The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT?

nessee Georgia. Alabama Mississippi and Arkansaa poll
tax the present Congress with 28 Of the com
mee chamen the House. and 33 of the committee chair
in the Senate in addition to the presiding officers IN
both Houses.
Of the IL important standing committees of the House.
these states furnish the chairman for six or 5o These
furnish 45% of the charmen of the II leading standing
committees of the Senate
The number of cast 1888 that of these
representatives Congress perfect example of whom they
represent and what this for progressive democracy Rep
Joe Stearns received 1858 votes Rep Sam Hobbs 126O3
Rep Martin Dies 1924 Rep Howard Smith, 1852 And
this is the total vote cast in the election!
And who these menu They the leading foes of
gessiv labor legislation members of the Dies committee mi
of the vicious anaen bills In the election of all
four of these men total of 1872 votes was cast In COM
061 votes elect single progressive
congressman Warren G. Magnuson in the state of Washing
ton
Is this representative democracy? Who wants keep the
poll and 100000 Americans dsenfranchsed?-
The New American.
THIS FATALIsTIC BUNK
grow wearer of that school of American
thought which United States doomed destined
enter the latest European
You know how these fatass reasonhat fortunes
eternay tied up with those of Britain and France that
cannot let under because life would
be worth living world overshadowed by Germany and
Russia The Allies can't win in any event we're being
told that become duty later help them
icuidate Htlersm If we send there it.
at least sacred duty to humanity to send materials
financed by money
Thus the ntervenonists both those who hope
will go and those who hope won't but believe we'll have
to- Even Wendell L. Wilkie, reputedly homespun middle
this fatasm Anyway Mr. Wke in his speech at the pub
fishers convention dinner remarked:
likewise despite to the contrary
by opposed the present administration do have
in continuation of the English and French
of ife'
There is another school of thought to which belong
along with convinced the bulk of the working people
and farmers of this country.
This school of thought thinks don't have join the
pean unless want to.
We kept out of Europes prior to the World The
War of 1872 phase of the Napoeonc true but
fought in that to protect shipping the
not to make Europe safe from Napoleon.
We keep of this war, just long the majority
of us hold to present resolution to keep out
To repeat the striking phrase of Sen. Key Pman chair
make proctorates of England and France they can't
to live in the world with Germany can't under
AXE repeatedly to adjust those arrangements for them
AS for the suggestion that at least should end give
them for the why should we? We did that the
time and after while they told money wasn't
enough and we'd have to send We did, and the world
been less safe for democracy since the World
han it before.
The money send them, the longer they will fight
The the Allies become convinced that will not help
hem finance this war; the sooner believe the will
1t is still true that both sides could make better
than either side could make after to finishEd
oral in New York Daily News.