The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-11
BY LOWNDES MAURY

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At the Exchange Club dinner Oct
the chief counsel of the Anacond
Copper Mining Company gave tire
columns of pap about religion an
communism patent insides hal
langue from the capitalist ghost writ
ten propaganda for war against Rus
STA. Doubtless the same speech will b.
driven this week and next to the Re-
tarians and Kiwanians in $50 cities
From now to election, volumes of thi
stuff will be written by hacks in New
York, peddled for votes in Montana.
For twenty five years after I came
to Butte the workers were divided by
the corporation centurions by promot
ing religious differences. I saw, July
4th, 1894, men killed on Broadway
about religion. These flames were
famed from above for no purpose ex
| cept to keep division among work
ers. In the south the paid henchmer
of eastern capital organize the Ku
Klux Khan to divide the workers In
New York the same gang backs Tam
many, then abuses Tammany in their
press just ia make a false issue when
the only real issue in the western
world is to get for workers a decent
share of the wealth they produce, and
comfortable working circumstances
while they are producing all the
wealth.
The old tactics of stirring up relig-
ious differences works so we'll in ward
politics that it is being tried inter-
nationally. Every high school child
should know that about 1000 years ago
a dispute arose between the Bishop
of Constantinople and the Bishop of
Rome as to which was in the line of
Apostolic Succession. The Roman
Church claimed under st. Peter, the
Greek Church under st. John being
an Episcopalian myself, | claim our
church is also in the line of Apostolic
Succession, but I would have to con-
suit my old class mate, Right Rever-
end Henry st. George Tucker, just
retired for age, as head of our church,
to find out from which of the twelve
Apostles we claim succession by the
laying on of hands''.)
Jesuits Practiced Communism
But now my distinguished colleague
at the bar is preaching a holy war
against the Soviet Union. He is more
of a Republican than warrior He
tells some funny things. He says
is opposed to Christian
ity. There has been one more thor
oughly communal crowd in the world
than the early Christians. The Jesuit
Society established Communism in
Paraguay. They built public grana-
ries, taught the Indians farming, had
public hospitals, schools, etc. In $50
years those Indians were so prosper
BUS that Spain and Portugal decided
70 rob and ruin them. The Jesuits |
armed their flocks. 1t was long and
bitter war At one time the Jesuits |
had $4,000 men in the field. The |
clergy themselves could not carry a |
weapon, but they went in front of |
heir armies into battle, carrying their |
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lived than those unarmed priests lead |
ng armies into battle. True religion |
md Communism seemed to be mixing |
here fairly well.
The Jesuits were finally beaten.
Granville Stuart told me that the
UNCLE now covered the once fruitful |
arms of the Paraguay Constitutions,
he name of this now smothered chap
er of history.
The Russians are more devout than
he Americans. And as there were
welve Apostles, and our Episcopal
Ihurch needs only one for our sue
ession, why should Mr.. Glover deny
hem one from the other eleven? Many
claim no succession at all
rom any Apostle. A higher percent
ge of people attend Church in Mos
ow than in Washington.
Only Two Differences in
Constitutions
Mr.. Glover tells us that Russia is
he "only Totalitarian State. The
oviet Constitution has two differ /;
noes from our own. In theirs it is
rovided that every person willing to
vork must have work provided at good
ages. The other difference (taken
rom the Constitution of the Confed-
rate States of America), provides
hat any state of the Soviet Union
lay peacefully secede whenever it
hooses. L
Otherwise, the Soviet and United
tates constitutions are the same.
This nation may be more Totalita- /