The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-11
STOP. LOOK AND THINK
By E. H. MANSON

| By E. H. MANSON
Within less than four weeks tn
people of the U. S., will elect the ful
membership of the House of Repres
entative (435) and 81 senators, an,
their choice of men will determine
whether the republicans or the demo
Gratis will control the next congress
thus indicating the kind of legisla
ton they want enacted for the futur,
guidance of our country in domesti,
and foreign affairs.
That congress will be faced will
problems, the solution of which will
affect for good or i'll, the welfare O
our country for many years to come
and the primary responsibility for its
makeup and the actions it takes rela
tive to those problems, rests squarely
upon those who will choose it's mem
bership Matters of grave Importance
not only to us in America, but to peo
pies throughout the world such for
example as peace treaties, trade agree.
ments, atomic control, etc, must be
handled by the 80th congress. These
issues can be neither ignored nor by.
passed and unless they are faced with
reason, courage and sound judgment
the whole civilized world may suffer
fatal injury.
Congressman, and voters as we'll,
should bear in mind the unacceptable
fact that there is no continuing level
in human movements; there is no
such thing as still - mankind goes
either forward or backward. We
should recognize the fact that the
world has changed and that there can
be no zone world" unless the U. S.
and other nations can find way to
live together as neighbors and friends.
Must Select Men of Vision
To bring about necessary world CO.
operation it will be obligatory on the
citizens to choose men, especially for
the senate, who have vision that ex-
tends beyond national boundaries;
men of straight and steady judgment
and without racial or nationalistic
Every large scale war in human
history has disrupted normal condi-
lions in the countries engaged there
in, with resultant discomforts and in
to both winners and
losers. Re-adjustments after a great
war require time-usually too much
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to normally; and complaints, often
with unreasoning bitterness toward
those in authority are to be expected
from them. Those people all too often
become victims of the INSCRIPTIONS
political demagog, whose tales of woe,
both real and imaginary, they believe,
and whose promises of immediate re-
lief from all their troubles if he is
are eagerly accepted as truth
This country did not recover from
the effects of the war between the
states for many years, and the wreck
age caused by World war l had not
been fully repaired before we were
plunged into the costliest and most
l6SlTuCtlNe wal VI oil lilHe, w OTlQ war
II.
Just here, it might not be amiss to
'emind the voters that the republican
party was entrusted with the task of
and readjustment after
both the civil war and World war 1,
md of the monumental failure it made
If the job in both instances. That
party is now asking the voters to for
get the asinine manner in which it
handled the nations affairs; how I'M
Ter it's control of congress for ID
,ears and of the presidency for twelve
years after World war 1, we had two
the last one the most |
disastrous in the nations history; its |
eaders would have you forget that |
Turing those IL years more farmers
ost their homes through foreclosure;
more banks and other businesses fail |
ID than ever before in a comparable |
,eriod of time; more people were job |
ess and hungry than at any previous
ime, and so on without end.
What Do Republicans offer?
What do leaders of the republican
arty offer as reasons why they should |
gain be entrusted with the nations !
uture destiny For months past, in |
he halls of congress, over the radio |
nd through the medium of the re-
ctionary press, these men who claim
hat they alone know the formula for
he creation of millinnium, have |
TODD on their hind legs, or sat on the |
ind part of their anatomy and shout
d fear and confusion into our ears.
hey have been trying to brighten us
nto believing that we are being
that we are under a
of bureaucrats and that
re are on the verge of becoming a
state" They are appeal
1g to those who need and want some
hing they cannot get Immediately, to
emand repeal of all controls and to
ct prices be governed by the law of |
upply and demand. Prices, they adj !