Montana labor news., 1948-03-25

visible good results. have likened oul
Foreign Policy. lie. Marshall Plan
Truman Plan. Jimmie Byrnes Plan
to the hen wasting herself away on a
setting of china eggs.
Their reasoning is sound. but does
not go far enough. The economists
forget that the hen will also sit on
and hatch the eggs OF poisonous ser
penis. These will bite and kill their
foster mother. Such is Il foreign
policy. II is leading to a war, where
we will stand alone in the world
Even Great Britain and France viii
remain neutral. There are many rea
sons for this. One is the present
prosperity OF Fire. Switzerland and
Sweden that were neutral in Wal
II. Another is that Britain makes
things that Russia needs. few things
that we want. Britain is already
getting into the Soviet sphere She
bought 100000 tons of Russian grain
in January with our money. Then
also the two ideologies. Socialism and
Communism. overlap. The final steps
in Socialism result in Communism. In
France and Italy already a large ma
jority are either Socialists or COmmu.
nists. Soviet agriculture and mining
are growing so fast that Russia will
some day say to France, Italy and
England, our wheat can be laid down
to you cheaper if we open the Oar
danelles to world commerce. Then
they will give to Russia what we are
helping Greece and Turkey defend.
Our present plan OF excluding Rus
sian ship from the Mediterranean Is
like tariffs. cartels. monopolies, an
artificial scheme to protect our manu-
facturers and other producers from
open competition. for which the con
sumer pays the stilted price.
Our entire foreign policy is geared
to giving an artificial advantage owe
all other nations In world trade tC
professors OF our farm products, the
packing companies, our iron, coal
copper. aluminium mines, our mighty
steel mills, our machine tool factories
our automobiles, air planes. Carthage
was a mercantile nation; Rome agri
cultural. Hannibal invaded Italy. but
Carthage was destroyed.
Only an idiot should believe that
we are bleeding America white tc
send billions to Europe and China fol-
philanthropic reasons. Many devoted
heroic people do not know the eco
homie evolutionary forces driving
them to give their lives to special
work. For instance. foreign mission
aries-the noblest If mankind. They
are in the van. Next come our sol
diers with atom bombs. But all for
the final profit OF Singer Sewing Ma.
chine. International Harvester, Gen
eral Motors, U. S. Steel, Standard OIL
and never forget the big bankers.
Truman, Dupe Of the MonopoIists
Our workers and farmers are pro
ducing a surplus. This can pile up
II so, our economy breaks down. l
can be used to place our technica
and common labor to building the st
Lawrence waterway, the seven Vale,
Authorities, wished for by Roosevelt
for schools. hospitals, highways. bu
this would destroy electric and otheI
mOnOpOlies. Or the surplus can b,
given away In so far as not consumed
by sterile Brass Hats. Neither Mar
shall nor Truman know that thei
plans are only the plans of monopo
listic capital to sustain its strangle
hold on world commerce.
To date they have been rather harm
lessly warming China eggs, but the,
are being moved in their darkness t,
a nest of serpents eggs.
They do not know that Communism
is a political science. America ha.
embraced much Of it. One example
our highways. The graduated incom,
tax is purely a Communistic modu.
operandi. The Marshall Plan itsel
is to place virtually all our shipment.
to Europe and the Orient in govern
ment agency. This is a Fundamental
maxim OF Marx and Engels as to in
ternational trade. There we're man,
students in Roosevelt's administra
ton. Truman's Witch Hunt elimi
mated them. How can men success
fully fight Communism who do no
know what Communism is?
The only way to thwart the growth
OF Communism in the world is t,
present in this Great Country of our,
a better system. Peace is better thai
war. Our rulers are carrying on &C
tual war in Greece. Turkey, China
And Mr.. Marshall seems to think W,
should go to wal in the Mediterranean,
II Italy. goes Communistic on Apri
18th. Democracy Is better than OH