The people's voice., 1944-10-20
The Governor Joins the Chorus

opened SpokeSmen
the Republican party apparently set the pattern of the
pan program propaganda for the organization the thinking
and informed people of the state asounded to lind that
much of the appeal to the based asehoods
direct and implied Concrete issues ignored and evaded
The appeal the voters the basis of prejudice and
the pary and evidently based
the assumption that the Montana voter lacks any nte
gene that he too ignorant to recognize outright lies in
tended to develop prejudice against the candidates OF the
posing party
This discussed before in the columns of The
Voice Our readers attention has been called to the rantngs
of Wellington Rankin at the republican state conventon of
Ed Toomey before meetings of various organizations in Helena
Attention has been directed to the fasehood by them
public platform; their assertions that Sidney Hllman
the Political Action Committee of the CO and Browder
roed NOT only the policies of the Democratic party but had
intentions dominate the state of Montana that
the candidate for Justice Erickson their puppets
and ad nauseam.
We assumed these gentlemen gnor-
ant that such statements which, they not ignorant
deliberate lies told by them evade real issues and
peal what they must have assumed to be the ignorance of
the Montana voter Later meetings of various organizations
packed with sooge delegates amenabe to the leadership of
the Republican party have been held in Helena and plans
evidently made widespread dissemination of false
hoods among the voters of the state
And organizations have been given birth by the
astermnds of lying fraternity according stories
in the corporation Whether not these organizations
have actually been formed only legtmate bran-ch
dren eminatng the distorted minds of the prostued
cations to be solely to instruments for the dis
semnaon of lies again the apparent assumption that the
Montana voter is ignorant and prejudced
For time The Voice assumed that Governor Ford had
too much integrity and too high regard for ethics counte
election the office of by campaign of asehoods
would tempt him. that spokesmen for his party directing
such campaign doing it without his sanction And
could believe that he would publicly repudiae it.
Instead of that his voice has joined in the cacophony of
lies According to the reports his supporting the
corporations propaganda Sheets he has in public speeches be-
moaned the imaginary threat of political control of Montana
by Sidney Hman and his organizations the type and
pattern lies by his party leaders The governor
cordng reports his corporation made this charge
rumored threat but actual existing factual
threat
The Voice submits that by these uterances he has showed
himself absolutely unfit to be governor state If he is
crassy ignorant that he did not know he telling false
hood he too lacking in ordinary information to justify his
election to public office the smallest and least i'm
portant he knew feel that he did, that he
building bogeyman of lies to fighten the Montana voters
into voting for him. reect him their savior then he has
clearly demonstrated his unworthnes reelected
office where he has already failed in many respects
The voters of Montana do not want who is
ignorant to tell them the truth, who deliberately
falsifes They will that to November Gov
Ford