Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-01-21


program as a whole appears to be impracti
able and a dangerous experiment.
Those who do a little serious thinkin
may very we'll ask consider, Is Commur
ism a menace or a help.
1t is up to us to find the answer.
True Americanism (for hat is VIVA
we must have) to deserve hat name mus
be open-minded and progressive. 1t can no
rernam dormant, or keep in a rut. although
a rut serves a good purpose. Changing con
ditions however make demands that can
not be long ignored. Therefore adaptivenes.
is necessary if we are to progress.
There is al ever changing evolution
that is evoluting' faster now than ever be-
fore. We must keep step.
Let us consider our problem and ask
ourselves a few questions. Will we continue
to use the same cumbersome systems tina,
have served their purposes in the past but
are wholly unsuitable under present condi-
tionsp Will we keep on ignoring human
needs IN our mad scramble for money and
power9 Will we just let things drift along,
hoping to get by, pass the buck, let George
do it-or somethin'p Are we going to
dodge our responsibilities, that should be
solved now, and by u.s. If we are, then Com
munism will have a good excuse for doing
it.
So many Of us are restless, impatient,
if not actually suffering under an old sys-
tenn that needs adjustment. We are a mod
ern people in other ways. We demand ev-
erything improved whether in living or &C.
onomics. We are world wise, have wider
contacts, our needs are greater. The urge Of
the times forces us to keep up with the de-
mands. Old, nksome ways iirriitate therefore
there is a revolt either repressed or express
cd Some will thoughtlessly say Anything
tor a change, it can be worse"
Ibis is where Communism will come
IN. As it stands now it may be considered
as both a menace and a help"
Communism, if it serves no better pur-
pose than as a spur or a threat will be Of
some definite material help. Many there are
who never make a move or an effort unless
threatened one way or another. In the pro-
motion OF new ideas someone must do the
pioneering. Someone must bear the brunt
OF attack, do the work, blaze the way. And
AAA-
FOR the masses, the great common people
there seems to be very few real champions.
Communism, if It faithfully serves them as
seems to be their purpose will be a friend in
need. They must put up a solid front, make
definite expression if they are to receive
anything more than mere promises, on pro-
misses, that it what now offers an opening
tor other remedies-even Communism.
The only alternative will be to make q
radical cleanup in the old parties-or build
a new one. The warning is clear. Re-adiust-
ments must be made, if not Of our own max
ing, then Communism. Communism if anv.
will force better leadership.
Are we not gong to make these chan
ges ourselves, to suit our. own conditions,
not as some outside influence dictatesp
a good maxim being used by a local
communist paper says, Liberty is not
handed down from above" and we might
add, nor from Russia"
American citizenship and American in
are now given a direct challenge
which will test their metal to- the extreme.
We are on trial. Shall we make our own
or will Communism make them
for usp