The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-21

l because the National Youth Admin,
tration was not turning out craftsme
as had been expected. At this time
8 when every gear in the defense ma
Y chimes must function with top-mos
l efficiency, the Montana Nationa
a Youth Administration is not putin
l out. l have only this to say, let
j get things lined up so that we ca
: contribute our share.
t Sincerely,
t WAYNE COSTER.
Great Falls, Mont
= Like a big sap, "a years ago I reg
/ istered for the United States army
| filled out a QUESTIONABLE, but l wal
never drafted, the war it seems to MI
, was over and peace for ever and pu
, in my spare time in trying to raise {
| decent family. | am not sorry fol
| having a family but now the wal
!, mongers are clamoring for my boys
before I'm hardly acquainted witt
them. I am no "appeaser" and I be
lieve in the defense of America but
there is too many super-intellectua
meddlers in this country doing theil
darndest to get us into this war, tc
suit me, I would like to gently lead
such birds through a bloody trench
just after bayonet fight, or hog tie
them in the midst of several hundred
dead men and horses for couple OF
days and see how they would react
h1J0
maggots and smells, and then take
their war temperature. l suspect it
would take all the GLORY and CLAM
our" out of war, and put them to
preaching the doctrine of mind your
own business" and let the other fell
lows alonei
The folks who are so anxious for
war never have to do the fighting and
dying, so they get big kick out of
war. They remind me of the curiosity
seekers you see hanging around
morgues and funeral homes getting a
big kick out of other peoples sorrows.
No doubt some famous people paid
out good money touring the battle
fields in France after the war was
over, who could have donned a uni
form and gone over in the first car
load free! But the very same "war"
mongers never did and never will
have the courage to enter a battle
field during the killing operation.
The cowardly European buns who
turned their backs to their native
land in travail are staging fox hunts
and horse shows in the u. S. A. and
they never fail to remind us that we,
too, must make sacrifices and that our
boys should be sent to all corners of
the globe to fight and die for i'm
perialist loot.
| advise all American youth to join
the army, navy and marines and be
prepared for against any invasion to
our fatherland America" My son
Peter ]. has already been in the army
a long time, am proud in saying that
he did not have to be drafted Yes,
| agree with Miss Rankin, only Amer
lean mothers can stop United States
from entering the European war, for
the sake of your sons please, readers,
write to your President and your Con-
gressmen and make strong your plead
ings that you don't want our sons
to make one step toward any foreign
country to fight.
This is our country and we will
defend it to the last.
JOSEPH ST. MARKS.
Kalispell, Mont
Editor, Peoples Voice:
l am glad to see attention being |
given by The Peoples Voice to the |
interests of youth. Surely something
is wrong with the administration of |
the NYA in Montana. If it were car
rying out constructive program
there should be more permanent re-
suits to show after several years of
operation. | believe a check-up is
needed and that we need to get an
that understands the
problems that face our young folks
and will work to carry out program
that will help them.
If any one doesn't know Youth
problem exists they should read boy
and Girl Tramps of America" by
Thomas Minehan of the University of ,
If the National Youth
Administration officials would read
hat book they would get some I'M
of the real youth problem
So far as I can discover nothing is ,
being done to reach that particular
group of youth. Perhaps the NYA is
lot designed to reach them but at
east it should serve to keep the ranks
rom swelling. "
l wish you success in your work.
Apparently you are trying to reach l
he people with the truth about con-
litions *. c.. a
editor, Peoples Voice: q
1t is truly interesting to note how +
ur government is exercising to Sc q
ure a new means of raising a few n
illions more to provide defense for n
american people, but not a word do s
re read or hear of the possibility of II
the burden imposed a cen fl
Try and half ago on all consumers l.
like in form of protective tariff f,
lfant industries then have now n
rown to giant magnitude, becoming +,
'usts and monopolies, no longer in II
eed of protection, but still licensed NJ
TX collectors, taking a heavy toll on 81
arnings of every consumer and plac-
g it into private pockets to enhance SO
lie riches of the already rich. Must Ii
lis crime continue to go on unnoticed cs
trough generations more, disregarded hi
Id unconsidered? n,
Much nnpocitiop io avpraoood