The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-09-17
Snagged On One-Siixth of the Earth

One critical observer said something Sin
nutshell with regard to postwar aims Few things would
probably embarrass America than German surrender
in the next twenty-fou hours
American citizens are becoming not only embarrassed
angered the lack of clearly defined postwar policy this
country They particularly Disguised at the petfoggng
labor of many of artists tongue and pen who have
been rolling out the phrases advocacy of this that plan
for the postwar world For is all too plain that the plans
and phrases roll nightly until these planners who really
only mid souls with white collars and the gift of gab hit their
snag-THE snag.
What's the snag? Russia The presence of Russia, who
couples big spot in this She's side But Rus
sias political system categoricay described inimcal
to Hence the penpushers and the mkebers find
her subject to deal with when promugatng their
views anent the postwar setup In fact she's an embaass
ing subject for the scholarly Christian Science Monitor
cautiously and all the world knows, he fact
that the Russian contribution the destruction of Naz mill
tary power obvious than of Britain and
America" ("And gods, worry the pen-pushers, what
if the Red Army should get to Berlin before Britain the
United States?) No. they can't overlook Russia that land
socialism, though lot of them wish goodness they could
This being the they cautiously admit the Sove into their
postwar speculatons And how do they do it? They
confne themselves to prasng the Soves fighting ability (no
shall they don't give the devil his due and then
round this praise with lot of but and red behring's and
founded preudcal conecures to the possible and always
"engmatc) plans and ambitions of the Russians By this
method they hope nuy the effect of the praise and
doing keep alive the pompou idea that only Britain and
the United States qualified and arusc enough to
the world after the Another tactic serving the
purpose is to bee the Russian people by stating
plying that Russia nation of uncvized Doors This an
old but the latest and stupid from this school,
of thought which we've following recent
editorial written by "a. T." in the Coos Bay Times:
and military
underlying people
which CONSOLE
the will of the Russian people and displayed envabe morale
the mental
strides World
The
The
richer than
higher the USSR when
considered"
There method all this confuson-spreadng tripe.
Russia has stated clearly her intention to battle until fascm
Of tho
advocate of and popular for all
nations particularly the small nations and the nazioccupied
countries She has expressed her practical faith in the ability
the worlds peoples to themselves democratcay
the opportunity to do without outside interference
has stuck her concerning the need for real and
cooperation the antfasc nations for building
collective security against fascist aggression and for
realistic world economic All this with the
ceilings and aims of the American people, whose frendness
sympathy for Russia have mounted steadily the past few
But though President Roosevelt, Henry Wallace 10
eph Davies and others have repeatedly endorsed these
detectives for both the and the peace it ncreas