The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-22

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in 1899 Hitler overran France, almost
broke England's back at Dunkirk, and
said openly that he would enslave the
world, the President called for $4,000
fighting planes and lendlease OF
munitions to our normal (present)
allies The Wheeler Nye, Reynolds
crowd INSTRUCTED Some of this crowd
openly aided, or rather were caught
secretly aiding, Hitler: For instance,
Wheeler loaned his free mailing SEN
atorial privilege to Viereck, now
convicted German spy, active for
years in our midst.
If the $4,000 fighting planes had
been on hand on December 7th, 1t
is probable that Japan would not have
dared attack us then, though since she
sank the Panay her final intention to
do so was clear. If Wheeler had not
been touted so loud by the Hearst
and other press as a contender Tor
the presidency Che came near getting
his name before the Democratic con-
vention, and if he had would have
received half the Montana delegation),
our enemies would not have thought
there was a serious division in our
country.
The Isolationists who foolishly pre-
dicted no danger of fire when our
neighbors' houses were burning down
are partly responsible for the care
lessness of similar chaps in command
at Pearl Harbor (who should be shot
just as any lone sentry asleep at his
post would have been shot the next
day.. These same Isolationists, re-
sponsible for our early losses, are
Copperheads now: of such pride of
their own foolish, envious opinions
that they are really willing to see us
lose the war If thereby their folly
can be made to look like good sense.
But, in spite of their work causing
a bad start, and with acknowledgment
of our need of supreme effort to win
the war; do things look so dark? Due
to the administrations firm foresight
in trading 80 ships for bases and TAX
ing over Iceland against Wheeler's
screams in dangerous betrayal four
days in advance of war secrets) our
conveys are getting through, with
slight losses, to Russia and England.
1t took 5 " months for Russia to stop
the Germans in their tracks. 1t now
seems that Moscow will have Hitler
beaten conclusively by November 1912.
If such happens, the glorious Serbs
will invade Germany from the south,
Russia will strike from the east, and
America and England will enter from
the north and west The world will
breathe free again from the fear of
brutalitarian conquest, murder, rap
inc, insolence, robbery.
For long, England was the only
power holding out against Germany
and Italy. When the war began in
1889, Italy was thought to be a first
rate power Italy is now down to the
level of Rumania or Hungary. She
would quit if she did not fear a Ger
man invasion in revenge. England
has torn the Italian empire to shreds
as Churchill threatened. England has
taken and held Iran, 628000 square
miles, and Iraq, 100000 square miles.
This keeps Turkey neutral until the
Turk can gain courage from Russia's
defeat of Hitler We have lost the
Philippines. We intended to give
them independence in 1916. The
loyalty to us. of the native Filipinos
is a tribute to our just rule there:
unique in overlordship of any country
by another. In India, Burma, Malay,
the English rule was not SO decent
as ours has been to the Filipinos.
We have SO far saved Australia
and New Zealand. We lost Guam and
Wake Island The administration
called for defense of these in ample
time to have saved them as Malta
was saved. Our Isolationists OBJ