The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-09-25

and Negroes Not only Catholics Jews and Negroes but
who because of his belief in American principles of
justice and freedom ympathzed with the victims of the Khan
Once the Ku Kux spirit amok is safe from the
midnight radng parties the foggngs the manning and the
killing say nothing of concentration camp and pentenary
Once terrorism prevails is not alone the hated communists
the despsed ehovah Witnesses and such mnores as the
Catholics Negroes and Jews who jeopardy but
who stands for the Bill of Rights and the American of
life
Mrs Wood is nothing. Joe Doakes the Jehovah's Wit
ness nothing Tom Murphy Isadore Goldsen and Nose
Jones nothing Just unfortunate human beings who
the penalty for their Beliefs their religion their color Let
deceive ourselves. Mrs. Wood Joe Doakes Tom Muir
ply sadore Gosen and Nose everything because
they with impuny the whole philosophy
of American freedom and justice turned to dust ashes and
blood.
We mentioned Thomas jefferson We have at our elbow
thick volume containing the sayings of this great democrat
this celebrated lover of liberty and every of breahes
and contempt for the Oklahoma spirit Of Ku Kuxsm
Said Thomas Jefferson when he first stood to take the oath
as President
Bear in mind this sacred principle that the minority
possesses their equal rights which equal must protect
to violate which would be oppression"
We mentioned the Abraham Lincoln In his first
inaugural he said:
If by the force of numbers majority should
deprive minority of any clearly written constitutional
right might in moral point of view, justify revolution
certainly would if such right vital one
We mentioned Oliver Wendell Holmes This revered
justice of the United States supreme court said:
eff there is any principle of the Constitution that
mperatively calls for attachment than other it
is the principle of free thoughnot free thought for
those who agree with but for the thought that
hate
'The thought that hate Mrs. Woods thought The
Jehovahs Witnesses thought Even the Ku Kluxers thought
cannot tolerate thoughts in this democracy it has ceased
be democracy and Mr. Roosevets four freedoms
sham
In contrast to the Oklahoma decision on an old
criminal syndicasm statute had from the Iowa supreme
the other day another opinion in based
liar old criminal syndicam statute The high court of Iowa
decision against William Senner ST. Louis labor
leader which said that the charge made the trial that
communist 'immaerial incompetent and
The court held that Senner not being tried
him not guilty of that That American decision not
a Ku Klux decision
had better pause in this of history de-
eide whether not going throw liberties
the Bill of Rights throw cherished Judicial traditions
the discard and in hyserica nation witch
which this country founded We not yet at yet
Britain, which in the midst of desperate still permits
to sit in the house of commons still permits its
citizens and newspapers speak freely still recognizes differ
;ples.
the United States scrap freedom democracy and
when the dcators of Europe and Asia
attempting to destroy them?
We mentioned Franklin Roosevelt Only yesterday in
accepting degree from Oxford university the President said
"In days like these rejoice that this special =
convocaon breaking all historical precedent does
the great of preserving the free learning and the
civil liberties which have stone stone in
lands through the centuries. That why proud to
be permitted to have part" d
These be clothed with meaning only it, in the
avs ahead the people of Oklahoma Missouri Texas Wyo
ling and other observe the civil liberties (which
leaning only the of Mrs Wood the of i'm
orance merely exception to the principle of free
bought than forerunner of nationwide witch hunt
ST. Louis Post Dispatch, June 20, 1871. al