The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-29
Clyde Park, Montana,
January IS, 1941

Olvue ram, IhOuldhc''
January IS, 1941
Gentlemen:
! 1t is indeed heartening to witness
liberal trend and practice in the pub
LEGATION of one paper dissemination
of news and intelligence" the truth
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. There is disagreement as to
the line of demarkation. Just where
truth leaves off and error begins That
however, is the line at which con-
troversy begins. Therefor if differing
and clashing schools of thought are
suppressed-as it too often is, the
reading and listening public are only
partially informed, while truth Ian
cuisines and justice weeps.
| am making direct allusion to the
Walter Aitken and Parker T. Ander-
son discussion of the Roosevelt school
vs. the Wheeler school of thought rel
alive to rearmament and aid to Bri-
tain. In that discussion they take the
editor of The Peoples Voice and Mr..
Wheeler to task, such discussion APP
peal lis III loouC VI 0dliudly IL III oO-
partment, Opinions of Readers" The
editor Of The Voice is to be highly
commended in giving expression to
the critics of his way of thinking.
The fish which hastily swallows the
bait, hook and line and while trying
to swallow the sportive fisherman's
pole, is dropped out on dry land. has
little chance for self determination,
thereafter.
1t seems reasonable from the long
course of our reading and observation
to these matters, that none
are free from error-all are human,
why callest thou me good? There is
none good save one" Why then call |
President all good and our senator
all bad, or vice versa?
Might it be true that Mr.. Roosevelt |
is in measure wrong, while Mr..
is in like measure right? /
Both are human, nor have either of
hem fixed for themselves record of
1t is not for me to set myself up
/ critic of President Roosevelt, or an
exponent of Senator Wheeler, their
political records are an open book to
he intelligent reader and the unbiased
sovereign citizen.
Are we blind hero worshippers?
The late President Wilson made him
elf temporary hero, first by keep
ng us out of war" then making the
world safe for democracy"
Our third term President glorified
himself just by making himself indis-
ensible to keeping us out of war.
Tow, by making America an arsenal
or Democracy"
High sounding isn't it? A twin to
making the world safe for democ-
acy." They will both perish in the
anne ignominy of blasted illusions. /.
st is not they who sayeth Lord, 9
ord who shall be saved, but they who
oeth the will of the Father which >
TT in heaven" Might we therefore f
ay at this day and time of political
)nfusion and false and failing leader y
nip. 1t is not they who shouteth de- h
democracy who shall save {
emocracy, but they who liveth and q
beth the will and spirit of democracy "
!, setup by immortal fathers of de- r.
ocracy in self denial and self sacr1- v
ce from the Boston tea party 1773 !,
the writing of the Constitution In Is
81. II
1t is through untrammeled express re
on in public print of our honest diff W
rences that we may hope to arrive o.
the truth, while it is by following Of
e pathway of economic truth that in
2 may hope to reach the goal OF po- p
ical economic justice-national and a,
It is not by inventing high sounding m
rases and heroic platitudes that our or
litical and religious liberties and ST.
ler Constitutional guarantees shall re
saved and perpetuated, but by ne fin
c service and personal sacrifices.