The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-02-21
THINK 1T OVER

THINK 1T OVER
Tucked away the inside pages of the Great Falls
Tribune of last Sunday little story about the milk fund
collection which started by D. L. Manning with letter
written by him the and enclosing check for SIS to
Blazoned the front of nearly all the dae
since Sunday thousands of dollars
been Montana for Finnish relief Should be
proud of this? Is mark of intelligence? Is it decent
patriotism?
In todays Tuesday) papers that the labor
of Fergus county raising funds for Fand needy and
this nearly prompts to throw our hands and say
the use?"
Just what difference hungry
child in Finland and in the United States? Why it
of more this Finnish child than the American
chid Why important to provide clothing for
people for the thousands of American citizens who
need them just badly?
If you live in community this country there
no men, children who lack for the
sites of life indeed fortunate Certainly this cannot
be said of any of the larger cities in Montana.
you not willing to admit that have needy
pie Montana, then certainly must admit that have
them elsewhere this country when the food budgets allowed
those relief rolls many of the larger cities from
800 below the minimum standards for the maintenance
of decency health fixed by the research of the u
Department Agriculture. And this minimum contempates
the of scientifically balanced rationng by expert det
tians
In Detroit family child provided with
$24 the state budget Under this allowance this
famys is budgeed at So week. with proportonate
families In this city, 80 of the
relief classified unemployabe However this
little bearing the situation Detroit like all other
cities, has jobs to offer, generally speaking.
Cleveland the relief food schedule 76c day
per person. So below the minimum for adequate
fitness and ~ given by the federal bureau of home
In 374 of sample investigation conducted by
Association of Social Workers. the investigators
"a threats eviction II evcon 63
nadequacy of clothng AZ of children out of
school because of shortage of food and clothing
Chicago average family of wife, 13yearold boy
girl receives SAG 60 which to live for month
Chicago standard budget for families relief $6789
Under aocaton than five meal
person. actually less than soc day for family of four
Denver the individual relief received $685. for the
month of December In report of special investigation
by Herbert Fara member of the state board of well
before his resignation, he states that school children go
school without breakfast depending WPA lunches at
noon. They inadequately cothed wearing WORKOUT
the report with this statement The
this condition increasing number of NAL
among both children and adults; increasing
Der robberes broken homes insanity
eide"
the conditions obtaining in the cities mentioned
condition. many exist in thousands
of this richest land earth Do you
at put drives for suffering people in other
Do you think you remain immune from the effect
conditions all of the people of this country? Do
realize that there day of inevitable reckoning
ing? Don't you realize that must stand convicted before
the bar justice of common humanity of
"horse you please let ourselves be swayed by
the ypocrca uncous propaganda for Finland of those
trying build public opinion for and ignore for much
longer the suffering of those country.