The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-05-31
DOLLAR VS.. MAN
The Importance of Being Earnest

: way in which the electorate may VOTE
, for liberal and progressive govern
, ment. Burton X. Wheeler is only nom
inally a Democrat. By virtue of his
policies and his acts and his friends
he is a spokesman of reaction. 1t viii
be very difficult indeed for the Re
publicans to nominate a more reac
tionary candidate.
Blk. Should Be National Chairman
for G. o. p.
The Republican National commit
tee recently met and ruled progress.
sives and liberals out of their party
by the appointment of Representative
Reese as national chairman. They
could have achieved the same end by
appointing Burton X. Wheeler their
chairman. Senator Wheeler's record
during the last six years shows that
he is their baby.
The strategy of the reactionary Re-
publicans is to gain control of the gov
eminent of the United States by COM
bining with the reactionary Southern
Democrats. This combination of reac-
tionary forces, North and South, has
effectively prevented the enactment
of any of the vital legislation which
President Truman asked this congress
to pass so that we might reconvert
to peacetime economy with the least
possible hardship to the American
people.
The people of Montana, if they nom
n ot "a IN, I,,I,r
not only be implementing this reac-
tionary strategy to stifle liberal and
progressive government, but they will
at the same time be voting against
their own immediate interest, the Mis-
souri, Valley Authority
Reaction VS.. Liberalism
| think it might be helpful if we
took time out to define in our minds
just what the literal meaning of the
words. 'reactionary' and liberal is
1t means the denial of growth of de-
mocracy in this country. 1t means a
government dominated by Big Bust
ness. 1t means that special interests
will have no obstacles in the path
of exploitation first of the American
people, and second, of the people of
the world.
Liberal means a government which |
is not afraid of new methods and |
ideas. 1t is a positive concept of gov
eminent rather than a negative one.
Liberal means that there are ideas
of government which allow the devel-
opment of democracy. Democracy is
not an inorganic idea; it is an organic,
a living and ever growing idea
the growth of liberal gov
will come the eventual ac-
of the goals of democ-
racy which have never been quite re-
allied. Every child is taught that the
basic principle of democracy is gov
of, for and by the people. 1t
is certainly a denial of democracy to
vote into power those who seek adj
for a few at the expense of
the many.
Montana ShameIessIy Exploited by
Big Business
Montana was one of the richest
states in natural resources. 1t has suf-
Ltlcu Dduly lIOul lllt tADiOlIdL1Ou Vi .
.hese resources by absentee owners.
These owners gave nothing back to
he state. They were able to take the
riches out of the state without him
trance because they provided them
selves with the safeguard of political
control over the state. They also
bought up the newspapers of the state
20 that they could control the stimu-
alton of ideas in the minds of the
people. This was a fine example of
he what they don't know won't hurt
is" philosophy of Big Business.
By political control of the state they
,ould see that they were spared the
axes on property which should have
zone to build and develop the state i
The taxes which should have built t
Dads, schools, hospitals and recrea- I
ion centers. By political control of t
he state in conjunction with politi- I
al bed-fellows in Washington they G
lope to defeat the federal govern I
nent's conservation programs, particu- S
arly the great and necessary Valley G
Y
Big Biz'-The Almighty Dollar ?
and B. X. t
If Montanans vote for reactionary
government in July by voting for Bur r
on K Wheeler, they will be making g
ure of the continuance of this policy, t
ne which could never be argued as f,
CRYING the interests of the state or e
he people Big Business cares moth g
lg for people Big Business has only
ne interest and only one god-the al "
nightly dollar. Il
Liberal government believes that |,
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