The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-10-19
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My "Two-Bits Worth"

| 1 can lay no claim to infallibilitv
only one human does that and ever
| that claim has a doubtful validity, but
| during the past As years so many OF
my predictions regarding world events
have been verified, some totally and
others partially, that looking back
over those years it seems almost un-
canny even to- me.
While L have never been Commu-
mist, or fellow traveller, my sympa-
thies have been with the Russian peo-
pie in their revolution and in fact with
practically all revolutionary movements
for the simple reason that had there
been no exploitation of a people there
would have been no revolution. ANY
careful student of the history of hu-
man progress will realize that fact
if he gives it intelligent thought
Humanity's progress toward ideals
is an evolutionary process whether the
ideal is economic, social or political
and that process is continuing and will
continue for ages to come, even though
occasional swings of the pendulum
seem often to retard it.
The Russian (Bolshevik) revolution
was, and continues to be, one of the
most far reaching of the past century
despite the fact that during it's early
years no less than fourteen other ma
lions had armies on Russian territory
III d vain dIlSLlpI 10 suppress L.
OF the three individuals chiefly re-
sponsible for it, Lenin, and to some ex-
tent, Stain, felt that after securing
power there should be peaceful per-
fod in which the nation could build a
socialist economy and by it's example
spread socialism to the rest of the
world. Trotsky, on the other hand, be-
lieved in world revolutions and felt
that h e revolutionary movement
should be spread Immediately without
any cessation, which accounts for the
separation between Trotsky and Stain
after Lenin's death.
1t also accounts for Trotsky's plot
ting with many of the Russian army
leaders, who in turn, connived with
the Nazis for the overthrow of the
Stalinist regime, resulting in the
'purges" and the fact that when Hit
Ter invaded Russia in 1941 there were
mo fifth columnists'' in Russia, ac-
,ording to Ambassador Davies.
The evolutionary movement con-
,inues, as can be seen in the various
revolutionary movements through
,ut the world. In each individual ma
ion exploited people, resentfu1 of ex-
,loitation by predatory wealth, at
empt ito overthrow or destroy their
xploiters.
True, many of the revolutionary
eSders, intoxicated with their tempo
AIRY power, auuempC IN turn TO become Il
he exploters, which in turn brings II
n a counter revolution although the Il
ounter revolution is sometimes aided
" the previous exploiters in the hope
f regaining their previous position of
ominance. This seems to be apparent
4 the Cuban situation at the present
me.
Humanity is slowly beginning to
ealize that the natural resources OF
ne earth are, and should be, for the
enefit of all and not the exclusive
roperty of the few predators of great |
ealth. Cooperative societies, often
aguely realize that and work toward |
lat end peaceably and under great
with predatory opposition,
1t the struggle continue and will con-
nue. toward the ideal, which to my |
ind is ultimate socialism.-LEVERN
Missoula.