The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-05-19

in the republican party. Every time
there is a liberal up for lieutenant
governor, they frame a man, machine
politicians do not want to take
chance, they are determined to run
things. Liberals in the home county
of a candidate should get in touch
with liberal men in all counties In the
state.
II l remember In the senate deal the
|reactionary element got their man IN
as president at the opening of the
session and at the closing they also
got their man for the interim, such
is dirty politics.
About Miss Ireland: / always wond-
cred what kind of an office she ran
and wondered If she couldn't run an
office efficiently what good she could
do for the teachers. During the time
II was teaching, l don't know of one
thing she did to help the teachers or
the schools and goodness knows there
is surely a lot of room for improve
ment in teaching and schools.
| was so Disguised when l applied
for my life certificate | don't re-
member what all I had to send in
but l know l had to get some creden-
tials from the university, a record of
all my work there, and had to send
in $500 and l didn't hear word from
them. l knew when the board was to
meet that passed on them and for
some time after that l still didn't hear
and I was quite upset for l didn't
know if they had ever received my
application or not. l was afraid I'd
have to collect all that stuff over
again if it had been lost or I was
thinking maybe I wasn't going to get
my certificate at all. Anyway l was
in quite stew because I didn't hear
so finally I wrote them and still no
answer.
To make matters worse l was talk
ing to the county superintendent and
she told me that happened all the
time. She said they would send in
reports and later the state office
would write and ask for them, say
they had never been received, etc.
and they got so tired of having to
send in duplicate copies that they fl
nally started sending mail registered
so they would have receipts. To me
that's disgraceful way to manage an
office. l wonder if it's full of political
appointees or if she doesn't know any
better. But anyway l finally got my
certificate it was several months I'm
sure, and never word from anyone
all that time. A stenographer could
in 80 minutes have mimeographed a
form letter to send to applicants tell
ing them their application had been
received and it might be several
months before they would receive a
certificate and then they would not
wonder about it. Miss Ireland used
to be the speaker at teachers conyen-
tions and I have never heard a word
she said. She would get up there in
her squeaky little voice and we could
hardly sit there when we couldn't
hear word of it. If she can't talk
she shouldn't be the speaker without
a microphone. Anyway that's all l
know about her and her office.
don't happen to know bit of good
she has ever done. Maybe other gov
eminent offices are just as bad.
know that some of them are, but they
might just as well not. have any, just
save the money.
We have too many incompetent of
'icials in our state department. When
4 state board of education can appoint
1on-Christians and anti Christians to
supervise in state institutions, there IS
radically wrong. We have
never been able to elect business
nan for mayor or for the legislature.
The last business man we had in the
legislature voted to bring the saloons
back, voted for all the gambling bills
hat came up, and apparently for the
Machine needs We need a broad
minded woman or man to run for the
,ffice of state superintendent of
schools on the democratic ticket All
air minded voters must vote for the
nan or woman candidate who is free
# machine faint, and not just vote
or party. The conditions today
AVE been brought about by voters
Who think more of political party,
han their God and their country. So
many of our republican church peo-
lie seem to blindly vote for this dirty
olitical (anti-Christian) machine
What ARE the component parts of
political machine? Our educational
ystem is being wrecked by this CAPT
alist system in this state also. We
eed new county superintendent CT
chools in our county (Custer), one
Tho will not affiliate with the ma
hine politicians.
We should have good recall law
assed by the legislature which we
re electing this year so we can re-
all Senator Wheeler, and put good
ian in his place. The machine we
ave in this state works to elect men
lat will serve them, then the people
ave nothing to say about running our
ate. We can overcome this if the
eople will study politics a little more,
nd analyze propaganda as it comes
p. Find out who will be benefited
y the election or defeat of candi-
ates.
We must elect a liberal governor
no will appoint MEN on the board
equalization instead of yes-men.
Wendell Willkie is too progressive
II corporations TOOLS.
Montana is for President Roosevelt
ronger than in 1910.
External vigilance is the price of
liberty"
RANDOT PHI DEIPEJ, SR