The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-01-04
The New Year-January
~ LOWNDES MAURY, Butte

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The Roman name for the first month
was in honor of the two-faced God at
the gate that was open during war,
shut during peace. As it was shut
only four times in the ZOO years from
the founding of Rome to the Christian
era. this God became an emblem of
war. Typical of both weather and
war. the Saxon name for January was
''Wulf Monath", the month when the
wolf was at the door.
Some think one face of Janus was
for looking to the Past, the other to
the Future. In January many review
and regret past mistakes and resolve
(vainly) not to repeat them. Others
think that the connection of Janus with
war required an emblem Of two faces
because everything about war is two
faced" in our vernacular.
The Atom Bomb on Nagasaki mark
ed with me the fall in America of the
worship OF Christ Some benefit might
come from study of both attributes of
Janus.
LOOKING BACKWARD
In late June. 10 months ago, we began
what was called police action" in
Korea This was two faced" in sever
al ways. 1t was not a police action.
Thinkers knew from the start that it
was TO be war of America for DOM
ination of the east coast of Asia; that |
cur brave young men would face the
fanatic Mongols descendants of those
who rode with Genghis Khan to the
walls of Vienna. The claim that it |
was a war against Aggression" was |
not well established
It may have been a war of agrees
sion. America had taken over South |
Korea. According to an American
author, our rule in South Korea had
been worse than the Japanese rule
u How nGs
Korean under Japan, above 2,400, und
er America below 5000
1t was actually from the start war
against Communism. This was cause,
the talk about curbing aggression was
a manifesto, to fool the masses.
In name it is a war of the United
Nations America runs the United Ma
lions. In form and in substance it is
a war of the United States, with mer-
cenary allies, against China, because
China, after 1000 years of stagnant
civilization, embraced a new philos-
ophy; q system of economy with re-
ligious zeal mixed in. The rapid spread
Of this philosophy, from Vladivostock
to Italy and Southern France, quickly
ruined much of our foreign market,
and was insulating our theory of gov
Franco of Spain is now our
only harmonious ally
We took up ARMS against IDEAS.
The sane way to control the ideas was
to demonstrate by internal improve
ments that a better system of govern
ment than Communism is possible, lie,
the Middle Way" of Sweden.
Washington (and it's press) have been
-wo-faced in conducting this war. The 3
1xtent of our casualties is falsified con-
5istently On May "a, 1851, General ;
Bradley testified before a Senate com !
nittee that American casualties were {
l41, 900. The Press on that day gave 2
out 60, 900. After Bradley's statement, 7
he Press adopted the term Battle |
Casualties. Boys frozen to death, 7
fever stricken, do not seem 6
10 be casualties [
The Press headlines our alleged vic '
.ories. EXPIRES. Hoover last spring |
broadcast I'VE have lost the war in c
Korea, we should get out of Korea, out S
IF Japan, out of Asia" |
We claim Enemy casualties l u mil l.
lon. Whether true or untrue, the d
casualties of South Korea have reach t
I'd million. The combined casualties e
If the Allies are so per cent more than
If the enemy. /
Our Press claims superiority in the y
lir. The fact is we have lost 60 per s
,ent more planes than the enemy The y
Russian jet planes outnumber ours In n
Korea, and are faster. v
We expected an enemy armed with b
bamboo spears. We met one armed