The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-23
Political Sincerity?


The special session of Congress which convenes next weel
WILL doubt provide good political show but doesn't
probable that the people of the country will gain much in the
will be taken from the American public the fear
Rather the reactionary bipartisan coalition dictated
by the profteerng making will find
the flag make war-lke speeches
There will be seeking for of peace
Last week in this column, discussed briefly that past
actions the Democrats the Congress- the
which the President intends outline for action They could
not be distinguished from those of their Republican colleagues
They part parcel of the evidence of control by
the selfish special interests And while President Truman will
demand action on social legislation cold appraisal his actual
for passage develop feeling of optimism
There is too little of sincerity in his demands judged by his
actions
ported that President Truman former President Hoover
commencing him for his speech the Republican convention
In that speech Hoover stressed the Importance of
the bipartisan mongerng urged delay of many plans
Internal social and economic Improvement How does that
with the demand by the President for extensive
social legislation? Of makes of it political
to ''put the spot his political enemies
One has with proverbal grain sudden
deep for public housing Trumans
in removing housing prorites on building materials Deem
per- 1916 and forecong the securing OF homes Tor the low
groups by removing the $4,000 limit,
everyone who thinks ALL that this
tested by the President is quite hypocritcal.
The of his suggestion price controls
large extent True he have begun notice that
there definite danger signs in the present mounting
of necessities and has dawned the obuse mind of himself
and the similar minds of his advisors that something be
done to stop their So quite probable that he
ask for to control distribution and prices and
that he has said belong only poc state People
with at ALL will recall that it President Truman
who yielded to the meat packing monopoly October 1916
and killed price controls
His declaration that there be civil rights legislation
passed which will equality of the rights of all without
prejudice account of color religion also has
what hollow sound Everyone knows of that he is the
of the and of the country The
question then posed Why doesn't he by executive order
close segregation in the armed forces if he is sincere his
implied about civil rights And,
segregation other branches of estab
shed policy lesser degree This also could be
definitely removed and by executive order issued
him and enforced by his executive power.
How much concerned he with the rights of labor? You
must remember that only before he had the
TaHartley act to keep from becoming law without his
approval he stated according that he hadn't
yet made his mind whether to it veto it. He did,
of finally it, but there effort
maed by him to rally the members of his party uphold
his Veto And without the support of those members of his
party for this legislation against the interests of labor his
veto could not have been over-rdden.
The story could be told about all other
legislation for the health program for the minimum wage
other story of vaccaon Of nefectiveness
actions either indicating ubserence to dctaon by the
full special interest groups of lack of intelligent leadership
BOTH
And the people whole must realize what they may
from the Republican leadership wholly controlled the
powerful industrial and financial interests of the East
There only definite tangible hope for the great
of the people of country protest vote powerful
enough to elect Henry Wallace the presidency
militant efforts for and the ameoraon of the lot Of
the man.-H S. BRUCE