The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-11-01
By TED sCHoENBORN


experienced before such thunder
storm of wild charges, defamations
and extravagent libel as this election
has brought down upon the heads of
our democratic nominees for state and
federal office and the employees of the
federal government.
This government cannot go forward
on the motive power. of those who
scream and call names-it cannot pros
per on a diet of negation and defeat;
it was not built by those whose only
cue was to tear down. 1t was not built
by name-calling and by the type of
people that have singled out the dem
ocratic party and bureaucrats as the
bad, bad boys. The trick is old. It's the
old old game of setting up group
against group. | do not believe that
the Montana voters will fall for this
obvious trap-the democratic party
has made it's program abundantly
clear 1t will not allow Hitler's old bo-
geyman "the Red Scare, to again be
used to split the ranks and deliver
its state and national government to
their enemies, hog-tied and helpless.
Who Are The Bureaucrats?
One asks, "Who are these dreadful
bureaucrats who are bent on Destroy
ing our Democracy, taking away our
individual free perogatives and leav-
ing peonage, slavery and regimented
society in its wake. They are the men
and women of America like you and
| who are willing to work, give I'M
selfishIy of their time and efforts to
make living for themselves and their
families. They are the fathers, moth
ers, sisters and brothers of the boys
who fought and won the war, and
many of these returning soldiers are
now in federal employ.
They are the men and women who
believe in the principles of Democ-
racy, in the right of all men to be free,
to work usefully and creatively thru
the productive years at wages ade-
quate to furnish the common necessi-
ties and a few of the luxuires of life;
who for these rights and those guar
anteed them by our constitution are
willing and eager to fulfill all the
duties and obligations and citizen
ship.
Where do these workers or bureau
Gratis come from? They came from
the farms, the churches, the elemen-
tary schools, colleges, high schools,
technical schools, from businesses and
from the homes of America.
You know that only American citi-
zens may qualify for federal positions
Who Establishes Bureaus?
And how did these dreadful bur
eaucrats come into the government
trolls come about? 1t did not come a.
bout, I can assure you, by some poll
cal bureau or ism" from across the |
sea, nor was it dictated by few po-
litical leaders 1t was not struggled |
secretly out of the White House and |
suddenly revealed like the tablets |
from Mount Santa. On The contrary, it |
was conceived ON understanding of our
economic structure, by the intelligent |
leaders of manufacture, farmers, Ia
Dor, distributor and consumer groups, |
on their recommendations the various |
laws were Undivided by Congress and |
were written into the law of the land. |
1t follows that when a law requiring
is established someone |
must be selected to administer the |
law. Keep in mind that these hired |
employees, the policy-making and en-
forcement officers or bureaucrats as
they are being labeled did not write
the law had no part in its birth. Their
job is to follow the rules laid down by
Congress. They are under oath to do
just that. However, when they begin
to function, of necessity they trample
on the toes of special advantage
groups, pressure becomes terrific at
and down the lines thru
the various states. This is what is
known as pressure groups, who are in
the main motivated by selfish inter-
ests, others by Invitations due to the
maze of reports and records neces-
sary to properly administer a public
program. From these irritations comes
an impatient and often violent desire
to kick over the traces and chuck the
whole program out the window. This
and frame of mind consti-
tutes the greatest threat to our future
security and Democracy that this ma
ton faces.
Rankin A Bureaucrat?
Should this campaign of name-cal- ;
ing by the republican opposition and :
.hese pressure groups prevail-they 9
ire likely to take us far along the road p
o totalitarianism or communism or
10Th, the very things they profess to
ear. The campaign the republicans
re waging has more Inconsistencies u
nan there are holes in sieve Bar a
ey Rankin, candidate for congress
ON the first district, shouts Bureau I'll
ats" over the radio and at any meet ai
g where he can muster a corporals ~
lard to listen to his misrepresenta- III
on. Let's look at the record: Rankin III
tended the Case School of Applied &c
ciences in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1928. III
e came to Montana as foreman in a re
&C camp Ia federal bureau). In the ="
years he was employed IN
is