The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
THE OLD SO AND
SO SAYS:

i Some one turned off the radio. TIL,
group sat silent for several minutes
Then one asked, what did any on'
else do down there in Washington
these last 20 years or more?" No one
answered. Another remarked, well
anyway, one thing he didn't CLAIM
credit for. He didn't say he built the
Erie Canal" Hell, no." an Amvei
said with bitter irony, neither die
he claim any credit for beating Hit
ler."
There was a meeting of Montanans
Inc. in Billings a short time ago and
the announced purpose of the meeting
was to raise money to promote tour
| list business. No one said anything
about aiding industries in getting es
tablished in the state but active work
ers from the Republican Company
crowd were busy telling people vote
for Wheeler in the primaries. He will
be easier to beat than Erickson"
What they didn't say was that they
had been ordered to vote for Wheeler
in the fall election as we'll One good,
sincere and honest Republican phoned
this office she had been told by three
different people to vote for Wheeler
so we can beat him this fall"
An old-line Republican unburdened
his soul to this office the other day
in about this language: 81 never voted
for Roosevelt. While he was alive
cussed him out many time and, dam
nit. maybe said things I'd be ashamed
to repeat | didn't think 1t was our
war until the shameless conspiracy
to enslave the human race-us too
Even then l voted my ticket But what
makes me sick at my stomach is the
spectacle of so-called Democrats 60
ing around, carrying the torch for
Wheeler, who for the last IL years
and more have held down fat jobs
they got from Roosevelt or because
of the fact he carried them into Of
flee for they know that Wheeler was
his bitter personal enemy and has
kept on villifying him since he died
at his post of duty. They make me
sick"
"How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that bringeth
peace; that bringeth good tidings of
good"
What bringeth the feet of B. X.
Wheeler to Montana these June days?
Good tidings, peace? No. Far from it.
Hate. Talk of war. Discussions with
the allies who banded with us to
defeat Hitlerism in both the East and
the West. Cables from Germany, after
the close of the fighting war, brought
his statement that we had just trad
ed Hitler for Stain" At Great Falls
he declared Juno Is Dead before
the United Nations had had chance
to function In every talk he warns
us of the sinister purposes of Russia
while the heads of our government
are doing all they humanity can to
reach an accord and a friendly I'M
derstanding with Russia Why does
he do this? So he may attract few
hard-shell re-actionary Republicans
into the Democratic primaries to vote
for him. If he helps disrupt relations
with Russia and trouble comes, what
the ell would he care? Just so he got
elected. And to elect B. K. Wheeler
would be the severest blow that could
be struck against reaching an under
standing not only with Russia but
with all the other nations of the world
peace may endure. In 1871
he shouted "war-monger" at any one
who raised his voice to warn of the
danger in Hitlerism and today he yells
communist" and "parlor pink" at any
one who would even try to find a
way to get along with Russia. Truth |
is that B. X. Wheeler, the shifty poll
tician, is trying to keep people from
or talking about his past |
record by putting on great front
Of 100 per cent Americanism. 1t re-
minds one of:
When the devil was sick the devil |
a saint would be;
When the devil was well the devil
of a saint was he"