The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-27
AFRAID OF THE TRUTH

by enumerators The representa-
tve who acclaimed loudly about the rights of the people
to privacy in connection with their living did notany of
themrepresen interests of the people, they represented
in this in all other legislative matters their masters the
ndusrass capital At time in Congress- have they
shown themselves other than puppets of these interests
mouthpieces for privilege
The for their protests against asking
the questions concerning personal incomes and employment
which the takers will ASK the of the disclosures
based accurate and detailed information which the
reports will bring about This will be information which
questioned 1t will show, beyond question: the
mendous inequalities existing in democracy and
with authoritative facua data, ndc system,
operation in the richest country the world and causing
such conditions The possibility that these facts will be gath
cred and disclosed the people of this country while they
still have democratic rights makes the ndustriasts and
capital mighty jery Why the people might begin to
der if such conditions and why they exist at ALL
Much to their liking are statements like those made
recently by Edmund Lincoln economist for the duPon who
released to newspaper men and women his wegy concu
that there only 100000 unemployed in the Uni
States the credit of of the writers that they
did not nse tbs information So far as Is known only two
Arthur Krock Dorothy Thompson in their columns
the present at least that Sokolsky didn't
make of it. The two who used it, Krock and Dorothy
didn't quote their authority but both of them tried to leave
the impression that the figures authoritative and Dotty
fairly gurgled about them
The purpose of that of lying obvious enough
to develop public belief in the possibility reduction need
for any increased assistance urtamen
Of government appropriations for relief in all forms
In all of this form of propaganda efforts made to leave
the impression that the information from statistical
data assembled by government In the of
unemployment this agency would OF course be the United
States bureau of labor
The available information which could have been
used by these highly paid liars for the privileged
the time they released this Authoritative unempoy
ment would have been the statistics for December 1889 Sol
let how closely they to telling the truth.
The bureau of labor estimated that there
available workers in December 1899 In that month"; 3d.,
94O 900 nonarm employed and 1920 900 en-
ployed the farms according the bureau of agricultural
This makes total of A 31 900 employed and
600 unempoyed or 900 more than the number
shown by Dotty's Arhus Authoritative figures And
that generally close to the truth they in most of
their statements.
ho tbot+
ported 49, 900 nearly onexth of the population had
be given aid in the month of January and the
ceved by them keep body and soul together SIS
the month.
also undoubtedly that the statistics which will be
compiled from the information secured by the will
show that the of unemployment for will be
larger than in single month; particularly in December of
any year During that month"; there is usually large increase
temporary employment in retail stores transportation agen
cies, postoffces, etc.
Of course one thing is certain will remain for pubca-
tons such the Voice. to pbcize the statistics gathered by
the concerning unemployment and the annual
large portion of the population The controlled with
Arthurs and Dorothys will certainly not do it.
SANE DECISION
The decision of the Scandinavian countries permit
England and France make battle-ground out of their
tries evidence of large elements of sanity in their
ments They did not permit themselves to be swayed by
prejudice They weighed the of the future
their populations and firmly their neutrality al
maintaining their attitude they will
the final winners when the begerent nations have reached
The end of the And theirs probably be the only
the present the soaed de-
nocracies. m
pressure that asserted only without
within the Scandinavian countries involve them the
struggle must have been tremendous Eng in,
anxious the against Russia
the last SWede norwegian Dane anu WIN quite
support from other countries including the United
for the of troops the Scandinavian
the support of Finland Harder doubt for the
the of the
of
sympathy of the Scandinavian people for the Finnish
eope surely no easy job for the ones IN power to
eep their heads and the people from themselves
Here this country survived the effort to engineer
nto ufecl VI ouI IHoSe
motions stirred that they ready to have
assist Finland should be able to sit down.
elief that did not do We still at that is
he important thing
of course impossible lust when another
of emotion arousing propaganda will be started
hungry industries in this country Nor pos
hing AS long the madness in Europe continues