The people's voice. [volume], August 09, 1963, Page Page Four, Image 4

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Ben Vaughn Continues To Head
State Lumber & Sawmill Workers
(Delayed because of PV Vacation)
LIBBY—Montana District Coun
cil's 47th semi-annual convention
here July 20-21 re-elected without
opposition all incumbent officers,
namely, Ben Vaughn, Local 2581,
Libby, president; Melvin Hoy, Local
2719, Thompson Falls, vice presi
dent; Robert C. Weller, Local 2405,
Kalispell, executive Secretary-Treas
urer; Ray F. Lindberg, Local 2409,
Helena, warden, and George Eld
ridge, Local 2116, Seeley Lake, trus
tee. Two other trustees elected were
Billy H. Brothers, Local 3072, Plains,
and Delbert Flory, Local 2581, Libby.
Selected as board members at large
by caucuses from various areas were :
Wm. V. Dutton, Local 2581, Libby;
Lloyd Wise, Local 2685, Missoula;
Fred Sonnenburg, Local 2116, Seeley
Lake and John R. Williamson, Local
2405, Kalispell. All but Williamson
were incumbents and he was nomi
nated by his caucus group to fill a
vacant position.
Principal visitors who spoke at
the first day's session included Earl
Hartley, executive secretary of the
Western Council; Ted Prusia, execu
tive secretary of the Willamette Val
ley District Council; Hugh Allan,
executive secretary of Northern
California District Council; Dick
Pittman, business agent. Local 2663,
Tacoma; Paul Sangar, executive sec
retary of Central Washington Dis
trict Council;
James S. Umber, executive secre
tary of Montana State AFL-CIO ;
Jack McCoy, area director, National
COPE; Albert Root, Montana State
AFL-CIO COPE director; Gretchen
Billings, associate editor of People's
Voice; Ed Muller, Trust Department
manager, National Hospital Associa
tion, and Buzz Reed of Lincoln,
Washington, who substituted for Wm,
Ransbottom, executive secretary,
North Idaho-Eastern Washington Dis
trict Council,
Margaret Thornburgh highlighted
the second day's session as main
speaker and also addressed a noon
day luncheon sponsored by the Dis
trict Council.
Mrs. Thornburgh is director of
Women's Activities for National
COPE in states west of the Missis
sippi River and is a long time favor
ite speaker of Montana LSW and
other labor groups.
Other speakers for the second day's
session included Brotherhood Repre
sentative Allie Cole, State Senator
Wm. Hafferman of Lincoln county,
Robert E. Harris, presently secretary
of Montana State Council of Carpen
ters who is leaving that office August
1 to become a full time Brotherhood
Representative and Bernhard Merkel,
president of Montana State Council,
Kelly Predicts Babcock's
Defeat In 1964 Election
If Governor Babcock de
cides to run on his own in 1964
for the office he now holds, he
will be defeated," Dr. Joe Kel
_ ly, co-ordinator of Democratic
party activities, said at the an
nual Central Montana Demo
i <
cratic picnic in Lewistown Sun
day.
Every time the Governor makes
a statement, he illustrates to the peo
ple the fact that he is the proud
possessor of a philosophy that has
two faces," Kelly said. "For example,
last week, he attacked Senator Mans
field for advocating Knowles Dam
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and, in the same press release, Bab
cock praised Yellowtail Dam as be
ing a 'fine federal project'. Every
Republican Governor and eastern
district congressman in the last twen
ty years has called Yellowtail social
istic in concept . . .
"Babcock, I suggest, faced a
Although he had
Yellowtail to justify the
dilemma.
to
praise
fact that his own trucking firm
has an exclusive hauling contract
for this 'fine federal project', he
had, however, to condemn Knowles
in order to comply with the aims
and goals of those from whom he
seeks advice and consent in poli
tical affairs-the Montana Power
Company.
who will assume the duties of secre
tary when Harris leaves them.
Principal topics discussed were the
present Western Council wage-strike
movement and inroads coming to
light by the John Birch Society and
other "unatic fringe" right wing
elements.
Delegates gave okay to the West
ern Council program including con
tributions and assessments for as
sistance of striking members. Mis
soula was selected as site of next
year's convention, January 18-19,
1964.
Entertainment events arranged by
the host local were: a buffet dinner
at Libby's famous "Caboose", a home
talent show and dance.
New Regulations Specify . .
Apprentice Selection Must Be
On Equal Opportunity Basis
mg'.
Secretary of Labor W. Wil
lard Wirtz late in July an
nounced the formulation of new
Department of Labor standards
aimed at insuring equality of
opportunity within the nation's
apprenticeship system, reports
Henry A. Yaeger, Helena,
state supervisor of the Bureau
of Apprenticeship and Train
The new standards are in response
to a Presidential statement dated
June 4, 1963 which directs the Sec
retary of Labor—in the conduct of
hia duties under the Federal Appren
ticeship Act and Executive Order No.
10925 (Equal Employment Oppor
tunity)—"to require that the ad
mission of young workers to appren
ticeship programs be on a complete
ly non-discriminatory basis.
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Through its Bureau of Apprentice
ship and Training, the Department
certifies local apprenticeship pro
grams throughout the country. Hence
forth, such certification will be with
held unless these programs meet with
the following criteria.
• Selection of apprentices must be
determined on a basis of equal op
portunity. Qualifications for entrance
into apprenticeship programs should
be determined by fair tests, occupa
tionally essential physical require
ments, and other merit standards.
Eligibility should be determined on
the basis of specific requirements in
order that any discriminatory aspects
of individual programs can be clearly
"This two-faceted philosophy of
the Republican Governor is a con
sistent thing, not just limited to pub
lic power, the Montana Power Com
pany and his trucking firm—to cite
only one," said Kelly. "While he de
cries federal finances, he is admin
istering a state budget which is made
up of at least one-third of its total
with federal funds. The campaign
of 1964 will see a public debate on
these things—particularly the fact
that Babcock's position on almost
every major problem, state and na
tional runs parallel to that of the
John Birch Society . . . whether the
issue is labor and the so-called 'Right
to-Work' Social
the U.N., the income tax, the sales
tax, the Peace Corps or education.
Babcock's public statements give aid
and comfort to the Birch Society,
which, by the way, goes far in ex
plaining why the Society is flourish
ing in Montana.
"Republican leaders throughout the
State recognize the threat that Bab
cock's candidacy poses for them in
'64—but what is a threat to them
is an opportunity and obligation to
us—that is, to elect, a Democratic
Governor and return Montana to
the 20th Century with the rest of
the nation and, incidentally, free Tim
Babcock to administer hia hauling
contract at Yellowtail Dam,
concluded.
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Co-op Board Speaks On
Issue of Atomic Wastes
BERKELEY, Calif.— (CNS)—The
state officials that promote develop
ment of atomic energy industries
should not be the same ones who
check the resulting wastes for radio
activity, says the board of directors
of Consumers Co-operative here.
The board went on record favoring
passage by the California legislature
of a bill to transfer the powers and
duties of the Co-ordinator of Atomic
Energy Development and Protection
from the office of Governor Edmund
G. (Pat) Brown to the State Depart
ment of Public Health.
This shift,'' the board said, "would
assure greater emphasis on the pro-1
tection of health". The directors are
concerned about a proposed atomic
reactor to generate electricity near
the co-op's milk supply.
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and promptly judged. A significant
number of minority group members
in a given program, or a reservation
system for such a number will be
viewed as meeting this standard.
• Previously developed application
lists for apprenticeship must be in
harmony with the first standard.
Where they are not, these lists must
be disregarded to the extent neces-1
sary to provide current opportunity
for a significant number of indi
viduals from racial and ethnic minor
• After selections have been made,
it must be demonstrated that no dis
crimination exists either in the ap
prenticeahip program itself or in the
employment to which the program is
related. Factors to be judged in this
respect include job assignments, pro
motion, demotion, layoff or termina
tion, rates of pay, or other forms of
ity groups.
• Where apprentices are selected
from a restricted pool, as in the in
stance of present employees of a firm,
the foregoing standards shall govern
both admission to the pool and selec
tion for apprenticeship.
The June 4 Presidential statement
also directed that "all federal con
struction programs be reviewed to
prevent any racial discrimination in I
hiring practices, either directly in the
rejection of presently available quali- I
fied Negro workers or indirectly by
the exclusion of Negro applicants for
Wirtz said I
apprenticeship training,
that in this regard a plan for co
operative action on the part of both ]
the President's Committee on Equal
Employment Opportunity and the Bu
_
is being developed.
c. . cj. , t ï
Secretary of the Interior Stewart L.
Udall announced here recently that
it is
Passamaquoddy Power
Project Feasible,
Udall Report Says
WASHINGTON, D. C— (CNS)
desirable and economically
feasible" to start a $1,200,000 proj
ect to harness the world's highest
tides at Passamaquoddy Bay in north
ern Maine,
In a report to President Kennedy,
according to the ST. LOUIS POST
DISPATCH, Udall proposed that the
United States alone should create
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7.5 miles of ocean dams to produce
1,000,000 kilowatts of low-coat power
for one hour a day when power is
most needed in New England—be
tween 6 and 6 p.m.
suggested a development
upper St. John River to produce an
additional 250,000 kilowatts daily.
The project would be integrated with
the Passamaquoddy project.
Udall said the two developments
could "do as much for New England
and the nation as Grand Coulee Dam
has done for the Pacific Northwest
and the nation."
Protect 18 MilUon
An estimated 18 million persons
over 65 would be protected starting
January, 1965, if Congress enacts
President Kennedy's program of hos
pital insurance for the aged financed
through the social security and rail
road retirement systems.
EDUCATION U. S. A.
"In too many instances, schools in suburbs are the private schools
of those who live in well-to-do communities and pay their taxes in lieu
of private school tuition . , . What we must do is so to arrange our
national affairs that what is available in the public schools to the rela
tively few becomes available to all American children."—Harold Taylor,
former president, Sarah Lawrence College, vice chairman of the Na
tional Committee for Support of the Public Schools.
Knowles' Fate Hangs On House
—From Page Ï
Reddy Kilowatt in the power busi
ness.
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KENNEDY HOLDS SAME VIEW
nedy took the same position in a
meeting with the Committee for Eco
Metcalf noted that President Ken
nomic Development. Responding to
a question from the president of the
Montana Power Co., the President
said;
If a private company can develop
a site and provide a service more
satisfactorily than the federal gov
ernment, then the private company
should go ahead. Indeed, as I said,
I would put the burden of proof upon
federal government to prove
I either that the site will not be ade
quately developed, that the service
would not be satisfactory, and that
| only the federal government can do it,
before I would support the project.
Metcalf added, "In accordance with
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I those standards Knowles Dam should
| he authorized by this Congress.''
neither the Montana Power Co. or
any other private company has pro
posed to develop a multi-purpose dam
at the Knowles site,
tion," Metcalf said,
Power Company has consistently
come in with an alternative proposal
for development of this reach of the
Flathead River every time Congress
came to grips with the recommenda
tions of the Corps of Engineers,
The Senator went on to show that
For a genera
the Montana
"When there is a possibility for
authorization, the Montana Power
Co. becomes eager to build low
head run of the river dams. When
the Montana Power Co. campaign
is successful and development at
the Knowles or Paradise site is
halted, then îhe company forgets
all about its proposal."
Metcalf said the authorization of
Consumers Council Report
|e EXOCCtCd SOOII
'
CHICAGO (CNS) The first an
,
vlso yV Council is expected to
comin & off the press soon.
President Kennedy named the 12
nual report of the Consumers Ad
be
oi em l)er council on July 18, 1962.
He said that as an agency devoted
wholly to looking out for the con
sumers ' interest it could "fill a gap
in our government machinery."
The committee's first annual re
port should be of wide interest, since
every person is a consumer of some
sort. To co-op members, who have a
cultivated interest in such matters,
it should be of especial interest.
As long as the supply lasts, the
report can be obtained by writing
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Power Preference for Montana
Senators Mansfield and Metcalf seek once again to stake Mon
tana's claim to hydroelectric power produced at multi-purpose reser
voirs in the Treasure State,
They have introduced legislation to reserve for use in Montana
the at-site power generated at federal projects built from now on. In
addition, the bill (S 1945) would reserve for use in Montana an
equitable share" of the increase in firm power generated at down
stream plants by the storage and release of water from federal dams
in Montana.
Montana's reservoirs "contribute a great deal of power genera
tion and flood control downstream," Mansfield noted in a Senate
speech. Montana "is just beginning to flex its muscles in its transition
from a largely rural state to one with growing metropolitan areas
and potential industrial development. Many of us see low-cost hydro
electric power as one of the major instruments in this development.
Therefore, we have pome to be sensitive about keeping a reasonable
amount of the power generated at these large upstream projects for
use within our own state, and not merely permit the energy and
benefits to flow downstream.
Senator Metcalf noted that only through federal development can
power be so reserved to the benefit of the area. There is a power
reservation for Montana at Hungry Horse, but there "is no way to
save for our stabp," the power produced with Montana's water at
the Washington Water Power Company's Noxon Rapids and Cabinet
Gorge plants, Metcalf said.
U
yy
Knowles will permit the Secretary of
the Interior to begin negotiations
with the Flathead-Kootenai tribe for
the value of the power sites and the
tribal lands inundated. One method
of compensation, he said, could be
the reservation of a block of power
for a perpetual income for the tribe,
allowing the tribe to take advantage
of its tribal assets by using such a
block of power to attract industry
to or near the reservation.
Metcalf noted that the subject of
reservation of a block of power for
the Flathead-Kootenai tribe brings
up the other important negotiations
that will come about as a result of
authorization in this bill. That is the
power reservation for Montana, He
said :
INSISTS ON POWER
RESERVATION
If all or part of the tribal com
pensation consists of setting aside a
block of power, then such a block
may be all or part of the at-site power
reservation for the State of Mon
tana that Senator Mansfield, Repre
sentative Olsen and I have specified
must be a part of the agreement for
final construction.
In closing Senator Metcalf quoted
Mrs. S. R. Logan's summarizing testi
mony before the House Committee
on Public Works.
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"The choice is clear:
"3,000,000 acre-feet of flood
control vs. none, with the present
$38 million annual flood damage
potential increasing to $51 million
as flood plains become more
heavily populated.
"256,000 kw of installed capac
ity at site and 686,000 kw at 17
downstream dams; 7 federal, 10
non-federal vs. 240,000 kw of in
stalled capacity at site and no
incremental power downstream. A
lesser amount if the Canadian
Treaty is ratified, but still three
times as much as Montana Power
Company's alternative.
"Abundant low-cost power vs.
limited supply with the prospect of
continued high rates.
"Opportunity for Montana to
raise its per capita income by in
creasing employment in manufac
turing vs. a far slower rate of
change from our present depend
ence on extractive industries.
"Provision of additional power
to supply growing demands of 8
private utilities and 19 industries
plus
BPA vs. discrimination against the
many and favoritism to one util
ity.
potential customers of
new
"Full development of the river
for the benefit of Montana and the
Northwest vs. partial development
guaranteeing perpetual waste.
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