The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
.ALook Into The
Future
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/ capitalism that the RUSSIAN lead
ers directed their attack. 1t was
Capitalism" that made them see
red; and, it is against capitalism,
under one name or another, that the
discontinued classes everywhere
draw their indictment.
Great and widespread reactions
now manifested against capitalism,
do not occur without cause or pro-
vocation.
Have not many fine men who,
actuated by the highest principles
in every other relationship of life,
seemed to hold that generosity and
human feeling were not among the
imperative mandates of conscience,
in the conduct of a banking bust
ness, or in the development of an
industrial or commercial enterprise?
"a Christian conception of justice
must be much higher"
This I'M Christian spirit of capital
ism, condemned by Woodrow Wilson
is making plans against your welfare
and against the happiness of your
children and grandchildren.
The first plan is to lull you to sleep
on> false hopes that private industry
can take care of unemployment, and
find jobs for our young men and WON
en- when they return to civil life. To
this end, we'll meaning, but misguided
men, are collecting money for pre-or.
ganization or private bureaus to find
work in private industry for returning
soldiers. Our good citizens, busy on
this work, are dupes and tools of the
manipulators of international capital.
Private industry has tried repeatedly
and failed conspicuously, in such at
tempts.
The men higher up, we'll knowing
that private industry cannot supply
enough jobs, are already organizing a
second line of defense. They are
promoting governors of the states to
announce that the individual states
can do it. The Governor of Montana
said month ago: 1--WE have two or
three million dollars in the treasury
with which to employ our returning
soldiers on large public works. A
few days ago a nonsensical statement
appeared that our state can spend rs
million in such work.
The state treasury is in fine shape
only in the headlines. About forty
four years ago we issued $500,000.00
in bonds to build the capitol. After
paying high interest for forty-four
years, $3.50, 100000 of that bond issue
is still unpaid. This state owes prob
ably above 10 million dollars.
If there actually were four million
dollars loose in our state treasury,
10000 boys and girls are in the war.
To provide 10000 returning people
with hundred dollars month, each,
will eat up four million dollars the
first month. Public works do not
gain immediate profit to pay labor
turnover.
Such plans are vain 1t is propa-
ganda put out by the big fellows who
run the show to keep your eyes off of
the second part of their scheme. Only
the national government can prevent
unemployment
The proper conduct of the war has
the investment of incon-
large amounts of the peoples
money in industrial plants for manu-
aluminium, magnesium, rub
Der, aircraft, ships, ct cetera. 1t is
the plan of the great industrial barons
to get from government ownership
and operation, at swindling prices,
these magnificent plants. In the
press, and in congress, the movement
IS already taking form to give them to
he monopolies that have oppressed
he common people for 23 years be-
.ween the two World Wars.
For some years after World War ],
going to San Francisco, used to see
in the bay, near Benicia, standing
die, seventeen large merchant vessels
built for the government, costing
above II million dollars. Finally,
was told that they were all sold, in
,ne lump, for $15O,O0O.00 to some mid
lie man, and re-sold to Japan. That |
title deal will look trivial beside some
hat will be tried as soon as this war
S over.
OF taxpayers money to carry on
modern war, there has
,een spent, up to November LIST, 1913,
n war production plants alone, seven
,illion, one hundred million dollars.
If this fabulous sum, five billion is
4 plant and equipment suitable for
eace-time uses.
Government aircraft plants and
elds cost two billion, seven hundred
lillion dollars. This is ten times as
lrge as all private aircraft plants
0mbined AS soon as the war is
YER, many politicians will cry that
lie 10 per cent privately owned must
vallow the 80 per cent publicly
wned. This is easy enough to do
the public plants stop producing, r
re scrapped and members of con-
ress join up with children of the old i.
hio gang of Harding's time, and the
rice to the privateers is cut by 80
er cent. If these plants keep rum
ing as now, customers from all over
lie world will buy American planes.
lstead of displacement of labor,
ages in the aircraft plants may go
p.
For 40 years the Mellon family, run
ing the Aluminium monopoly, taxed
Ii aI,1 -. mn