The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16

The Montana Council for Progress
sive Political Action is an organiza
ton representing 100000 workers
farmers, small business and liberia
professional people, and men ant
women generally who are interested
in the welfare and the progress of the
common people of Montana as op
posed to the interests of special priv
ilege seeking forces of the state. We
are a peoples organization, non-parti
san in politics, but strongly partisan
on issues which involve the welfare
of the people. We are dedicated tc
fundamental principles and a progress
sive program which our members de-
termine to be for the best interests OF
our people, our state and nation as a
whole. They are principles on which
we take our stand, and on which we
must not and will NOT compromise.
. We are Americans and we prefer de-
mocracy to any other principle of
government
l. The prime and paramount objec-
tive toward which all our interests
and our efforts, both as individuals
and as an organization are and must
be presently directed, is the winning
of the war We want the United
States and her Allies to carry through
to final and complete victory in this
bloody conflict in which we are now
engaged until fascism is utterly and
absolutely destroyed in the world. We
are willing and anxious to make any
sacrifices to obtain this goal at the
earliest possible moment, but we are
unalterably opposed to a negotiated
compromised peace, which can only
result in the repetition of the tragic
errors of World War l, and merely
postpone for another 20 years the con-
tinuation of the bloody and awful car
mage we now witness.
2. We shall fight for the establish
ment of lasting and durable peace
as outlined in the historic Declaration
at Teheran We insist that Labor and
Farmer must have full and real repre-
sentation at the peace table. Our
nation must participate, as a strong
and vital member in an organized fam
lily of nations, because our country
must be willing to accept cheerfully
and eagerly it's share of responsibility
for peace and freedom. That durable
peace must not be just a treaty ar
rived at by military men and heads
of government but must be sort of |
standards and principles guiding the
day to day activities of men and wom
en- and governments everywhere in
the world. 1t must provide for the
abolition of international monopoly
cartels, and their despicable counter
part, the Bank of International Settle
nents, the disgusting performance of
whose officers sickened the democrat
&c world in recent weeks as the rep
'esentative of American banking sat
Town and did business with the bank
ng leaders of Germany and Japan.
That durable peace must be based
ipon an economy of abundance, and
lot a return to scarcity and fear 1t
must provide for greater understand
ng and better working relations with
,ur Allies and with the people and
legitimate governments of the nations
low under Axis control and soon to
,e liberated, and recognition that
III men belong to single human
ace; are entitled to certain inalien-
BILE rights, regardless Of color, race,
IT creed
g. We maintain that the Full Pro-
uction and Full Employment achiev-
d in war can and must be continued
n peacetime economy of abundance, :
nd that reconversion policies must
70 expansionist, and not restrictive so :
s to create opportunities for all the
eople and particularly our returning :,
yar veterans. We are definitely OPP /,
osed to the destruction of surplus
yar goods, materials and machines, !,
nd demand that they be used to meet :
uman needs without waste by adj =
ance planning for orderly disposition,
o that man can use what man has !;
lade. We insist that the huge war
lants that have been built by the =
eople through the national govern :
lent totalling an expenditure of 23 =
illion dollars are new form of pub ;,
C domain TO be used for the people :
ather than the few, and are not to
e handed over to private monopoly
t the wars end. We propose that
ur returning fighting men and wom- =
n. be provided with the capital to J.
perate such plants wherever feast =
lie; that those plants producing ma y
trials suitable for agriculture fertil-
ers, insecticides and fungicides 4
lould be sold or leased to farmer =
wned and controlled co-operatives: =
nd that other plants should be Of !.
red for sale or lease in such man. u
er and such subdivisions so that CO. y
)eratives, small businessmen, and -
nall businesses can buy or lease Il Il
tactical economic units for the pro- Il
lotion of goods. In monopolized in II
lstries, a substantial part of all these
ants should be retained by the gov 81
nment and operated as yardstick en-