The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-22

grey haired educated ignorance; ig-
norance of a conversational knowledge
of the most fundamental institutions
of our democratic system of govern
ment.
The writer has enquired of many
people If they had much knowledge of
| the workings of the Federal Reserve
Banking system? Not one of all those
of whom / have made the enquiry
has pied guilty. while it has been
demonstrated by short enquiry into
their conversational knowledge by an
effort to lead them out upon the sub
ject, that they were shamefully and
blushingly uniformed upon the most
important question of public finance
and banking.
Moreover; since the Missouri Val
ley Authority has been in the press
and before certain conventions for
study and discussion, | have ques-
toned people to learn their reaction
upon the subject; to my surprise and
establishment most of whom | have
thus approached have no clear knowl-
edge of the facts in the case.
Here we are surrounded and crossed
and recrossed with and by the proud
and boastful disseminators of news
and intelligence, yet they who read
most seem to know less about these
important things of every day life.
What is the matter with these dissem-
inators of news and intelligence? Are
they falling down on the job which
they have undertaken to do? Is it
possible that there is a niger in the
woodpile? May there be dog or
two or even more in the political man
ger? Are there economic snakes in
the grass?
A truth suppressed in an institution
to which the reading public is led to
believe is dissemination of news and
intelligence, is a wilfull falsehood;
how far and how long and how per-
sistent may these deceptive things of
the big daily press of the state of
Montana be carried until it becomes
a crime; a crime against truth and
decency? A crime against those seri-
Gus minded readers who are seeking
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and national economy? Moreover;
how long shall we of the serious
minded reading public permit this
shameful thing to continue without |
redress in behalf of those |
who are being missled? Aren't we
able to expose these political niggers
in the woodpile-ferrit out these fl
nancial dogs in the manger bruise
the heads of these economic snakes
in the grass?
The Peoples Voice and The Yellow
stone are doing heroic work in the
matter of disseminating news and in
telligence, but how are they to reach
all who are afflicted with the crime of
ignorance on these subjects which are
at this time so vital to all of the plain
people who have no place at the pie
counter with these autocrats of spe-
,ial privilege? The antidote is truth
Truth hidden under bushel does not
each the evil; then how are we to
each the whole people? That is, how
IAN we get these truth telling publica-
ions to the people who are being mis- :
ed by subversive journals? These
ire times which try mems souls and
What therefore are we
Wiling to do about it? If each sub
criber will send one /or more five ,
month subscriptions of The Peoples 5
Toice to put on an educational cam (
'aign, that will be a starter; selecting :
neighbor whom you have reason to 7
elieve will be available to the truth r
n these matters. | am willing to do
ny part, l will even send the Voice Y
o two neighbors for five months, at G
he end of which time such neighbor >