The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-25
Are They Jittery?

and as it is interesting, reprint in FULL below:
"WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
"Oneffth of the production facilities of all American
industry is owned by the government!
"Take the manufacture of motorized vehicles, for
example
"snce 194O the sum of $500, $4,000 has been spent
to build the production facilities of the motor in
dustry.
''The government has spent $42495O,oOO private
companies have spent S77,60OOOO
"This that about $50 of the factories
and machines for the production of motor cars trucks and
buses OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
eve all know that this necessary TO WAGE
WAR. But-after the war-WHAT?
"Wi the automotive industry of tomorrow be owned
and operated by the Americans who built it and made it
of the wonders of the world?
"WiI it be government bossed and owned industry,
operating under system of state savery-the
tenn fighting today?
"After the
'In the automotive indusry-as we'll as in ALL IN
"Wil it be SOCIALISM or AMERICANIsM?
'FYou the who will decide!
"Only thing counts now-VICTORY!
"But, after the war; Americans have two Hateful al
"To become puppets in a state that dictates and
trolls all acts patterned after the slave systems of Jap
an and Nazi Germany
"To march forward as free Americans-under
American system where every may win that measure
prosperity which his creative effort may
entitle him.
Remember, your freedom goes when the government
all industry.
DISCUSS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS THE BIG
PROBLEM PRESENTED BY THE PRESENT OWNER
chip OF INDUSTRY BY ONE GOVERNMENT. GET
qHE FACTS KEEP INFORMEl5A
..BE READY--WHEN THY VAR ENDS-TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE PART IN DEC NC WHAT. SHALL BE
DONE WITH THESE GOVERNMENT OWNED FACTo-
RIES, so THAT AMERICAN FREEDOMS BE NOT LOST.
Emphasis on last two paragraphs ours)
"THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY.
'"The electric light and power companies under sound
business management have met all of wars demands
themsuppied the essential needs of their civilian Gus
tomersand provide abundant electric for the
greater America of tomorrow.
INVEST IN AMERICA = Buy United States War
Bonds and Stamps"
We have emphasized two paragraphs in the pamphlet
which wholly agree We believe discussions the
subject of this pamphlet should be the must list of all
CARNATIONS While the figures quoted to motor manufac
those be- wish that the pamphlet had quoted
figures showing the profits made by this industry out of the
combination of their plants and those built for them by
the government
Those figures would have shown that the
turing industry made about twice the amount of profit after
taxes in 1943 that made In 1889 Moreover 1t might have
called attention the fact that these profits paid them
by this government of which they afraid.
1t could also have told that these corporations png
staggering of the profits they make
contracts that from 1941 to 1913 inclusive the
corporations heaped in undstrbuted prof
And this practically all profits made from govern
nent contracts in addition to the dividends on stock dsrb
tied by them.
We don't believe that the two alternatives set out in the
GLOWING questions properly worded when states Wl
automove industry of tomorrow be owned and operated
the Americans who built and made it one of the wonders
f the world?
Cor
"Wi be government bossed and owned industry operat
ny system Of state savery-he very system
lighting today?"
We submit that these questions should be worded
ows:
"Wi automotive industry of be operated
or the all Americans by the Americans who with
power brain and muscle and with the financial support
the American people built and made it of the wonders
# the world,
Cor
"Wll be bossed by government controlled by monop
y capital operating system of state savery-he very sys
EN- fighting today?"
We would also change the wording in the Hateful alter
ative' presented in this statement
"'To march forward free Americans, etc."
We would word that instead, follows: ITO march for
yard Americans conscious of obligations to our
elbow Americans and contributing everything which
efforts make possible to society whole in order that
ur country may be great and progress be assured"
compelled to take issue with the declaration in the
amphet that Remember your freedom when the
rnment all industry 1t depends the kind of gov