The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
EDUCATING
THE PUBLIC
By BEN BUCKLEY

In every paper you pick up you
will see where some great intellectual
bigwig has just spoken, or is going
to speak, or has written an article on
the present status of our government
al ills and cure of same Democracy
is the theme song and everything is
undemocratic that opposes the status
quo. Democracy to them pertains
only to a minority group and the
masses of people are not considered
in the setup.
Speaker Bigwlg
Ladies and gentlemen it gives me
great pleasure to speak to this august
body Of intellectual men and women.
Ahem. 1t gives me great pleasure to
see this large gathering here tonight,
and because Of your confidence in me
l am going to confide in you.
What's the matter with our coun-
try? Yeah, what is the matter with
it? Who knows? Nobody, hey? Well
I'll tell you. It's that mad dog Hitler
and Joe Stain. What's that my
friend? No fair asking questions. oh,
well, I'll answer just one. You ask
If it is not true that j. P. Morgan
and Henry Ford helped build Hitler,
and why they did it. Well, yes,
have been told they did put up few
millions for Adolph but there was no
Interior motive behind it. Just saving
a little on their income tax Yes,
that's all.
Now, ladies' and gentlemen, we must
save our democracy by driving from
our shores all Of the worlds isms ex-
cept our own. Why do 1 say that?
Because l believe in free speech, free
press, assembly and, yes, free thought.
What right l ask you have we of
America to even think about foreign
isms. None l say. None l repeat.
Hitler has copyrighted Nazism, Stain
has copyrighted Communism and
England has copyrighted Imperialism.
Now, folks, I can't go on with my
speech if you are going to interrupt
me with questions. All right then,
one more. You want to know if it is
not true that we are giving all aid to
Britain and if that means that we are
excepting Imperialism. l refuse to
answer. My attorney it not present.
He had heavy date last night and
hasn't got back yet.
Ladies and gentlemen, where is the
bottle neck in this country? Where
is it say. Oh, you don't know Well
That's the bottle neck The workers
of our factories and mines, the pro-
ducers of the raw and finished ma
terials, the farmers, the producers of |
our food stuffs. They are not patri- |
otto. They want to get paid for what
they produce. No more questions,
please. l won't get through here to-
night if you keep interrupting me, and
want to join my attorney. Oh, all
right, what is it? You say you think
the producers Of the nation are en-
titled to a decent standard of living |
if the defense contractors are allowed |
several thousand percent profit. If
the gentleman will think back a few
he might remember what
said. l repeat. My attorney is not
present.
Ladies and gentlemen, l say to you,
who are the Fifth Columnists in our
country. All, you can't answer it, can
you? You want to know, don't you?
Well it's every son-of-a-gun that does
MT think as | do. Hey, now, I'm not
through yet | won't tell you any
more if you are going to boo me. Oh,
go to hell. You can die in ignorance
for all | care. Where is my attorney?
Patronize the Cooperative in your
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