Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-06-07
GETTING DOWN TO
RASSTACKS
THE big, BAD WOLFF

III oioy oHD
Will all those who have scoffed al
our repeated predictions that Com
munism would have a full ticket In
, the field this yearsn 0 please step
to the micraphone? That includes
our good friend and senator, Lars
Angvic, who only a few weeks ago
| prompted no doubt by his strong
Republican proclivities - e~ndeavored
to convince us that Communists
would not file as Communists, but
would enter dark horses in the
race If candidates all filed on the
Democratic ticket. We told him there
| were several reasons why that would
not happen. In the first place, Com
munists take themselves and their
organization more seriously than
does any political group. and would
not care to sacrifice the standing of
their organization, weak as it Is, even
for the hope Of getting elected to
some county office through the back
door Of another political party. The
Communists simply don't do things
that way. Then too, they could expect
no further financial assistance from
the national organization, and just
now that is apparently necessary.
And, the Medicine Lake Wave,
whose veteran editor only two weeks
ago exhorted its readers not to listen
to the tales of the big Bad WOLF
which it termed the Herald's repeat
ed threats OF a Communistic ticket.
OF more Importance to the Wave and
a few ardent Stalwarts was the per-
petuation Of a Party In Sheridan
county than to listen to the "ridicu-
lous" threats about Red" menace
and attempt to form some kind of a
united front against 1t. Now that the
threat has become a grim reality, |
presume the Wave editor will CON
tend that everyone should file on and
vote the Republican ticket. | do know
that he will want to devise some wav
to fight Communism for he has been
as much its enemy as the Herald.
Some OF the more orthodox Dem
ocfats also came within the group
that said we were taking Communism
TOO seriously. | recall how one of the
Party leaders approached me sew
eral months ago as to what could
.ibe expected from the Herald.
Nothing would satisfy him but that
We come out for a straight Demo
cratic ticket. Communism is a thing
Of the past he said. 'let us have d
straight alignment OF the old par
ties We insisted he was wrong, and
he went away with the determina-
ton, we learned afterwards, Of gett-
ing another paper established in
PlentyWood which would be a
straight Democratic organ. Now,
I'm more satisfied than ever with
the Herald's stand that a Fusion
Ticket was a public necessity for
the common good again this year.
The big, Bad Wolf" may be a
good label for Communism In Sheri-
dan county. But 1T Is no fairy story
1t has already sunk its fangs into
the political diet of our people, and
everyone may be sure 1t will be
claWing deeply into every nook and
corner of the county endeavoring
through its propaganda to spread the
seeds of discomfort and revolution.
Raymond Moley In To-day" says,
1T Is most interesting to note the
bitterness with which Communist
propaganda attacks any suggestion
OF improving economic conditions.
Their literature" Is full OF citations
from capitalistic orthodoxy such as
the Annalist, whenever evidence can
be found that business is not tmprov-
ing. Ii a Republican Senator attacks
the New Deal on the ground that 1t
has not improved business, the Com
munists gleefully use the product of
his research. The one enemy, mex
orable, Overwhelming, that spells the
death OF Communistic hopes Is the
economic Improvement of the condi-
ton of the American people"
But the Communists, like the Stall
Wart Republicans, are having their
difficulties too. No sooner had their
list of candidates been agreed upon
than n of their number refused to
accept the endorsement. Magnus
D~anielson, prominent Dagmar farmer,
who two years ago was Communist
candidate for county commissioner,
said he would not oppose Niels Mad
sen for clerk and recorder. 1t Is also
understood that one of the candi-
dates endorsed for the state legisla-
ture would not accept.
In the meantime, reports were cur
rent that a new political organ was
about to be. launched monthly
publication to espouse the principles
of the Holiday association. Advertis-
ing was being solicited, and some OF
the politically ambitious had been
induced to buy space" to announce
their candidacy. The greater number
OF candidates however interpreted
the owe merely as an effort on the
part OF the ousted wing OF the Pro
ducers- News-Taylor, Salisbury, and
Gallagher ct ALTO take owe the con. |
troll OF the Holiday group, and were !