The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-02-06

darn swell job here in Washington
for the guy who has a domicile at
Berchtesgaden-in fact, so swell a job
that some folks here were beginning
to wonder whether he wasn't collect
ing his money from Uncle Sam under
| false pretenses.
Whether he still is going a good
job for Hitler can be judged by the
| following remark he made on the
floor of the house when it was an
nounced that American troops had
landed in Northern Ireland:
"The papers last night told us about
the landing of another A. E. F. in Ire
land. Do you recall what Churchill
said when it was suggested in the
British parliament that England send
an expeditionary force across the
channel? He said that England was
not going to send suicide squad,
but now they have the Americans
over there, and the American boys
are going to be the suicide squad,
while over in the Pacific ocean, under
General MacArthur's command, we
have another suicide squad left to
fight alone while we send troops and
equipment to Ireland"
If Hoffman could impose his will
on the American high command as to
war strategy, Hitler wouldn't encoun-
ter much difficulty in imposing his
will on the world. Which, of course,
brings us back to the original cues
tion of whether Hoffman doesn't get
his salary check from the wrong
place.
1T oWards U. S. of Europe"
Towards a United States of Eur
ope" is the title of a booklet just out
issued by the American Council on
Public Affairs, which should provide |
some thought on the general subject |
of peace and the organization of the |
world after the war Author of the |
booklet is Abraham Weinfeld, an at
torney with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The author very clearly points out
The inefficiency of the present Euro
pean nationalisms, and proposes crea-
lion of federal form of government
'or Europe, with each national group
constituting a single state of its own.
He doubts whether Great Britain and
he Soviet Union could be expected
o join at first.
The principal feature of the book
ct is the proposed text of a Consti-
ution of the United States of Europe,
,ased largely on the United States
Constitution and our experience with s
t, although with some decided varia- ]
ions. Ii
The President for the United States
f Europe would be elected by a ma
GRITTY vote of all the people, but he (.
you'd also have to receive majorities s
f the votes cast in the majority Of !
he states. In addition to the powers 7
f our President, he also would have T
he power of dissolving congress- The t
ongress would consist of house of (
representatives. and a senate, the t
lembers of the house elected for two ]
ears on the basis of one representa- I
We for each one million inhabitants, t
nd the senators for six years, repre- c
snting the states to see that their n
ational interests are not overridden. a
The power of judicial review would v
, exercised by supreme court, I'M r
or a constitution more clearly worded il
ian ours, enumerating definitely the e
overs of the federal government and a
serving all others to the states or h
e people. Several provisions are "
ken over from the Australian, Cana IL
an, and Czechoslovak constitutions. tt
Discussion of the proposals, which 1c
Q well thought out, should be val W
bile contribution towards winning Of CT
e peace. G