The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-09-10

who are very much interested
in Europe, Communism, for
eign affairs, etc. That Voice readers may
gain some gist of his talk, the following high
lights of his keynote speech are presented
Gas taken from his notes):
Speaking of the current hysteria blanket
ing this country, Mr.. Patton stated that fear
is the dictatorship of. the world. On the
home front countless millions of Americans
are fearful of another economic bust; on the
international picture, three fears: Russia,
Communism, War. He was of the impress
sion that these various fears are 9. partly
exaggerated, partly misdirected >. and
wholly out of proportion
OF OUR FEAR OF RUSSIA, he based his conten-
ton that exaggerated on: ID we have no
common frontier; 90 we can reach each other only
by air or sea; 90 the U. Navy controls the
(4 Russia lacks of transporting striking force
to either u S. shore; 90 WE HOLD THE LEAD
ON PRODUCTION OF LONG RANGE BOMBERS;
60 we have bases Russias periphery; CD WE
HAVE ATOMIC BOMBS Likewise, he noted that a
Russia has bases in Mexico Canada Greenland CD
there is evidence that Russa's interest will be
by war; CD to be afraid of Russia
attacking Europe than the Europeans themselves
ON FEAR OF COMMUNISM: Patton was of the
opinion that this fear not exaggerated, but
misdirected Instead of fearing Communism. Mr.. Pat
ton felt that 9. what should fear the social
economic conditions anywhere in the world which
make application of the Communist technique posi-
BILE :" Further, because emphasize the Commu-
mist exploitation of those conditions permit our
fear that theology to become merged with fear
OF Russia This confuses us and leads us to play
into the hands of Communism the long pull and
into the hands of fascsts and reactionaries the world
over =" For exampe: the oppressive warords of
China Franco in Spain, petty potentates in the Middle
East and here at home the anticommunst witchhunts
ON FEAR OF WAR: In speaking about these in
ernatona fears, Mr. Patton contended that should
reverse the order of fears That of all should
fear war most In looking realistically the danger
of war he said "even victorious war would destroy
things we rightly value than could be destroyed
without war by Russia Communism" Because of
our atomic bomb and tremendous industrial capa-
blinded by the fact that could win physical war
8" this in terrifies the world as well the
Russians those nations who believe in
good intentions, fear recklessness
In exploring what another war would cost us, Mr..
Patton pointed that according to the o. S. NEWS
oil July 80, conservative estimate would place the
debt to at least $500 billion; that in waste of re-
sources, we'd expend five billion tons of best min
erals billion barrels of oil At the end of World
War Ill would be have not" nation. Further,
Americans would lose the very freedom they
supposed fighting to preserve thered be ration
ing and confiscation power CONTROLS production
CONTROLS tight post CONTROLS the soc prewar Gid
dollar would become postwar Gid dollar Final
y, and most important, we'd stand to lose countless
millions killed and wounded, there'd be a complete
moral breakdown, and likely, civilization would
revert back to a culture comparable with the dark
ages