The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

ing about Soviet Aggression Chat
does not equal our OWN we should
admit That the Chinese and Soviet
systems do not need foreign markets,
that Russia for fifteen years, has been
willing to join in complete disarma-
ment; that we should change the cur
rent of our surplus products from
armament to valley authorities, to
building hospitals, to building new
roads, to education, to health better
ment, and a multitude of other Amer
lean advantages.
Six weeks ago the United States
News headlined our inferiority to the
Soviets in Air Power; and also in anti
aircraft we were poor second. Then
followed Admiral Denfield's testi-
mony that the B-36 was "flop" on
which we had wasted 81 billion. Last
week general says that the Russian
tanks are much better than ours. A
general says that if the Soviets wish
ed they could march to the Pyrrhe-
nees in 3 weeks. Another tells US
Russia has the best submarines. The
truth of all these statements sums up
that the Soviet Union just does not
want war, or with all this superior
ity, she would have chased us out
of Europe last year.
One good effect of the deflation of
our national ego it that our press
publishes that the Soviets have called
before the Bar of the United Nat
tions our Atom bombs at Hiroshima
and Nagasaki by their right names,
/. e., plain wanton, useless killing
of civilians.
Properly Branded as Murder"
Since these shocking events, one
lone obscure Catholic Priest in Kan
sas City has branded our conduct as
murder. One bishop of the Episco-
pal Church Ito which I belong) has
done likewise. But the first real wide
spread condemnation of such acts to
come to the American people is from
Vishinsky's talk last week. AS long
as our Clergy pirate to us every Sum
day ''Thou shall do no murder" and
remain smugly silent as to our mass
killing of mothers with babies at the
breast they are but "hollow brass and
tinkling symbals."
Sensible people know that if war
should come between Russia and
America, the Atlantic Pact would be
a joke. France, Britain, Italy (now
spending our grevious taxes) would
declare neutrality in two hours and
intern the hundreds of American
troops in their bounds.
The mad crush on our highways
of refugees from our big cities would
cause of itself a half million casual
ties. American commerce would be
mostly at the bottom of the Allan
tic in a month. Our Turkish Allies
would shoot all the American officers
there before breakfast. The Japanese
would rise against us. They love us
just like we would love them if a
Japanese General were ruling us in
Our vast oil concessions
N Iran, Iraq, Arabia, would last just
ong enough for planes to fly from
Baku to our refineries. Our cities
would be destroyed, (of course we
would probably destroy Russian cit
esq.
Now one of our own generals says
he war would last 10 years. They
lsed to say it would last 10 days.
India with one-sixth of the world
population would be neutral. The
Indus, like the Swedes and Irish,
eel safe without armament. We are
lot safe with armament. We would be
afer without any armament.
The Pope calls on us to disarm.
he Soviets wish to disarm. Before
UGH men as Sen. Tydings lost their
respective in the pressure of the
Grass Hats for fat jobs, they were for
disarmament. Why not
isarm?
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