The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-30

/ naval dlldlTS COHlnlltee luVeStiSd'
ton into the defense program is the
tip-off that the real purpose of this
| investigation is to discredit labor
rather than to make an impartial in
quiry into defense Toland was the
counsel for the Smith NLRB investi-
cation committee. He has an anti
labor complex; has appeared before
the NLRB on a number of occasions
representing employers who refused
to obey the Wagner act, and is an
old hand at this anti-labor publicity
game With Toland at the helm, you
can expect the anti-labor drive to be
speeded up
What Does the Pact Mean?
There is a lot of guessing as to the
real meaning of the Russian-Japanese
pact. Many are interpreting it as
they would like to interpret it, and
it permits of almost any interpreta-
ton. Hence, there is a great deal of
wishful thinking.
Here is what a cold blooded realist
who is a member of the house naval
affairs committee said to his col
leagues mot for publication, of
course): MARK it down that Hitler is
the guy who put this pact over Stain
signed on the dotted line because Hit
ler directed him to sign Hitler
wants our navy to remain in the Pa
cific and Japan wanted assurances
from Russia that she would not be
molested from the Red Bear if she
moved further in the South Pacific.
Adolf delivered the goods"
No doubt that many experts 'ghere
hold privately to that view They
just can't see how the soviets can
hope to cash in on pact with the
Japs in the event they become en-
broiled in war with the nazis. And,
they argue, pacts don't mean anything
to these people anyway, and Stain
knows it, On the other hand, there
is unmistakable evidence that rela-
lions between the Wilhelmstrasse and
the Kremlin are cooling off as the
result of the Balkan campaign.
The real purpose of the pact, how
ever, will be disclosed before many
moons are past. Will Turkey resist |
the nazis? Will the Japs become |
more bold in the South Pacific? Will !
the Soviet Union withdraw it's aid |
from China? These are the things to |
watch And until the answers to
these questions are had, the mean
ing of the pact will not be known.
Current Capital Comment
Sem Cotton Ed" Smith is "sore"
because the Washington draft board
'efused to grant his son special de-
erment privileges on the ground that
lis services as clerk with the senate +
committee on agriculture were indis-
,ensable. Persecution, is what he
,alls it. Residents of far away
Gatanuska Valley, Alaska, will have
Electricity in their homes thanks to
n REA Coop, it was announced last
Ieek. The tense international sit
alton was put in cold storage for
t least one night in Washington ,
hen the Congressional Secretaries s
Tub got together on April 20 for their /
nnual banquet, banquet chairman |
iarold Hagen said. Any speaker who
ssays to discourse on the interna- c
onal question will find himself sail g
ig through the open window, Hagen i
i. It's plain that the war Ii
! Europe has now reached the stage Ii
premiscuous bombing of enemy
ties, without regard to military OBJ O
,ctivos. What will the next stage "
e? The German-American Ma d
onal Alliance, in its last weeks a
ewsletter, calls for the defeat at the I,
ext election of all members of con- e
'ess who voted for the "Lease-Lend" y
H.
Cotton growers in the south will ,
ceive cotton stamps" from the gov
nment for reducing the amount of ~
tton acreage. With these stamps ~
ey can purchase cotton-made goods
,tton-made goods win be treat for
any of these cotton-growing families W
Gardner Jackson has sued the W
images for being called "Stalinist" to
recent article in that magazine of
Benjamin Stolberg. Senator OF
PIPER, Florida, has introduced in the be
nate an anti-poll tax bill "In this d.
a. said Senator Pepper, when we so
e one of the living champions of st
mocracy, we must show the world to
at we not only preach it abroad but in
at we practice it at home" -. m
aries Palmer, defense housing CO. he
linator, wants an additional 1000 tn
-elling units constructed at Balti- va
IRE to house defense workers. ar
ports from Is cities received by the I'll
nsumer Division, DEM, show steady blu
rease in retail prices of such foods cd
round steak, pork chops, butter, TIN
IS, cabbages, navy beans, lard, cof- tai
!, and sugar during the month of en-
rich. inc