The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-14
Opinions Of



It to serve in Australia.
n The financial statement of U.S.O.
!, requirements for the coming yes
: calls for budget of s32, 900. No
g thirty-two million dollars is lot {
a money and that amount of money Il
+ vested in war stamps and defens
bonds would buy lot of war equil
: ment which would be the means {
/ saving many boys life and withou
: which the boy Is helpless. Why offe
him candy-bar and withhold wes
pom with which to defend himself
We recall that, "for want of a mai
ETC., the battle was lost" and for wan
or need of this $32,000,O00 we ais
could lose the battle.
If q. S. o. is a truly patriotic organ
ization as it claims to be, these PEG
pie will view this situation in a propei
light and will stop bleeding" the PEG
pie of their nickels and dimes ant
withdraw from the field that is al
ready well served.
| We mothers need to do some
straightforward thinking and acting
These little boys of ours of yester
year are now grown to manhood-ii
seems he grew up over highland
today the fate of civilization rests on
his strong young shoulders. And we
mothers of today find that we must
join the mothers of past wars and
must send these brave sons forth with
that same admonition as of old:
DUTY calls, quick! be ready think
of what your sires have done, onward,
onward, strong and steady, drive the
tyrant to his den.
Onl and let the watchword be.
Country, Home and LIBERTY" This is
no Roman holiday, this is WAR;
and when we fully realize and under
stand that this is really war, we will
stop offering our sons a candy-bar
but we will give him instead the
proper equipment with which to de-
fend himself We will stop this
maudlin, sentimental foolishness and
get down to the business of winning
this war.
"Too late" is a phrase that has rung
in our ears number Of times the
past few months. Yea verify, "Too
late we learn the good from bad, the
knowledge is no pleasure then, being
memory's medicine rather than the
wine of hope" Let's stop spending,
before it is "too late" this thirty-two
million dollars annually on this senti-
mental foolishness lest this foolish ex-
penditure be the cause of our defeat
The knowledge gained thereby will be
mo pleasure THEREAFTER our defeat
it will only serve as "memorys medi-
a bitter medicine it will
be If we do not win this war; how
ever, we can turn this s3200O.000 into
'the wine of hope" If we will to do so.
Let's have the courage to say,
moi" to all foolish drives that come
our way before it is eternally too late.
It is high time for straightforward
and straightforward acting.
Montana's portion of that s32,000,-
300 will buy sizeable number of war
stamps and defense bonds and Mon
tana's war quota need not be tagging
and the faces of the citizens of Mon |
ana need not be "red" because of
he unworthy actions of few and the
ack of courage of the many to say,
MOI" to certain useless drives. Mon
ana will have redeemed herself and
nay proclaim to the world that she
8 a state of "American-loving Citi-
ems"
Here's hoping for an early victory
f all the Allied Nations, and to all
he fine young men of the Army, the
yavy and the Air Corps, we extend
ur love, our appreciation, our admira-
ion and our gratitude.
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) GUSSIE P. CHAPMAN,
CA War Mother)
Why USO Must Have
$4,000 900 Now
ervices to our fighting men In $40
USO clubs and other service units
adjacent to military camps and
naval stations in the us. s15.466,046
peration of more than 40 USO
clubs and services for armed
forces overseas ...-................$1,8 1916, 518
ervice to troops on maneuvers.......
........................,-.............s25O,OOO
ervice to troops in transit In termi-
nails and atatfone S250 mn |
SO-Camp Shows, profession
al theatrical entertainment within s
the camps and naval stations, free
to the men ....-........-..........s4,0O O,0 900 Z
obile units serving task forces on 4
detached duty ....................$6 1854, 636 4
,rvices to troops on leave in large Z
areas ..........-.$1 10000 3
svelopment of USO Citizens Com 8
mittees throughout the U. S. to q
serve men in uniform in commun- <
tiles where no USO clubs are In g
operation ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ,558 q
alteration, repair and B
equipment of USO clubs, Centers 6
and rented quarters $4,000 8
and development of 8
USO program activities ~.....s660,000 8
50 national services; supervision, 3
planning, accounting, records and 3
control ..............................s362, 594 3
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