The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

have destroyed 200 years of construc-
tive republican system and Christian
progress. When the world crisis was
in the Offing he was the one states
man in America that had the fore
sight to see the menace and dangers
to the American way of life of the
plans of the two European gangster
dictators, and he took prompt action
as President to arouse the nation of
the danger to Americans and Amer
ica
The American people and congress
responded Immediately to his judg-
ment and call, and in just the nick of
time without a day to spare, America
became defense conscious. Thank
God for such a leader in the hour of
crisis. Suppose an appeaser or an
isolationist had been President in
1910. Well, my opinion is that Hitler
and his gangsters would be sailing up
the Potomac to establish his gestapo
in our Washington now
We feel somewhat easier as we are
massing our resources to combat the
world crisis, but we have a crisis
in our domestic national economy,
which almost equals the menace
of our world crisis, and the most seri-
Gus constructive post war planning is
necessary if we are to save democ
racy and our American way of life.
When the United Nations have sue
ceeded in showing the Hitler gangsters
off the world map and decency and
liberty reigns once again, the post war
plans for our new national economy
must be already operating to forestall
world economic collapse and chaos
such as the world would never have
witnessed So we must begin post
war reimbursement now to meet social
and chronological changes in the
world today. The first post war plan
ming must be a redistribution of the
national income on more equitable
basis.
The Townsend plan must be the
first practical move in this redistribu-
ton, and must be enacted now to
build up economic balance.
1t is economic insanity to think OF
conclude that democracy can work or
function for all the people in America,
or any place in the world, where two
per cent of a population usurp eighty
per cent of the national income.
Therefore, the free enterprise the
plutocrats play up so loud about, is
monopolized by this two per cent rul-
ing class.
The Wall Street money monopoly
scarcity system never worked for per-
manent prosperity for all the people,
never did and never will. It ends in
chaos and collapse at regular inter
walls and has caused all the revolu-
lions and misery and unrest in the
world
We must have a new post war ma
tional economy if any form of real
Lincoln democracy is to survive,
which will redistribute the abundant |
life to all our citizens In post war
there must be no such thing as UNI
or poverty. Federal en-
ployment must guarantee to every |
able adult citizen a. minimum of 500 |
a month purchasing power. Purchas
ing power for every adult citizen must |
be rationed on a minimum per cent |
standard.
No farm programs will be needed
then. Little business will not con-
tinue to be squeezed off the economic
map in America. Individuals net in
must be limited to $4,000 a
year-surplus income taxes to absorb
the balance That will end the low
income group.
The Townsend plan should be in
operation right now. War defense
does not reach many districts in all
The true facts have been ex-
posed to congress committees. That
The corporations and centralized
wealth are not the country loving pa
-riotic group-they will let their ma
tive land down for monopoly and the
profit dollar. The common people are
our only real patriotic citizens and
furnish 80 per cent of the nations de-
'ense soldiers and war labor.
The Farmer Labor Townsend groups {
must coordinate and consolidate their
political activities and elect Robert A.
IaFollette and John L. Lewis presi- {
lent and vice president of the United
States in 1914 on the Democratic {
ticket, on a new common peoples ma
ional economy if a real Lincoln de- 6
nocracy is to function for all the |
people in the post war period.
A. l.. SUTHERLAND
Box 8, Great Falls. Mont.