The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-25
What Are We Fighting For?

Probably to far too many people, the question of what we
fighting answered by the statement TO lick Hitler
Musson To this unfortunately large group
fascsm is just another homor word like Red or com
munism RADICAL the Atlantic Charter nothing much put
a collection of well-turned phrases.
The encouraging thing of that generally speak
ing there unanimiy of desire to defeat the nations WIN
which thereby deal heavy blow to asclsm
regardless of how large of people understand or
realize what actually is But whether or not we shall des
foreign powers fascism permit the development OF an
american brand destructive to people than the
fasc been in evidence in country in the
will determine whether win victory or just win one
more war ~.
recognize the elements of native fascsm which
exist in country manifested by many OF the demands
propaganda such organizations the National Asso
citation Manufacturers the United States Chamber OF Com
and its local satellite organizations throughout the cou
associations of the powerful exploiting indus
trasts Should their and influence ut
tery caous to the needs OF the common man ana ote m
scrupuouy Indifferent to the needs of the nation as whole
continue and the four freedoms will really become mere
phrases to an greater extent than in the past
The ST. Louis PosDispatch of the very few lnde-
pendent large daily in the country recently pub
shed symposium the question 'What fighting
for Twenty prominent people in the United States contrib
uted subject This writer after reading these
articles depressed by feeling of futly Practically all
while acy suggesting that there will be changes as
the and its winning wax lyrical the system
of capitastc enterprise few of them vaguely init
perhaps there must be changes in economic
system Perhaps that all that they felt free in doing as
participants in the symposium Undoubtedly the average
reader like myself read them ALL must feel that
the majority of these prominent people, most of them leaders
in their respective fields think hope that fighting
to click Hitler Mussolni and to insure the con-
nuaton of the status quo ante social and economic.
justice of the contributors Stuart Chase econo
mist and writer subjects and Robert Minor assistant
secretary of the Communist party they both stress that
the first consideration the winning of the war; that the
concentration of all of efforts to that
end all programs for will be futile Stuart Chase de-
the immediate steps after the shooting stops should
First private business to employ everybody they
reasonably can, and perhaps a few more
Second, the federal government by means OF public
underwte the employment of those who
left-and there will be millions left
Third program of social securityan American Bev-
erdge give every and child in the coun
try modest protection against economic disaster.
'Such program cuts under the ideologies about free
ENTERPRISE verbal hurricanes
ing goes of what most Americans must do as
practical matter if they really to make this war worth
Robert Minor makes the that in the final anal
y just fighting for own country and then asks
this question: Are we then fighting not to acquire something
new, but only to keep something od Are we fighting to
old nustices toward for instance the Philippines
China India? - He then answers this question by
stating History status ante. There is
previous historic condition and this profound
truth the undong of every reactonary History does not
move n a circle History repeats ITSELF only higher
plane think that history in circle and
point of departure deceived it to be
circle but SPIRAL he who has been robbed of democ
racy, whose democracy attacked and who fights to
democracy inevitably finds in the victory that his
democracy been raised higher level in the fighting
1t would seem Mr. Minors argument is somewhat
deastic. presupposes that in winning
the victory in the gone long winning
the peace to be predcated the suppostion that
the United Nations will have acquired in the
new conscience political leadership of them all will
liberated from the powerful influence of ruthlesy
selfish exploiting attained concept
the brotherhood the paramount of
human rights and dignity; that values will have been
established should like believe that such could be
the
believe with all of the writer's that first of ALL the
must be country must be protected against the
avagery We continue to build with all of
might the sentiment that fighting for the freedoms
all people of the earth We must all of work to arrive
definition of those freedoms and how they
be and preserved. And when all have
understanding of how the desire for those freedoms can be
their maintenance be assured then will know
fighting for and postery face and glo
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