The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-08-20
A Word of Warning

On September 18th, the meeting will be held which will
establish the Progressive Party Montana place the
of Henry Wallace for President and Glen Taylor for Vice
President before the of the state the election
will be history makng day. day loaded with
sibility for the participants.
o course do now what the entire program
of action will be- Organization Of the party and the placing
of the of Wallace and Taylor its ticket WILL
have follow the provisions of the state election laws But
when that less prescribed routine business has
done there will be things for the delegates consider
organization financing, campaign plans ETC.
is possible that of the delegates the
convention with conviction that full slate of candidates should
be named the ticket this fall sincerely hope that such
action will be taken The results of placing candidates along
with Wallace and Taylor the ticket already
porters headaches in California And definitely weakening
Wallace and Taylor.
The same condition would inevitably arise in Montana
should the of others beside Wallace and Taylor
the Progressive Party ticket Realistic appraisal
non-existen And while freely that in the case of
candidates the old party tickets for political Of
fces makes little difference whose chances would
be eopardzed by the scattering OF votes received by the can
ddates the Progressive Party ticket the might happen
candidates whom every supporter of the
Progressive Party wants to elected
For instance told by of the leaders of the Pro-
Party that suggestions had been made that
there should be token candidate for u Senator This
indicates that the willy minds of the ACM Montana
Power companies chance to the Progressive Party
instrument to assist them defeating Senator Murray
by elecng Tom Davis their farhared boy And believe that
Progressive Party supporter the state will that
Senator Murray has earned his support the for
election to the office which he has filled for long with
spoken and action for the good of the
people of the state and the nation.
Should candidates for state office be placed the Pro
gresse Party ticket they might endanger the reelection of
Sam Mitchell for Secretary of State and John Holmes for State
Auditor both whom have served the people we'll and who
estimation deserve the support of all of the people of
the state 1t doesn't make take action which
might deprive the of who has his worth
the election of who has demonstrated his ability to
adequately fill the office This particularly true of such
administrative offices Secretary of State and State Auditor
And this of the primary responsibilities of the
The final and what consider the strongest argument
against other candidates beside Wallace Taylor the
Progressive Party ticket is that will weaken the strength of
Wallace and Taylor the state One for this is the
brought in the convention held in Great Falls
early this when decided to organize Wallace for
President clubs sections of the state keeping the
Montana Progressive Citizens of America actually the
organization the background for sound political
Should the Progressive ticket other besides
Wallace and Taylor these sections of the will
opponents the See What did
tell you? The Commies saddle I've said all
along And too many Of the voters the state would
slider the charge justified with number of comparative
knowns on the ticket and sheer away from all of it.
Let be misunderstood. know that there
munist party members of the Progressive party
also know that most of them good American citizens
found in the old party Too know that generally
they to be found the liberal progressive side of the
political fence witness their support the Frank
lin D. Roosevelt But codly realistic appraisal of the effect
the redherrng propaganda the minds
be discounted The channels information
reach them with cold facts limited to offset the
the daily doses they receive through the prostitute
And with full slate Of candidates the Progressive Party
ticket the hue and will be raised that Moscow trying
get control of Montana.
This will make the ACM and Montana Power companies
hucke contentedy 1t will be made to order" for them
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