The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-11-08
What Next-Fascism?

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The results of the election known, and to
thinking citizens Republicans and Democrats alike they
portentou AS this written "wednesday the announced
results of the election all of broad land indicate that
the Republicans have been successful in the election of their
party candidates.
Ordinarily this would have no particularly omnous imp-
because of times and issues that the outlook is
grave Republican leadership which the
pattern the campaign made the substance of it's appeal
ignorance and prejudice ignoring utterly the possible future
effects of their They have demonstrated that they
are utterly with the probabilities lone world
none that the old political chcanery is still effective in
their candidates into office where thew can be depended
upon follow the reaconary dangerously laundering leader
ship of such Taft Wherry Vandenberg and their likes
leadership bndy protective of the special interests and
concerned with the common welfare
Generally speaking, pattern of the campaign which
Republican candidates have secured election set
months by the National Association of Manufacturers In
deed it decade half ago by insult In his
tme whenever locality decided that it had been robbed
enough by of his operating companies and started
ment to establish its electric utility the orders always
from the insult headquarters to his local organization to
"call them reds and keep calling them reds And was
generally successful until his privae enterprise crumbed
and he became outcast
Let understood that the results of the election in
Montana is grave dsappontment to u.s. Not because
Republicans elected national office but because
majority of the Montana ready to believe the false
disseminated by those candidates and failed to evauae
the practicabilty of the promises made by them
The records of and legislators should
convinced thinking voter that whenever the choice
lay between the people of the state and the privileged
groups they have always been with the latter In his short
in the United States Congress- DEwart did not veer
that what the farmers in his district want Or the labor
groups? Obviously must be- Certainly he could not have
been elected without widespread support from them.
The same holds true At such odd times he
did parrot speeches imminent dangers of Com
prepared for him by the hired of his organiza
tion he promised the Montana accomplishments
as even he must have known could bring about he
elected Remember those promises gube farmers
small business men professional men and laborers who were
misled by When instance, will he be able to bring
eleven billion dollar reduction federal expenditures
while maintaining strong army and navy and when will
ha tO
Those promises made through his organization in
of the pamphlets printed and widely circulated.
Reports writing indicate the probability of
Republican majority both houses of the national
Will he have enough support his party to bring about
the destruction of enough agencies fed
expenditures regardless of the effect of
such action on the people whole?
1t is probably of the for what may
really be called Republican throughout nation
tme-worn of turning the rascals OUT getting
change It is of impossible to judge at this time of
the type elsewhere But they of the
pattern elected Montana then unquesonab face diff
times dangerous times No wants to be calamity
bowler but greater craftsmanship than
lection special This election has the
attention of all of the nations with which we presently en-
gagged in efforts pressing
problems fully of the propa
and loose talk which featured the campaign of the Re
reach? The Union instance will not be
it's efforts to reach friendly cooperative under
standing with the United States granted
that the VandenbergBne policy of getting tough accept
able to the American people whole Will other nations
presently engaged in efforts to establish democratic govern
mens be encouraged will they look upon the
election here endorsement of the present
obviously mperiaistc policies of country? to
the people of the United States who voted bndy for
change representatives thereby assumed tremendous
and dangerous responsibility.
There of and that is that there
evidence that the division of opinion still exists Here
in the nation greater vigilance and militant
the LIBERAL progressive and understanding voter
called This is the time for weeping over
pit milk 1t time for action if government is not
completely the reactonares and by bnd
selfish groups.
threshold of faScism. 1t the
liberal progressive people of the country to stop it there
The Montana Legislature