Montana labor news., 1945-09-20

-AAiiNA ASah aAllCu hlSHli plouuCtlOn,
know-how and manpower helped the
democracies win terrible war that
trounced international fascism. But
instead OF American prestige soaring
ever higher, it is now at its lowest ebb.
One of the reasons, this writer be-
lieyes, IS that the same top-level att-
tudes toward postwar problems here
prevail in our handling Of these issues
IN Europe and in Asia.
because of the fears Of Big Business
we are seeing the knitting Of both the
Full Employment Bill and the Kiloore
emergency unemployment COMPENSATION
measure in U. S. Senate committees
lhe interests opposing these measures
despite Pres. Harry S. Truman's mes
sage vocally supporting them. are pre-
cisely the same that have influenced
our State department and top military
command to discourage the upsurge Of
peoples movements abroad.
In the Philippines, for instance Gen.
Douglas Macarthur is protecting the
investors and big landowners against
the peasants demand for real democ-
raey Macarthur himself is reported
to have some heavy financial interests
IN the islands. Hence he is backing
Manuel Roxas, a tool Of the Japanese
dominated puppet government Of the
Fhilppines, as candidate for the presi
dency in the insular elections this fall
Over in Korea, the indignation of the
people when we ordered the Japanese
overlords to continue in office after
liberation knew no bounds.
From Italy, undenied reports tell of
the peoples discomfort with the Joint
Anglo-American rule. Our Allied Mill
tary Government flunlies are feted in
the homes of rich fascists. suddenly
turned into leading democratic person
ages white hatred for Americans
grows among the workers.
In Greece, where British armed force
backed up by our ever-willing State
department forced out popular peo-
PIES movement IL order to save the
and the wealthy Greeks
starvation is spreading. Workers 90
hungry yet the New York Times re-
ported September II that the wealthy
were dining on squad, Holsters, pork
and Wine.
When we occupied Tokyo we very
,arefully refrained from hosting the
Stars and Stripes over the Japanese
Jet-or the Imperial Palace. Instead
we lifted our flag over our own prom
arty there the U. S. embassy. In
lglne the sighs of relief uttered by
hose comfortable japanese who know
now to live in that social level our
military men so enjoy Here is proper
.ort of yictor-wiling to cooperate
with the best people of Japan-the rul-
ng classes
Back home we find those who applaud
hese sins against real democracy
broad are cheering the tory senators
md congressman moving in to gut hope
lere for full employment and help over
he transition period at sorry
title SIS week for 20 weeks.
These are the people who say we
must Control labor" with the Ball
3urton-Hatch bill that we must force
he workers to accept a formula from
stacked deck that would prohibit
trikes and yet not provide any plan
or obliging employers to meet ade-
uate wage standards. These are the
eople who are yelling bloody murder
hat every effort to do something for
he working class-for the vast major
-y OF Americas millions-is a threat
their precious free enterprise sys-
en- These are the people who would
ct the returning GPs mind against
ne men and women who worked long
ours on assembly lines in factory and
iant to produce the goods that made
ictory possible.
lhe Korean, the Filipino, the Italian
. all OF those we are wronging abroad
y our support of their oppressors
re organized to protect the basic rights
I all democratic peoples against our
ntortunate foreign policy
heir struggle is against far greater
DDS than we face here on the domestic
ront' They will have to begin from
cratch' We here have our unions and
an demand a hearing from our Con-
ress.
1t is high time that more of us did So
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