The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-02
Incipient Hitlerism

UP OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIBRARIES
AND CONFISCATE AND DESTROY EVERY SUBVERSIVE
BOOK OR PAMPHLET FOUND PLACED THERE BY SUB
vERSIvE GROUPS TO DEMORALIzE OUR YOUTH AND
CITIZENS"
Keefe of Billings district governor according to
press reports of the Kwans organization of Montana and
this speech from which the quotation is made delivered
to state district convention OF the CIVIC club winch calls
itself the Kiwanis.
the speech this presumably thinking he was
expressing sound Amercanism, advocated checkup OF
''subversve professors and instructors
We loathe to believe that smugly ignorant a
group of men as one often finds meeting
organization could at least at this stage Of
the public mind approve of recommendation such made
by this charaan Be said to the credit convention
that apparently found that it needed leadership this
Hitler parrot not reelected to office
Kiwan organizations act upon the advice
appoint the committees which he
recommended the Voice. being disposed to be helpful in their
task that they srnze certain books in the
schools and colleges for of beliefs from which
1--WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE sELF-EvIDENT
THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UN-
ALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THAT TO
SECURE THESE RIGHTS GOVERNMENTS ARE INSTITUTE
ED AMONG MEN DERIVING THEIR JUST POWERS FROM
THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, THAT WHENEVER
ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE
TO THESE ENDS 1T is THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO
ALTER OR ABOLISH IT, AND TO INSTITUTE NEW GOV
ERNMENT LAYING ITS FOUNDATION ON SUCH PRINCI-
PIES AND ORGANIZING ITS POWERS IN SUCH FORM, AS
TO THEM SHALL SEEM MOST LIKELY TO EFFECT THEIR
SAFETY AND HAPPINESS. PRUDENCE, INDEED, WILL
DICTATE THAT GOVERNMENTS LONG ESTABLISHED
SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED FOR LIGHT AND TRANSIENT
CAUSES; AND ACCORDINGLY ALL EXPERIENCE HATH
SHEWN, THAT MANKIND ARE MORE DISPOSED TO SUI
FER WHILE EVILS ARE SUFFERABLE, THAN TO RIGHT
THEMSELVES BY ABOLISHING THE FORMS TO WHICH
THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED BUT WHEN A LONG TRAIN
OF ABUSES AND INSPIRATIONS PURSUING INVARIABLY
THE SAME OBJECT EVINCES A DESIGN TO REDUCE
THEM TO ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM, 1T IS THEIR RIGHT 1T
is THEIR DUTY TO THROW OFF SUCH GOVERNMENT,
AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE
SECURITY"
this the fagwaving mountebank
who uttered the un-Amercan vel at Glasgow does
what document the above quoted which will probably
be true of his committees WE'LL we will facilitate the search
by them that quoting from manifesto
of the Third International from manifesto of their
pattern Hitler We have quoted from the unanimous
ton of the thirteen United States of America made July
a, 1776.
Perhaps in the same subversive pamphlets in the Libraries
ofthe schools and colleges they might also find what spoken
Constitution the United States America which
writer equally they have studied
however much they might mouth phrases concerning it. Wei
commend them the reading and study the first fourth
amendments TO that historic document as adoped bv the found
fathers of this country who if alive today would hide
heads in shame they heard claiming to be Ame
citizen utter such gbberish done by this socaed
"civic" leader
also possible that they might discover printed
in Book called the Bible This address by Son of Man. has
been casually read by large number of American people
convinced that Mr. Keefe and his committees after the
thorough reading and analysis of of the statements
tanned in this address, generally known The Sermon
the Mount will find for the protection of the
uace to add this publication to their of nfammable liter
Along with this will of course go many or all of the pub
shed expressions Paine Jefferson Jackson
ster both the presidents named Roosevelt of Emerson
all of Jack Londons In might be well play perfectly
safe and leave only the publications of the cvc clubs the
corporation controlled press bulletins issued by the
ing interests the trade journals of the munitions manufacturing
industries and the publicity releases of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce and affiliated organizations And then
observe the cultural growth of the American people,
"gaiy to burgeon and broadly to grow" n
At this time does not reasonable to to believe
that the entire membership the Kwans clubs would
the recommendations Of Mr. Keef with seriousness We
personally with members of the organza
tion number friends These gentle
all engaged business have joined the and
attend its uncheons and gatherings because has become
conventional custom to belong and attend "It the
things have to do. Knowing these do b.
that the of this at the convention the
organization, have smeed And noted az
apparently they did him the head their organ
izaon and elected another which is heartenng and
speaks well for them. 81
We would feel respect for the organization issue
been taken the floor the
But the inimaton
done So the record in the of the proceedings
history record of proceedings which challenged funda