Independent Record (Newspaper) - November 23, 1972, Helena, Montana Thanksgiving spells HOME SAIGON AP In the mess hall at Camp Alpha where dreds of thousands of soldiers have been processed in and out of Vietnam there was mous Thanksgiving spells home And there was little doubt too that this would be the last Thanksgiving for American forces in Vietnam that next year's turkey would be eaten at the family table The Army chefs laid out a lavish feast starting with shrimp cocktail and ending with pumpkin pie mincemeat pie fruit cake and fresh fruit The only thing everybody's griping about is that they put off the fans so the candles won't blow said Air Force Sgt Ronald E Smith of High Point sweat dripping down his cheeks The food's pretty He I think we ought to be thankful for Henry ger and Le Due Tho Why not? Nobody else is trying Kissinger and Tho were secretly in Paris on the draft cease-fire agreement In both the enlisted mens and officers dining rooms there were paper turkeys and grims on the walls orange crepe paper and pumpkins hanging from the ceilings and an exquisitely garnished bird alone on a serving cart in the center of the hall For dinner the cooks served nam early Wednesday and had Thanksgiving dinner as their first meal It's better than said E2 John Johnson of Brooklyn one of the new arrivals But it's the first time I had to take a pill afterward malaria Air Force Staff Sgt Wayne Wood of Hyannisport Mass said it just didn't seem like Thanksgiving to him It really doesn't have the atmosphere the weather for one thing it's so hot It's just another day in said Air Force Staff Sgt Charles Gardner of Somerset Pa as he headed back to work I'm talking how much more thankful I'd be if I could be home finishing up a good meal silting back and ing Oklahoma play said Air Force Staff Sgt Wilkerson c Jesup Ga I believe we have a lot to be thankful said Maj Roger Larsen of Provo Utah I think we're at the point where next should be war The young men here have a lot to be thankful for even though they might not think about it Most of them are on their way home Mostly fair Mostly fair today with variable cloudiness tonight and Friday Highs today and Friday near 40 and the low tonight 15 to 20 Chance of precipitation 10 per cent today and 20 per cent tonight and Friday FROM MONTANA'S CAPITAL CITY Established Dec 17 1865 Helena Montana Thursday Evening November 23 1972 40 Pages 3 Sections lOc NATURE'S FREE FORMS Nature is the master sculpture And winter is one of her most prolific seasons Free forms such as these bare willows protruding from the ice of a frozen beaver pond below Marysville offer free viewing for all who appreciate Nature's art Staff photo by Gordon Warren If they can't function there'll be new faces Judge keeps Anderson's people By DENNIS E IR Slate Bureau Tom Judge citing the need for experience during the legislative session plans to keep many of Gov Forrest H An- key people including Anderson's top aide Eul Montana's incoming governor makes it equally clear that he'll be his own man and will retain Anderson appointees only if they prove they can do the job I'm going lo them see if they can function under my Judge told State Bureau during an interview If they can't function there'll be new faces Judge at 38 the youngest governor in Montana history takes office Jan 1 the same day Montana's legislature commences what promises to be a busy session And Judge said that fact helped persuade him against bringing too many new people into state government right away If you came in here and changed thing one month before the legislature you'd have nothing but he said Gov Anderson does have some very very capable people on his staff and as ment Judge added I think you can credit the governor wilh bringing into government They're dedicated people conscientious people people who believe in good clean government slaff The hailed his personal campaign staff as being some of the most capable brightest people In the state but added that most of them suffer from being newcomers to state government and said it would be very difficult to keep all of them on his personal slaff with the lature approaching They will be offered other jobs howerer Judge disclosed that his campaign ager Larry Pettit will serve on the staff in the new governor's staff but apparently not in the top spot That post will con- to be filled by Ronald P Richards Gov Anderson's executive assistant Richards appointed Richards had been appointed director of the Department of Intergovernmental Re- lations but has not started at the position yet Judge said he has asked Richards to continue on as executive assistant to provide continuity for an as yet ed length of time possibly through the legislative session The disclosure comes as somewhat of a surprise because Pettit a political science professor at Montana Stale University and brother-in-law was expected to get the top spot immediately Judge hinted however hat likely would succeed Richards Other slaff members Besides Richards and staff will include Anderson aides Alec Hanson and Mike Fitzgerald and campaign aide Lee J former chairman of the Manpower Advisory Council While Judge hopes his policy of making no major changes will provide a smooth transition he repeatedly emphasizes that he is not offering four-year free rides to anyone Under executive reorganization ment heads serve at the pleasure of the governor and Montana's says all appointees will be very ly scrutinized and evaluated on a continual basis No I made no commitments to anyone throughout the he said I'm a free agent to do anything I want to do If I see they can't do the job they ought to be doing there's going to be change all there is to he said Judge has been an extremely busy in the past weeks and he says he will have more specific programs to submit to the legislature than most have had thanks in part to a interim appropriation Without that it would be very cult to have meaningful appraisal of the governor's and prepare legislative he said Didn't criticize Anderson Judge did not express criticism of Gov Anderson's proposed million ers budget but the young lieutenant ernor indicated he will submit his own budget recommendations in his state of the state message He plans to push his program with emphasis on property lax relief and reducing the income lax charge There's a very good possibility he would veto any budget which failed to provide culs In the surtax and properly tax relief be said goes electronic By STEVEN P ROSENFELD Press The Legislative Council has joined the computer age with the activation of a sophisticated system designed to eliminate legislative paperwork and re- duce drafting time The system goes by the name of ALTER that stands for Auto- mated Legal Text Entry and Revision It allows a staff of 14 employes to do the work of 67 Rose E Weber executive director of the council said Wednesday It will be a real time and money she said Will prove value Roberta Moody supervisor for the ALTER system said the system programed by Dala Retrieval Corp of Milwaukee Wise will really prove its ue in the amending of lengthy bills The computer memory bank has stored every on Montana's books In the past to amend one section of a such as a change in the name of an agency caused by execu- tive reorganization the entire would have to be in its entirety From memory bank ALTER prints the out from ils memory bank and lows the staff of the council to make the changes called for in the text of the Then the computer prints out entire with the changes included With 18 executive tion bills to be drafted for the next session each approaching 100 pages in length com- puter printout shortcut ta ing is a Godsend Mrs said Time saver Mrs Weber said ho system should allow the council lo pare between hills for profiling Thai way the legislation will be ready for legislature on the first day of the session and committees can get to work she said The system is used for rossing and enrolling bills she said Engrossing is in- sertion of amendment ing is preparing the in final form for the signature of the governor and must be done within 48 hours of final al by both houses of ment There is no way we could enroll Die executive bills within the limit without this she said There is likely little way we could enroll all the bills to implement the new stale con- without the system ther ALTER is presently leased but Mrs Weber said the council will recommend the purchase price be appropriated in the next sion It is possible the system could pay off in the next session she said In the last session the council spent for salaries and equipment to port drafting In addition Mrs Weber said delays in drafting bills by typewriter caused the legislature to stay in session for an extra one-and days at an mate cost to the taxpayer of With the overwhelming amount of legislation to be drafted in the next session as a result of executive tion and the adoption of a new state constitution would have been a massive headache for drafters to cope with without the system she said Signal when ready The operators of the ALTER system type instructions into one of eight terminals leased from IBM and the computer prints out responses such as signal when ready or in- valid command to let the op- know if the instructions are proper and whether the op- is ready for a printout of the or a section of a Mrs Moody said already 70 bills dealing with the new constitution have been prepared wilh the system that is yet to be fully installed Cousin SIRS ALTER has an older cousin at the called SIRS for Information Re- System SIRS was chased for approximately 000 from the same Milwaukee company as authorized by the last session of the state ture Mrs Weber said That system has a memory bank containing all Montana It is capable of searching each to retrieve information SIRS system In the review of the new con- for example the SIRS system was used to print out every that contained the words board of education Under new constitution lo lhal board is changed and housekeeping legislation will have to be drafted to bring the old laws into line with the new document The SIRS printout lets drafters see at a glance which bills have to be amended ing hours of pouring over state law books she said I
