The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

and the subject matter discussed, to
Der of the fifth column" or lives in
la Trojan horse" according to these
great humanitarians"
There is no doubt that the engulf-
ing of Holland, Belgium and Luxem-
bourg into the imperia1ist war greatly
endangers our own country; but that
danger does not come from any pos
sible invasion. The danger lies in
those imperialists in our own country
who will seize upon the over-running
of the Lowlands to involve our coun-
try into the war.
What are the stakes in this war?
Great Britain with population of 46
million enslaves 48O millions in it's
colonial empire. The 200 Families of
France rule over 70 million in it's
colonies, while France itself has a
population of AZ million. France and
England are fighting to maintain and
extend their empires.
The German imperialist bandits lots
their colonies in the first imperia1ist
war of 1914-1918 and are now fighting
to rebuild and expand their lost en-
pire.
There is no desire to protect small
nations, to defend freedom of democ-
racy on either side. The only issue
involved on both sides is to enslave
more peoples, to exploit more markets.
And what about our own country?
What will we do? Will we too be-
come involved in the war? Will we
again send the flower of our youth to
be slaughtered as in 1917 in order to
create more millionaires, to increase
the profits of the big corporations, to
help the imperialists in our own coun-
try seize more markets at the expense
Of their imperialist rivals?
Can the American people have any
confidence that President Roosevelt
will keep us at peace, protect us from
the crime of Wilson's 1917?
Every act of the administration is a
warning that we can have no confid-
ence in President Roosevelt on this
ssue. The administration has already
put our country deep into the cause
If the "Allies." Planes, munitions,
ind every form of diplomatic aid have
)een used to help the British Empire
which is the bulwark of world impe-
'ialism
And because we communists warn
against these steps, we are called
members of fifth column" Trojan
paid propagandists Of
Butcher Stain"
Because we oppose the steps which
re involving us into war, because we
ay that 1.-THE Yanks Are Not Com
n.y." because we expose the meas
res of the Roosevelt administration
nd Wall Street which help spread
he war; we are accused of Condemn
ng our American institutions, our
our American govern
1ent"
Surely no one has forgotten SO soon
hat it was the Montana Standard and
OF the communists that condemned
our American government" that con-
emned Roosevelt when our President
7as fighting for the social reforms of
ne new deal-the Wagner act, the
law, the National Health
i'll, increased appropriations for WPA
nd farm aid.
Day in and day out the Montana
tandard would carry rabid editorials
gainst the government, against
oosevelt. But that was before the
ar broke out in Europe, before Pres
lent Roosevelt shelved the new deal
Since the war broke out,
ley have stopped their editorials
yainst the President and "our Amer
an government" Why? Because
ley are satisfied with the present
olicy of the administration, the pol
y that aids the Allies, that leads us
to the war.
Well, we communists are not salts
ed with those policies, and we be-
eve that the overwhelming majority
the American people are not salts
ed with them either. The American
,ople want jobs, not guns-work, not
ar
The Montana Standard goes to very
r lengths to prove that there is no
ference between communism and
scism, between the socialist father
nd, the Soviet Union, and nazi Ger
any, between Stain and Hitler. But
as they will, they can not hide
e fact that the Soviet Union is at
ace; that the Soviet Union sue
eded in defeating the attempts Of
,rld Imperialism to turn the war into
war against the Soviet Union; that,
all the peoples in the world, the
oples of the USSR alone feel secure
the knowledge that their govern
INT will be able to defend their
ace and security.
To the editorials of the Standard we
)ly in the words of Lenin: Life will
,ert itself Let the bourgeoisle
re, work itself into a frenzy, overdo
ngs, commit stupidities." We will
ltinue to fight for our program, the
,gram of Peace, Security, Civil
yhts and Socialism. We will con-
lie to fight to keep America out
war.
(Signed) ARVO FREDRICKSON
LEO GARNET.