The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
Looks Like the Lid
Is On
BY BEN BUCKLEY

| / have been noticing the subversive
attitude that many of our good people
who work for a living have about dis
cussing the faults of our politicians
| 1t is getting so it is hard to get a good
argument started against a politician
any more, and | feel aggrieved about
| it as | never did have much use for
one of them anyhow. l can't quite
figure it out to my own satisfaction
yet Is it because the politician has
been sainted and has been placed in
the class of the unapproachables OF
is it that the people feel great debt
of gratitude to them for what they
haven't done for the common man? Or
has Mr.. Dies SO injected the fear of
Allah into the great mass of COM
moners that they SILVER and shake as
though they had the ague whenever
you want to pull politician to pieces !?
have asked quite few fellows about
this mystery that / thought could give
me the low down as they seemed to
be up and coming on all of the politi-
cal scandal of the nation a short time
ago. But when | approach one of these
fellows now and put a straight for
ward question to them, which l am
entitled to do under the laws of the
United States and which they have the
same right to answer, all / get is
sidelong glance and wild look out of
their eyes as they go siding away,
muttering something that have never
been able to understand. 1t sounds
like, mo speeka da English" But,
shucks, that can't be right as | have
argued with them too many times in
the past and they had reservoir of
English that would flow all day and
night. | know that's fact because
have heard them tumble words out
so fast that one couldn't catch them
in bushel basket. | have gone to
sleep while this feat was being per-
formed and have walked up several
hours later and they haven't even
started to breathe hard yet.
/ have been told that our nations
problems have two sides-cause and
effect. After cause has been found,
identified, branded and set to work to
break trail through the political
of our country it doesn't |
seem to modest the people any more |
han an Englishman would bother the |
natives Of Africa cutting a trail |
through the jungle with a Ratchet. But |
wait until effect comes along with his
lose to the ground trailing cause like
shadow, which he always does. You
will know there is tornado coming
p the trail. The trail is always too
mall for effect 80 out he bursts over
he land and sweeps everything before
i'm that is not well rooted In the soil
t political favoritism.
| wonder now IL some of the boys +
hat used to be so fond of talking loud
nd long on the political issues think
nat now they can hide their heads
I the sand and let the wind blow
1eir tail feathers up over their back
} shield them from the coming pres
IRE Of the political powers acting in
ehalf of the big interests. Do they
link that they can stay hidden until
lie dawning of the new day when
lere will be peace and quiet and they
IN come forth to look for fishworms
, that they may again sit in the sun
nd angle in the political waters? Or
Ill Mr.. Dies and his committee sue 7
led in sweeping free thought and /
,eech out of the United States? r