The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-01-25
LETTERS TO The EDITOR

the minds of the home folks, the fail
ure of the Big Brass to agree to a
| truce?
The talks begin again. An American
war plane is brought down flying with
out permit over Hungary. Was this
! plane sent there, or there by accident?
We say, of course, the pilot lost his
course. But does the rest of the world
/ think SO?
Five years ago, Yugoslavs shot down
an American plane over Yugo Slava.
| We said it was there by accident The
Serbs said that they had demanded
! that American planes stop flying over
| that course.
A year ago American plane was
| shot down over Russian territory and
disappeared into the Baltic. We said it
was "by accident" over Soviet territory
Modern photography from air planes
permits accurate spying. I certainly do
not want any Soviet war planes to fly
over defense work in the United States
The once firm friendship of the World
for the United States has faded fast
since we began the Korean war. Not
only to save the lives of those pilots
that are being shot down out of bounds,
but to regain the good esteem of man
kind these accidents" should end.
A clumsy friend may tread on my
toes once by accident; if he does it
i've or SIX times, ne is not clumsy
as he pretends to be.
Six weeks ago 10 new war planes
were in the British port of Hong Kong,
consigned to Communist China. Were
they there by accident? The Commu-
nists now have superiority in the air
in Korea. Were these 10 planes made
in Britain, assembled in Hong Kong?
Are they in Korea now?
Is Churchill here to get some more
nj To
sell to Communist China to bomb some
more American boys. And out of Ameri-
can steel that is needed to build schools
in BoZeman?
Finally John Foster Dulles, a Repub-
lican, has gotten what he wanted
a stalemate. That means perpetual war
in Korea, and perpetual profits to the
munition makers at the expense of the
taxpayers. He says in today's morn
ing Standard, 1T seems unlikely that
there will be a dependable peace in
Korea which will settle all political
controversies 1t does seem that bitter
ground fighting may have ended, be-
cause neither side can now advance
without a cost in lives and material
more than the advance is worth"
Mr.. Dulles is a Republican appoint
ed by Mr. Truman. The two opposing
parties are not Democrats and Repub-
licans The issue is between the War
Party ana the Peace rarity, between
the Imperialists and the common fell
lows who approve Washington's par
ting words: "Avoid all entangling for
eign alliances" Benjamin Franklin said |
that he knew a happy man who made |
a fine living by minding his own bust |
ness.
Amid all the corruption that is being
noised in Washington comes a terrify-
ing suspicion that some of the money
voted for foreign countries is put, by |
for these countries, back into |
the pockets of some who steer these |
gifts of billions.
jefferson made the Louisiana Pur-
chase; about S75, 900 SO. miles of land
about $50 million acres, for SIS million,
e: Less than 3 cents the acre. This
price was named in the treaty. But
Congress provided a secret slush fund
Of SO million that was used to bride
Tallyrand and others in the French
Iovernment Are there any Talleyrands
n Washington? Can there be similar
lush funds in Washington, kicked back
rom the billions given foreign ma
ions, to buy mink coats for 2ny Par
Tell ThomaseS, Andrew Mays, General T.
feyers, or Caudles, still in high place
n our Government? Men vote because
# motives What is the motive for vot-
ng away billions of dollars of Ameri-
AN taxpayers money for foreign Ma
ions? Or for munitions?
President Truman says that 'In two
ears of spending we can retrench with
atty" The fact is that in two years
IL present airplanes will be obsolete.
he Soviet Jets" are faster than ours.
hey have more submarines. Since Ma
oleon, Russian artillery has been SUI
erior in fire power.
Why not regain the friendship of
nina, India, South America instead
f our dubious armament race?