The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-06-24
A Program To Stem the Dust"


With unemployment daily mounting and farm prices col
tnuing the toboggan ride they year
and more Americans are looking with alarm at what tn
future holds store. AS they consider million present.
unemployed, another million only partially employed
the prospects that both figures will double by
l. and questions being raised how
stem the tide Similar conectues when they view tn
nations huge SURPRISES OF grain and look ahead to January
When the HopeAken 500 OF parity farm law takes effect
and hundreds of thousands American fine
themselves perilously close to bankruptcy.
While nothing short of a completely planned economy
save the nation from at least the partial depression
presently in, there number of things
the 81st Congress to minimize the effects of the
nomic slump.
Since military through succession of manu-
featured in their propaganda Pentagon have
progressively tied and of nations dollar and
wealth nonproductive machines the
ana most important thing Tor the congress to do to slash
military to such extent that will be adequate
defense but for offensive operations than
bases situated on all parts of the globe Liberal estimates
by military experts place the cost of defensive but
adequate military machine at not 81 billion year
Until such time the Unsuitable appetite military
curbed there will be chance whatsoever for the Truman
Fair DEAF program Irritation. simply
enough wealth. dollar resource, available satisfy
both the military and the vigorous forward domestic
enuncaed by the President during last falls campaign and
the congress last January
The first thing then for the congress if lawmakers
would to this country from another major bust
substantially trim the military budget toss the Atlantic Pact
into the waste basket and reegate the
program for that pact the realm unpleasant
Once these things DONE the docket will be substantially
we'll cleared to permit the Democratic majority in both houses
to through its pledges which taken in good
faith by the American people last November
Once materially the production of machines
Of destruction can then to work spending our national
substance to create wealth. jobs abundant
livelihood for all Americans Incidentally therein lies the
insurance this nation could possibly have against the
widely publcized nroads of communism. People mott
waited to participate radical political change only when
nomc and political conditions become longer endurable
Once the military is trimmed the Truman administration
look forward to making good promises of providing
adequate public housing when private construction do
the entire job of securing approval of farm such
the Brannan plan that will million American
families from the possibilities of bankruptcy of
approval and augmentation of national health insurance that
all of people be able enjoy health of
securing adequate federal assistance permit all the children
of America opportunity for good education.
Too, the military reduced to it's size
look forward reconstruction Of interior America
the world has before We look forward to
the greatest soil conservation the world has
assuring abundance for generations yet
unborn We look forward to the reforestaon and af
forestaon of millions of of suitable land that future
generations not be starved for timber products Similar
then envision the completion of mammoth riga
ton and projects which will bring water to millions of
parched and cheap electricity factory every
home in the nation We look the establish
wonders in rebuilding land has by IVA in
the south.
And, the beauty of such program is-that-whle we
would be protecting the American heritage of generations
would also be protecting the American heritage and
the democratic of present day generations by providing
them with the opportunity work. live like Americans want
to live Finally, by such endeavors would have repe
of the golden of the Roosevelt administration
such great emphasis placed building country
internally to such great strength that unbeatable it