The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-01
Editor of The Helena Independent
Helena, Montana

Editor of The Helena Independent
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Editor
; The individual gains nothing b,
writing protests" to your paper Other
than giving vent to their feeling, a
least, this is as we have found 1t
The writer has written several arti
cles commenting ON your editorials
from time to time but none have ever
been published and as a matter oil
fact, that sort of thing does something
to our vanity. You editors have that
certain something that really puts
the LITTLE FELLOW in his or her
place-we hate to tell you that we
think you are a bunch of SNOBS
those of the subsidized press but that
is exactly what we do think of you
and you know a SNOB is a very
SMALL fellow who has very LARGE
opinion Of himself-now, we got that
off our chest.
Now to give vent to our feelings:
Our grievance today is not concern
ing one of your editorials but one you
have taken from The Billing Gazette
though we believe you only copy edi-
torials which is the product of those
thinking "up your alley" eve almost
said street and that would have been
wrong-we looked up the definition
and find that Webster says, ALLEY:
narrow passage.")
Today, in your paper under the cap
ton, with Other Editors" there is
an editorial taken from the Billings
Gazette commenting on Labor's 40
hour week" law. This has been a
bone of contention for quite some
time. On this "40-hour week" issue,
BIG BUSINESS went to the mat with
LABOR and tried to deal knockout
blows. In this ring-side match, Labor
has dealt blow for blow and Labor
won the fight Cali the time there
was mighty fine REFEREE in the
White House watching this fight.)
BIG BUSINESS was licked and sat in
his corner painting and sulking while
the subsidized press frantically famed
and tried to blow the breath of life
back into the huge sulking frame of
BIG BUSINESS.
Now under the pretext of war and
an emergency" BIG BUSINESS thinks
it sees a chance to do away with |
this "40-hour week" gain that labor |
has made for itself (the antitrust |
laws are to be destroyed in a like |
maner, under pretext of "war and
an emergency $50 BIG BUSINESS
has thrown down the gauntlet again
and wants another bout with labor on
the "40-hour week" issue - but this
time it will be SNEAK BOUT for
labors best men are at the battle
front fighting for the PEACE and
SECURITY of the loved ones left at
nome so we have no good fighting
men left at home to go to the mat
With BIG BUSINESS and chances are
BIG BUSINESS will win this time.
Iabors chance rests with the REF
GREE in the White House at Wash
ngton, D. c., and there can be some
lelp from the loved ones at home
IL, these loved ones at home" can
circulate through the ring-side seats
md coach" certain people and we
10 mean certain congressman who
will be asking for our vote soon for
collection. Yes, we flowed ones at
ome" can do this for our sons, hus- I
lands and fathers who are at the s
'attle-fronts fighting for our peace .
nd security and that is sacred trust /
hat we at home have with our men t
Dix at the battlefront. We at home h
lust see that these laws are kept in 5
act SO that when our men-folk re- T.
Urn from fighting our battles for us, c
ley will be able to find work and o
Employment to ease and sooth their t
war nerves. What SOL :
Ter would not have the feeling that 81
le hell of battle he had passed o.
trough had been in vain if when he Il
sturns there is nothing left for him " ',
ut to beg for his daily bread-we A