The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-23
time for action has arrived.

lows.
An attack on the Russia maritime
provinces of Siberia. This, undoubted-
ly, is what the nazis prefer But the
Russians are known to have rather
formidable forces in Siberia, and
Toxic and other Japanese cities, vul-
nerable to air attack, are within bomb
ing range of the Russian long-distance
bombing planes. That should make
the Japanese think it over for a long
time before embarking ON such
dangerous venture.
An attack on the Dutch East Indies
and Singapore. This also would be
no picnic for the Japs. Both of these
places are strongly defended. Also
and this is most important = this
course would be likely to bring about
American Intervention. which the
Japs would not want while they are in
their right minds.
An attack on lndo-China. From the
Japanese point of view, that course
would be the safest Although Sec
rotary Hull has warned the Japs
against such move, the chances of
American Intervention would not be
so great. Indo-Chi is large jun
gle, and contains no tin, rubber, or
oil-at least not in any quantities
which mean anything They say that
1t would take Japan at least two years
to prepare bases there from which to
attack the Dutch East Indies and
Singapore-and two years are a long
time off
If Japan is playing the safest
course, and must do some attacking,
Indo- China will be the victim of Japa-
nese aggression. The explosiveness
of the situation, however, may lie in |
the fact that the nazis and not the |
Japanese are calling the turn.
Price-Fixing Legislation
Price-fixing legislation soon will be |
presented to congress, and, everybody
on the Hill agrees, 1t will be enacted
into law despite a lot of vociferous
opposition.
Leon Henderson, OPACS chief, has
gone just about as far as he can go
under existing - and non-existing =
laws to control prices, but he admits
himself that he is not succeeding and
that his prospects of succeeding are
very slim.
Henderson's is the toughest and the
most thankless job in the entire de-
tense setup. He is tainted and sniped
at daily by some important Capitol
Hill gentry, but continues to drive
lard. But prices are still going up. :
And, economist that he is, he knows
hat they will continue to go up I'M
ess he is given far greater legal /.
,ower than he now has, he cannot
;hange human nature and the greed :
If individuals for profit, even during /.
N emergency.
Voted True To Form
Analysis by this column of the votes !
asst by representatives of the eight =
,oll tax states-Alabama, Arkansas, !,
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, :
Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia-on =
he May bill shows the danger that
his reactionary group presents to the a
yorkers of this country. !,
The bill was defeated in the House /.
y a vote of 220 to 149 OF the 80 !,
ongressmen from the poll tax states h
Who voted on this bill, 81 cast their
otes in favor of this restrictive labor +,
i'll, while only 8 opposed It, In adj {
ition, two poll tax congressman were r.
aired in favor of this measure. &c
The demand that the American form a
government be introduced in these q
ackward states is growing steadily. n
congress is now considering - or =,
ather their committees are - two n
ills, Geyers' in the house and Pep
er's in the senate, which would abol- a,
h the poll tax as prerequisite to n
citing in federal elections. Hearings n,
n the latter began this week before h,
subcommittee of the senate judi A
airy committee. Here is a situation Of
heer a little greater activity on the r.,
art of labor would do no harm. 70
urrent Capital Comment =,
Rep Butler, New York has intro CT
iced a bill in the house that would :,
We the boys in the armed forces =
ee mailing (franking) privileges. III
he fat boys just won't let up on
cir idea of a general federal sales
X . Modern Industry, business
agazine, bas just circulated to mem
RS Of congress the results Of a poll
nducted "among more than $4,000
men," showing 62.1 per-
Mt in favor of general sales tax;
8 percent in favor of a "selective"
les tax, and only 16.1 percent OPP
sed to either. You can be sure that
e 1871 percent vote was among the
mall fry" management men and not
long the "big shots" America
rst's research bureau" is going to
eat lengths to convince the Amer
an people that it is FDR who does
keep his word rather than Adolf
tier In one respect, Charles
ldbergh is consistent. He has never
cred word in the past in defense
democracy; and he is not speaking
defense of democracy today. III
stifying before the house committee
'estigating national defense migra-
n, Sidney Hillman declared that the
.eau of employment security during
first IL months of the present
Urgency registered more than g.
1000 workers, of whom about 1,500,-
were given jobs. :. :. The United
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