THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
. . . THE PEOPLE'S FORUM . . . Again With hatred's trade-wind in its sails And captain "Greed" as master The dipper "Earth" again hits trails Of ehaos and disaster. This upside-down,...
...To the manufacturer who thinks of labor only as a cost of production, and whose only interest is in producing as high profits as possible, such pronouncements as made by these congressmen will be welcome indeed...
...History repeats with more and greater wars until humanity learns the lesson...
...La Foilette was returned to the Senate...
...George W. Troxell Lykens, Penn...
...Another thing which they overlooked was the fact that labor with a contract with a corporation is much more responsible than labor which has no contract...
...and "Whereas compulsory military service and training in peacetime results in the unjustifiable militarization of a nation and places in immediate and serious jeopardy the civil liberties and rights of the people...
...You know that I am very much dissatisfied with conditions we have to live under, and I am wondering how much longer it will be until enough of the voters will go to polls and vote to improve our conditions...
...They might innovate a world money varying in detail from the various current national monies, but it would still be a medium of transfer that would so function as to require some to spend more hours of their lives non-gift serving others than the number of hours of such service they could secure from others...
...And I will say that this past election was the first one in 30 years that I had to figure it out for myself...
...Of course, if you were not using it but holding it 'solely for a rise, even the threat of higher taxes would make you listen to my offer a wee bit more sympathetically...
...Why not tax idle land into use...
...Mamie Schellenberg Arkansas City, Kans * * * Salve For Burned I am not goiiij, to renew my sub-I scription this year...
...While I am thankful for the La Foilette brothers, I still feel they did not come up to their father's I ideals or they would have seen I Roosevelt's handwriting on the I wall for drawing us into war some ! two years ago and pushed a third ! party for this election...
...and several others...
...Since The Progressive was leader in the fight to defeat the Burke-Wadsworth bill, no doubt your readers will find the following brief text of the Marcantonio bill interesting: "To strengthen the national defense, to prevent dislocation in the life of the nation, to restore the civil liberties and rights of the people, and to keep the United States out of war, by repealing Public Law No...
...Mary Stranahan Portland, Oregon * * * Lost Interest After Editor Evjue left The Progressive I lost interest and don't care to renew...
...and Downey, California...
...They must remember that we are not at war, and let us hope we never will be...
...783, 76th Congress, Chapter 720, 3rd Session...
...Politics Ceased Nov...
...and "Whereas compulsory military service and training is not justified by any conditions now facing the nation, and constitutes a threat to the national defense and security of the people...
...Real Statesmen Dear Sirs: I am enclosing dollar bill for extension of my subscription to your valuable paper...
...and "Whereas compulsory military service and training is a menace to the peace of the United States and will inevitably lead to war Therefore be it resolved "By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that Public Law No...
...Image of the creator, When we despoil the earthly span With deeds of selfish traitor...
...Hope you will have time to give it some special thought...
...Vaughn B. Brokaw Del Rosa, Cal...
...We feel that the people have an alert, intelligent and social minded representative in Sen...
...But all such resources are in or on land, and it is not "our" land...
...No matter how much money I might offer you for the right to use land you own and which I might require for a factory, home or other site, or for getting raw materials, there is no law that can compel you to let me have the land...
...Get Bill back...
...they simply would not know how...
...With best wishes...
...But can tell by the vote that the Progressive candidates got that the leadership that once was here is gone...
...16 issue, he comments: "The key to national progress is the use of money to develop OUR rich resources...
...La Foilette...
...Of course, The Progressive's attitude does not duplicate that of President Taft for which we give thanks...
...Now for the thoughtfulness of a friend who knows how much I enjoy keeping up on current events, I am able- to enclose a dollar for six months...
...11, 1918...
...Progressives have just got to be 100% united to win back the state of Wisconsin from the "wrecking crew...
...It seems after all the years that George lived he always was interested in the affairs of the state and county and when I did not know about different questions could call on him to tell me...
...Under elephant Republicans and jackass Democrats they cannot expect getting anything different from what we are getting now, unless getting country in foreign conflict...
...and "Whereas compulsory military service and training cause dislocation in the economic life of the nation by withdrawing large sections of the population from peacetime pursuits and employment, and sub-I ject.ing their families and depend-' ents to want and privation and by creating a wartime economy and increasing the cost of living...
...Through cannons to each other, It spreads anew its ghastly pall All godliness to smother...
...I wonder sometimes if Ye Editors read all your own paper and remember some of the things you did print on the money question or else it has not sunk deep enough...
...The bottom reason why interest rates are so low, is because holders of land won't sell at prices that people with money can afford to pay and see any return on capital invested...
...And like a great many more that have passed away in this past year the work they did all the years will be realized in counties by the vote the Republican party got...
...Some Rule Others Dear Sirs: Superstructurally speaking, Sidney Nevin is correct in The People's Forum of Oct...
...Tax On Idle Land Dear Sirs: Re article by G. F. Rowe, page 4, Nov...
...The ease with which big money smashes third party movements by literally buying a given state as, in the case of Wisconsin, is proof in my mind that the only effective way to meet it is to get a group that has solidified labor and agriculture and the thing which in theory, you have attempted" to do...
...Roosevelt...
...783, 76th Congress, Chapter 720, 3rd Session, is hereby repealed...
...5. All is well...
...As his contribution to that brave fight, Congressman Vita Marcantonio of New York has introduced into the House of Representatives a bill to repeal the conscription law...
...La Foilette talked in Marinette County he fully realized that old faithful was gone as far as having arrangements made for him to speak...
...Mary Hilburn Jackson Eugene, Ore...
...This is the lesson all wars are intended to teach...
...This way | they are going into the political I arena with no chance of doing any-S thing very constructive for keeping us out of war...
...While not a socialist, I voted for Norman Thomas and would like to know how his vote carried...
...Now at 70 years of age I am ready to follow the only genuine opportunity for reform behind the leadership of another Roosevelt...
...Mrs...
...Give The Progressive for Christmas...
...James Mowery, Pa...
...Idle land must keep not only money but men idle...
...A gleam of light beamed into The Progressive editorial room and a filler appeared in the lower right-hand corner, quoting Henry George on the "equal right of all men to use of land...
...Believe it or not," the first commandment is not found in the 20th chapter of Exodus but in the first Chapter of Genesis, as quoted above...
...They are what I call real statesmen...
...One thing which these congressmen did not speak about was the fact that the workers were negotiating a two-year contract with the Vultee Company...
...Mrs...
...Let us hope the administration is not moved by the rash statements of these members of Congress, but instead, that it uses its efforts to build up a cooperation between labor and the management of the defense industries which will put the defense program on a sound basis...
...5 Dear Sirs: Please discontinue mailing me The Progressive...
...I was very much pleased to know Senator Bob was reelected...
...Would like to renew it for the year but can't see my way clear right now and do not like to be without the paper...
...We're thankful for all the La Follettes, however...
...Anna M. Emerson Sioux Falls, S. D. I Regrets Loomis Defeat Dear Sirs: Will you kindly renew my subscription for six months...
...For this reason I am enclosing Miss Brokaw's leaflet...
...It sends its "PEACE, GOOD WILL TO ALL...
...George Cartwright Modesto, Cal...
...They were seeking terms that would be favorable to the workers during the next two years when living costs are bound to go up...
...They denounced the strikers in no uncertain terms and called the strike an act of treason...
...One, two days later went across too, armistice Nov...
...It is with some regret that I discontinue the paper which has a long tradition of Usefulness...
...I still have the bronze button of La Foilette and Wheeler...
...any folks with the ideology of those now in charge in Germany will not innovate "a real medium of exchange...
...Cox of Georgia, Randolph of West Virginia and Gostello of California spoke about the strike at the Vultee airplane plant in California...
...Whereas compulsory military service and training and the establishment of a large standing army in time of peace is contrary to the traditions of the United States...
...It reminded us of President Taft's opposition to war while supporting every monopoly producing war...
...Mrs...
...Sure was too bad that Loomis did not get elected as he sure would have made a good governor from experience and for the people as well...
...I Thankful For La Follettes Dear Sirs: I enclose check for two dollars for renewal...
...Are animal we, or are we man...
...What can we do to halt this craze Of tortured millions dying, Of justice stumbling through a . maze, Of truth and virtue crying...
...Third Party Futile I Dear Sirs: Find enclosed, express order for 50 cents...
...They will welcome such statements which will help to stir lip the people against the strikers...
...and "Whereas compulsory military j service and training results in the ! military control of millions not themselves subject to the draft and opens the way for complete industrial control and dictatorship...
...We know, we all can help to stay (For, still the Lord is living...
...However, on page 7 you do so in part...
...This carnal, this infernal fray, By taking less than giving...
...That foundation is thu rule of some normal adults over others, j And no matter how the details vary, | the economic effect is that some must render others a greater dura- i tion of non-gift service than the duration of such service they receive...
...J. R. Mason San Francisco, Cal...
...Wilson kept us out of war" reelected and was in with both feet...
...But it is very doubtful that what they said or what they advocated either helped or would help the cause of defense...
...And as to Karl J. Staekland's: closing remark in the same issue...
...Carl Marty, Sr...
...William A. Baldwin Joliet, III...
...Monroe, Wis...
...I would like for you to write this note in your People's Forum and oblige...
...George Malnestadt Marinette, Wis...
...Gleam of Light Dear Sirs: "Let There Be Light...
...Although Progressive movement is not very popular around this part of the country, I upheld Socialist movement many years, although I think I could stand on Progressive platform almost as well as on' Socialist...
...If this is the case, it is a bad feature of the contracts which the government makes with the defense industries...
...Land held out of use, plus wrong taxes which are drying up consumer buying power, are the causes of the coming inflation of money...
...Income tax drives capitalists from production on which the income tax applies to invest in Land Monopoly, i.e., gambling in increase of land values, the more capital driven to such investment the higher the price of land, the greater debt to be taken on by the man who would buy a home or business site...
...The past six months is the first time I had to give up taking your paper since the La Follettes edited any periodical...
...Conscription Repeal Dear Sirs: Although the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill has been enacted into law by an hysterical Congress, | the fight to keep America out of war and preserve our democratic rights and liberties is not over...
...And no doubt when...
...We are all very happy that Sen...
...Under "Taxation—For Government Services," you advocate income tax as less iniquitious than sales tax, a comparison of rotten eggs...
...It is my belief that the eight blighted areas in the South will be restored in a measure under Roosevelt and that the essentials of the third party movement will be better effected within the Democratic party...
...I know it is ! necessary to keep the home fires burning, but where there is a holocaust all around, salve for the burned is more immediately pressing...
...Many of the nation's peaces forces are behind his measure...
...Peter Peterson Janesville...
...Then all could neighbor's burden see, Help solve each other's puzzles, Life could unfold to set all free Of shackles and of muzzles...
...I have watched the Populists and all the other liberal movements for the last 50 years and participated in all of them, including Hearst's Independence League...
...Have your parson preach a sermon on "Let There Be Light" illustrated from the land laws of Moses and brought down to date with the Henry George idea of abolishing all taxes and collecting our community-made land-rent as public property for public service and construction...
...What use is human genius To furnish needed iches, When greed and hate as terminus Destroy salvation's bridges...
...A study of the field dating back to the days of the Greenback movement convinces me that the hope in the immediate future is to join with Pres...
...My three sons were in service, two overseas in trenches...
...Get Bill Back' Dear Sirs: We still want The Progressive, but wish you hadn't parted company with Bill Evjue...
...But ALL the present economic set-ups in the various nations have the same world-wide founda-j tion...
...The talk about treason is so far-fetched that it is perfectly ridiculous...
...The Vultee Strike Dear Sirs: Reps...
...And that is the essence of economic slavery—of the paying of tribute, of rendering other< a profit...
...In the press reports much was made of the contention that whatever increase in wages was granted to the workers the entire increase would be added to the cost of the planes to the government...
...They will welcome anyone who will throw the blame on the workers and call them traitors...
...Dell Johnson Wattsburg, Pa...
...New Party Need There is a feeling of resentment within me as I am one out of many more forced to pay taxes on property which is a liability owing to our method of government management, while so much help is given to imperialistic Britain to help her keep her possessions...
...If the country could only have more men like the La Foilette brothers, Wisconsin...
...W. G. Nohl Ashland, Wis...
...Well the old saying "Love thy neighbor as thyself...
...The defense production is bound to yield these companies good profits, probably a great deal higher than they have had under non-defense orders and it would not seem unreasonable that they should expect to absorb some of the increase in the cost of production which is bound to come with the advance of the defense program...
...This upside-down, perverted plane, With Devil's banners flying, Again befouls what's true and sane With butchery and lying...
...Clarence Armstrong Arlington, Va...
...Norman Thomas, New York...
...and . "Whereas compulsory military service and training results in autocratic control of the laboring man and labor organizations...
...Politics ceased since Nov...
...26, as t\> no universality in currently practiced economics...
Vol. 4 • October 1940 • No. 50
