The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

NOT THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN
ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE, have
searched out the financial and philo-
| sophical source of much of the hate
and fear that has permeated this
wonderful land perhaps some SEM
blance of reason can come back to US.
1t is incredible that the House I'M
american Activities Committee has
been ignorant of the activities of the
radical right. And where has j. Edgar
Hoover been?
From all over the nation he has
been receiving letters from people
telling him their neighbors are Com
Misunderstanding our Presidents
and our courts.
Yet there has never been any warn
ing issued to the people about this
menace. Is it as some people think
the FBI and the House Un-American
Committees are not interested in sub
version from the right?
1t is well-nigh time for the people
to ask some of these questions, when
movement can gain as much momen-
tum as this, right under our noses.
The program of the HUAC has
never inspired me greatly, but if
Congress in it's wisdom believes it
performs a service then Congress
should see that it protects us from
ALL subversion. Congress should see
that the tax money expended for this
committee gives the American people
an unbiased picture of our radical
political organizations. Instead many
Americans today feel the HUAC has
aided and abetted the lunatic right.
We have too long been subjected to
the mass insult of being asked to ac-
cept the vague and all-encompassing
statements of former FBI spies and
former Communists.
We have come to the point where,
when a former Communist says writ
ing letters to congressman or solicit
ing expressions from the people to
congressman is a Communist tao
tic", we hesitate to write, lest there
be couple others sending in the
same expressions and we will be an
unknowing "dupe'. At the same time
the people who are paralyzing us into
inaction through fear are deluging
the Congress with their idiotic ideas,
and our elected officials quake and
falter because they believe ultra
conservatism is taking over the coun-
try. ~
We have been paralyzed by. such
vague statements as are found in
The Life of John Birch, re a Com
tt
e.. Disguised as patriot, he
will distort the aims of true
patriots, and help to ruin their
careers, while building up the
prestige of other traitors Like
himself posing as a humani-
tartan liberal he will multiply
the reach of his own voice hun
dred or thousand fold by be-
quilting honest liberals to follow
his believing like so many sheep.
For the 'egghead' that talks like
Communist is of small import
ance compared to the real Com
munist who pretends to be an
egghead".
There is the expression that goes,
two heads are better than one,
if one is a sleeps head,
hat we use around here. But don't
weep for us-being burdened with
Sleeps head is more advantageous
oday than being cursed with an
'egghead'', from which there is no
scape! =
The so-called anti-communist and
reedom crusades marching across the
ountry have attacked teachers with
ut naming any. They have attacked
without naming any. With
heir allies, whose literature they
istribute, they have attacked all our
ecent Presidents and our Supreme
'ourt.
Tire is no group in Montana that
peaks for any number of people,
rganized and working for the gen.
raj welfare that the radical right
as not attacked.
They have confused and intimi-
od fha L il