Montana labor news., 1950-07-20
OPEN FORUM

VI the end oi twenty day, the
tmcrican people have no enihusi-
a,m about this war. The paid
press la, done it, utmost to stir
"a, up Reporters who are caugh,
telling the truth are forbidden Ia
return Ia the front. Photographs oi
alleged atrocities OF Koreans to-
ward American prisoners mal, -
remember that photographs ~isIo,
TAXED b, the British propas-
mill in war | OF Belgian children
with arms cui oil. etc. The ASiatics
think tina, the supreme atrocities OF
history were the atom bomb eN-
plo>ions oi Hiroshima and Maya
Saki; that most civilized nations
agreed not to use poison gas after
war |: but that the spread OF poison
gas i the deadly feature ui the atom
bomb.
They again tell u> this is the
war To- end all wars. That is old
stuff.
We are told that the North ko-
rcanS were the agressors. We say
maybe they were at first. But the
Americans bombed the chief city
IN North Korea the third day oi the
war. There were two-way border
raids across the artificial line. 81
deg. ior months.
We are told that ten OF our
soldiers are whipping 100 enemies.
We simply remark. bully ii true"
in the classic OF Teddy Roosevelt.
We know that the United States
4 eventually whip Korea. Ii we
cannot do that. our brass hats have
>urcl, wasted tons OF gold.
Oar common folks just will not 1,
Leaf drums. make speeches. have
lurcllieht PROFESSIONS. buy bonds.
wave banners. about this war.
OF course. most folks are now tell
ine nut loud what they think. The
fBl might arrest them as Grem-
lines oi the Kremlin. Ii prominent.
the American committee might
put them. Tor contempt. in Jail with
the former head OF that committee.
thici Parnell Thomas.
.Aiter twenty days oi war. IS per
OF the voters. ii allowed to
express 4 choice. would tomorrow
io immediately cvacuate Ko
rca and also l'ormosa-and also
Ask Yourself how ynu would
vote.
Tanks won war l.. Six months
ago. some knew tina, the Russian
tank was superior to the American
hut the people found it gu:
only las, week. The Soviets have
10000 tanks. The western allies.
1000.
The Sovict> are better at making
friends OF the Asiatic>. than the
the French. or ourselves.
Our race discrimination. drawing
The color line is one cause why the
Yellow Man prefers the Russians To
Us. Another is that the Soviets
gave back To China the Darien
speedily moved IL OF
lent the Mao government $500
mllion gold. to repair their rail
treated them As equals in the
Treaty.
Just aS in Turkey We chose the
unpopular side tit has since been
voted unt) in Greece. we sustain the
louise OF llapsburg. a vile monarch.
in China we joined the Chang ,
punch. that zen. Wicdcmaycr. and
zen. Marshall said were crooks. in
We supported the Syngman
Ihrc crowd. This was voted ont, .
~ the South Koreans two months !
Before the newly elected par ,
lament could meet and get rid OF
Nyneman Rhee tS5 wears old. he
INVOKED the aid oi our crowd to
iold him in Office. In the Man
Guardian. | read that he
vice in the last year asked America J
or arms To invade North Korea so
hat the Northerners at least knew !
hat they were living under a threat j..
II war from our crowd in the
.outh. We sent him Sll0 millions :
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In the live years since W. DAY. =