The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-07-05
BY GEORGE E. CARAKER, Student
At Montana State University

AT Montana state university
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin has
opposed the loan to Great Britain. La
Toilette opposed the loan for some
what the same reason as Senator
Wheeler recently advanced on the
floor of the senate. They claim that
from financial standpoint it would
be bad bargain and foolish ven
ture LaFollette claims that he came
to his decision latter much study and
thought to the various questions in
volved." This claim is doubted. A
doubt is recorded as to whether the
gentleman has seriously analysed all
the factors which go to make up the
loan question to the British. In the
opinion of this writer the objection
to the loan is incomplete. The Wis
consin and Montana congressman
overlooked an important issue-the
human factor. Therefore, 1t is very
surprising that the son of a man who
was known, respected, and loved for
his humanistic principles should so
completely revoke all that his father
had stood for And it seems pitiful
that Senator LaFollette, born of a
great father should have ignored a
factor which is the basis of all civil
cation. If this is all the LaFollette
family has to offer the present era of
tremendous social change, then per-
haps it is just as well for us to re-
only the LaFollette flower of
which blossomed in
the 1920s.
Two Difference Approaches To
Question Necessary
1t is admitted that the human and
economic factors are interviewer, but
a situation as presented here requires
brief concentration via two different
to the subject under dis
cussion. The first approach is con-
cerned with the human factor. Pres
emily the writer intends to come to
grips with the senator on economic
grounds.
For almost six years the British
people were at war. During that time
their courage burned like a steady
Tame. Millions are still, and will for
many years to come, enduring severe
Perhaps it is necessary that
we refresh our minds which may have
become dimmed in the course of a
lew years, and may become DINNER
still more for convenience sake in the
years of peace ahead.
Opc, bafora tha ITpffad Ctofoo an.
erred the war, British cities lay a |
;prawling mass of rubble and twisted !
metal. BY 1914 $1,000 British civilians
we're killed, of this total $4,000 were
and children. In one week
slone, in 1912, 5000 people were killed
Ialties day. Out of 100000 houses, |
100000 were damaged or destroyed.
)ne quarter of the latter figure was
destroyed by enemy robot bombs. This
las led to very serious deterioration
n living conditions, made worse by
,omb damage, by the necessity for
he partial evacuation of certain areas, |
md by requisitioning of houses and |
pace for American troops.
For years the bombing by the Ger
mans continued = hardly night
assed without people being killed
nd homes destroyed. The German
Ugh command set out to break the
qorale of the whole British people
y ruthless attacks. The devastation
{ London and many other cities in
,ritain became the symbol of peo-
les will to resist. This is the angle ,
this is the picture which some of
s ignore to suit our own ends.
Some Other Things The Senators
Have Forgotten /
Surely the senators from Montana
nd Wisconsin have not forgotten, or