The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-10-06
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Some Straight Goods On Politics

OOI1t OtTdlSnL OOOuS VII OlItICS
When anyone resorts spreading falsehoods order
point safe bet he trying divert attention
his weaknesses which he knows will stand critical
examination.
Such situation is outstanding in the present political
campaign in Montana.
The Republican candidates for national and state office
in Montana this autumn and their Big Business hackers such
the Company press have been deong most OF their energy
and attacks Sidney Hman of the National Citizens Po
ica Action Committee upon Jerry OConne vice president
the Montana Council for Progressive Political Action upon
the Council for Industrial Organization, ct cetera.
This is rather strange when it is recalled that Thomas
Dewey accepted $4,000 political campaign contribution from
Sidney Hilman union when Dewey running for district
attorney Dewey thought it all right then In fact he asked
for But he his hackers think it wrong
Mr. Hilmans union, any working and to
tribute to President Rooseves campaign fund.- to donate
their dollars to help elect congress to
supplant the stoopigeons which infest that body
Here in Montana Governor Fords adherents aghast
that working people and farmers I'm talking about farmers
work themselves the kuaks who work other peo
pie exclusively should take interest fin the election of
Roosevelt for President of Left Erickson for Governor and
others who they consider independents for other important
state offices appears the Company Rankin crowd which
backing the DeweyFord ticket think nobody should take
political affairs those who under the control
of the Company power, hold state political jobs so
stupid they believe anything they read in the
owned controlled by the Anaconda Company and its
ciated corporate plunderbunds
In the state these Company people backing Dewey and
pretend be alarmed that the Council for Progressive
Political Action should take part in politics They are eager
forget that four Sam Ford actively sought the
endorsement of the Montana Council for Progressive Political
Action He got and that support certainly made possible
his election Had he not had the organized famerabor
1910 Roy Ayers would be today and nobody
knows that better than Sam Ford although there exists
that he publicly admitted it. Perhaps that why
he and his Company in this election alarmed
that the Montana CPA supporting his opponent Judge Left
Erickson.
When the Company crowd failed to manipulate the
NCPAC and CPA endorsements for the Dewey and Ford ticket
they started campaign of lies in effort to people
with it. sample of these lies is the constant attempt by
Company newspapers like the Muscular to make appear
Council for Progressive Political Action and
Judge Erickson attempting to unonze farm labor in Mon
tana The Muscular boldly repeats the lie using in
Sunday issue when The proposition to unonize the
farmers of the state which is plank No in the of
the Montana council of the CLIO Political Action committee
carries with the threat of disaster to Montana agricultural
interests"
Actually there such plank in the platform of the
Council Progressive Political Action 1t is merely
lie made by prostitute writer of the
Muscular who endeavorng to small farmers who hire
workers. careful reading by YOU Mr. and Mrs. Reader
the platform of the Montana Council for Progressive Po
cal Action will convince of the fact that the Mssouan
its quoted lie in their teeth But they cunnngly
deceive the public by not printing the platform of the
Montana Council for Progressive Political Action YOU
in the Missouan the Standard the Gazette the indie
pendenRecord of the other kept of
Montana They hope to make believe that such plank
corrupt of Montana read the platform and learn for
5oursef By constantly prevarcang to they hope
convince you such plank exists. 1t does not.
At least two Bitter Root farmers have been induced to
end their to such canard This writer elephoned
them Louis Undem who response questions, adj
this writer that he had the platform of the Mon
Council for Progressive Political Action but that he had
old Muscular reporter that he could operate his sheep
anch he had to have three shifts of sheepherder Of
he could not and nobody trying make him. Yet the
ssouian perverts the truth by starting lie false pre-
Mise and using reputable individual to spread the poison to
theirs. The similar with James Canton. r
No doubt other farmers, both within and without the Il
ter Root valley will be approached told wild story
Ike how the vicious Go trying to invoke the hour day. 81
Nth 2 times the rate of for overtime and so day
with pay for farm workers. They will be told that tt
platform Council for Progressive Political st
cton provides for such proposition YOU happen be in