The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-15
OPINIONS OF READERS

r this heading, does not imply that tn,
opinions expressed Letters submittet
and the subject matter discussed. tt
have favorable legislature.
In world Of chaos, l wish you ant
the whole gang the best of luck.
Yours truly,
RALPH w. RICH
Seminal Dam, Wyo.
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subscription.
What, if anything is being done tt
see that electric power from Fort Peck
will be distributed comparatively.
l understand that power house is now
being built by War department
! Bureau of Reclamation will be in
charge of distribution.
HARRY K DAVIS
Editor The Peoples Voice:
The editorial in your issue of Jan
uary /, "a Declaration of War and
An Appeal to Reason" indicates an
attitude on the part of The Peoples
Voice toward the present European
conflict which, whether it is intended
or not, is that of all Fifth Columnists
purposes of the Axis powers. 1t is an
attitude which / am sure is not shared
by large majority of the people of
Montana and must be acutely displeas-
ing to most of your readers.
Granting all you say in that editor
ial concerning the result of our par
ticipation in World War I, and much
of it is not true, or at least quite
misleading, the result of the isola-
Zionist stand you take, should it be
adopted as a national policy must in
evitably lead to "appeasement" of the
Axis powers or war with them far
more disastrous to us than any which
can follow from all aid short of actual
war which we give now in stemming
the onward march of Hitlerism and
all that word implies. Granting it to
be true, as you say in the editorial,
that 'the maniacs of Europe will mott
have sufficient strength and resources
left to attack this country immedi-
ately after the present war, they will
most assuredly have the will and the
strength to do so after a few years
of recuperation, with all the resources
of their own and the conquered coun-
tries, including Great Britain and its
navy. No person not dominated by
a foolish idealism or worse, can doubt
that. But if you were not convinced
on that point by the mastery and
wholly logical statement of the Presi-
dent in his radio address of December
20, nothing I nor any of your readers
can say will influence you All, and
the most we can do, is to record our
utter disapproval of your editorial pol
icy on that subject.
AS for Senator Wheeler's speech on
the subject, which followed that Of the
swer" it, it did not, am sure, express
in any degree the views of most of
his constituents nor of any large num-
Der of them. In the Chicago Tribune
IF December "a he was quoted as in
'avor of letting the Axis powers keep
everything they have now, including |
Poland, Norway Denmark, Belgium,
Holland and France, with the domina-
ion of Italy, Turkey and the Balkan
states, but saving their Empire to the
British That sort of negotiated"
,eace would be highly pleasing to
Hitler, for the present, but for the
present only. Given a few years after
uch peace to recuperate and to con-
olidate the vastly increased economic
md military resources such peace
would give him and we would be in
var with him, a life and death strug-
lie, if we were not prepared to CO.
perate with him in his new world
rder.' Would you and Senator