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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
Dissent Becomes Disloyalty

NOTE: This article was first delivered
as a speech and has since been widely re-
printed.
Abraham Pomerantz New York attorney
was chief council at the trial of Nazi indus
trialsts at Nuremberg.
Our Nuremberg autopsy of Hitler Germany
exploded some popular misconceptions con-
corning the rise of Nazism One of the most
widely held myths in that when Nazsm ar
rived in Germany, it came full blown-to a
people predisposed to its virus
The truth, however is quite different And
because l feel that there are some ominous
and sickening parallels between Germany
1888, and America today, think it would be
helpful briefly to retrace the principal stages
along the road to Hitler's seizure of power.
To begin with it must be recalled that the
Nazis' coup d'etat in January, 1888, was
achieved without their ever receiving a ma
iority of the vote; in fact between the cleo
tons held in July, and again in November
1932-the eve of the coup-the Nazi party
had lost two million votes. How then
did Hitler accomplish his advent to power?
The decisive tactic used by the Nazis to
divide and conquer the opposition was that
old, but ever effective bugaboo, the Red
scare.
The German press and radio were inundated
with tales of atrocities, of the Reichstag fire,
of plots to deliver up the German folk to
Russia. The campaign was so effective that
after a while the mere of the epithet
Communist" produced a mechanical blind
hate reaction.
Having created this conditional reflex the
Nazi propaganda machine proceeded to the
second step: the label Communist" was
pinned Unfortunately all opponents of
the Nazi party including, ironically enough,
the inveterate enemies of the Communists,
the Social Democrats. 1t was unnecessary to
PROVE the charge-t was enough to make it.
Soon all of Germany was frantically search
ing for Reds" under beds.
The Social Democrats and the Communists
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23

were bleeding each other in death struggle
the rallying cry being Red" and "Red-baiter
And while these anti-Hitler forces were EN-
broiled, Hitler seized power.
But power thus achieved was by no means
secure. The National Socialists realized that
their only chance of survival was to prevent
the threatened unification of the majority
opposition.
In spite of a popular illusion to the con-
trary, Hitler was punctilious in disarmng his
enemies by legal means-at least during
the early days of his regime 1t isn't that he
particularly wanted to be legalistic, but the
German people, like own, were great be-
levers in their laws and in their constitution.
One of the first laws passed in the spring
of 1888 outlawed the Communist party and de-
MED jobs to all Communists Soon thereafter
the Social Democratic party dissolved.
This took care of the organized opposition,
but there were still dissenters whose only
crime that they were critics of the regime
How to take care of them? illegally, mind you
The resourceful Nazs cooked up a new one
1t called the Loyalty Act-does it have
familiar ring? That law provided loss. of job
and penalties for those found to have
a.. violated their duty of loyalty to the Reich
and the German people" Gust substitute the
words United States for Reich and you have
own Loyalty Act).
Every whisper of dissent was interpreted as
disloyalty and was punished by that effective
form of economic pressure loss of employ
ment.
Thus the Nazis proceeded by legal means,
ostensibly aimed at the Communists but actu-
ally designed to eliminate the last vestige of
opposition in Germany, until the only voices
left were those Of Herren Hitler, Goebbels,
Goering and Company
1t is a tested historian phenomenon that,
once the uisntegratng process of eroding
civil liberties sets in, whether the avowed
target is the Christian or the Communist,
or whoever, it tends to continue until all
civil liberties destroyed. 1t is sort of
social law of inertia.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
By ABRAHAM POMERANTZ

1t has happened before in history that the
conquering nation has absorbed the culture
of the conquered nation. Judging from what
| see on my return to the United States we
Americans have been made to assimilate, and
are assmilating daily, terrifying amount of
NaZi Kultur.
There is hystercal campaign raging here
OSTENSIBLY directed against the ever
popular target, the Communists. When you
examine it more closely, however, it be-
apparent that the attack is really
aimed at the liquidation of all resistance to
the mounting tide of reaction
This campaign is achieving its purpose. The
progressive movement is at low ebb in Amer
lea today. The ADA won't speak to the PEA;
the AFL won't have any truck with the CLIO;
the AVG, the ALP and hundreds more are
tearing themselves assunder while shouting
the battle cry of Red and Red-baiter.
Having whipped up a nate mentality, we
are proceeding to the next stage: laws and
DEGREES are enacted. Let us take, for ex
ample, the Presidents Loyalty Order. This
applies to 100000 workers in the federal
government. The Order provides that if you
or ever were a member of, in SYM
pathetic association with, any organization on
the black list of the Attorney General of the
U. S.-you are out of a job. And the Attorney
General gets unrestricted discretion in
piling such listsl
This is no light sentence. This is an eco
nomic death sentence. For you know that the
chances of an employee discharged for dis
loyalty to find employment anywhere are about
the same as a Jew in Germany with the word
Jude branded into his flesh.
The condemned organization gets no day
in court. Neither do you. Even the Nazs
whom we tried at Nuremberg were given
more humane, a more American trial.
The pretext for this Loyalty Order and
others that have been passed and are being
passed in hundreds of county, municipal and
state legislatures is that they are searching
for Communists 1 want to say plainly that
even if this were so it would be inexcusable,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
A LETTER TO THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF
M0kTANA'S EIGHT LARGEST CITIES

, organizations cooperating as Mon
tana citizens.
The entering wedge to destroy this
unanimity, was the granting of q
special delegate from the Parent
Teacher Congress. This was done as
reward for the services of the state
president of that organization in bring
ing the citizen committee into being,
and also to secure the further serv-
ices of Mrs. Reed.
A special delegate from the several
chambers of commerce is neither de-
sirable nor wise. 1t implies a desire
on the part of the committee, to re-
ward for special services, or secure
special services, from a special organ
ization. 1t is readily apparent that
this is the beginning of much bitter
competition between organizations of
the state, to secure equal considera-
ton from the citizens committee.
The chamber of commerce cannot
accept this doubtful honor The in
tegrity and prestige of its own organi-
cation can only be maintained by de-
clining, with thanks, the well-meant
but unwise offer of the citizens COM
mittee. Most respectfully, HOBART
McKEAN, McCone County delegate,
Circle, Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
April IL, 194S

April II, 194e
Chambers of Commerce: Anaconda
Billings, Butte, Bozeman, Great
Falls, Helena, Kalispell and Mis-
soula
Gentlemen: The Montana Citizens
Committee on Education, at a meet
ing in Helena the afternoon of April
10 passed a motion by majority vote,
to authorize the selection of an honor
airy delegate to serve in an advisory
capacity on the committee, from each
city in Montana having a population
OF eight thousand or more.
Since there are eight such cities ac-
cording to the federal census of 1910,
this would create an advisory body of
eight additional delegates to the com
mittee, chosen from Anaconda, Bill
lings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls,
Helena, Kalispell and Missoula.
The selection of this honorary dele
gate was to be made by the chamber
of commerce in the respective cities.
This was very serious mistake.
When the citizens committee was set
up, it was definitely decided that no
organization should assume promin-
ence or accept favorable mention, but
that it be a truly representative citi-
zens' committee of the state with all
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23

Pepper stated that the congress may
be forced to enact selective service
legislation, provide funds for a great
ly expanded navy and air force, and
build up our industrial might, to back
up the administrations big stick"
approach to foreign affairs.
On the matter of universal military
training, the senator showed no atti-
tude of resignation. Lashing out at
UNIT as tool of totalitarianism, Sen
ator Pepper stated: "Once UNIT is
established as part of our peacetime
policy it will be impossible to get
rid of it l refuse to admit the
necessity of fitting the youth of Amer
lea into the military mold. ;"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
Report Shows
CONTINUED from rage onel


poster contest under the sponsorship
of the American Legion Auxiliary.
During the same two weeks period
all girls in the junior class of the
Helena high school were excused from
classes to select three of their num-
Der to attend Montana's Girls State at
Billings under the sponsorship of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
During the same TWO weeks period
the principals Of the Helena schools
met with the superintendent to plan
machinery for the selection of boys
from the junior class of the Helena
high school to attend Montana's Boys
State at Dillon sponsored by the
American Legion.
The question arises: If "the fun
damentaIs of spelling, English gram
mar and composition, and American
history are being neglected., might
not the time devoted to the above
mentioned activities have been bet
ter spent on the fundamentaIs?-
Emphasis by Voice.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
Non-C Communist Oath
Not Illegal

Washington = FTP - The non-com-
munist affidavit provision of the Taft
Hartley law is not an unconstitution-
al invasion of the rights of union
members, 3-judge federal district
court ruled here in 2 to l split. The
decision came in a case brought by
the National Maritime Union (CIO)
through President Joseph Curran
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
Demos Should Back
Continued from Page one)

rage Obet
corporations. He does not want to
see America join with either the Com
munists or the Fascists. He wants us
to stand by those who support demo
cratic ways of life.
Murray realizes democracy is on
trial today. He wants us to set the
world an example of true democracy,
and let our practices provo to the
world the democratic way is the best
way. He wants to help his fellow
citizens and all men and women every
where to enjoy peace and prosperity.
Senator Murray has been one OF
the most faithful friends the people
ever had in Washington con-
slider it great honor to sit by his
side in the senate and in
view of his great and humanitarian
record know you will send him back
to work at least six more years for
his country for greater Democracy
for all Americans :"
UMT-Selective Service
Intimating that our laundering for
eign policy is directly chargeable to
extremists and oil-Wall Street
barons who are in the saddle, Senator
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23
THE BEST ARGUMENT WE'VE HEARD AGAINST
military TRAINING Bill

Organizations AGAINST it:
Oh. of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saint (Mormon)
Disciples of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church
FraternaI Council of Negro Churches
in America
General Conference of the Methodist
Church
National Catholic Welfare Conference
National Council of Catholic Women
Northern Baptist Convention
Presbyterian Church of U.S.A.
RabbinicaI Assembly of America
Southern Baptist Convention
United Council of Church Women
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Women's international League for
Peace and Freedom
Association of American Colleges
National Catholic Education Assn.
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers
National Education Association
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
init. Association of Machnists
Railroad Brotherhoods
American Veterans Committee
National Conference of Union Labor
Legionnaires
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Union
National Grange
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23

Auto workers making $50 a week
today have purchasing power amount
$34.15.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23

Organizations FOR it:
United States Chamber of
Commerce
National Association of
Manufacturers
American Legion
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-04-23

Sen. w. E. Kelley, Deer Lodge,
Powell county, Saturday April 10
announced his intention of seek
in the COP nomination fon Lieuten-
ant Governor. He has been men,
Der of the legislature for 20 years.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
Detroit Clio Radio
iSation Getting Set

DETROIT, Sept. l. (ANP)-
Formation of a. COMMUNICATIVE
advisory board to the UAW-CIO
owned radio station WAIW-FM
was announced by Norman Mat
thews, JAW radio committee
chairman and member of the
board o fthe UAW-CIO Broad
casting corporation of Michigan.
"Twenty-two civic leaders COM
pose the new board, which will adj
wise the management of station
WAIW-FM on general . police
questions, and will assist in the
planning of high standard public
service programs" Matthews said.
The first CLIO owned radio sta
ton in America, VAIN a
$4,000 watt station-will operate
on a frequency of 1919 mega
cycles, and will serve southeast
ern Michigan, including Detroit,
Mt. Clemens, Pontiac, Windsor,
Monroe and Ann Arbor, as we'll as
smaller communities as far. south
as Maumee, Ohio; west to Jack
son; north to Flint and Port HUI
ron. Construction will be COM
pleted in about two months.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
Appeal Court Bar on
0uste rof Chapter
Banning Negroes

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81. CAN
lP)-The American Association of
University women is all set to APP
peal a recent court ruling that it
cannot drop the local chapter from
membership because of its racial
discrimination tactics, it was
learned here last week.
The dispute between the two
groups arose when the local out
fit refused to accept a Negro wo-
man member of the parent body
into it's organization. The national
association issued a sharp repri-
mand to the Washingtonians and
reminded them that the only quail
ification for membership was the
Educational requirements"
When the local group persisted
in refusing to admit the woman,
the national group moved to expel
the rebels from membership, only
to be thwarted when the latter
group obtained a court injunction
hating such action.
The national groups board of
directors also limited it would seek
a revision of bylaws to prevent
any possible repetition Of the in
ternal squabble which has ragged
ince 1916.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01

FOR SALE-Table radio combi-
nation; very reasonable; leav-
ing town. MI 1886. TOT
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
Teen Ayers Work 10
Build canteen

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1. CAN
P)-More than 100 teen ayers,
tired of hanging around corners
with no decent place to go, have
banded together and started a
drive for a canteen in the Haugh-
Vile community in Indianapolis.
Led by their president, Joe
Kendrick, the young people call
themselves the Haughville Youth
for Canteen. They plan to name
their west side center the Haugh-
vile Teen Canteen.
At present they are conducting
a financial drive to raise enough
money to buy a lot and start
building their cateen. They are
advised by two able adults, Mrs.
Twyla Mayfield and Sanford ].
Ramsey, to remove disapproval
from parents.
The Rev. G. A. Brooks, pastor
of CALDWELL Chapel AME Zion
church, has offered the use of his
church at any time for the young
people to meet. Other community
churches offering their premises
to the young people were Little
Flock and Mt. Vernon Baptist
churches.
Currently, the youths most re-
cent financial venture was a
street dance featuring a king
and Queen of Haughville" con-
test to raise money Sunday, Au-
gust %.
Speaking of the project, one
young person said, "We get tired
of hanging around on street cor
ners and cluttering up each others
homes simply in order to be to-
egther. We want a place where
our activities can be conferred and
which will be so we'll run that
those few teen ayers who have a
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01

FOR RENT - Furnished room.
Men oily. Flu 9940. toy
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
CoIored Woman Named
To National WV Post

NEW YORK, Sept. l. CAMP
Miss Carmen Lusan, n OF 5O
women from 26 countries attend
ing the first International Study
conference on Women and World
Recreation of the YWCA here,
was recently named as the first
colored woman general secretary
of the National YWCA for ia
maica, in the British West Indies.
In getting the appointment, Miss
Lusan upsets a 25-year-old record
of the organization Of having
white English secretaries IN the
post to administer to the needs OF
the native women.
A native of Kingston, Jamaica,
Miss Lucan is one of the special
lists chosen by the YWCA's OF
their respective countries for a
year and a half study of associa-
ton work in the United States,
Canada and Great Britain. The
course are sponsored by the for
eign division of the national WV
CA board. The study group is
currently in session at Teachers
college, Columbia university.
Miss Eusan's itinerary has taken
her to London, Ontario, and Of
tawa, Canada, to visit Y camps In
that sector. She received a spec
ial invitation from the commission
er of welfare, Toronto, to visit
the public welfare division. Other
conferences took her to Sellus-
burg, Ind, Chicago, Evanston, Ill.
Grinnell college in Iowa; st,
Louis; and the Harlem YWCA to
survey the trade school and other
features at Emma Ransom house.
Of her native Jamaica, Miss
Lusan Gays the women are the
most emancipated of all the fe-
males in the West Indies, thou
universal suffrage was extended
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS

knack Of getting into trouble will,
see how nice it is to get on the
right track"
They have already, before the
street dance, raised more than
500 of the needed $500 to get
started.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
Dayton Statistics
Births

A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. James Hopkins, 254 s.
Williams street, and to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Crews, 2435 Mccall
street.
Divorce Petitions
Henry Hamlin, 1850 Brazil Lane
VS.. Mary Jo., address unknown.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01

in 1943. She pointed out, how
ever, that women are still not re-
ceiving the same wages as men
for commensurate work. She said
domestic jobs pay better than in
dustry, but women prefer to work
in the factories and other indus
tries because of the freedom and
regularity Of hours.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01

An advisory board member is
Robert L. Brady, Jr. president,
NAACP
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01
CLASSIFIED ADS

D~RESSMAKING, alterations, also
draperies and bedspreads: For
appointment Call Flu 1868. t67
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-09-01

FOR RENT - Room for single
man. AID 1927 after z p. m. too
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-03

Truman opposed the cuts in per sonal income taxes voted by the Republican 80th Congress. When he called Congress into special session last summer, he asked for revival of the wartime tax on tex cess profis" of corporations.
 For the rest of the world, the outcome meant double assurance that there would be no shift in American foreign policy. The pres ent policy has been called bi-par- tisan, but some edginess has been evidenced in Europe over the widely held prediction expecta- ton that change in political ad- ministration was coming.
 In Washington, speculation al ready is running high that Mir. Truman now will make many shifts in his own administration.
 This is based on the view that he got little help in his campaign from Democratic office-holders who had looked on it as a lost cause, Among the cabinet mem bers, MT. Truman's chief campaign help came from secretary of labor Maurice Tobin and secretary of agriculture Charles Grammar.
 The dopesters figure there are two who will surely stay on, but are inclined to list many other officials as doubtful" of continu- ing as members of the admins trtaion family.
 Close associates of secretary of state Marshall said in Paris he definitely plans to leave that post
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-03

and under-Secretary of state Rob- ert A. Lovett is also reported to be planning to leave.
 In the case of Marshall, the ques ion is whether the President might try to talk him into staying on. A soldier who took the cabinet job because he thought it was a duty call, there was never any ex- pectatlOn among the Presidents inner circle that Marshall would take the campaign trail in MT. Truman's behalf
 The shifts indicated the Demo- cratS would now have 30 and the Republicans l8-barring some up- set in still undecided races.
 MT. Truman topped every kind of odds to hold onto his job as President.
 He licked Dewey in the closest Presidential race in 32 years and in an as amazing an upset as the American public ever helped en- gineer.
 He stays on at the White House for his first full four-year term. ! Despite the loss of the fat elector- al votes of New York and PennSyl- vania-and despite the, desertion of Alabama, South Carolina, Mis- sissippi and probably Louisiana to the States Rights cause. He keeps intact as a going con- cern a Democratic party that can shrug off Henry A. Wallace's Pro- gressives and probably can ignore Civil Rights revolters if it cant bring them to heel.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-03
Mrs. Fred Davis
 Accidentally Shot

Mrs. Fred Davis, wife of FreG Davis of Shishmaref, was acci- dentally shot by her husband in heir home with a shotgun which Fred had failed to unload after hunting.
 He was busy cleaning the ducks which he had shot when he moved the gun, which went off. Reports from Shishmaref indicate that Mrs. Davis was not in too serious a condition, but would be taken to the Kotzebue hospital if neces- sary.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-03
PAA SHOWS PHENOMENAL AIR LIFT TONNAGE

SEATTLE, (P)-As the second month of the west coast maritime tie-up drew to a close, Pan Ameri- can Airways estimated it has flown 1,150,O0O pounds of cargo from Seattle to Alaska during the last sixty days. Approximately TO per cent of the cargo carried to Alaska during October was vital food products, including fresh meat, fresh produce and dairy pro- ducts.
 The air line has flown 26 extra flights in addition to its regular schedules during the past two months, and is able to fill all re- quests for passenger space.