The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-27
Dunder-pates' Field Day

from Washington must have been field day for the reaction
Congress- According the news stories, most vocal
such Statesmen Cox of Georgia. Hoffman OF Mlch
California Costello of Colorado and Rich of Penn
svana Reading the expressions of these braness sooges
big business elected in by the votes of great
numbers of the people in their respective districts
makes wonder what the eventual outcome going to be-
Cox of Georgia. of the poll tax states where the great
poor people, barred from exercising their
franchise making catpaw OF the privileged such
be elected outlaw strikes This not
surprising He halls from section OF the country where 1t
apparently still considered democracy to tar and feather
labor organizers starvation to keep tenant farm
constantly debt the landlords to pirate about the
South Flower of manhood and womanhood while the canker
poverty and disease of and accompanying debase
of most of its manhood and Womanhood
checked Such Cox and his supporting cques in
Georgia. been intelligent enough read the hand
writing on the wall, presaging doom.
Hoffman of Michigan has already presented bill to prevent
labor requiring union membership of workers in defense
industries Ford of California attacked what he termed
he sabotage that the o. and others throw
ing into our defense industries" Hoffmans bill passed.
would provide what Henry Ford DESIRES nasmuch he
has been given tremendous order for material and
would end the efforts of the workers in his plant organize
their conditions would also make unnecessary
for Henry to maintain his private army OF goon gunmen and
econvc to errorze his workers and to slug and bea
up such union organizers have the emey to try to assist
the Ford workers to organize
AS Ford of California concerned he probably had
the Vuee Company Downey California in mind when he
spoke of the sabotage program of the c. o. and his
for the proper prosecution of our defense program Strangely
enough this patriot did not raise his voice when the aircraft
production program held up for months while the industry
holding out greater profit from the
ment.
the Aircraft Inc. strike max
ing the tremendous demands of minimum pay Csc
This company nothing the world but baby" having
been organized division OF the Aviation Manu-
featuring Corporation and August 81 of this had al
ready made earnings of $2270O0 At the it has
government contracts amounting to S3o9SO0o And thanks
the the by the aircraft industry last
spring and tremendous profits will be made these
contracts But of effort by workers to bet
ter working conditions and better pay rising living
classed sabotage programs by iackas the
dustrialists such as Ford of California.
Representative Colorado the possible
increased demands of labor He states that would
be increased by those demands What he really pleading
for the protection of the profits of the
terial manufacturers.
Representative Rich Pennsylvania whose harpings on
and constant dire predictions of financial collapse of
the country whenever millions to be appropriated
for relief work relief strangely lenced when appro
priaons of billions for materials under consdera
on has truly found his forte He is the first of this
gregaon of openly
for the nenmen of SUCH presumably still had the
courage their fundamental American rights the
rights inherent in democracy.
These expressions cannot and will not be Laughed off,
Labors rights organize for collective bargaining have been
the of blood and lives They have been paid
for the coin with which the fundamental liberties of
the American people Because President
had encouraged labor in its rights because he had shown
concern ior Inc victims Oh our economic ana soca SYSTEM be-
of these and related efforts made by him. the working
people of the country reelected him against the
vocal opposition of capital and industry This means that the
great of working people of the United States
wanted nevertheless ntelgenty realistic voted for him
preference to Wkie whose only platform consisted of
agogic promises. !
The of American people played safe according
their best judgment despite propaganda
before against propaganda in
fathered by their class leadership. :
The American people surely going submit tamely
the planning and proposals of such Statesmen
Leen discussing here If these stooges of privilege had
the brains OF gnats they would draw lesson from the
of the recent campaign and lacking ability themselves
coed with fnese help which within reach
in abundance
In the so-caled all of this k must stand like an
omnous spectre the expression of realistic Independent think
OF tens OF millions of the American people which
recently witnessed And these millions
be aerty watching how well their faith
ershp of President Roosevelt will be justified.
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