The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-01
A Declaration of War and
An Appeal to Reason

1t is probable that most of the readers of The
the speech the President of the United States the radio
last Sunday evening We hope that the listeners heard
Senator Wheeer speech the forum hour Washington
Monday evening And hope that the listeners to Wheeler
will weigh his reasonable and truly patriotic appeal without
prejudice act on his suggestions to exert their influence TO
the of the United States into and make it the
first duty all to assist in making the solution of
nomic problems our immediate objective.
To any realistically thinking person. the Presidents speech
constituted declaration of Anyone placing chip on
his shoulder and daring another to knock off, most certainly
either bully is at rate declaring himself ready to
fight The President should remember the fact that have
neutrality statutes and that he bound by
all passed by representatives
of the people who elected him. His apparently studied
by which subterfuge, the
tent of the neutrality act is certainly to criticism
Neutrality to the ordinary of people, what the
word mpes that bound by law to favor begerent
above another by word deed the President
else reads other meaning into it, submit that whoever
he be he be motvated by interest which
scends his respect for and his of obligation to the law
passed by the representatives of what like to believe
sovereign people
We realize that in times like this emotional appeals by self
ish interests the powerful readily accept
able. This true of this time when the propa
ganda machine geard high phrases
slogans emotions the people of this country until
the declaration of against Germany accepted
quite audabe act We paid for this illusion with hundreds of
thousands Of American lives the health other hundreds
thousands of American with billions of dollars, with
floods of tears of mothers wives and children And what did
get in return? We branded with the of Shy
locks because had the temery to ask Great Britain and
the other debtor nations to repay to us the money we had
loaned them which will only be repaid if by the
sweat and labor of the American people themselves
Senator Wheeler in his speech mention man
who suffered marrdom during the period Immediately
cedng and during the World War No l. He ridculed
cursed DETAINED hung effgy and subjected to all possible
persecution by the American people because he did not
cumb the hystera half after the war;
when the hytera had subsidized and the true picture of the
forces that brought into that costly proess adventure
had been brought in all of its shameful markedly truthful
cooIs, the American people him in the National
Hall of Fame
But the things the American people permitted
be done during that could not be undone The lives
of the thousands of American boys whose bodies lie buried
the cemeteries France could not be restored the Giving
death of the thousands of wounded hospitals
who should be in their prime and the height of
productive usefulness society," the of
mothers wives and children who bereaved by the loss of
their dear and protectors these things be
pensed.
The Voice adds its urging to that of Wheeler that
the people of this State raise their voices against all acts and
plans advocated which lead directly into active
We believe that there Monanan who would hest
tate offer his life in defense his and nation
sincerely believe and refuse be convinced by anything
else than cold facts and solid that Britain
other nation in Europe claim be fighting war;
refuse to such statements unless logic and
confirms them We refuse concede and proud of
the character of the American people to believe that the
of Europe will have sufficient strength and left
when they have exhausted of the countries and ceased the
struggle and boodhed to embark the formdableyes
possbletak of attempting to this country self
aiming its nvncbe because of enlightened
patriotic valiant 100, 900 of American people. b
Let rule Evauate the possible and probable inter-
ss behind the propaganda for Britain we'll all other
And remember that stake lies the United States
home and your children Their protection your first
uty But be that there threat them and not
re stampeded by any verbal DOGGY lie
Make YOUR remains your instrument
md does not become master Exercise democracy
DO not permit it to become devtalzed 10
What's 1t Going to Do?" !,