The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-08-27
The Worm Due To Turn

recent syndcated articles Peter Edison urge
the misguided Wallace followers
Bentley publicity spree of the committee the
completed deuded 1t would average thinking
American that writer such Edson indeed be hare
pressed for angle to Justify his daily stint atemp
10 give favorable publicity TO the Bentley fasco goes Ions
to show how far of will go
his salary makes happy to think realize tina
there other talented writers
who will not stOop quite that low.
To be the which Edison presents
Miss Bentley he convcts her being
he convc himself of being in the condition
quote three paragraphs of Edson article here He tells
Miss Benteys acting in the Communist in these
graphs follows
When Miss Bentley asked why became
the Communists no trouble in answering She
had looked on communism as world movement she
ed something idealistic.
so she worked without pay for the good the cause
They told her she particularly fitted be a
Being what she thought good Communist did what
she was told
1T only when the government began to offer
her that Miss Bentley got suspicious when they
offered her medal right Stain that she really
She realized then she wasn't working any great
ideastc movement but for the Russian That
when she looked the FBI and told her story"
accept truth which would be strain for
the most creduou then only arrive the conclusion
that Miss Bentley should be prize sort for maxi
mum dumbness And if the Thomas committee Edison
cept her statements evidence of good them
should provide the prizes for them
Here this stooge of the unAmercan
redbang factions insulting the American intelligence
Stunning that the public will believe that this think
that communism world movement without having any
knowledge that to the world at large thanks press
munism with the of the Soviet
daily papers, must indeed have read of the great
Edsons daily blurbs syndicated in many Evi
IDENTIFY she had lived in ideals dream world of
Presumably she had enough money of her with which to
buy her pork chops she apparently as
of love alone Or she ETHEREAL
to eat and spent her nights resting in the clouds of
world instead of bedroom? 1t
Communists to dusion her and force her
mundane things Just how she discovered
red star decoration offered her her
existence and instead object having
necion with Stain and the Russian
clear by Edison Maybe wasn't clear her either
only surmise that through mschance
read and had perhaps Edsons
which if anything like the here discussed been
simple enough even for her to understand
After his mastery treatment of the Bentley
then and kens all of Waaces supporters to the mo-
ronic Miss Bentley However, after making statement
and then trying establish proof contention
does really get into deep water He is shown
reaching his office that the Wallace followers deas
to
.. they believe that he (Wallace) the only one who
believes in the only who will do anything help
Palestine settle the Berlin crisis off the threat
war to aid minority increase bring down
prices provide housing, end the draft.
Edison then has sudden attack of realism
whatever belief there be that Wallace
will anything about this latter domestic
Edison ducks the other half pertaining
two older parties have only themselves blame
haven't done much about these things except argue"
am not of those who doesn't that the Thomas
committee isn't right performing service Not be-
redbang and blasting regulations of people
far above the membership the committee in mental and
moral stature but just because it showing Americana
inst howl