The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
Reviewing


The stop Communism" policy of the United States as ex
empled in activities in Italy, in Greece, in Turkey
China characterized by ruhessness entirely foreign
American policies in the indeed completely varanc
with what would still be outstanding admirable char
acter of American attitudes except for apparently deliberate
degree by powerful inu
perver them Our national leaders their public
uterances pay hypocrca lip for Democ
for and the charter and principles of the United
Nations and then supported by urareactonary majority
of congress- controlled by powerful selfish fol
lows which violates all of democracy and
destructive of all possibilities of development peace the
world We have been committed by them policy power
politics which negaes the basic principles of democracy and
The price shall finally pay unless halt called
will be and destruction of life before
paraeled And is certain that if this next war;
American property will not untouched has the
last two. The next war" will be brought home
The pattern for foreign policy actually
by speech delivered by Churchill While
the little in the White House declared the time that
tenor of the Churchill speech
developments in the international policy field along
suggested by Churchill assured shortly after by
Truman Doctrine" message to the congress.
began pour millions of our dollars into
Greece to support corrupt fasctc established
against which majority of the people had revoed
and still in revolt Unprecedented observers and writers
have reported that only small of the revountare
members of the Communsc party that the great major
y those the revolutionary people
hope for future for them the present oppressive corrupt
and facistc regime people who want change inst as the
American people successfully fought change
Now reports of hundreds these Greek people,
who dared in the first place oppose the German ascss
and later joined the ranks OF those fighting the home variety
Of fascm being herded out of the
where they have been prisoners for nearly four and
the to the Greek fascm we'll the
German brand And this slaughter being by an army
led by officers of whom ardent coaboraonss
of the Germans soldiers dressed equipped paid
America The question rises: What should the American
do about this of spending his oars Should
he be proud the role his dollars make possible
for his country to play in Greece?
The present Secretary of State while still Chief Of
Staff sent to China by President Truman order
could be brought to that unhappy country the
should be still supported by the United
hundreds of millions of dollars The report he brought
back that further should be given the Chang
KaiChek government until it Cleaned house, until
representative government established Now without
effort to establish of that kind another half
billion of dollars to be provided this corrupt
eventually land the pockets exploiting groups
Is that what the American taxpayers wants?
Very recently the greatest citation by
the outcome of the election Italy where
e failed to get control of the
with the United States in the effort to defeat the eft
the Vatican the Pope having in effect promised all
to lefst with eternal damnation However despite
the four millions of taxpayers dollars which
have been influence the election despite
demnation of the Pope than third people
registered by their VOTE dissatisfaction with the govern
ment All honor to them and shame and to the Vatican
Millions of the taxpayers dollars being poured
into Turkey where the people burdened with
fascist regime We are building its armed strength All
in the Of opposing Communism
1t is country and mine which causing the
people of nearly all because of what we
apparently stand for Perhaps fauousy optimistic
don't believe that the majority Of the American people
country to continue its present policies The election
ing this year, may make this cear.-H. S. BRUCE.