The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
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paign come true, we can expect t
read the following items in the news
papers during the coming year:
tom Girdler, in an interview, say,
that John L. Lewis isn't red ogr,
after all. He apologies for every
thing he has said against the CIC
leader"
ERNEST Weir launches a campaign
designed to defeat the Smith amend
ments to the national labor relations
act. Defends the Magma Carta OF
labor as indispensable to the coun
try's welfare"
1.-THE National Association Of Manu-.
facturers comes out for the closed
shop and in opposition to company
unions Sees industry strengthened
by unionization of the workers"
1.-THE United States Chamber OF
| Commerce organizes movement to
give the farmer parity with industry
Realizes the need for preserving the
healthy economy"
wall Street has adopted the slogan
for the present emergency, More not
less, Democracy Shows concern over
violations Of civil liberties"
wendell Willkie directs the pub
licity staffs of his privately-owhed
public utilities to extol the virtues of
government ownership of power.
Cheap electricity needed, he says"
New York's Bruce Barton warns
against the dangers of a Gestapo In
the United States. Would curb ac-
tivities of agents of the department
of Justice"
"Joe Martin organizes House Re-
publicans to back increased appropri-
atoms for the WPA Feeding the ma
tons hungry is more important than
balancing the budget he tells report
ers."
Pennsylvania Boss Joe Pew leads
crusade for clean government. Brands
lobby activities of Big Business as
corruptive of government"
Who says that the world is not
progressing-at least that part Of the
world known as the U. S. A.
Scar Left by the Campaign
The charge repeatedly made by the
Republicans during the campaign to
the effect that the reelection of Presi-
dent Roosevelt meant that the country
was definitely on the road to war
has undoubtedly left an ugly scar. II
Is certain to have weakened this coun-
try's position in dealing with the die
tators and to have made maintenance
Of peace more difficult.
Obviously not making Roadway,
even though their candidate promised
everything this side of the moon, the
in desperation, attempt
ed to win the election by creating a
fear psychosis. They did this by call
ing FDR warmonger, a meddler |
In foreign affairs, intimated very |
strongly that he had very definite de- |
signs to bring this country into the |
war, inferred that commitments to |
hat effect with other countries al
'eady had been entered into, and even
vent SO far as to paint picture OF
lrmy transports already on the high
eas carrying American boys to fight
IN foreign battlefields.
BY DOING THIS, THEY SHOWED
THAT THEY REGARDED THEIR
'ARTY'S INTERESTS AS COMING |,
AHEAD OF THEIR COUNTRY'S
That exactly has been
he position taken by the French fas-
lists, which was largely responsible
or the downfall of their country. II
Undoubtedly, many well-meaning
ut timid souls-and there are many Il
I these-were seized with fear I
sychosis. And, as a consequence, |
heir faith in their government has
cen undermined at moment in our {
istory when national unity and faith t
! a government that has the courage / \
, take firm stand in its dealings I
18th dictators is more needed than Id
YER before. 10
Events Of recent years have proven u
cry convincingly that dictators re-
,ect only the mailed fist when it is G
acked up by sufficient force. A for Il
gn policy that recognizes that fact IL
Id the Roosevelt administration does n
is best calculated to preserve peace C.
he people OF Norway wanted peace, G
1t Hitler gave them the peace OF liz
g sword and of the bomb. Belgium n
inded her own business, but the A
lzis over-ran that unhappy land. p
olland certainly wasn't provocative m
her powerful nazi neighbor, but p]
,If RI b1,i1J thic limo opI o.