The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-27
PEOPLES Voice

May 20, answering my letter of the
previous week, in which | objected
to his attacks on Congressman Mans
field, he seems agreeable to have
the record speak for itself, but i'm
mediately starts to distort the rec
ord. He states that Mr.. Mansfield
voted to send NO more money to
China, after Dean Acheson forbade
it. This is not correct and Mr..
Maury should know it is not correct,
Mike Mansfield in his report on
China, suggested that NO more loans
be made to them, long before Dean
Acheson had anything to say on the
subject and it is safe to assume that
Dean Acheson's decision in this mat
ter was made after a perusal of
Mike Mansfield's report.
Mr.. Maury has always taken
keen interest in the affairs of Soviet
Russia and was pleased whenever
this country extended any favors to
them and | am of the opinion that
if we look up the record we will
find that we have loaned and given
to Russia more than three times the
amount of money we have (as Mr..
Maury claims) sunk in China. Why |
should Mr.. Maury be so strongly in |
favor Of assisting Russia, and so |
much against assisting China? The
common people of these two coun-
tries are much the same, so why the
distinction. | have been lead to be-
lieve that it was the intent of our
when making loans to
these countries, that the money was
to be used to feed their hungry peo-
pie and try and restore their ability
of self support. If we. have failed
to accomplish our purpose why
should Mr. Maury place all the blame
on Mike Mansfield. Would he have
given him all the credit had the plan
succeeded?
Mr.. Maury also stated that Con-
gresham Mansfield voted the wishes
Of some of our leaders, just to be
Any one who has the ,
slightest knowledge of the way Mike +
voted on the important /,
questions that came up in the con-
yress will know that this statement
s erroneous. 1t was not fashionable .
% vote against the continuation of :
he un-American activities commit !
ee, but Mr.. Mansfield did so in the
10Th and 81st Congress and it is we'll a
o note that Mike Mansfield was :
me of but twenty-nine members of !
he house, who had the courage to
-ote against this measure in the =
resent congress.
He voted against the drafting of r
peace time army, that would have q
iven our brags hats the power to
lake pawns out of the flower of our
outh; this was an administration
MEASURE and | am certain he was
OF trying to be fashionable when he
oted against it.
Mike Mansfield has fought and
-orked very diligently for appropri-
tions to complete Hungry Horse
am and for the building of trans
lission lines by the government, so
le electrical energy developed at
MS dam could be sold directly to
lie consumer anu MOI W puDlIc u
tility, who would resell it to the u
Dnsumer at an enormous profit; in I
Their words Mike Mansfield wanted OF
lie common people to realize some p;
enefit from the money the govern ell
ent was investing in this dam. 7
Gould Mr.. Maury say that this was
oting to be FASHIONABLE? The &C
ontana Power company would not m
I'll it fashionable, as they have OPP la
)sed the building of these transmits fo
on lines at every opportunity. al
When l see Mike Mansfield walk oh
g down the street, swinging cane ar
Id wearing a monocle Ga la Church tn
}, will know he is trying to be WI
but this l will never see pc
Mike is just as common as the
,ople who vote for him. of
Yes; | remember Mr.. Maury's ap pr
al to the Supreme Court in the Fs
ucky Mcdonald case and give him a
II credit for this accomplishment. ia
r. Maury is a brilliant lawyer and eq
S path through the state courts is fo
rewn with wonderful victories and tu
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