The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-26

cember issue Harpers magazine in a highly analyt
cal article-"The Military Move In" by Hanson w
Baldwin, military analyst of the New Times and
graduate of Annapolis
In explaining why wrote this article Mr.. Baldwin
discaims any Pipeline to Moscow pointing out that
he has been e. carcatured in Red STAR insuted in
Pravda, and condemned in the Daily Worker. Rather,
the reasons for writing it summed up in single
sentence:
at is because of my antipathy for police states
that say that the growing Influence of the military
in American life is dangerous to Democratic
liberties . :"
Author Baldwin then analyses the infiltration of top
military figures into practically every branch of
federal government, the domestic dangers possible
under the newly-estabished department for defense
and the tendencies of military to g. apply in
their thinking the yardstick of physical power =
this the result of being subjected military discipline
and training.
Further for anxiety is the complacency of
the people as a whole-says Mr.. Baldwin, q. what
troubles me is the growing tendency citizens
to accept without protest extensions of the police power
into areas formerly sacrosanct what makes this
compacence of ours especially menacing is that it af
fcts us at time when face the necessity of pre-
pairing for total or atomic total war the
direction of every phase of the national life the end
of military victory. And preparation of
mean-if the preparations pushed to full
charlottesville direction of every phase of national
life toward the maintenance of military strength That
might we'll the establishment of Garrison state
and the destruction of the very qualities and virtues
and principles which originally set about to :"
lie also views Win alarm the propaganda drive
enactment of universal military training. Not only
does he raise serious to need for forcing
young Americans into the military peace time but
to him, OF even greater import is the methods being
used to sell the American people UNIT:
Like all good propaganda it not only repeats the
same old cliches and again with the tech
nique Hitler used successfully until people believe
them but it attacks and derogates only the argu-
ments but the motives of the measures opponents.
Some (the army propaganda ARM has daubed
with the pacifst or crackpot BRUSH others it tries
paint communist"
ARMY PRoPAGANDISTS GO TOO FAR -.
Subsantiatng his contention that the army is "out
Of bounds" in its efforts to choke UNIT down the
throats of American citizens Mr. Baldwin quotes from
the Harness house committee executive expenditures
report unanimously approved last July by committee
members including Rep James w Wadsworth, an en-
husiastic hacker of UNIT. The. report states
6. The army department. its personnel, and
civilian employees have gone beyond the of their
proper duty of providing factual information to the
people and the congress- and have. engaged in propa-
5anda supported by taxpayers to influence legis
alton now pending before the congress
The house committee further emphasized the signif-
canoe OF the effort being put forth by the military
secure universal military training, when it stated:
1T has become apparent to your committee that
lin this case, army Department. propa-
anda is designed, in most instances to make the
vidua believe he is thinking for himself In reality
government propaganda distorts facts with such
y that the becomes prejudiced biased in the
ERECTION which the government propagandists wish to
cad national thinking 1t is the authority and the sup
osed obJectWIty or government which leads people
accept without question the words released by gov
rnment officials and agencies -"
THERE is A MIDDLE WAY -.
Summarizing, Author Baldwin states he believes
lere is middle way by which we can work ourselves
ut OF the dilemma in regarding how best to