The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-05-21

II. 1NdulcS Will DC WlthhClu OA 1O4uCol
has conducted his military campaigns
as if a western front was non-existent
I can't very well speak for Mr.
Churchill but there are three schools
of-thought in the United States as tc
the best and proper way of treating
Russia for the benefit of mankind:
l. The conservative or reactionary
method, whichever you want to call it
g. The neutral, middle-ofthe-road
or straddle-the-fence pose.
3. The whole-hearted out-and-out
proposition of taking her in as a full
partner without any mental reserva
tions and give her hundred per cent
cooperation. Each school has con
siderable following and all aim at
Eventually winning the war regardless
of costs.
No 1 school seem to think that
Fighting the Nazis is primarily a Rus
sian job while we should concentrate
on the Japs, not as punishment to
Stain for his aloofness, but as bril-
liant military measure, while some
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would just as soon see Stain licked
as Hitler. In this school you will find
many America First, Appeasers, and
those opposed to a western front and
favoring a negotiated peace. Their
attitude is best symbolized by their
slogan: Let them both beat their
brains cut and we will clean them up
at the finish Those are the ones
offering the touching smile: Hang a
carrot in front with a stick in the
rear" Which, translated, could mean
if Moscow is amenable to reason she
might get her Chinese east railway
back and an all year icefree harbor
at Port Arthur, otherwise it may go
to China By the same token she
could expect large postwar loan as
we'll as needed food supplies which
otherwise might be withheld. AS a
token of good faith she could expel
her Baltic provinces and quit doing
business with them. (This would be
an odd procedure as no Soviet repub-
lie has yet been expelled or with
drawn from the USSR, unless it would
be Outer Mongolia who wanted to
join up but instead was given mill
tary alliance.
The End school takes the stand that
this war is essentially European
war and we are, so to speak, on the
sidelines but will do all we can to
beat Hitler without exposing our
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have no strong convictions either one
way or the other.
The third school, and the largest in
numbers, look at the war as a family
affair and consider each member as
vitality interested as the other mem
bers. They stand for winning the
war as soon as possible at any cost,
meaning sacrificing blood as we'll as
cash.
Honest Opinions Differ
Some people think we can best
serve the cause by furnishing lend
lease supplies and acting as the arse
nal-of-democracy, while others think
we should strike and strike hard be-
fore Hitler can totally destroy all
groups in occupied Eur
flying his European fronts and syste-
exterminating his potential |
No. 1 and school adherents think |
that as long as Russia holds out we
can take our time and wait till we
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the knockout punch-some even in
sisting that we have done more for
Russia than she ever did for us. There
are others who sincerely think that
the Soviets should open their eastern
border for bomber attack on
there is just as inconsistent as Wash
ngton's stand in regards to Finland.
AS matter of fact, the two cases are
quite dissimilar. For one thing we
have bases in unoccupied China as
close to the industrial districts of
De and the United States don't stand
% lose one iota in severing relations
With Finland instead it might help to
our almost severed route
o Murmansk. Furthermore consider
lble amount of goods pass through ]
some of which goes to t
lelp China while the bulk goes to the {
European front, all of which would be .
topped in case of war with Japan. Y
Not only that but, as soon as the t
tockpiles of war material stored in i
and Khabarovsk is used '
p, demand for material, needed on
he European front, would soon de- /
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Japan and the Soviets each possibly t
as a couple of million troops guard a
ng their Siberia borders, but Japan s
nth her shorter line of communica- a