The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-02
By BEN BUCKLEY

Some great wit made the crack over
the radio that now that Russia was
in the war the strikes in this country
would subside and the workers Wouid
all file back to their jobs and peace
fully settle down to the task OF serv-
ing their boss, and that the Commun-
list leadership in the labor unions
would cease their strike agitation and
would Sc ethat the workers were at
their posts producing war materials.
It surely is an awful slap in the face
to the fascist, red-baiting, ruling class
to have the public realize that their
howl of Communist called strikes" is
caused by nothing more nor less than
low wages and bad working condi-
tions-that Russias advent into the
war has had no effect on the strike
situation whatsoever = that the real
cause was the empty bellies of the
strikers and their families which
couldn't be filled on the low starva-
ton wage of $4,000 per week with
rents and living costs skyrocketing.
The great bulk of the American
workers are not fighting for or against
Communism nor are they fighting for
or against Fascism. They know there
is something radically wrong with the
capitalistic system-they know they
and their families are not even con-
Stunning enough to satisfy their bellies
wants-they feel as though they nave
a right to some of all the good things
they see but are not allowed to touch
and they believe it is their inherent
right to receive these worldly things
through the sale of their labor at
decent rate of wages.
They don't know that there are two |
fascist parties in this country fighting |
over their carcasses-the imperial fas
cists and the industrial fascists.
They don't know that France went
through the same struggle and that
the common people fought, bled and
died fighting for fascism against fas-
cism.
They don't know that Hitler was
built and nurtured by the worlds in
dustrialist capital for the purpose of
destroying the Russian nation SO they
could rape her natural resources and
eliminate a form of government that
is very obnoxious and dangerous to
them.
They don't know that the Vatican
City today is the capitol of a political
that sends representa-
tives to other nations and receives
same from them, that they have their
own flag which is yellow and white,
that they have their own coat of arms
and that they are talking of putting .
their own merchant fleet on the high
seas.
They don't know that the Pope
made pact with Hitler and also with
Mussolini and fought and helped break :
the peoples republic of Spain.
They don't know that the rich land
Of Spain and the riches thereof were :
put back into the hands of the Church
after Francois victory there, while
millions starve.
They don't know that the Pope
made the announcement a few days y
ago that Hitler is now fighting a war =
n Russia to preserve Christianity :
They don't know that Franco of
Spain is now preparing to fight by :,
Sermany's side. =
They don't know that any one in
russia can still worship God in any
way they see fit, that the Church has II
,een separated from the state and has e
10 political power-it is just place
# worship now and nothing more.
They don't know that there are p
1000 fascist war prisoners in Canada
oday.