The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-12

On November Sth an editorial ap-
peared in the Montana Standard en-
titled Background for a Billion Dol
lar Lease-Loan". The title should
have been "This Paper Favors Victory
for Hitler, Fascism and the Murder
Bund of Germany" or Save Our Capt.
talistic System by Burning on the
Altar of Atrocity the Lives of a LIB
erty- Loving World"
Not long ago that same paper put
out an editorial entitled Butcher Sta
lin" While it seemed ION surface
only that Hitler was winning over
Russia, all comment on the turn of
the battle in the Standard and Post
was SNUG and complacent. Now that
with our aid Russia is clearly turning
the scale, the America First Clever
title?) organs of Montana show them
selves to be poor losers. They abuse
our national ally, Russia, because the
Big Bear is hugging their pet Hitler
a little too tight. They fear that the
Soviets will crack the ribs and squeeze
the breath permanently from Fascism.
Quoting from this pro-German edi-
torial: Stain, In fact, was considered
to be of equal blame with Hitler for
starting the war" This statement is
false, as all know. Russia in June was
not modified She is, in fact, not yet
fully modified. Only last week the
Standard said that an even hundred
fifty thousand fresh troops were COM
ing into Moscow from Asia Russia has
wanted peace for "a years. Russia
tried to insure world peace by trying
to put out the flame of Fascism in
Spain before it spread. Had Britain
or France or ourselves sold the Span
ish Loyalists for cash few planes,
Franco would have been hanged as
traitor by due process of law. Eur
ope would be at peace today. This
same newspaper and thousands SINH
larly owned supported Franco Lit
vinov, new ambassador from Moscow
to Washington, at the League Of Ma
lions 10 years ago offered for Russia
to completely disarm if other world
powers would do likewise.
During the 10 years that British and
French bankers were lending money
to Hitler to arm for grand assault
on Russian independence, OUR OWN
dear DuPonts were joining in the
game. The Peoples Voice has pub
lished that General Motors owned by
DuPonts owns yet hundred million
dollars of stock in a German concern
(once making ordinary cars, but in
recent years armOred cars.) Has the |
Montana Standard ever told its read
ers fact like that? Why not? Du-
Pont uses sulphuric acid. Sulphuric |
acid is made at Anaconda. Just as |
the quantity of iron smelted is the |
measure of volume of the mechanical |
industry, the quantity of sulphuric |
acid measures the chemical industry /
of this and other nations
Again at Munich. AS late as Janu-
airy 1888 there was an alliance ION |
paper between England, France and |
Russia to defend Czechoslovakia |
against Germany. Even the Standard |
has never accused the Czechs of be-
ing communists. Russia bought a
right of way five miles wide to march |
with five million men to defend the
Sudeten Line and keep faith with the
Czechs. Chamberlain and Daladier
sold the Czechs down the river" at
Munich-on HitIer's promise to as
sauIt their ally, Russia.
The Standard praised the conduct
of the appeasers.
OF course Hitler, clever pirate,
knew after Munich that France was
rotten at the top. He thinks the
United States has ~appeasers in it's
senate and among directors of some
of our great corporations. Our Press
so advises him. IL