The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-10

The soldier VOTE the subsidy ISSUE the tax bill
gether make up pattern In the connotaons of these
involved justice the little and their fundamental rights
in democracy Moreover they issues the determine
ton of which will have an impact not only on the present
rbuton of the home front to the destruction of fascm and
but the will affect the welfare of the great
of the American public in the future
This pattern established definite cleavage
tween the and the administration Even his most
capng critics must admit at times that the President has
given great leadership to the effort True human is
nfabe Qook at the Presidents critics. and without doubt
the President has made of which he has freely
admitted but the overall direction given by him to the
duct of the war; will we believe merit great commentator
from future unprecedented historians
Arrayed against him. many of the issues which have
from to time during the progress of the has
both houses influenced by sectional
privileged interests small and minded and part
totally selfish and mentally and morally unable to that
their selfish interests and those of the interests that nfu
Them wholly involved successful prosecution of
the That the preservation democratic institutions
also involved easily RELOCATED to the background
Actually this consideration has appeared to them i'm
portant.
The long out battle in congress the question
of the whether provisions making possible for the soldiers
to exercise their right franchise one elementary
democracy clearly developed this pattern and
the President without crcumocuon called the plan which the
reactionaries proposed fraud"
Involved in this issue possible consequences
which threw the reactonary elements into Other
One the effect the coming election The Republican
members of the possibility that majority of the
voters in the armed forces would their ballots the
election of the President and support for him by
members of his party The other the fear of the southern
members that suffrage being granted to the great number of
voters from their section previously denied the privilege by the
considerations outweighed in the opinion of these statesmen
the simple question of whether not the the armed
stalking their lives for the preservation of the rights
all should be given the right to have voice in the Sc
lection of representatives in the legislative and executive
branches of the government
The need subsidies of the to control in
aon under recognized and
necessary offset the other
ta and actual failures equitable operation of the present
economic system The opponents Of subsidies are by and
large proponents OF uncontrolled initiation Ihey dlsclam
that but they have offered workable
substitute for subsidies without which, is apparent to
one that price control cannot function.
The President vetoed the tax bill, in a message which
aid the facts the line in unequivoca terms tax
lief bill providing needy the greedy
This cold analysis of the which undoubtedly the
the membership both houses of the
ess recognized as bald truth which they had hoped would
hidden stirred of Them including the leader of
the majority the senate Senator Barley to hyserca
None of the members even attempted to cite any facts on
which they could dispute the Presidents analysis of the BILL
Not them could state that they had considered the needs
the country its emergency in drafting and passing this
he had spoken plainly to the And the full
blame for the of this monsrosty rests
gress.
The passed increases personal income slightly
the corporation taxes less despite the
corporation in twice what in 1889 after
paid threatens taxation of nonprofit organiza
co-operaves and labor unions 1t destroys the
possibilities of renegoaton of production contracts
matter how ouoreason may be the profits made by the IN
with which the has contracts 1t could
hardly have been drawn in manner to give more relief to
the greedy c
Now the entire question of the pattern rests with the
DO the people want TO let
congress get with deprivng the voters the armed
their fundamental right to have voice in their
Do the people of the country want to let small
powerful exploiting minority dsorganze all price control
and uncontrolled initiation? Do they want to join
support of which has openly insisted on relief for
the greedy? s
involved in all of these is whether not
permit domestic home 'front.' to deter
the detriment of the effort 1t question
which to ourselves and nation to take
definite stand Badly stated, it is question of
whether permit fascsic tendencies develop
fighting destroy foreign shores
This question by vote in the coming
it by expressing opinion
to congress and to the President t
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