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

some degree at least, effectively.
Lewistown, Mont,
Sept. 81, 1910.
Editor OF Peoples Voice,
Helena, Mont.
Gentlemen:
In your edition of Sept IS, / rea
a letter from one Kaler S. Swensol
stating he was World war veteran
and that your paper tended to max
this country an easy prey to som
foreign dictator. don't know Mr. Kal
er, but | do know that many of thes
World war veterans who served
short time, and never saw any actua
fighting like to brag about their pa
triotism, and frequently criticize M
for the stand I take against war, ant
even accuse me of having communis
tic sympathies.
You probably remember when Rus
STA was fighting heroic Finland thai
wrote you very hard-boiled letter
demonstrating with your paper fol
failing to give Finland more support
and | still believe that the attack or
Finland was even more contemplate
than the rape of the Beers In South
Africa by the British government 4C
years ago. This man Swenson speaks
about a foreign dictator, but he says
nothing about domestic dictator, and
| it is my opinion that when democ-
racy enacts into a law a CONSUMPTION
act to draft men in time of peace
without any provision to conscript
wealth or industry, and when presi-
dent gives so of our ships to foreign
country without the consent of the
United States senate in violation of
law that a DICTATOR is just around
the country, and a dictator is die
tator wherever they have that power.
You know, Captain Bruce, some
thing about the services YOU and
rendered in the World war, and you
know something about War, but some
of these World war veterans with a
few days service in this country know
very little about war, and such men as
Tom Stout who keeps advocating war
through his corporation press either
knows or cares less about the dangers
and hardship which soldiers in the
field have to go through with. In fact
those advocating war are not con-
cerned as they don't have to do the
fighting, and those birds have no re-
spect for us veterans who did do the
fighting. They look on us as bunch
of simps who have been used as in
struments in their hands, and even
the president once said the fact that
man had worn the uniform of the
United States during the war did not
entitle him to any more respect than
those who kept the home fires burn.
ing.
| would like to take these men ad-
vocating war back with me to 1918,
and let them go through what the
combat regiments did.
Let them make 20-mile march dur
ing the night through mud and rain;
go over the top, and fight all day, and
then spend the night carrying wound
ed men off the field; fight the follow
ing day, and do outguard duty during
the night; fight the next day, and then
be assigned to patrol duty during the
night, and keep it up until the regi-
ment is completely exhausted through
lighting, lack of food, and perhaps
leave the front line with about 80 per
cent of their original fighting strength
and after temporary rest go back in
the lines again. YES, and perhaps lay
On the battlefield after being wounded
as l did for "a hours with other wound
ed men, and perhaps leave leg be-
hind at the field hospital, and submit |
to these operations without proper
medical facilities with doctors that
are completely exhausted, and still
working under shell fire.
When / went through these expert |
ences 1 did so cheerfully, then believ-
ne that we had the best government
IN earth, and glad to share the wounds
md hardships with the splendid SOL
liers and officers of my regiment. |
hen knew nothing about politics. |
supposed the men holding civil offices
t home were the same high class pa
riotic peaple that our army officers
we're. didn't know then that the best
nen served in the field and those re-
naining at home were of the type OF
'om Stout, Whiskey Ayers, Jack ASS
Iyers, who was then serving time in
he Pen. but who now lives in the
overnors home, and is more respect
d by the governor than any World
yar veteran. YES, Captain Bruce, l
ave been chloroformed longer than
ONE of the men were uniformed who
ow boast about Americanism.
I am glad that we have few indie (.
endent papers that are not full OF
GIN. and Liquor advertising, and
an still express their true sentiments, ,
nd are not controlled by the Liquor !
ng and criminal element that appear :
, have control of our state govern
ent. .
Let Mr.. Kaler S. Swenson make :
ply to this letter if he should see fit. !;
Yours for clean government,
ALBERT B. REPLOGLE. :.
HE IRISH SPIRIT !
NIL Fo11or,irrr Iatto,.