The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25
Washington Letter
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So it is with their brothers the
lame duck congressman.
Between now and election, watch
for them to do two things:
L. All the damage they can to ma
tional unity and victory, using their
positions in congress to the utmost
advantage.
2. Everything they can to prevent
the defeat of their co-conspirators
against American unity, the election
of new members of congress who
might be called, for want of a better
word, dies-like.
Just now the Dies committee is
working harder than ever. It's chair
man is working for the defeat of
President Roosevelt, election of Dew
ey and lose-the-war-and-peace con-
gress.
The CLIO Political Action Commit
tee and the National Citizens Political
Action Committee are the major di-
rect targets of Dies and his gang.
Their Nominations against these or
CARNATIONS of the people have glutted
the columns of the press. They pre-
tend to raise the DOGGY of "Commun-
ism" in the election. Actually they
are raising the bogeys of labor and of
the people as a whole. The objects
Of these organizations are to mobilize
labor and the people to re-elect our
war-President, and a win-the-war con-
gress. To the Dieses, therefore, it
becomes a bowling Communist calam-
ity that the people should be mobil-
lied at all
Just imagined If the PAC's are
we have more than good
chance of winning the war and going
forward to a peace of freedom and
= and what will the poor
ame-ducks do then, poor things!
1t was Diesism that nurtured the
'editionists now on trial in Washing
on.
1t was Diesism, springing parallel
rom the same dunghill of nazism,
hat organized the attempted insur-
ection in Philadelphia two weeks |
go, and succeeded in paralyzing tenn |
'orarily the war production of that
reat city.
1t was Diesism that inspired Sen
tor George to make his Goebbels-like
tack upon the Presidents Commit
ee on Fair Employment Practice last
yeek on the floor of the senate.
1t is Diesism that is maintaining
ne constant attack upon the morale
the negro men and women in our
rmed forces, on the home war-pro-
Iction front
Diesism is fascism, white suprem-
", the poll tax, disruption, un-Amer-
anism, defeatism.
Don't kid yourself, Diesism didn't (
tire from the picture when Dies /:
as orced to run out on the race for :
election. Unfortunately, neither 3
d Dies. |.
(Note: 1t isn't really important, but |.
is interesting to find that Dies con- 8
Tered the election was stacked" 8
ainst him by the war-administra- 8
n. In an interview published in :.
! Hearst Press (Which no doubt you +
not read, he explained how he 4
ured that one out. Il
ut seems that Dies district in Tex &
wasn't very industrial before the 4
r. The Chamber of Commerce I;
emit thousands of dollars trying TO 4
.ract industry there, but with little J;
ccess. 4
Game the war. Industrial expan- &
IN for the war effort. The G of G q
t its desire. But Dies wasn't happy ;;
all. Here it is in his own words: :.
c'The New Deal had stacked the 8s
ok against me in the eleven coun i
S that make up my district, and 4
rticularly in the Beaumont area. (:
rhaps | can't prove it, but the fact Z,
mains that large synthetic rubber !.
INT which cost millions, four octane Z:
lnts, five shipyards and other war &
lnts were put in operation here =
On after we entered the war. And !.
ere are $4,000 new workers here in !:
sse plants, all registered and ready ).
vote. And every vote would be 3:
linst me and what l stand for" s.
"A fantastic alibi? Well, it isn't 8:
Y more fantastic than various other :.
ngs that iDes has said-and gotten ::
ay with. And you can look for e
re fantastic things yet between
v and elections. Hitler's theory, q
sely followed by his helpers, is the g
ger the lie the more likely the liar q
o get away with it, g.