The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-03
Bv CAROLINE BRAMMER

the people of this earth a vast debt
Last week the company paid tokel
reparation to the people by providin.
a spot-seventeen acres-for the per
manent home of the United Nations.
In terms of money, this payment i:
indeed token-eight and one-half mil
lion dollars returned to the people
but in the less material aspects of the
gesture one may find far greater
contribution.
Of all the events of our day it seems
to me that the difficulty the United
Nations encountered in home hunting
was the most unseemly. 1t is true
that had the inhabitants of West
chester's gold coast known the rigors
of a London bombing season, they
might better have realized the vul-
garity of the little stickers they wore
on their limousines. These stickers
bore the legend SAVE OUR HONEST
This was not, let it be well under
stood, a solemn prayer to the United
Nations to save our homes by outlaw
ing war. 1t was, instead, the million
aire kicking the hopes of man in the
teeth.
In the face of the opposition of
Westchester and Fairfield County gen
try, Mr. Rockefeller chose seventeen
acres of slums on the east side of
New York City and presented them to
the United Nations. The U. n. CRATE
fully accepted. Thus New York has
the honor and distinction of becoming
the capitol of the World.
I am sure the majority of the people /
of New York City welcome the world |
city within her borders. There are |
some, of course, who belong to the |
same fraternity as the Westchesterite.
The new home makes the United Ma
tons the next door neighbor of the
newspaper with the worlds largest
circulation, the New York Daily News,
biggest partner in the McCormick-Pat-
terson axis.
This sheet tells its 100000 readers
how unhappy it is to have those for
eigners move in next door. The News
prefers the dirty slums and the stencil
of the slaughter pens which has long
polluted the air of New York's east
side.
1t is natural that the News, gutter
snipe paper, should resent its neigh
borhood being cleaned up, but it is to
be hoped that its readers do not share
its editors views He lists his objec-
tons to his new neighbor in the De-
cember 10th issue thus:
l. n Y. shouldn't give up seventeen
acres of precious slum without the
right to dictate what goes on in them. {
2 New Workers (The News weren't
consulted about the plan; the plan Z
was crammed down their Threats.
3. The city loses $3,OOO,OOO in taxes Z
IN slum property. present taxes (
5216,O0O.) 3
f. The News prefers the stink Of the 3
packing houses. q
5. The News will think of additional e
objections in time. =
AS an antedote to the above 1 rec (
,mmend to world citizens, whether b
hey read the News" or not, tale Z
# Mr. E. B. Whites to be found in I:
is new volume of collected writing Z;
nd which gives the book its title y
The Wild Flag. 8
This little story is the tale of a 8
ream Mr. White had on Christmas 8
we 1913 This dream pictures the 8
of humanity after the third 8
World war gathering to make a last 8
1g peace. Each of the delegates 8
rought to the convention the flag of 8
is homeland except the Chinese dele q
ate who produced from a shoe box &
wild flag. q
What is that? they all inquired, &
leased with the sight of so delicate q
symbol. 4
That, said the Chinese, is wild q
ag, Iris tectorum. In China we have 4
ecided to adopt this flag, since it is q
convenient and universal device and s
cry beautiful and grows everywhere q
/ the most places of the earth for all 3
, observe and wonder at. l propose q
] countries adopt it, so that it will 3
2 impossible for us to insult each q
hers flag s
Can it is waved? asked the Amer q
an delegate, who wore a troubled q