The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-05-17
BY CAROLINE BRAMMER

Henry Luce, the publisher of Life
and Time, will one of these days as
sign some of his high priced talent to
the task of preparing a new chapter
for the Bible-The Gospel, According
to ST. Henry The American Bible So
ciety may possibly reject it, but that
will not deprive the American reading
public of its wisdom; Mr.. Luce, him
self, already possesses staggering cir
culation which threatens to become
monopoly.
Mr.. Luce has tried to benefit by the
mistakes of other monopolists like Mr.
Hearst. Mr. Luce has been in the past
much more subtle than was Mr..
Hearst. Mr.. Luce has actually got
some of his readers to believe he is
a purveyor of unbiased news report
ing. He has spared no expense in buy.
ing writing talent Among what Mrs.
Luce calls, "Harry's little men," one
finds not only the most practiced ra-
tionalizers of lost virtue but also the
most skillful technicians of the jour
nalistic Mickey Finn. Mr.. Luce has a
nice way of persuading his talent to
be content with the master. Every
time a writer gets restless he stun
bles over a platinum ingot Lately,
however, it was rumored that good
ly number of Harry's little men in the
Washington bureau of Time and Life
up and quit over Harry's practice of
slanting the news. If this is true, one
can better understand the rookie out
fielder flavor of Harry's dictum on
Senator Wheeler in the March IL,
1916, issue of Life.
Luce Says %. X is Highly
Emotional
Mr.. Luce recommends the retention
of Senator Wheeler in the senate. st.
Henry hath spoken, but self-made
saints are subject to self-hypnotism
and ST. Henry has been a bit pre-ma-
ture in mistaking himself for Ameri- |
can public opinion. Mr.. Luce is spe- |
cific, if confused, about why he would |
like Senator Wheeler reelected. He
says that the senator's present cam
paign is opposition to the Missouri |
Valley Authority" He doesn't go into
the senator's reasons for opposition
to the MVA, like maybe the Montana
Power company of New Jersey
wouldn't love him anymore if he didn't
oppose it. No, Mr.. Luce is probably
sorry he brought the subject up and
drops it like the very hot potato it is,
and goes on to declare that the SEN
ator is a valuable public servant.
Highly emotional so his judgment is
warped. Every administra-
ton should have a powerful critic and
every senate a continual opponent"
Now Henry! You are slipping; this
is no Mickey Finn; this is Coca
Cola which leaves us still slightly con-
scious and able to read with half an
eye
Not Hired to Represent Montana
Power of New Jersey
May we respectfully point out, sir,
two things? First, Senator Wheeler
is not hired to represent the best in
terests of the Montana Power COM
pany of New Jersey. Senator Wheeler !
is hired to represent the best inter-
ests of all the people of the state of
Montana You and Burt may love the
Montana Power company of New Jer-
sey like a brother but some people
like to think that all the people are
their brothers.
Second, though senator represents
MS particular state he is also a mem
Der of the United States government 9
and therefore responsible to the PEG.
ole of the United States who would {
like the senate to be a body of the {
very best statesmen the country can {
provide Is the senate proper place [
,or a wild man of Borneo, or Butte, !
or that matter? The senate is not l
place where responsible people send
men of warped judgment" Respon q
,ible people keep men of warped judg I
nent at home where their mistakes {
10 not affect the lives of millions and
he fate of the nation.
Judgment Is Sometimes Warped
Says Life
Even a rookie outfielder trying out
n the big league should know better [
han to expect the readers of Life to
swallow valuable Public Servant"
md Judgment is sometimes warped" $
You are over-confident, Henry. If you t
Keep this sort of thing up we may tell $
you to never again darken our door s
steps. How, for goodness sake, can a
nan of warped Judgment be a valu- Z
lble servant? c
Every administration should have +
powerful critic and every senate a S
continual opponent" Please, teacher,
lefine for us first graders what you s
mean by powerful critic?" Do you, +
" any chance, mean a highly emo c
ional" character swinging an ak in !,
IL directions at once? That might a
ONE under the heading of mayhem 3
nd give the senate bad name. b
Do you mean by every senate r
ontinual opponent" that it is the duty h
t the Montana electorate to ham II
tring democracy with a continual" 4
tumbling block? VIII you please tell
S how any man in his right mind can