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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
Is Rip Van Wrinkle
Beginning To Wake Up?

More "home Capitalists does indi-
cate that Rip Van Wrinkle General
Public) is beginning to wake upi Even
our Governor, Mr.. Babcock, is sensing
just a little of the realities confronting
our troubled capitalistic economy.
When only 81 freshmen college stu
dents out of $50, as, he Stated, indicated
intent to follow a career lin the bust
ness world" it is time to become con-
cerned. When 229 college stud ents out
of $50 stated 'They are preparing to
pursue an academic course in science.
research, teaching, social work, gov
eminent and other non-profit pursuits,
they are being only practical and using
common sense.
With such a small minority of our
youth interested in engaging in bust
ness we certainly should be able to
read the writing on the wall With
from 85 to 900 of the youth pursuing
studies in non-profit pursuits, 1T all
means a future "stepped-up trend
toward socialism, 229 students against
81 students equals defeatism for CAPT
talism in anyoneis foresight.
Our Governor, like many others,
seemingly doesn't realize the true situ-
ty-five years ago, opportunities for
youth getting started in business were
vastly easier and superior to today.
Against our modern million and billion
dollar chain corporations and monopo-
lies, the odds today are so overwhelm-
ing against youths success in private
business. 's3.r
In plain words: If private enterprise
is to endure, America is going ito have
to return to the fundamentals of pri-
vate enterprise which predominated up
until the beginning of our Goth Gen.
tury-family farming, Independent re-
failing and seryices-and abolish chain
ism, corporate farming, and end mill
and -millonareism-
and the outrageous salaries and family
income that goes along with them. All
are modern conceptions of the last SO
years and are all evils of private enter
prise They have no place In our pri-
waite or free enterprise economy.
Unlimited or extreme capitalism, like
socialism, or communism, is
extremity in economics and no good
for the world Our unlimited capitalistic
economy began to break down immedi-
ately at the ending of World War 1
because of the great profit accumula-
tions and concentrated wealth wrought
on by the war. Our income. money, and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
My "Two-Bits Worth"

In my previous recent communica-
tions under this heading I have en-
deavored to show that economic slav-
cry has never yet been abolished be-
lieye that L have demonstrated that
what occurred was simply change in
names from slavery to rent, interest
and finally profit and that the condi-
tion of the worker though somewhat
improved by each change still remains
economically the same in that the en-
ployed worker, whether with hand or
brain, is still not receiving the full
value of his production due to the
desire of the employer Cunder the pres
ent price-profit System) to secure
profit from the work of his employee.
In this and such following communi-
cations as that Ato1d man with the
scythe' permits me to write I shall
endeavor to point out what I believe
will be the ultimate answer to the
problem. This answer I freely admit
may, and no doubt will appear to be
visionary to many readers yet from
a long and intensive study of economic
evolutionary history and the concl1-
sions of some of our most logical eco
MONTE, thinkers am convinced that
the conclusions reached are sound and
will eventually with possibly some
minor Variations) be verified.
To the student of history from time
hmm EN- oriaI the struggle of the human
worker for better conditions has been
between the ..haves" and the have
nots' and in the present day we may
include the have little's". First TO
wrest from the owners of the land
under the old divine right of kings
down through the feudalism of the
Middle Ages to the present day CAPT.
talist control, just share of the bene-
fits of labor applied to the development
of these natural resources. First
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
WATCH ON THE POTOMAC
BY ROBERT G. SPIVACK. WASHINGTON n q

he might express admiration for those
with more courage, is pretty much oil
a follower. a1ss ta.ee'
Therefore, welcome as Yarbor.
ough's statement is, it would be self
delusion to expect many similar COM
ments from Southern lawmakers at
this stage of the fight for equal
rights. When it is safe, of course,
there will be deluge of comment.
The place to look for leadership,
for expression of moral indigna-
ton, is among the churchmen of
the South. Here, it seems to me,
the silence is greater cause for
concern among the politicians. Ex-
cept for the Catholic Archbishop of
New Orleans and Billy Graham,
what other prominent churchmen
have said anything significant
about Negroes rights in recent
years?
If they are afraid to speak up, or
# the comforts of a secure job take
over everything else, we
are in bad way.
fc) 1862 New York Herald Tribune. Inc.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

Secretary OTWllle freeman,
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, ID. c..
Dear Mr.. Secretary:
At an information meeting conducted
by one of your field men, it was made
clear that the eligibility rules for vot-
ing in the wheat referendum eliminated
many of the wives of farmers. Unless
the wife's name appeared on the deed
or lease to the land in question, she
is not to be permitted to vote.
1t is only to be expected that prop
erty rights as spelled out by legal
rules of ownership, must prevail in
our society as presently constituted.
We set aside a special day for mothers
and present them with flowers and
candy, but they have never really
achieved economic equality before the
law and rules of economics.
My wife and I have farmed more
than forty years, and any time she is
not accepted on equal terms with me
as the true partner she has always
been, i shall never vote for such a sit
uation. Were 1 alone in this sort of
idiotic ruling 1T would not matter but
what of the multitude of other wives
who are denied the vote on the same
terms? sfi
The remedy suggested by your field
man was ito deed my land to the banker
or someone that could be trusted to
deed it back to both my wife and I.
Such a solution is an insult added to
injury and you.~must know it. Yours
trti1y-HOBART McKEAN, Circle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
Those Secondary Offices
Have Primary Importance

A lot of folks who always vote in q
presidential or congressional election
think other offices are of secondary
Importance and fail to vote in state
contests. They're mistaken. Often,
the right man in the right office at
the right time makes key move
that can affect the welfare of thou
sands.
This occurred in Minnesota when
liberal 1t. Gov. A. M. Keith outfoxed
the conservative ajority in the state
senate and stalled approval of a pro-
posal to slash jobless benefits.
This is what happened: The State
House of Representative was debat-
ing amendments to the proposal. The
Senate had the jobless pay cut first
on it's agenda for attention, but had
to await House action. Presiding over
the Senate, 1t. Gov. Keith permitted
conservatives to wander on to other
issues. He was assisted by five-hour
filibuster by liberal senator.
When it came time to consider the
House amendments to the bill, Keith
ruled the Senate was too late and had
passed that spot on the. agenda. This
was one day before liberal Karl Roll
vaag was declared governor. Con-
ceivably, had the Senate been able
to act, the bill could have become
law with the signature of then Gov.
Anderson on his last day in office.
So a secondary" job often has
primary importance.-COPE MEMO.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

through the abolition of "chattel slav-
cry, later through the establishment
of labor and farm organizations and
their formation of "co-operatives' TO
secure a portion of that profit" for
their members and patrons These CO.
operatives have been continually grow
ing from the time of the Rochdale CO.
ops to the present and they will con-
tinue to expand and in many cases
merge despite the efforts of corpora
tions and other beneficiaries of the
profit system to hamper or destroy
them until at some distant time each
nation will have become one large CO.
operative with each citizen holding
one share and one shareholder having
one vote. Indications of this trend are
to be observed in the Canadian Com
monweaIth Federation. The thought
may be nebulous even in the minds of
the founders and proponents but never
theless the idea is there and will de-
ve1op (barring the eventuality of a
holocaust of nuclear war;.
The prediction as to the functions
of government under such situation
as I have indicated must be left for
a later contribution as time and space
ermits.-LEVERNE HAMILTON, Mis-
sonia
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

wealth, at the end of the decade of the
Twenties became so centralized that
our economy would no longer operate
under its own power. Our economy, in
this respect, is worse off today than
ever. 1t is costing billions in deficit
spending annually to keep it going.
The great tragedy is: Am erica, today,
is doing nothing constructive to right
this critical condition. This IS why a
great majority of today's'. youth have
given up the challenge of participating
in business.
Free enterprise is a great way! We
have an abundance of resources to give
everyone a high standard of living. If
we will distribute the income and
money and the ownership of our wealth
somewhat fairly and equitab1y, our
free enterprise economy will produce
phenomenal prosperity for all.-ED-
WARD ]. SMITH, 2100 Main St., Bill
lings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
Criticalaof Both PV
And Billings Gazette

Editor, Peoples Voice. "a Y,a4
After reading your long editorial in
the Voice of May 10, 1868, will state
L will place lit. in the -sa.me--elass-. as.
the John Birchers so far. as trying to
be Informative or honest, and that is
at the bottom, only at opposite direc
tions. Cam you shpw proof that we are
not working Ito try and cut down on
armament and prevent wars The Voice
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
Protests Wheat Vote
Eligibility Rules

Secretary Orville Freeman,
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, ID. G.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

and the Billings Gazette, believe, try
and not be too informative in certain
lines, or accurate, either.
One credit the Voice has over the
Gazette, the Voice will publish what
you write. But haven't been able to
get that from the Gazette, when I refer
to many things the Birchers don't like
to hear.
On May 8, 1868, it came over our
Billings radio: u. S. Senator Kuchel
of California stated that day that he
had been receiving over 5000 letters
per month from these radical rights.
And they were wrecking the Republic
can party. These radical rights we're
more of a threat than the Commies be-
cause they could get their statements
published and had plenty of money.
Senators A1lot of Colorado and Javits
of New York, both Republicans, praised
Senator Kuche1 for his courage and
honesty. could name numbers of SINH
lar statements on the same line you
never read in the Billings Gazette.
Last fall one day most of the front
page of the Gazette stated a local boy
of Glendive who had made good came
home ON his birthday and received
wonderful welcome. Only a short time
before in some papers in the nation,
although | didn't see it mentioned in
Montana papers, a native son of Kansas
returned to his place of birth ON his
birthday. His name was Dwight Eisen-
hover, and he told his listeners this
country had two enemies ito its system
of government-the Communists and
the Birchers. I wonder if his reference
as to these two enemies is why Mr..
was overlooked. I can give
a number of similar references that
come through Billings radios that re- |
fers to the same line you never read |
i'm our papers. 1 don't know what news |
the people get in totalitarian gov
but I know we can get i'm |
in our free enterprise sys-
tem-A w. RICE, Joliet.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

Men are born with two eyes. but
only one tongue, in order that they
should see twice as much as they say.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17
The Readers Forum

The Forum" is open to all who
wish to express an opinion or present
facts on any subject. Limit 500 words.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-17

To answer MIR. Rice's question. Pres
emily we spend three times as many
dollars IN AN HOUR on the military
establishment as we permit the Dis
armament Agency to operate on IN
A YEAR-$6, 100000 versus 81, 000,-
600. The Administration, this year, is
asking for an INCREASE in the Mill
tary's appropriation of a couple bill
lion. No. I wouldn't say that official
policy is aimed at striving very hard
Copper River current., 1963-04-11
Glcnna lien Bank

Glonnallen has been received by the National Bank of -Alaska, according to John Holmberg chairman of the banks executive comm tee.
 Holmbcrg said efforts underway to acquire a si te for the new bank, now that approval of the Treasury Department has been obtd ned.
 The bank will be opened somctimo this sumner and will bc the first banking facil- ity in the Glpnnal1cn area. It will serve a trading area stretching for several hun drcd miE along the Glenn n Richardson Hi ighuays. From Anchorage Times" 4/9/63
Copper River current., 1963-04-11

In just g little over g month the school doors will be banged for the last time; the chalk boards will be scrubbed, the desks Uoxcd, the maps rolled into their cases. Now might be . good time to express the warm affection and appreciation felt by most of the community tonzr ds it's teaching staff. 'e arc fortunate in having two teachers who are out and out dovoteos of their profession. They never complain audibly, and they never stop working. Sometimes they fly into a sup rb fit of anger; their energy ovorfloWs, but NC feel the love, the skill, the gen. uirle work behind all their acts. Their special brand of enthusiasm conununi cates to our children. and so to Donna Donnelly and Josephine Roach our grateful thank you for a job well done> 1
 -YeY H)ru1~ ~- It is great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
 %4A1 ''::'':
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24
PAS Study
Hearings
To Be Held

Scheduled for a fuIl-scale
public airing early next year
after collecting dust for almost
10 months, the $25, 900 Public
Administration Service report
on county government opera
lions is as notable for the broad
scope Of its recommendations
as the detailed analyses 1t Of
fers to back them up.
The 2l3-page document, CIV
en- widespread publicity when 1t
was issued in July, 1862, has
prompted both indignation and
support in the Intervening
months.
Strong stands on both sides
have been taken by agencies
affected by its proposals, by
citizens groups which have firm
ideas Of their own on how the
government here might be i'm
proved, and by interested tax
payers with either personal or
altruistic axes to grind.
Hardest hit in the report is
the relative independence of two
major arms Of county govern
ment - the Maryland - Ma
tional Capital Park and
Planning Commission and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
PAS recommends the first
be abolished and its planning
and open-space acquisition
functions be turned over to the
county. WSSC's powers, 1t
urges should be brought under
the close control Of the County
Council.
The first Of these proposals
prompted the Planning Com
mission to hire a consultant
who promptly said 1t Is doing
a good job and should be left
alone.
Charging generally that the
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24
Anonymous Benefactor
Homeless Family
Gets One For Year
BY Lilo Thomson

Dear Boss: Everyone believe now There is Santa
Caus Stories have happy endngs and glowing
light of men of good will shines bright this Christmas in
Montgomery County.
You remember, last Thursday The Sentinel published
my about little boy died and the plight his
family. Since then, wonderful things have happened.
Before noon last Thursday call came from man in
Bethesda He's professional man, but he won't allow the
OF his He's that kind of He Said "IetS find
those people decent place live before Christmas
much viii it cost? I'll guarantee the rent for year." And
he did
need to bother you with the searun Just
know 1t ended at 845 that night So boss, Christmas
Day, mother and father and their four little children will
be living in the first placeto-hve they've had.
There's refrigerator and gas cupboards
the most wonderful heat and real bathroom with
cold water. And there's Christmas tree in the
and turkey in the ovenl
Merry, merry Christmas it's wonderful, caring
world after ALL
OF course you know his wasn't the only one An
other called He Bethesdan, too He sent check
to buy coats for Christmas. wish you could have
the Of those youngsters You know they looked
like currants In a Christmas pudding
Then there the Chevy Chase builder who owns
tract Of land Rockville He called and his wife called
Two houses the tract Of them offered
for 10 months but repairs would have be and i'm
mediate decent housing for the family urgent
called from around Damascus to tell about
tenant house farm but would have expensive
driving for the man.
Two Rockville women brought armloads Of clothing. Bless
theml woman called from Wheaton and brought huge
Christmas box. in Twnbrook found shoe sizes
and produced four pairs Of warm, sturdy shoes. Silver
Spring school teacher called learn how she might help
Maybe these wonderful things could only
Montgomery County. But they did happen, like in story
book.
And that family Oh, boss when they taken to their
home Your reporter has describe heaven
six faces, words at ALL Over and over, the mother
said 81 don't believe 1t. don't believe It'll"
So big, bright world has opened this Christmas
for family who thought but complained that
gave damn whether they lived died. Isn't 1t interesting
boss in all this talk that goes about race creed and
color has stopped think that when people with
the heart and not the eyes the fellowship of
and grows and becomes awesome and spendored
thing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24

On Smut


Silver Spring attorney James
p. Gleason, chairman Of the
Montgomery County Committee
for Decent Literature, has
called on the County to set up
a special committee to investi-
gate and act on ''indecent lit
erature" available In public
outlets.
Gleason said his group Is
composed Of "interested and
concerned citizens who are dis
turbed by the great amount Of
indecent, Topographic htera-
ture that Is available for pur-
chase in our drug stores and
other market outlets.
'Tt seems to US the time has
come for official action to be
taken by our elected represen-
tatives In movement which can
more directly act on the prob
lem," he said.
He asked the Council to APP
point group similar to one In
Baltimore County ito bring
some direct and official con-
Germ to the citizens Of our
county over the amount Of this
literature available for sale to
school children Of any age, and
TO bring to the attention Of
the community at large the de-
structive effects this literature
has on the children and the So
ciety in which they live."
The Council has notified
Gleason they will welcome a
formal appearance by him be-
fore them on his proposal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24
Dean w arms
Residents On
Phone Calls

DR.. Joseph o. Dean, acting
county health officer, has warn
ed residents that some women
In the county have been con-
tacted by phone by a male
caller, representing the Health
Department, who has requested
inform ation Of a personal ma
ture.
He reports that no one from
nus office Is authorized TO OBTAIN
such information, andurges that
police be notified Immediately II
such a call is received.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24
Two Agencies Expense Budgets
Total About $4,000 Annually

two agencies revealed this
week.
These compare with $500
budget items for expenses set
up for the County Council. The
latter has been widely publi-
cized as a result Of three coun-
cilmeRs recent trip to Hawaii
for a convention.
A WSSC aide gave the fol-
lowing breakdown Of trips this
year by officials Of that agency.
Each shows the meeting attend
ed, how many commissioners
and how many administrative
aides attended, and what the
expenses we're for each trip:
Chesapeake Section, Amer
lean Water Works Assn in
Washington, DC, 10 attended
and expenses we're $25l "a; In
spection trip Of Armco Pipe
Plant, Middleton, Ohio, one
commissioner and four staff
members, 1850; Data Pro-
cessing Management Confer
ence, Phoenix, Ariz., 8 staff
members, $l435. 81: American
Management Association insur-
ance seminar, Chicago, H.,
one staff member, $3o4. SO; in
spection trip Of the customer
service department Of Phila-
delphia Suburban Water CO.,
Philadelphia eight staff MEM
bers, $2s7.54; American Right
Of Way Association annual sem
mar, Atlantic City, NJ, five
staff members, $l379.60.
Also: three-day course for
water plant operators atDover,
Del, three staff members, $l08 /;
Water Pollution Control Fed
Grafton conference, Seattle,
Wash, and the American So
ciety Of Civil Engineers meet
ing In San Francisco, occur
ring one after the other, three
commissioners and three staff
members, $42l4.5l; inspection
trip Of sewage treatment plant
In Norfolk, Va, three commits
sioners and four staff members,
$275.24; American Water
Works Association five-day
convention, Kansas City, two
commissioners and seven staff
members, $2s35.5o; National
Association Of Plumbing Con-
tractors convention, Chicago,
nj. one staff member, $685.
Data Processing Management
Association convention, De-
troit, Mich., two staff members,
$562.so, and inspection trip on
IBM use In engineering pro-
blems, Detroit, two commits
sioners and three staff menu
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-12-24
10 Civic Leaders Blast
BIG POOlesville ZOning
Approved In 20 Vote
Group Calls
Development
Shocking

Ten civic leaders some Of
them heads Of the most power
full and respected civic groups
in the county, this week blasted
the County Council for a major
rezoning action 1t took last
week on $50 acres near Pooles-
Vile.
Touching off the blast was a
preliminary TO vote by the
Council to rezone 535 acres
owned by Bernard N. Siegelbe-
tween willard and Hughes Roads
near the River Road Country
Club owned by Siegel.
The councils vote overrode
the objections Of both the tech
meal planning staff and the
Montgomery County Planning
Board. Both have argued the
land should be held in low dens-
ity development,
The 10 civic leaders were:
D. Y. Hovsepian, president Of
the Montgomery County Citi-
zens Planning Association;
Thomas M. Bartram, president
Of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation; Mrs. william N.
Garrett, president Of the Mont
gomery County League ofWom-
en- Voters; H. Stewart Dunn,
president of the Potomac VAL
ley League; Willard cass, pres
ident Of the Montgomery County
Council of Parent Teacher AS
sociations; Richard Cooper
man, chairman Of Rockville's
Citizens for Good Government;
Charles l. Wiles, state presi-
dent Of the Izaak Walton League;
Francis T. Christie, Jr., pres
ident Of the Audubon Naturalist
Society Of Central and Atlantic
States; william M. O'Neil, pres
ident Of the Northwest Branch
Watershed Association, and j.
D. Martin, president Of the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase Izaak Wal
ton League which owns a large
conservation tract near the land
in question.
II finally approved, the re-
zoning would make It possible
for Siegel formally to launch
his long planned, ambitious
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