The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04

In reviewing last weeks farmers workers confer
ence in Minneapolis Matchan editor of Valley City
IN d. Daily Times-Record of the opinion that the
most important action taken by the delegates from
eight states and representing ALL CLIO, Farmers Union
was the strong endorsement of the positions of Mr.
Henry Wallace and Senator Claude Pepper. Going
further Mr.. Matchan takes to task those whom he
to call frightened" liberals for the way
have been deserving Wallace and Pepper when
the "chips down. He makes particular reference
to Mayor Hubert Humphrey of Minneapolis who pre-
viousy always paid much lip service to labor and
to the ideals set forth by Mr. Wallace Further in re-
butta the glib talk of the Minneapolis mayor, Mr..
Matchan the highghts of the delivered
by Bill Thatcher of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association. The review, in part follows
X + 4.
ADUckING THEY WILL GO
AS I said earlier there are many socalled liberals
who have been setting themselves saviors of the
common man." who take the platform and denounce
social and economic conditions which breed war; who
pound their chests and thresh the air in vehement
testations against inhuman government And many of
these people, when confronted with the cold facts of life
in world death in an atomic war, show them
selves to be liberal only long the battle is
of arm-chars and tea-tables
But when the chips down. when the road is beset
with real hurdles when the interests really crack the
whip and order them into line they buckle like straws
in the wind and seek soft berth in the friendly shelter
of the very group they have been condemning.
Such man, it appears to me, is Hubert Humphrey,
mayor of Minneapolis.
Until about 10 days ago it easy to be 'for'
last week. Wallace had not challenged the lions. Now
that he has fit to crysalize public thinking call
for debate of this most important of all issues,
the wolves logging him. To declare oneself
supporting the Wallace views, automatically right
wrong results in being labeled
And so, when the lines drawn, when
compelled take their stand for peace
bodied the conflicting policies of Byrnes and Wal
lace Hubert Humphrey chose to take the comfortable
way OUT chose to line up with the diehard crowd he
has publicly berated-men like Taft George, Rankin
Young, Brewster Landon and Robert R. Wason pres
dent of the National Association of Manufacturers
Humphrey and the fake liberal LaFollette of Wscon-
sin, lie in the same bed.
HUMPTY-DUMPTYS STAND
When the Wallace custer came, Humphrey took his
stand for Byrnes. His mentioned a pos
sible successor to the Wallace post.
1t interesting to sit at table in the Dykeman
hotel and to hear this slippery glib gentleman explain
why he had let Wallace and people down. After eulog
izng my friend Henry A Wallace after going at
length the progressive government
damnng any and all responsible the housing short
tage after telling lot of stories to make people laugh
Humphrey finally gave vapid explanation of why he
opposes the Wallace position
He had picked item out of the Wallace points
and thereto hung his for taking his with
reaction. "Mr Wallace says there spheres of in
fluence I say this is world. 1 am alarmed
about the way things going. We've got too many
people who want to This country has
never been anything but indivdualisc. You're going
to have to make statements, retract Others When the
government too
"Reactionaries don't talk like this. A lot of people
for u N. against progressive domestic egsla-
ton If the United States goes into economic tail
spin, there will be no world order The hope of world
is the hope of America to stand for world peace
Nothing makes madden than to have people
come I'D to me and say what's the matter with you?
You don't agree with Wallace. like the fact he had
he courage to speak. He had right disagree with
he president, have right to disagree with him. 1
sagree that there two spheres of influences.
America has been exploiting South America want
he right to say | am wrong. This is world and
we're going get along with the Soviet Union
We better learn how to get along