Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-04-18

cent number of an authoritative ma
sazinej We have SIX million children
IN such throes OF poverty as to bring
shame to ourselves and TO oe,ittIe ou,
shining aGulations 0: the home OF the
free and the Land OF the brave"
Sucn 4 condition. all the more dam
gerouS because il strikes az the very
heart OF democracy. should no. have
TO be tolerated IN a land so rich with
natural resources
When children must go to school
with empty lunch buckets and out o!
may not observe their poverty. when
children lunch buckets are so desti-
tude of nourishing food as TO contain
only such victuals as flour-and water
biscuits buttered with lard. II is time
We take stock of the situation. for such
is the situation these days he said.
The home today. he said just as it
has always been. should be the nur-
turer and the preserver of a higher
way OF life. Consign it to poverty and
you impoverish democracy.
In completeness of the present eco
nonic picture of the nation. he point
ed 10 the millions Of unemployed. with
no hope under the present existing
system for their bettement.
Certain groups always manage to
warn OF bankruptcy if money is spent
in ways CT peace. The speaker recalled
that the anti-soldier's bonus group be-
walled until they were hoarse. con-
tending that the debt would bankrupt
the nation. Really. what bankrupts a
nation. he said are conditions that
blight mems souls and starve their
bodies.
One OF his own sons. commissioned
officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. the
speaker pointed out that he jointed
with all patriotic Americans in bring
ing about the defeat OF Hitler
But after Hitler is defeated. what
them. he asked. What are the warning
nations fighting for? Hitler. he said.
is simply 4 symptom of an economic
disease. It brought him into power.
The speaker went back 20 the days
o: l9l1-l8. recalling Americas sacri-
fices. Of the flower of American youth
in France 10 stem the tide OF German
armies. backed By astounding &C
CARNATIONS from the rear. He recalled
words of Major Malone. World War
veteran, in a Los Angeles address, in
later years in which he pointed cut
the folly OF America having been en-
broiled in the trouble
With one-third OF the nations popu-
lation ill-housed and ill-fed. as borne
out by statistics last year submitted
to the public b. President Roosevelt
the speaker asked il such conditions
were in keeping with the ideals OF de-
mocracy
The speaker blamed conditions upon
the great body OF Americans with
those getting their share Of good things
OF life not caring a damn" about his
nelghbor
II costs the government l9 billion
dollars annually to finance prosecu-
the speaker said.
Make is possible for more people. es
peclalIy youth, to enjoy the good things
Of life by being privileged a gainful
occupation and the national crime cost
vii! correspondingly decrease.
While he expressed deep sympathy
for wars civilian victims overseas. he
pondered those in our land. who year
in and year out. live in squallor Do
We have a kind of baneticense in our
own land that flowers only when there
is distress in the distance?. ne asked.
He was not specifically recommend
ing the Townsend Plan Is i E.eanS of
meeting the situation. Re eplained.
The one he favored vas he one
based upon IFS principles. - which
those over SO would Ee reti. d from
work and be granted Z pensi ! sufti-
cient to permit them to live in Sc
curity. It need not be $500 { month.
since money is a relative TIL :.
The speaker lad tribue TO Dr.
Townsend. author OF the -Ownsead
Plan. recalling that when he first pro-
posed the plan some groups pOked fun
al him. while others-C,Cre generous
hailed him as a fatuouS dreamer. Dr.
Townsend. he said, gave to the nation
ar idea that was not to be t-ampled
Through it as people outlived their
usefulness as ga!nful workers they
would spend their declining years in
respectability. the Townsend old age
pension being their shield in economic
national defense.
According to present population sta
tistics. million persons under tee Co.
years minimum age Strict.on would
qualify for pensions re said
He pointed out that We retire our
U. S Supreme court judges on $4,000
year pensions. We accord similar treat
ment to the widows of our presidents.
We do not do these things in idleneE.
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