The people's voice., 1943-11-05
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Glasgow, Mont, Nov. 8, 1943
Mr.. H. S. Bruce, Managing Editor
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Bruce:
The Peoples Voice is a fine paper
and every working man and woman
as well as every farmer and their
wives should read this paper
In fact we should have a paper of
this kind printed in every state in
this country, and if the workers and
farmers would read it they might
wake up to what is going on in their
country, it might wake them up so
they will register and go to the polls
on election day and vote for the right
man.
Now here is one thing that l have
not seen touched upon in The Peo-
pies Voice, our senators and con-
gressmen have lowered the draft age
to get 18 and 19 year old boys, there
are some of these young boys that
have not yet finished their high school
education, possibly through no fault
of their own. AS American citizens,
their birthright entities them to a
high school education.
But our law makers in Washington
D. C. made no provision for these
young boys to finish high school when
they lowered the draft age.
We are told that we are fighting
this war to save democracy and the
American way of life, we'll when we
are drafting young boys taking them
right out of their school away from
their studies, away from their pals,
and out of their home, now I am going
American way of life which we are
fighting for. In my opinion this is
the first step in tearing down our
Public School system, which we boast
so proudly about, the best public
school system of any country on the
face of the earth.
Now here is an article which ap-
pears in New York's Sunday News,
Nov 7, 1943:
Pappies To The Front
Knoxville, Tenn.-I wish some of
you old family guys would stop moan
ng about the draft and wishing IT.
rear olds would be drafted instead of
l can't understand why
you should expect 17-year-old kid
o fight for your wives and kids, if
you don't think it is worth while to
light for them yourselves.
17-YEAR-OLD."
Well now this 17-year-old has got
and he has hit the nail
quare on the head.
Now it is bad enough that we are
rafting IS and 10 year olds to fight
ur war for us, but when we drag
hem out of school for the draft this
S going too far, denying these young
'oys even a high school education.
I heard a story about a young cou-
lie that were going to get married
nd when the wedding day came the
To- I-, 10 y,
aid mother 1 cannot marry John.
Ter mother wanted to know why, her
aughter said John does not believe
here is a hell. Her mother said,
Daughter, you go ahead and marry
his young man and between you and
le we will change his mind"
This is what we should do with our
enators and congressman, stay right
fter them until they change their
lind about taking young boys out of
chool for the draft.
Now, we will say you gentleman of
he Peoples Voice are on the draft
oard, would you have the heart and
erve to say to your next door neigh
or's boy who is going to school,
Willie, check out of your school now,
e are going to draft you and put
ou in the army to fight our war for
J."
If these young boys were allowed
} finish their high school education,
ley would gladly enlist, and go fight
If war for us.
Onr in, 10 c1, IN, erf
!, does not figure that these young
,ys are developed enough in body
Id mind to allow them a vote yet
ey will draft them into the army.
believe the mothers and fathers of
is country should let our senators
Id congressman know that we do
1t want our young boys taken out
high school for the draft when
ere are thousands of draft age men
i'll left in the country that have not
en drafted.
These young boys should be al
wed to at least finish their high
hool education, and any young boys
at have been drafted and had not
lished high school should be re-
ased and sent home to finish their
ucation, that is their high school
ucation, if they do not finish now
ey will never finish when they come
ck
would like to hear from you gen.
men of The Peoples Voice and get
UT opinion on this subject.
You have my permission to print
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