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lie. depression. There was no unem
ployment. There WAS furious op-
position to large landowners The
echo of this abroad was loud. Our
own Herbert Hoover had some con
cessions from the Tsarist crowd fol
mining in the Urals. This was can
celled. He hates everything Russian
for the same reason that the fox in
the fable who could not get the grapes
pronounced them sour.
Conspirators in the pay of Germany
arose to plot against the Farmer La
bour government of MOSCOW just as
the German nazi crowd infiltrated
France to its destruction. Self-pres-
ervation is the first law of govern
ment, as of persons. Right or wrong
of the dangerous forces of opposition
is never considered by the party in
power. | think the Haymarket Riot
ers of so years ago were only peace
| full picketers resisting murderous po-
| licemen, but our ultra capitalistic rul-
ers of that time tried them in their
own courts and ruthlessly hanged
them Certainly the LaFollette sena-
torial investigation showed, by NOV
ing pictures taken of the fight, that
10 peaceful picketers were three years
ago shot (some in the back by MUIR
derous thugs, members of the Chicago
police force. Some 1852 convicted
traitors were shot or imprisoned in
the Moscow trials. To save France,
there was needed to shoot as many
French bankers who were furnishing
Hitler money to arm against France.
We today have some bankers in New
York who are selling their foolish GUS
toners Japanese bonds to finance
Japan's war in China land against
ourselvesO; and while we are arm
ing Russia and England to save the
lives of American youth, there were
up to week ago some of our oil
companies selling immense cargoes of
oil to Franco-of course for reship-
ment to Germany. These chaps are
America Firsters, Isolationists and
usually oppose Mr.. Roosevelt. Frank
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such oily patriots permanently.
From the moment Hitler invaded
Russia l have thought and said pub
licly that with our aid in tools and
oil Russia would certainly beat Hitler.
The Soviets have prospered. They
have a happier land to fight for than
they ever had before. Democracies
in the end are stronger than empires
or oligarchies, (Rome against Car
thage, Allies against the Kaiser, etc.
The lasting benefit to mankind of
Russian victory will be that the peo-
pie of the three vast democracies-.
America, Russia ,England-will study
the customs and laws of each other
with friendly approach. Russia has
adopted our constitution with the ad
dition that every able-bodied person
has the natural right to job. In
Moscow an American can order a
breakfast in English. The Moscow
News was printed in fine English.
The Russian language is taught at
Columbia university, at Harvard also
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university. Why should not our board
of education consult that great stu
dent of international affairs, our SEN
ior senator, who announced in early
September, 1889 that there would be
no war in Europe for year, about
teaching Russian in our university at
Missoula? To do so would in this
respect put that school in step with
Harvard and Columbia. They teach
Latin and Greek at Missoula. l
studied Greek seven years, Latin six
years in my youth. The time would
have been better devoted to the study
of Spanish or Russian. Until Russian
is taught at Missoula, l will think
the guiding minds of that fine school
(Which five of my children have at
tended) are timid, narrow and behind
the times.