The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-06-05

The editorial 1.-THE Peril That Con
fronts Us" by Edward T. Leach O
the Pittsburgh Press and appearing
in the May issue OF Readers Diges
purports to awaken the nation to the
gravity of the peril that confronts it.
To the extent that this editorial
undertakes to name the specific dang
ers to Democracy and the specific
psychology, policies, and attitudes in
America that tend to encourage fas
cism, it is without a doubt the prize
Misrepresentation of the common man
and a complete failure in presenting
the whole situation.
Whether the content and spirit OF
the editorial resulted from the writers
Partially and utter failure to see the
total situation or is deliberate, phar-
isaical but artistic summing up of all
the libelous and vicious attacks made
on the common man and his cause
during recent months the evil done Is
the same.
To hundreds of thousands who read
this article reprinted widely in the
daily press, the worker with his sup
porters stands alone indicted as the
sole obstacle to a speedy victory of
Democracy over the forces of evil.
Maximum production which is en-
phasized as the key to success can
not be achieved says the author:
mot until we quit thinking in terms
of less work and more money" The
author says nothing about the curbs
and slowdowns due to the cartel ar
rangements between American firms
and the Nazi's l. G. Farbenindustrie.
The author does not tell us as does
Walter R. Hutchinson, special assist
ant to the attorney general that
These agreements have not only vio-
lated the antitrust laws, but have also
forced their signers into a position of |
opposing the enunciated foreign pol |
icy of this government"
The author does not know or does
not care to tell us about methyl meth
acrylote cost sheeting, synthetic glass,
for which there is no suitable substi-
tute in the making of war planes,
weighing less than half as much as
glass and more transparent He does
not tell us that the cartel of l. G.
Farbenindustrie, Rohm and Hass of
Germany, and 1. E DUPONT limited the
DUPONT production of synthetic glass
to less than war needs.
Not while there is greater concern
about overtime pay than overtime pro-
duction," says the author. {
He does not tell us about cartel
between American firms
and the nazi Farbenindustrie restrict {
ing the production of magnesium in 6
this country "a metal superior to q
aluminium in the manufacture of war
planes. He does not tell us as does t
Attorney General Thurman Arnold a
war effort by this cartel was "incal- g
Getting corner on mag
nesium is not concerned, evidently, d
with overtime pay. t
He does not know or does not care
% tell us that because of these car t
els the government was delayed and n
lad to pay out millions for the con- d
of magnesium plants. C
Not while farmer politicians are
more interested in higher prices than fl
aising more essentials" 1aments the a.
uthor. 81
He does not care to tell US, or is
10 ignorant Of the fact that the du Ia
'onts and Rohm and Haas through CT
have maintained a retail re
rice of 81 on basic material for den
al plates that cost from Is to 80 IL
ents to manufacture. la
He does not tell us that the gov re
rnment last year rejected all bids for m
ne material receiving identical bids he
'om the major companies. in
He, the author does not mention tie