The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-17
BY LOWNDES MAURY

lof Japan against the United States
which everyone, except Wheeler
Lindbergh, the nazi press of Montana
and elsewhere in our midst, has been
expecting since the Panay was sunk
by the Japs, the President has warned
every concern engaged in defense
work to look out for sabotage "Sab-
OF" is French for wooden shoe. The
word Sabotage" first meant that a
workman threw his wooden shoe into
running machinery.
1t has been the secret boast Of the
Japs for years that as soon as we
gave the Philippines independence
they would take the Islands, and that
if we delayed long they would take
them anyway. Since June, 1899, the
President and Cordell Hull have ex-
pected and been preparing for an at
atck upon us by Japan, and during
all that time Wheeler, Lindbergh,
Nye, retired General Wood, American
Firsters, the Chicago Tribune, the
daily press of Montana and of many
other states have sabotaged, i.e,
thrown their smelly shoes into the
working plans of the administration
at Washington.
We will beat Japan, but it calls for
great and prolonged effort on our
part. The President has understood
for nine years our need of Russia as
an ally Shortly after his first cleo
ton he forced recognition of the Mos
COW government. The bankers, the
copper barons, the Hoover republi-
cans fought him on that move. Our
psychologist saboteurs, for instance,
the Montana Standard, two months
after Germany invaded Russia (when
every sane man and patriotic woman
knew that our frontier was at Moscow
and Leningrad, that Russian youth
were saving the lives of myriads of
American boys) headlined an editorial
Butcher Stain" Either the editor
favored Germany to win against Rus
STA and was thus sabotaging the Presi-
dents supreme efforts to get NUM- |
lions to Moscow in time to save Mos
Wv oh0 ASOhih6l idt vi IL was Ju5t /
an outburst of hatred against Mr. |
Roosevelt because of his work in tax
ing the rich to save us all, or 1t was |
a heritage of that low mentality found |
Tor years among the bankers of |
France, the Appeasers of England, |
he American Firsters among us
which cannot yet see that our strong
est ally Is Russia or that to appease |
Hitler is to invite our own final en-
,lavement to Japan, Hitler's ally.
This far-reaching sabotaging press
If ours front pages every foolish ut
erance of the two public characters
most stupid of all about international
lffairs and the danger besetting us
or three years.
Wheeler and Lindbergh can always
make the front pages of our un-Amer-
can press because this is war be-
ween capitalism and humanity Hit
er and the American Firsters are for
capitalism in its final, ugliest, most
;ruel form-the President is for hui
nanity.
| affirm that there are saboteurs in
Butte. These are not SO much among
he lowly Italian, German, or even
ap. They opposed Lend-Lease to
'ussia, our best ally. They make re-
marks like 81 hope Russia and Ger
many kill each other off" Such are
ound in high places in Butte. They {
re what Lincoln called Copper (
the snake as deadly as, s
ut gives no warning like the RATHER. {
hey are untrue to America when {
hey are untrue to our Allies. a
Lindbergh and Wheeler compete '
18th each other for the most stupid E
ublic utterances. First Wheeler said !
l early September, 1889, while Ger |
lany was Harvesting its horses to {
wade France, There will be no war 7
l Europe for year at least" Then h
indbergh in Los Angeles to 10000
eople on June 21st, the night before
Iitler invaded Russia, said 1T is abb s
olutely inconceivable that Germany t
nd Russia should fight each other" I
ow Wheeler, in Billings on Saturday,
ecember 6, 1941, where he was rust