The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-06-29

good, liberal, people-loving Democrats
holding down the seats.
His job is to work in behalf of as
many Intellectual Democrats as he
can muster to his banner. This Demo
crat" in the last state legislature
called the signals and his Demo
Gratis" voted with the Republicans.
He spends his time touring the
state talking and dropping bits of
poison - spreading doubts among
Democrats about their fellow party
members and he is paid by the Com
pany to do it.
don't think it is half as important
to the Company who is state chairman
of the Democrats as it is to keep the
Democrats fighting, though if they
can find someone who will do as
little as possible they would love that.
There are some weighty questions
facing the Democratic candidates IN
the matter of state chairman. The
same questions will have to be solved
by the Republicans. Should the candi-
dates pick the man to head the state
organization? Is there precedent in
the matter? Should one be estab-
lished? 1t is not unusual in either
party for pressures to be brought by
the minority in the organization who
threaten "either or else.
The liberals in the Democratic
party are constantly being harrassed
by those who warn against "the left
wing, or "too liberaP', state chair
man. Yet compromise state chairmen
have not stopped the left-wing propa-
ganda of the Republicans. Cases in
point could be the last two Senatorial
races where the candidates were sui
jected to the worst "left-wing" cam
paign the state has known, and the
state chairmen elected to eliminate
it, could do nothing.
This much has been proven: When
the state chairman is not enthusiastic
toward the candidates it often neces-
states dual organizations. Sam Ford
won his elections without the CO.
operation of his state organization
and Hugo Aronson met such lack OF
he ran his own race and
won while the state organization car
lied on the battle for D'Ewart.
l am glad | do not have to take
he CUFF attendant to leadership as
he top state candidates in the state
The pressures become
| am sure. When people
,ome in here taking sides in the inner
party arguments | ache for Olsen
md Aronson. If you were in their
hoes would it be an easy decision
or you to make?
On the Montana scene last week
.ppeared the first edition of maya
inc entitled MONTANA OPINION.
he 80 pages with a formal along
he lines of New Republic contain
rticles by Montana people on Mon
ana issues. John NJ. Schlitz, Billings
ttorney and state legislator, appears
S author of an article entitled "Mon-
ana's Captive Press, and James Il.
cit, Billings attorney and state leg
'lator, appears in the first of series
n Taxes. Other authors in the first
f what the editorial board hopes will
e monthly publication are Leslie
iedler, chairman of the Department
English at Montana State Univer-
ty, and K. Ross Toole, director of
lie Historical Society and editor of
IONTANA, THE MAGAZINE OF
IESTERN HISTORY.
The Statement Of Intention carried
the first edition of MONTANA
PINION says: "MONTANA OPIN-
IN will carry articles of consequence
bout Montana's economic and poll
cal ills. 1t will not indulge in venom,
artisan political matters or rumor
Id innuendo. All articles will be
lrefully researched and checked. 1t
our aim to give coverage to ali i'm
'rtant facts and ideas present in
If society but as yet unnoticed by
e press. We have no partisan axe
grind and no vendettas TO launch
1t we are convinced that the pre-
ptlve Montanan is sick and tired of
ing without candid and intelli-
mt press"