The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-18

, The people do not want war L
: every country of the world the peopl
= want peace. Then why should w
q need to worry about another war
o We say this is to be peoples peace
= Just what chance have we to maintain
J peace or a United Nations Organiza
ton? We have very little chance I'm
a less we can democratize monopoly
. Unless we can give the people great
err share in the control of their eco
nomic future there will be no lasting
peacei
, The monopolists and the cartelists
of this country and throughout the
, world have, step by step, driven us
, into war and are now we'll on theil
way to destroying democracy in the
United States.
The monopolists' press and radio are
successfully misleading the people to
believe that the monopolist is a friend
Iof democracy, free enterprise and
peace, when just the opposite is true.
Even in war we learned how our mo-
nopolists were hindering our efforts
to arm ourselves against the aggres-
sorl
The people who wish peace have no
program. We are hopelessly confused.
We must establish quickly a program
for peace. We must assist the people
of the world to establish governments
that will follow the will of the people
and not the will of a few monopolists.
We must learn to disregard the propa-
ganda of the monopolists' press which
at the behest of its owners present
| false ideas and testimony which has
| in most countries of the world sue
ceeded in crushing every government
established by the people.
The national political action COM
mittee demonstrated what can be done
through political action by the people
They should now take the lead in
helping us achieve new democratic
approach to politics.
We can take one of two roads -
toward democracy or toward greater
monopoly. We will either provide Sc
curity, work and decent standard
of living throughout the world, or we
will set up World War I'LL
The monopolists are well organized
politically Not only does the Ma.
tional Association of Manufacturers
itself carry on a ceaseless campaign |
for its point Of view but by large |
fund at its disposal, it is able to enlist |
the support of teachers, ministers,
small businessmen, editors, radio sta
tons and the movies. The tragedy |
is that the little people do not, know
that by helping spread this propa-
ganda of the monopolists they are de-
the very thing they hope to
preserve!
In the 1914 campaign the monopo-
lists developed a vast propaganda
to convince the rank-and-
file Americans that they had NO
RIGHTS as workers or farmers or
small businessmen to engage in po-
litical action. The people were led to
feel that this was un-Americani Could
any theory be more ridiculous in a de-
Yet, the people, millions of
them, were convinced.
What we need now is a new dynam.
&c political party to champion a broad
program of social progress and post
war reconstruction. A party that will
reflect the will of the people. The
Democratic party completely begged
Town with reactionaries and Southern
1oll-tax senators is losing the great
leadership it had under Roosevelt. Tin
act, the United States is losing the
world leadership established by Roose-
,elD. The Republican party is the
DOL of the monopolists, therefore we
an either organize a new party or
hose of us who wish to see true de-
nocracy exercised and a broad social l
'rogram developed must unite and
Import candidates of either estab-
ished party who will carry out the S
viii of the people.
Ii the reactionary cliques that are I
and unrepresentative
ontinue to control congress, the meas '
res necessary to democratize monop-
iy are not possible; the measures to
reserve democracy and peace are not a
ossible. n
Hitler and Mussolini were but tools j
/ the hands of the monopolists. The T.
are working for world
nifty but it will be the unity of the e
International = the unity a
{ a world operated by the secret in N
irrational cartels. i
If our lack of vision and courage u
) carry out the democratic princi- D
les results in mass unemployment, IL
security and hopelessness in the ma 81
ons of the world-we will most GER
linly drift into communism. nj
A monopoly-free world would be W
Die to rid itself of private control So
yer the international money markets. nj
he ability of the international bank W
S to move hundreds of millions of pl
,llars from nation to nation, to carry tn
It the flight of capital" and to ma re
pulate international exchanges, w
aces not only trade but GOVERN
ENTS at their mercy. The British ne
abor party realized that unless the az
ank of England was first national lis
ed the rest of their program would Ell
impossible of achievement. ae
The Breton Woods conference pro- pa
sed an international pool of foreign la
change and also an international de pc
lopment fund which might be used nc
r loans in any nation. Measures gu
&c these represent the practical side 10
international democracy, for they or
IKE possible the pooling of the