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

JCAlCi Sun uiu nut NIltt IidI dill Iltl
are created equal except the blacl
men, the Catholics, the Jews and tn,
Mexicans. Indeed he sought to include
in the Declaration the abolition o
slavery but this, in Jefferson's owl
words, as written in his dairy at the
time, was struck out in complaisanct
to South Carolina and Georgia. who
had never attempted to restrain the
importation of slaves, and who, on
the contrary wished to continue it,
Our northern brethren Also I believe,
felt little tender under those CEN
sures; for although their people had
few slaves themselves, yet they had
been pretty considerable carriers of
them to Others"
Liberals Seek Jeffersonian
Democracy
A government of the United States
which tolerates discrimination and I'M
fair employment practices, poll taxes,
lynching, and segregation is not true
democratic vernm e n t. Liberals
want true democracy. Jeffersonian
democracy. The government of Russia,
to which American communists avow
first allegiance, is, in this sense, more
democratic than our own and the
American communist party fights that
it may be recognized universally that
"all men are created equal"
on this principle, therefore, we
cannot distinguish political hue be-
tween Thomas jefferson, Franklin D.
Roosevelt or William 2. Foster, nation
al chairman of the communist party
in the United States.
In the Declaration jefferson lists
the abuses of the King because "a de-
cent respect to the opinions of man
kind requires that they should declare
the causes which impell them to sep
Among these abuses of the King
toward the American colonies JEFF |
ferson lists:
He has refused his assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary
for the public good"
Now the liberal forces in this coun-
try do not aim at overthrowing our
present form of government. They do
strive to make the present form of
government serve the best interests
If all the people. In fighting reaction
lry representatives in congress from
each state of the union they are re-
)elling against a governing body
which has refused assent ito laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the
public good" These same laws which
his same body has refused are mea-
lures toward bringing about the adj
of social evils which Thomas (
jefferson and Franklin d. Roosevelt
10Th fought for.
The Difference
AS | have said, the communist party
lso fights for better social legisla-
ion and more beneficial laws for the
'eople as a whole, but the communist
arty also fights to overthrow capital
SIN, because of the fear that capital
SIN and socialism cannot live in the
anne world and Russian socialism is '
he dearest care of the American COM C
lunists. G
Therefore in this instance, / think |
difference between liberals and COM S
lunists.
Therefore in this instance. / think
difference between liberals and I
communists may be distinguished. e
Jefferson continues with his list of
buses: "He has refused to pass other
TVS for the accommodation of large
istricts of people, unless those peo- d
le would relinquish the right of rep
ssentation in the legislature, right
lestimable to them, and formidable {
, tyrants only" D
Here again, we have modern
lrallel. Reactionaries in congress
ouln like to deprive labor of its hard il
on right to voice in it's own social n
sstiny. Liberals fight for this right N
/ right inestimable to them, and n
rmidable to tyrants only" This is n
le reason why the trade unions -
veil the ranks of the liberals. The :,
also fight for the rights !,
labor On this score we can not
stinguish between liberals and COM :,
unists. ..
jefferson continues "He has erected =
multitude of new offices, and sent
Their swarms of new officers to p
lrass our people and eat out their :
distance"
On Witch Hunting n
/ wonder what Jefferson would ST
I'VE thought of the es-Wood-Rankin fl
,mmittee. | wonder what he would r,
I'VE thought of the expense to the il
x payers of witch hunting on one d
de of the fence only. / don't think s.
, would have been impressed with s;
el