Montana labor news., 1948-01-29

has Il vast electric network. Its
prices are about the same as Tennes-
SEQ Valley Authority. While II state
money is handled by two "Safeway'-
to-New York chain banks, North Da-
kota has its state owned bank. assets
% million dollars. The Tennessee
Valley Authority last year from power
alone netted % million dollars, about
three per cent Of the total cost OF
40 million. This apart from its free
public service in flood control, navi-
cation. cheap fertilizer). The farmers
are organizing co-operatives, self in
suiancc, knowledge centers.
The sixty families are looking to
The national debt as a place to secure
their vast insurance reserves and pri-
vate funds.
Pay the debt? Reduce it? Never,
say they.
The workman's little bonds are,
from high living costs, drifting away.
Substitute new bonds go to the 60
families. There must be opened a
vast new reservoir for the countless
millions, yes billions, squeezed by the
odd method of exploitation from the
miraculous production of the workers
of America during 81 years. Pre-
lenses must be invented as to why
this reservoir must be kept large OF
made larger.
The interest on the national debt
is paid by the workers. The debt
itself If ever paid will come from
the product Of our toll, but unless
we have a Farmer-Labor govern
ment. it will never be paid or much
reduced.
The'scare heads of War with Russia
are to keep the voters reconciled to
. great national debt reservoir Tor the
immense profits of the corporations
past and present. They all know
that if Truman and Marshall would
in the United States assembly, offer
the Soviets complete disarmament
Russia would gladly accept and coin
cidcntly with us completely disarm.
For the upkeep and even increase
Of this reservoir of debt all of on
young men may by Act of Congress
be put into compulsory military
service.
The average military man. private
or general, is an honorable man
emerging as a hero in time of need
But most men think their own calling
indispensable. More spending fol
military purposes, Billion dollars the
year of wealth produced by the work
ers. The training Of a soldier is tc
destroy. not produce. The cause OF
causes why we see these lurid sign
boards, Join the Navy, Join the
Army. is to keep big the reservoir
Of national debt wherein the go fam
lilies may let the governing powers
ers by income taxes, tariffs, sales
taxes, excuses.
General Marshall, a man of highest
honor. patriotism, a genius for admin
~istration. is but playing into the hands
Of the worshippers of the reservoir
President Truman, of the highest in
teniions. to further extend the reser
voir has adopted a form of Commu
nism tried in Russia and found un
notwithstanding the produce Of tn.
industrious, frugal, willing worker.
and donating it to those who do no
know how, or do not wish to work.
They hope to buy an theology
a system Of ideas made to order. l
is pouring billions down a rat hole.
Eighteen per cent of the budget thi
year is to further the Marshall-Tru
man plan of Dividing Up; a form
Of Communism that has been tried il
the early years OF the Soviet Uniol
and abandoned as unavoidable.
Not cent is budgeted for Vale,
Authorities. These would reduce tn,
load on the workers back, save farm.
form floods-but then it would dimin
ish the old means of exploitation b,
excessive power rates.
The public debt is upon the brow
OF Labor, a Crown of Thorns."