The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-05

opinions expressed. Letters submitted
and the subject matter discussed, tc
government untold millions to keeI
the workers from starving. The con-
trolled press has been condemning
such aid to starving Americans-mak
ing it apparent that the company
would prefer to see Americans starve
than eat. That is hitting America and
Americans below the belt.
At the start of Mussolini's aggres
sive actions, it was the house of Nor
gan in United States that financed his
rearmament and war efforts. Hitler
was financed by Dillon, Reed & Dillon
United States bankers. That was Civ
ing the dictators chance to destroy
democracy. In other words, the bank
ers care very little for democracy if
they can increase their profits. Japan
was also financed by the House of
Morgan. Likewise, the Anaconda
company's foreign mines, especially in
Mexico, are supplying Japan with cop
per that may one day be used against
American boys. That is stabbing
America in the back for profit-just
as treacherous as Judas with his price
of 80 pieces of silver. Such profiteer-
ing is also selling civilization down
the river
Now we find another example of
the copper companies ideas of democ-
racy in the new policy of denying
employment to miners and other work
ers if they apply for work when they
reach the age of As. They won't hire
men of that age even if they are phys
ically sound and willing to do good
days work. And at the same time
the controlled press and the COM
pany's lobbyists in Helena and their
hirelings on the floors of both houses
are the very first to yell economy
when honest, decent, conscientious
citizens plead for proper funds to take
care of the men and women who have
outlived their usefulness in the age of
machine competition for jobs and the
slave-driving speed up systems that
require young men to endure the pace
The land of opportunity has it's from
tier-the last frontier-at the age of
As. That is cutting the age of mans
usefulness about 25 years too soon,
but the copper barons care very little
for Americans thrown on the scrap
heap; they are never concerned very
much about selling our citizens short
M thou
want to see the old timers of Montana
starve rather than see them properly
protected, we challenge the company's
lobbyists and their stool pigeons in
both houses to support legislation in
favor of decent old age pensions and
an honest welfare act, administered
in a humane manner Floor Leader
Byrne can now show his real colors
by supporting the old folks if he is
not controlled by the copper COM
panies. But we venture to say that
the old folks will starve before he
ever lifts his voice to secure a real
pension for them Mr.. Floor Leader,
it's your actions-voice and vote-that
tell whether you are for or against
the people of Montana. Your vote so
far has not given the common people
one single benefit. We appeal to you
to vote for the old timers and prevent
the copper crowd of profiteers from
selling the American pioneers into
life of misery in their old age.
AN OLD TIMER.
Missoula, Montana
Mr.. H. S. Bruce, Editor:
Since Martin Dies, the great vestal
virgin of un-Americanism, has been
betrayed to folly and is threatened
with living burial far from the dear
old front page, things won't be the
same for the shy girlies of both sexes
who are self-consecrated to the serv-
ice of the sacred fire on all the scat
tered affairs of this land. To vestals !
like Leslie Brown and Joe Parker it
must be a severe blow. But it is
amazing that our state legislators
should regard it as their duty to urge
the perpetuation of a stencil which at
length got too pungent even for the
FBI. Nobody in Montana except pos
sibly Roy Ayers and a couple of
whited sepulchers who wanted some
one elses job ever got nickel's worth
of good out of Dies doings.
The marked passages in my letter I
to TIME tell how Dies handled the |
of the Writer'S Project /
in 1898 The story of the aid he got |
from Montana is as shabby as the
Norton Brown affair, which you re-
Gently headlined. There was not a
shadow of justification in the work
If the project or in the Character of
he state director and the editor for
he charge of radicalism. 1t was sheer
'evelation Joe Parker, C. w. Fowler,
Nike Kennedy, and E. B. Plummer,
md four horses horsemen of this
NPA apocalypse, simply got together
md, by dint of prayer and meditation
by pious Justification of
acts, yanked vision out of the ether.
Dur Wall Street friends want
The British will pay these ;
government for war materials. /
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