The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-06-25
Whispering Campaigns

Religious other prejudiceS seldom
sideration in business transactions. To small extern
membership the church perhaps bring patronage
to for example, from but the
will have meet the of competitors who do belong
to the church And the fact that certain
grocer member of a will a
other member entering competition with him.
promising opportunity In banks and commercial
enterprises generally will be found Protesans and Catholics
working side by side each doing his particular job the
of his ability with the management only with
efficient discharge by the employee of the duties assigned
him.
That should be- if the first the Bill of
Rights to be observed in its full intent This
Congress shall make law respecting the establishment
religion prohibiting the thereof
of the basic freedoms of the American citizen When
denomination sect employs methods which might have
tendency derogaory the any
affiliated with another to that this basic law
beng violated And certainly such methods cannot be IN
accord with the one OF the preceps of Christianity
the brotherhood O.
Recognition that preudces played upon
openly evident by the fact that such methods always
being carried sub by whispering campaigns And it
black mark on the concept of citizenship of large number
of people who during political campaigns stoop to the
whispering campaign method prejudice against
candidate because OF his churc or other Affiliations or because
he not have done something in the past which
else has DONE though he had most and
certainly legal support for not doing
is regrettable that already there appears to be such
whispering campaigns the state campaigns de-
signed create prejudice against certain candidates without
consideration of their merits There evidence of some
such whispering campaigns being carried
ddates because they members of the Catholic Church
These houghtess and do hesitate ignorant whsp
apparently think that this campaign they
carrying completely unAmercan; subversive in its
implications to the provisions of the Constitution of the United
violating the inalienabe rights minority
And lest get the impression from these expressions that
member of the Catholic Church, let say that
member of church though raised member of the
Protestant Lutheran Church
On par with this perncous whispering campaign to
prejudice because of candidates belonging
church. the campaign similar purpose already
in evidence being carried against candidates by
the armed forces those who did not
whose continuation of their duties civilians prob
ably contributed to the general welfare than the
public had been deprived of them by their entry the
Moreover this have been the
those responsible for securing the the
forces they would have been indicted with against their
will And know of candidate in the present campaign
against whom charges of trying to evade the draft of
the services have been preferred
whispering campaign part be pardoned for
making personal statement | veteran of
World War the "War To End All Wars" (sc) of my
World War IT, But this impel
should criticize individual who did
the armed services in either He have
rendered the public far better valuable
his civilian capacity hope a good enough American
continue believe that in times of emergency
every other American will make his best contribution his
country accordance with his judgment and those
control of manpower for military and civilian purposes
question the proprety of the campaign prejudice
anyone whom circumstances kept of the
that the campaign prejudice
of religious affiliations be by right
thinking people, Responsible citizens should determine the
choice candidates for official positions the basis of their
qualifications for the offices sought their character and de-
pendabty to fulfill their promises to all of the people,
When let pejudices failing in the dis
charge of your responsibilities ctizen-H S. BRUCE.