The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-09-20
BY 10 H MANSON

Today we live in a world of bewild-
erment, a strange, turbulent world ;
restless and dissatisfied, and so shat
tered that it seems impossible to col
lect the physical and mental pieces
and put them together. 1t is world
of noble principles and sordid COM
promises; of high aspirations and low
accomplishments world still af-
flicted by selfishness, greed and hui
man ambitions. After fighting and
winning the most devastating war in
the worlds history war which took
more human lives and destroyed more
property than any dozen prior wars,
the allied nations have found it inn
possible up to now, to agree among
themselves on the kind of peace we
shall have in the future.
An eminent authority on internation-
al affairs says: "The recent war was
no more than a paroxysm in the liqui-
dation of a civilization, compared to
which (however) the liquidation of
ancient Rome (by the Goths and Van
dals) was minor episode" If indeed
our civilization is being liquidated or
being bankrupt, then it becomes our
duty as world citizens, to think of the
kind of civilization with which we
want to replace the old, and obviously
unsatisfactory one.
We Americans proudly boast and
with reason, that we are the richest,
most free and most powerful nation in
the world today Sixteen centuries ago
Rome could make the same proud
boast, yet less than hundred years
later, she was overrun and laid to
waste by hordes of barbarians. This
has become one world in everything
except human thoughts and action. No
longer are oceans, deserts and noun
tains insuperable barriers against an
important aggressive nation If it is
true that this last war was "no more
than a paroxysm", how desperate
would world conditions be after an
other one
Upon What Basis Shall
We Build?
We do not want the kind of world
we live in nova world of war, of
terror, of frequent prolonged bust
ness depressions, with the poverty
and misery which inevitably follows
them. But if we are to create a new
and better civilization, upon what
basis shall we build it? We have only
human material with which to work
and out of that material, despite it's
past failures, we must choose the men
and women to determine our future
and perhaps, the future of generations
yet unborn. 1t is true, without ques-
ton, that we in the United States are
in better position in every respect
than any other nation on the globe,
and by a proper performance of our
duties as world citizens, we can show
other nations how a new world can
be built But in order to properly per-
form those duties, we must choose
carefully the men and women who
shall act for us in our dealings with
other peoples Let us seek out, with
out passion or prejudice, those upon
whose integrity, personal dignity and
love of healthy freedom for all man
kind we can rely completely; men
who will give unselfish effort toward
getting this troubled world back on
a safe and sane equilibrium. That has
particular reference to the election of
those who will represent us in con-
gress, and more especially in the SEN
ate, since that body has the last word
in the acceptance or rejection of peace
treaties. Thousands of Montanans are
still living who remember how the
efforts of Woodrow Wilson to create
a permanent world peace after World |
war I, were thwarted by republican |
senate; how Lodge of Massachusetts |
and those who followed his lead, stub |
bornly rejected the peace treaties, |
membership in the League of Nations |
and the World Court. But for the ac-
tions of those wilful, short sighted |
men, there might have been no World |
war II. Republican party leadership |
now, as then is without vision or
worldwide perspective. For II years
after World war |, the republican |
party had absolute control of our gov
eminent, and what a mess they made |
of it, in both domestic and foreign |
affairs! Our country is today, faced