Montana labor news., 1950-12-28
PEACE IS A STEPCHILD

The word peace is being used quite loosely these days.
1t is much like the weather-a subject of general conversation
but nobody does anything about it. Peace is a sort OF stepeh'd
and to a great extent not sincerely wanted.
From Stockholm. Sweden. recently a peace proposal was CIR
culated and it made its rounds throughout the entire world. 1t
has been signed by more than one hundred mllion-people who
prefer peace instead of war. Our socalled democratic countries
branded the Stockholm proposals IS Soviet propaganda. rer
haps it is. but the theme, peace. nevertheless, is consoing.
President Truman in his almost every utterance proclamsl
70 the world that the United States wants only peace. Andrel
Vishinsly. the chief Soviet spokesman in the United Nations
ORGANIZATION proclaims to the world that Russia wants only
peaoe. Catholics as well as all other Christians throughout the
world are fervently praying each Sunday that the blessings OF
peace will fall upon our earth again. and the Jews are o1ng
likewise. If everybody wants peace then frankly what IN nell
are we fighting about. Is Korea the problem child'
When the North Korean Communist hordes swept across
the 18th parallel into the sovereign man-made nation OF South
Korea. the world conceded it was unadulterated aggression.
When the United States threw its military strength, which ad
n;ttedly a 40 strong in the beginning. on the side OF South
Koreans. it was not long until the unholy invaders were driven
back and beyond the 18th parallel. When this was accompli
she'd. so far as we know, no one suggested a peace treaty ,ha'
would end the war then and there. 1t was decided that when
. fellow is on the run to keep him on the run and so the South
Koreans with the continued all Of our government decided to
drive the Communist hordes past the Communist dominated
Manchurian border Then another INVASION develoPea-he
invasion Of Chinese Communist soldiers across the North Korean
line as partners of the North Koreans in their last defense Then
General Macarthur sent a vigorous protest to the United Ma
tons because Of what he termed alien aggression in North
Korea. Alien? If we know anything about races. the blood
ties OF Koreans and Chinese are in close knship and the color
of both peoples are identicany the same. Aien9 We are
quite. : that he white faces OF our allied soldiers on Aslatlc
at 1iSn j appear to be more alien than Chinese in Korea.
The ORDINARY American is hardly able to tell one from the
other.
The dense " clouds that hang heavily over the peoples
of the world arise out of the strength developed by two world
ideologies that are poles apart in concepts and economic phil
sophies. The military brass has in both these groups el-
IDENTIFY take the position that there can be no possible comPlo-
mice in their ideologic concepts and therefor war IS inevitable.
The teaming millions that make up the human mass must
think otherwise lest they would not be praying to God tor
peace. the United Nation Organization cannot restore
peace throughout the world on a basis OF justice, then there
can be no reason for its existence except tor the political pur-
pose of having stroug nations " \ over smaller nations Tor the
purpose of having them become attached to either biology as
satellites.
Why cannot a proposal be m sc by the united organizations
that FIGHTING wherever it exists d the world stop lmmedlately'
that aggression wherever it is en-. emPlated by any nation be
stopped Immediately; that a void peace commission be APP
pointed for the establishment d rules for the world peace as
the Hague Conference establshed rules tor the conduct OF the
worlds warsp If we admit that such is not possible, then we
also must admit that peace Is not possible. II we ADMIT the
latter. then the human race is HOPELESS and peace will always be
a sort Of stepchld in the realm Of human relationship.