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

The Independent Record Helenas particular the
ACM Power Company blight masking under the
of this week great deal of
ganzaton of veteran patients at the Fort Harrison hospital
calling itself The Fort Harrison Club for Zaes Econ for
United States Senator" The lead paragraph stresses that
Zae Ecton veteran and the quotation from the petition
purporedv establishing the organization with signatures from
participating patients speaks endery of our comrade and
buddy Zales n Ecton and "Zaes N Econ, soldier and
citizen of this state.
ACMPC propaganda sheet that candidate for high
national office Montana should first demonstrate his loya
atty the people, by making tangible sacrifice such
time duty in the armed forces"
Emphasis ours)
It strikes me as remarkable that veterans reasoning
from that premise nevertheless found able to en-
three of the republican candidates for national office
Perhaps they i'll to think things through perhaps
just few of the leaders the movement to form the orgaz
ton all staunch republicans did the thinking for the whole
group-f there is group.
In the place, the endorsement of
the candidacy of DEwat for from the second
gressiona district How did this organization arrive at the
conclusion that DEwar who made "a tangible sacrifice
such time duty in the armed forces though he well
within the servceabe in the first world war merit
And how did the organization happen to over
look the record of John Holiness democratic candidate opposing
DEwart who served with the American Expedonay
Force World War II But perhaps the services of democrats
do not count anyhow, with this organization.
Perhaps may be called captiou critic when question
how much of tangible sacrifice" Zaes Ecton made al
Soldier in World War The show that he
Quoted into the military service October 1918 and was
assigned the Students Army Training Corps Montana State
College, Montana and discharged December
49, 1918; period of service of slightly two months
student tuition paid while he fought the bitter
with the Again. captious critic
about how he managed to evade the draft until
October 1918 However, have been for the same
that his we'll DEwars Deferred that
of being farm worker with which have quar-
rel And disagree with the implied contention of the
Fort Harrison that either of these two
Ectons DEwars might not in the future be accept
able candidates for high office because they failed to make
tangible sacrifice such time duty in the armed services
they arrived at the conclusion that they should
endorse the republican candidate W. r. Rankin for
man the first congressional district rather than Mike
Mansfield another mystery much of mystery is the
program of Mr. Rankin Mansfield veteran of World
while Rankin veteran of World War III, both of them
having acquitted themselves meritorousy soldiers can't
understand how weighing their merits solely
sacrifice could make decision On other considerations
would that Mansfield should have had distinct
edge aside from the "sacrce he made soldier in
World War he has record of distinguished service for the
people in the of the United States And he hasn't
that veteran but representative of the people
of his district in Montana.
According to the propaganda blurb in the daily ACMMPC
disappointment mistakenly labeled newspaper the chair
organization elect Buddy Ecton Stanley
NJ Doyle This Mr. Doyle being state secretary of
republican party according reports the only for
his failure to reach that emnence being that he hadn't been
resident the state long enough having too recently establish
ed himself his residence in Spokane
Thus the chairman probably isn't voter in the state of
But course his republican interest in his repub
lican 'buddy" minor shortcomings
part long he fool few of his felowpaents.
H. S. Bruce