The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-30

promised to call a conference of farm
farm program as one of his first pc
litical acts Willkie approves farm
parity and also promises to call a con-
ference of farmers as one of his first
officials acts. Stassen said he would
improve and extend old age assist
ance; Willkie says he will increase
old age assistance payments. Stas
sen said he would give the young peo-
pie a "forward-looking youth pro
gram; Willkie says that he will solve
all of youths problems, and give
every boy and girl real opportunity.
| Stassen announced limitation of in
dividual campaign contributions, at
the same time spending the largest
campaign slush fund in the history of
Minnesota politics; Willkie announced
| Limitation of individual campaign con-
tributions, while there is no evidence
of shortage of Republican campaign
funds.
The entire strategy is based on the
theory that reactionary voters are too
smart to be deceived by the assumed
liberal pose, but that a sufficient num-
Der of liberal voters will fall for it
to. bring about Republican victory.
It's only drawback is that the game
cannot be kept up forever
The people somehow finally catch
on. Stassen gave the people of Min
0f ont
a restoration of good, old Republican
rule-a bit stream-lined to fool the
unwary. Willkie, if elected, undoubt-
eddy expects to do the same thing.
But what difference does that make
if it succeeds in getting you into
office?
Who says these are tough days for
the million-dollar- income guys?
The latest Treasury department re-
port, covering the year 1888, shows
that so individuals in the United
States that year earned net incomes
of more than a million dollars. In
1888 the number was "a; in 1885 it
was Al, and in 1897 it was 40.
A Dr.. JeckyI, Mr.. Hyde Candidate
There are some who assert that
WILKES anti-labor and reactionary
record should not be held against him
inasmuch as he was merely perform
ing his official duties as a paid Wall
Street employee Were he to become
an employee of the people as presi-
dent of the United States instead of
as president of Commonwealth &
Southern, his acts would be more in
with the public welfare,
they insist.
If that assertion were true, then
there are two sides to his character
"a sort of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr.. Hyde.
But what assurances have the Ameri- |
can people that if they elect him as
their president that it will be the DR.. |
Jeckyl Wendell Willkie and not the |
Mr.. Hyde Wendell Willkie who will |
be occupying the seat in the White
House?
Martin Dies Does Smear Act
clustering Martin Dies, the over
'ated Texan, has finally come forward
with his master" smear effort, to
which he has been pointing for some
ime The smear, directed against
he New Deal, is in the form of
,ook entitled, 1.-THE Trojan Horse in
America timed very strangely to
make its appearance just before the
-oters go to the polls in a national
lection.
Specifically smeared in the book as
atspaws of the communists are the
'irst Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.
attorney General Jackson. Secretary
f Interior Ickes, and others.
This performance of Mr.. Dies does
OF surprise anybody on Capitol Hill
Tho has been observing him at close
ange. He is running true to form.
efore an election, he can always be |
expended upon to come forward with
few ticks to help the reactionaries
But, by and large, Mr.. Dies is not
Ding so bad for himself. Whether |
e delivers a smear lecture, writes a [
near magazine article, or writes a .
1ok, he is always feathering his own
est. Nobody can accuse him of scab-
ing on the profit system.