The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-22
The
of the F. u. c.. t. A.
Trojan Horse Trick

Trojan Horse Trick
We hear much these days of the
Trojan horse" over in Europe. The
name applies to the planting of men
in the enemy's camps, forts and be-
hind the lines whose job 1t is to dis
rupt communications, to destroy mo-
rale and to prevent cooperation. The
chap who picked the name went a
long way to get it. He borrowed it
from Homer, the Greek poet, who
lived about 1000 years B. c., and who
wrote a poem on the siege of the city
of Troy, which lay just across the
Hellespont from Greece. The siege,
which lasted 10 years, began with a
scandal. Helen, wife of the Greek
king, ran away with the crown prince
of Troy. To avenge that love piracy,
the Greeks started blitskreig with
100000 men and 1900 ships. After
10 years the blitzkreig petered out and
trickery was called on to help. The
Greeks, pretending to admire the cour
a present Of a mammoth wooden
horse. About that, Virgil, the Latin
poet wrote centuries later: Beware
the Greeks bearing gifts" Reason
enough-the horse was hollow and
filled with Grecian soldiers. AS soon
as they were inside the walls of the
beleaguered city, out they leaped and
Troy was taken.
1t Could Have Been
Sounds little like the story of the
in Scotland, which got stalled on
hill. The driver shouted back to his
fares: Some O. you will have to
jump out and give me a push" at
which word out leaped IA Highland
ers! You just can't figure that
wooden horse could hold enough men
to make any real fighting force. Kind
ly recall that the Greeks also wear
kits, though of more of the fluffy
ballet-girl type. So-it could have
been done. 1t is not a Greek myth,
for psychologists have excavated the
ruins of ancient Troy and discovered
Indications of the war which brought
its destruction. Were it not So
Homer's tale would be Trojan horse
On us.
What has this to do with the Farm
ers Union program? That's this col
lmn's job to show you. There are
Trojan horses in peace and in eco
lomic struggle. Tune in now and get |
In earful of how the Trojan horse |
rick is worked on Agriculture, to |
wreck its program and divide its
orces:
Tar in the Motor
The Walter-Logan bill which, if en-
lcted, will subject all decisions, reg
Ilations and actions of Federal Boards
o what it smoothly calls judicial
eview." Sounds innocent, doesn't it?
BUT it's just another Trojan horse,
tut in to delay the action of the
arious boards, many of which affect
he farmer directly. 1t could stall the
GA by a series of court cases so that
our loan never would get adjusted.
could hold up the operation of the
rop insurance board by well placed (
omplaint in the courts. 1t would just
e like pouring tar in the cylinders
your motor. You might get the
rotor going again-but it would take
me. c
We Were Not Fooled
All right-another Trojan horse was
lie Gillette bill, which instead of af-
,rding the farmer relief from debt
nd high interest rates proposed a v
oard of five members, each at $4,000 a
year to handle farm credits. That o
ne fooled the other farm organiza- b
ons but not the Farmers Union. a
There's quite a herd of these horses. f
he Barden and Smith bills, to amend t
e hours and wages law, were two a
ore. The proposed to aid the farmer /
; making the hired help of packers, |
nners, tobacco shippers and the h
re, work for less than $3.50 week =
d make the work week go hours in =
cad of AZ. They fooled other farm Il
but not the Farmers I'm b
H. Our Mr.. Thatcher wired down W
d, in effect, told Congress: None it