The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-06
Liberal. papers
and PR0PAGAMD

The crying need for more news.
papers with a. liberal and progressive
viewpoint is becoming progressively,
more acute. If we are to keep the
American people from being propa-
gandiZed into state of mind where
| by they lose all sense of balance and
good judgment and become easy prey
| to war mongers and the like, we must
have more means to spread before
them the unbiased, un-colored picture
of conditions as they are at home and
abroad and how they came to get that
way. This may best be done thru the
medium of a liberal, untrammeled
press with wide circulation, that will
hold a definite appeal to the several
groups that are most likely to be adj
verse1y affected by the output of the
propaganda mills-both native and for
eign-that are in continuous operation
in these United States.
Unity of Labor, Farmer and
Small Business Needed
We need a press that will promote
the identity of interest that should
be apparently between labor, farmers
and small business and professional
groups; that will point out and ex-
plain the inter-dependence of each one
of these groups upon the others-both
economically and politically.
From an economic standpoint the
farmer and industrial worker are by
far the most important, but the local
businessman performs very neces
sary function, also. The industrial
worker must have the foodstuffs the
farmer produces if he hopes to COM
pete with the products of mechanical
farming in the market place. The local
business man is the immediate dis
tributor of the tools and commodities
each group must have in order to keep
on producing and as such is entitled
to fair remuneration for his services.
1t must be readily apparent, there
FORE that each one of these groups is
largely dependent upon the prosperity
and well-being of the other two groups
for it's own prosperity. The farmer
cannot afford to buy the product of
the factory unless he gets a fair
price for the things he produces and
can market most Of his product; there
fore, the businessman's shelves be-
comes glutted with farm machinery,
clothes, household furnishings and all
the other things the farmer needs,
but cannot buy; the factories produc-
ing these things become glutted and
shut down, throwing the industrial
worker out of employment, so that he
cannot buy the foodstuffs and other
that he and his family
needs from the farmer and the bust
ness man. Consequently, any condi-
ton that affects either one of these |
groups, regardless of how |
many dividend melons the Big Boys |
may be cutting among themselves.
These three groups should be work |
ing together, economically and polit- |
ically, in a give and take manner but,
such is not the case.
The Big Boys, through their ownership
and control of the press has been able
10 propaganda and persuade enough |
If each group TO become political |
Dimps" for the benefit of the cor
Dorations; so that they have been able,
N most instances, to keep throttle
lold upon the destinies of the people.
Paper to Come Out
In an attempt to overcome these
1.-THE Peoples Voice" is
scheduled to make its initial appear
nee on December 9Th. The "Voice will
De a Weekly newspaper, published
~ the Coop Publishing Company at
Helena 1t is owned by more than
100 farmer, labor, small business men
rom all over the state who subscribed
or stock and made other liberal con-
ributions in time and money in order
o finance this enterprise and get it
.oing. There is now no question about
is start and continued publication,
nut in order to be effective it must
e widely read. 1t must do most of
he work of counteracting the drug
Ike effect, produced on lot of people
Y the nine corporation owned daily
ewspapers in the state. To do this
must have wide circulation. 1t
tarts publication with about 5000
this should be doubled I
y New Years. The goal has been set
)r $4,000 subscribers in the state
nd by the time that is reached we
ope the Voice" will have developed
ito daily statewide newspaper.
"The Peoples Voice" at its initial
meeting, adopted broad
ell defined policy. This cannot be !: