after battling
police and being handcuffed
by them. One girl was reported
injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
American Bar Invites
Negro Unit to Affiliate

the Negro lawyers organization
would include membership In
the policy-making House OF
Delegates of the ABA.
In connection with his affilia-
ton offer, Mr.. Smith invited
the MIA to meet with o COM
mittee of the ABA now work
ing on civil rights proposals.
Robert e. Lillard of Nash
vile, who is president of the
MIA, said representatives of
the Negro lawyers group will
meet with the ABA's Civil
Rights Committee tomorrow.
Mr.. Lillard called the ABA
invitation for utilization quite
q significant proposal" He said
he was pleased at the move
and gratified by the prospect
of representation on the ABA!
policy-making body.
The ABA's House of Dele
gates next, week will receive
recommendations from its spe-
cial civil rights committee
There could be controversy
over the proposals.
Mr.. Lllard said it appeared
that the executive committee
Of the MIA would recommend
that the organization affiliate
with the ABA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09

building behind the Sports
mans Club and repeatedly
found q plush, wall-to-wall-
carpeted, drinks-on-the-hou
operation complete with two
way mirrors and q secret door,
It has been under surveillance
by Deputy Sheriff Benjamin H,
Burroughs, jr.. who obtained
q search warrant.
Mr.. Burroughs yesterday re-
ceived expressions of apprecia-
ton from the grand jury. He
has previously been compli-
mented by Judge Dorsey.
The judge received the jury's
report yesterday and thanked
its members for their work.
The names of those indicted
were released today after bench
warrants were issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09

A sweeping revision of the
capital gains tax was agreed
on today by the House Ways
and Means Committee.
This cleared the way for the
tax writers to complete next
week their version of a pro-
posed $40 billion overall tax
cut bill.
The House is expected to
vote on the bill in September.
With most of the details set
tied, the committee expects to
come to grips next week with
the question that interests most
individual taxpayers - what
new rates will BE- recommend
ed? These apparently cannot
be as low as President Kennedy
proposed, since the committee
has not provided as much
counterbalancing revenue gain
as the President suggested.
Raised 81 Billion
A rough estimate by q COM
mittee spokesman today was
that the revisions so far agreed
on would increase revenues,
directly and indirectly, by
about 81 billion during the
first year. The committee still
has under consideration some
further changes that coulc
raise the estimate.
MIR. Kennedy's proposed reve-
nue. code revisions would have
raised an estimated $50 billion
to offset against the losses from
rate slashes.
! The committee still appeared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
~ the Associated Press

The Mayor Of Whitmire,
8. c., says his town has been
placed off-limits to ell armed
services personnel taking part
in the Swift Strike III ma
neuvers following Q minor ra-
cial clash at q poolroom.
Mayor Arthur C. Sparks said
six or seven Negro soldiers were
asked to leave the poolroom
by the manager Thursday
night and that at first they
refused.
'Some Negro soldiers started
getting Into II with white SOL
diers," he said. When the Ne
groes left q few words were ex-
changed with white civilians on
the street.
One Negro soldier was ar
rested on q disorderly conduct
charge and turned over to mil
itary police. About 1000 SOL
diers were in Whitmire enjoy
ing q day off from the war
game. t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09

The Orange IN. J.C Board Of
Education proposes a limited
open enrolment plan as o
means Of meeting State or
der to end racial imbaiance In
its lakewood Elementary School.
The board approved the plan
by a Al vote at q closed meet
ing Wednesday and forwarded
1t to Trenton yesterday for Ap-
proval by the State education
commissioner, Frederick Nj.
Raubinger. "
20 Pickets Arrested y
In East st. Louis, H., some
20 members of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People we're
arrested while picketing a firrG
Police said the pickets; mostly
Negro youths ranging In ages
from II to 20. were arrested
for blocking driveways at the
Leslie Distributing Co. The
group was picketing the firm
for alleged discrimination III
the firms hiring policies. =.
A sit-in at a segregated res5
taurant in Huntington, w. Va.
ended abruptly when the owner
burned a flare sending acrid'
fumes through the eating area,
One girl cried out God, forgive
them :" before she collapsed
on the sidewalk, gasping for,
breath. Later she was sent
home in q taxi.
United States District Judge
Luther Bohanon yesterday app,
proved an Oklahoma City
School Board plan to end segre-
cation in that city's public,
schools. - =.
March in Missouri sf1
Judge Bohanon. gave his APP,
proval after a 2-hour hearing,
and the board then Withdrew
a motion 1t entered earlier for,
a new trial and appeal. Judge.
Bohanon had ordered the board.
July II to change its policy Of
student transfers and to hire.
Negro teachers.
A protest march by about,
$500 is scheduled at the Mis-
souri, State Capitol building,
in jefferson City tomorrow
The march will hit at the Leg.
islature which has not acted on
a public accommodations law.
Bishop Stephen Spottswood
of Washington, y. c., chair
man of the NAACP board Of
directors and spiritual leader
Of 100000 African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church menu
bers will address the demons
Strators. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09

reservation Of powers to the
State. ...
The memorandum cautioned
Congress against tying q law to
a single particular source of
congressional authority. It cited
the original civil rights cases
when the Supreme Court held
unconstitutional some Of the
provisions now included In the
present proposals.
The memorandum pointed
out that Congress had tied
these provisions exclusively to
the Fourteenth Amendment
and the Supreme Court re-
fused to consider whether the
provisions would be constitu-
tional in some Of its possible
applications under the power to
regulate commerce.
Decisions Cited
On the question of the right
of Congress under the Com
merce Clause to require all
significant businesses not to
discriminate, the memorandum
cited one decision after another
to illustrate that Congress has
the power Notwithstanding that
the business activity is local
or quantitatiyely unimportant
or involved In retail trade or
not regarded as interstate
commerce.
The memorandum cited one
case where the Commerce
Clause was applied to q farmer
who sowed only % acres of
wheat and whose effect on in
terstate commerce amounted to
239 bushels, and to a newspaper
which mailed only as copies out
of State. r,.
The Justice Department con-
ceded that Congress does not
have the power to regulate all
of q mans conduct solely be-
cause he has q relationship with
interstate commerce.
What is required Is that
there be a relationship between
the interstate commerce and
the evil to be regulated" the
department memorandum ex-
planned. "Over the course Of
the years, various tests have
been established for determin-
ing whether this relationship
exists. The proposed legislation
clearly meets these tests"
Like unlawful monopolies,
the memorandum argued, racial
discrimination and segregation
In establishments covered by
the proposed legislation con-
stitute artificial restrictions on
the movement of goods in in
Iterstate commerce.
Film Industry Cited
The motion picture industry
was cited as the best illustra-
ton Of the restrictive impact
Of discriminatory practices.
Theaters which refuse to admit
Negroes draw @ narrower seq
ment of the market than II
they were open to patrons Of
all races. This effect en- inter-
state commerce, it was argued,
cannot be offset by separate
theaters because not all locali-
ties can support two theaters.
AS for interstate travellers,
the memorandum noted, al
though the Supreme Court has
held only that the commerce
clause affected restaurants
connected with carriers, the
same reasoning applies to serv-
ice stations, hotels, motels and
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GAMBLING
Continued From Page AL

Continued From Page AL
TO perform my duties as States
Attorney" he said, perhaps
the conscience of that Jury
may be as clear as mine. In re-
viewing the entire matter, I
must say that ! would handle
the investigation and prosecu-
ton Of these cases in the flu
tlre exactly as I did in the
past"
Mr.. Norris was q candidate
on the Democratic ticket of
State Senator J. Frank Raley,
who was swept into office last
November. A graduate Of st,
Johns College in Annapolis,
the States Attorney has q de-
gree from Georgetown Law
School and resides in Holly
wood, st. Marys County.
Judge Dorsey set bond at
$1,000 each for Mr.. Gray, Mr.,
Hamway and Mr.. Mattingly,
and personal recognizance for
Mr.. Norris. They will be ar
raigned Thursday and trials
will be held before Judge John
q. Gray, chief Judge Of the
Seventh Judicial Circuit.
Jury's Report
After hearing "a witnesses
since the raid, the jury re-
ported yesterday that II was
pleased TO be able TO inform
the court, rumors to the con-
trary, that we have found
no indication OF completely OF
any official, office-holder or
employe Of st. Marys County
with the aforementioned GAM
bling casino"
However, the jury stated that
the malfeasance indictment
arose from testimony before
the grand jury concerning the
alleged gambling casino and
events thereto"
In his charge to the Jurors
Judge Dorsey told them they
should without fear or favor
indict every person that
you find 10 be involved in this
conspiracy"
Twice during the investiga-
ton, Judge Dorsey warned the
Jurors about disclosing in
formation from their secret
proceedings.
He started the jury on IL:
inquiry June II with o strongly
worded statement in which hi
said the jurors ARE dealing
with commercialized gambling
In Its own brazen form"
Maryland State police anc
deputy sheriffs broke into tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
Capital, Goods Affected

In support Of that argument,
the memorandum said that ex-
perience shows when discrimi-
nation is widely practiced
through sections Of the coun-
try, there is q markedly ad-
verse effect upon the inter-
state flow of both capital and
goods.
Backing up that contention,
the memorandum argued that
capital is reluctant to invest In
such sections; skilled or edu-
Gated men who might be VIC
Tins of discrimination are re-
luctant to settle there, and the
inferior economic position to
which discrimination relegates
a large segment of the popula-
ton in these areas reduces
their purchasing power and
thus reduces the flow Of goods
and the incentive to bring cap
ital into the area.
The memorandum also ar
gued that disputes involving
racial discrimination prompt
picketing and other demon.
strations which interfere witt
the sale Of goods and thus az
feet interstate commerce in the
same way as would labor dis
putes affecting the same es-
Establishments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
Multiple Bosis Urged
ForAccommodotionAc Act

Attorney General Robert r. Kennedy today warned
Congress that basng the administrations public
modations proposals solely the Fourteenth Amendment
would eopardze civil rights by taking risk
Of unconstitutionality."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-09
HoIdup Alarm Needed

NEW YORK, Aug. Q (AP)-
Two robbers took a $1,367 pay
roll yesterday from the book
keeper of the Automatic
Burglar Alarm Co. in Brooklyn