The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11

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Britain; the senseless destruction by
American of Japanese cyclotrons
and the death of such leader as John
Curtin, Labor Party Prime Minister
of Australia.
"The passing of President Roosevelt
has been the greatest single loss here
in America and for the world as well.
In addition a do-nothing congress
which has failed to prepare the coun-
try for reconversion; the lack of
homes for returning veterans and war
workers; the failure of the labor
management conference; the shocking
crime wave; the continuing racial and
religious discrimination and the
strikes of school children in some To-
calities where racial discrimination is
fomented, are storm signals for u.s.
"The effort of the political Ratchet
men disguised as investigators of the
Pearl Harbor attack to smear the late
President Roosevelt; the determine
ton of congress not to pass the Full
Employment bill; the transportation
shortage that makes the journey home
nightmare to veterans; the congress
sional rejection of Aubrey Williams as
REA administrator; the continuing
anti-democratic attacks by the Rankin
Bilbo-Hoffman alliance in congress;
the defiance of the federal govern
ment by Sewell Avery of Montgomery
Ward, are significant of the power of
reaction in the United States. Politi-
cally shocking were the ruthless meth.
DDS of appealing to racial and relig-
ious prejudice to defeat Frankensteen
for mayor of Detroit. The lack of
vision shown at the recent Republican
party conference at Chicago; the de-
parture from government service of
men like Stimson, Morgenthau, Harry
Hopkins, William H. Davis, and John
Collier, after long service in the In
dian bureau; and arrival in Washing
ton of "politicos" little aware of Amer
ica's world leadership, are distressing
to those who yearn for human prog
ress
ION the good side of the ledger are
the disappearance from the public
scene of men like Gerald P. Nye and
Robert Reynolds in the United States
senate and Hamilton Fish and Stephen |
Day in congress; Chicago's passage of
a city FEPC; the replacement of Jes-
Sc Jones as secretary of commerce by |
Henry Wallace; the courageous fight |
of Chester Bowles and the OPA to pre- |
vent initiation; the abolition of the |
poll tax by Georgia; the appointment |
OF Mrs. Roosevelt as delegate to the |
UNO; the reappointment of David Lii |
lenthal as chairman of the IVA; the |
new enthusiasm for the ST. Lawrence
the replacement of Gener-
al Hines by General Bradley as admin
strator of the Veterans administra-
ton, and the winning of Associated
Press membership by the Chicago Sun.
The spontaneous opposition of the vot-
srs to the Johnson-May bill, with its
military control of the atomic bomb,
and military CONSUMPTION, are positive
evidence of the reviving strength of
democracy in America at the grass
'oots.
Present indications give promise
If substantial advances toward inter-
national cooperation in 1916, but a
lew core of militant cohesion to re-
'lace the unity created by the war
'erils must be devised among progress
ives, if we are to achieve a Happy
New Year and a better life for our
eturning veterans and for us all in
lation blessed with abundance of ma
erial wealth and great military sue
'ess. We must look to the young
men and women to lead on to the
deals set forth by Washington, JEFF I.
erson, Lincoln and Roosevelt We
annot waver now"
DISGUISE yourself as you may to I
our fellow men, if you are honest