The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-08
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
There Is a Better Way


In his firesde chat Sunday night President
nounced policy that definitely points toward putting the
United States into the world is the path followed in
1917 Senator Gillette calls attention to the fact that Mr.
Roosevelt does not the phrase short of war;
The President there risks in take
We believe the Presidents proposals the most danger
Gus that could be chosen for the American people.
This not the time to give up and practically
already in the hell of war are not We are thousands
of miles it. and in spite of the propaganda to the
tray likely to be in position to bring to
us. We stay out.
tending business keeping of and of
European enanglements that lead We have been
led step by step gloomy situation Every of
steps he's been resisted by the des
Britain and proposed ease of munitions
that the American people finance the
The president speaks of the alliance between Germany
Italy Japan, "aimed at world CONTROL He tells how
easily France Czechosovaa and other countries fell before
the He refers again to air line schedules between the
West Coast of Africa and Brazil danger to country
The people do understand these things and their effect
Ito inspire undue fear.
says the Europeans have asked for He said
nothing about the of the navy which is the next logical
step if the situation continues to develop.
this gloomy road the best the American people
can hope for? They and must come back from this
dangerous position
both to security and to promote the cause of
democracy in the world.
give them every al ere saving them
greater than the danger getting ourselves into the
plight But should sacrifice strict neutrality We
should not forget that there has been election Britain
tragic seout Htler that the
councs that the changers still the
policies of Britain for the benefit of the changers and
for the people, They refuse to state their aims
To Britain under such leadership cannot afford to
risk anything like the sacrifices proposed by the President
much the tragedies toward which those proposals lead
1t Hers might but this kind of leadership that be-
trayed Norway Holland Belgium France and brought Bri
her sad condition Changing that leadership
problem for the British people and should not dscour
that change by unsnted aid to the British Tories
chance for safety hardly by Presi
dent in his chat of the plans in work in Washington
We quit armng Japan (Our materials shipments
Japan increasingly The Chinese fight for indepen
dence and democracy nearly exactly like 1776
The fighting being done by loyal barefoot and by
of the Moie Pitch type.
We quit encouraging relationships in Latin America
Our department smiles Dictator Vargas of Brazil and
his kind These the worst danger of European dictator
ships getting into this hemisphere should they it.
governments like Mexico Chile This is fool
ish but helps certain American business interests.
We demand that Mr. Roosevelt take his bosom
such criers Henry L. Stmson Colonel Frank Knox
William c. Bull and others; that grant such
tremendous to such Hitler admirers William
Knudsen.
We demand to know why training and arming
men far beyond defense needs.
We demand monopolists be curbed They have been
turned loose to run hog wild under the program.
We demand enforcement of labor laws and that aen
ton be given to the needs of farmers and unemployed
These all safe ways. None them are being followed
These demands backed by the power people,
best guarantee of safety They only guarantee
All the above is saying in another way that democracy
home is the key to and webeing This is here
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