The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-21


duty" in the countries they are oc-
cupying and are giving deep thought
to this World War II reconstruction
period
Hitler Missed Boat
Dick Joyce, secretary of the North
Dakota Farmers Union before his in
duction into the army, writes from
Germany:
Here in Germany is every evidence
of the great contributions however
selfishly) Germany has made to
science, engineering, education-of its
thrift and pride.
with all his modern streamlined
industry, geopolitics, etc, it is my i'm
preston that Hitler really missed the
boat by paying so little attention to
the basic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. This
is the first place I've seen horse and
oxen, or two oxen, hitched together.
1.-THE German people that we have
encountered do not seem too hard hit
for food or clothing. OF course, we've
undoubtedly seen little of actual con-
dition"
Dick is now with the army of oc-
cupation in Japan.
Look To Unlimited Nations
orval Grissby, a Farmers Union
Torchbearer and All-Stater, comments
on the atomic bomb:
Here there has been much discus
sion about the new bomb that was so
instrumental in making up Japan's
mind What an instrument that could
be for peace if it was handled right
Now, truly, the world has the choice
of solving the economic, social and
cultural problems that cause war, or
face destruction of all civilization.
But of course, that has occurred to
every American and every thinking
individual in the world. Now, more
than ever before, the future of the
world depends on the effectiveness of
the United Nations. This bomb is a
more serious problem than Japan ever
was. We must realize that"
Chaplain Aids Displaced Jews
Chaplain Eugene Lipman, also an
All-Stater spent some time in Bel
gum, OIL WHICH ne writes.
Il asked few farmers about farm
conditions. The concensus of opinion
about farm ownership ran about this
way: approximately so per cent of the
land is owned by the men who actual
ly farm it. The others are tenants of
absentee landlords, usually individ-
uals. The tenants pay chiefly in cash,
though some pay in produce. Rents
are quite high for land"
Telling of his work in the German
territory, Chaplain Lipman says
"Before the war there were ap-
proximately seven to seven and a
half million Jews in Europe, excIud-
ing the Soviet Union. Of these, be-
tween one and one and half mil
lion have survived. Nearly 100000
of these are in what will be Russia
POLAND east of the Curzon line.
The rest are in Europe, scattered to
the winds. Here in PiIsen, of a
pre-war population of nearly four
thousand, $50 persons have re-
turned. In Poland, about 100000
are alive, out of more than 100000.
The remnant is small and in hor-
rible condition.
MY chief concern has been the $780,
600 Jews known technically as Dis
placed Persons. They are of every |
nationality, but are not in their home
countries. Where to move them?
Some have relatives in the United
States, England Australia, Canada,
etc, whom they wish to join. They
must wait for months and possibly
years for immigration arrangements
to be made. Most want to go to Pal
estine
I'm my new area the job will be
the same. | plan, since it will be in
Germany, to do as another chaplain
has done requisition farm land
and equipment, set up cooperative
farms on the Palestine Kibbutz pat
tern.
Incidentally has the FECUA ever
issued anything on the Palestine CO.
operative movement? There is a lot
of material of fascinating nature"
U. S. No Longer Isolated
Gene VOORHEES,, husband of Kansas
Esther Ekblad VOORHEES,, feels
it is time to Wake Up, America!
81 think our American policies
abroad have been good in only one
war with all the SUI
perior power of our equipment and
machines. Politically, socially, eco
they show complete lack
Of intelligence, knowledge of social
usage, human psychology, or common Z
sense Compared to the Russians l :
hink we are pretty dull z
Americans have been fortunate for
bout 300 years in that they have lived Z
where the isolation and material re- 3
ources have permitted them to sur 8
i've and thrive regardless of religious z
igotry political bungling or interna- 8
onal pickering, but the time has ar >
wed when Americas adolescent ten N
encies in politics and economic phi
should pass
"People should take conscious
and informed part in their country's
activities and we should realize that
we live in world of older nations
who have survived many centuries
of civilization, and that if we are to
lead them anywhere we'd better
know them more thoroughly and un-
derstand their capabilities as we'll
as their faults" HI