The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-11

ance."
Hartford, Conn. Courant: who
ever expected to hear from DIR
Writ tale of dark conspiracy. sly
deception and treasonous machina-
lions has been sadly let down. A
tanner story than his rarely has
been offered public that had been
elaborately. prepared for chilling
sensations"
Kansas City Star: 80 far as IN
revealed by DIR Wirts testimony In
the first session of the hearings
these terrifying charges are based
on remarks made by three young
women employed In minor govern
ment Offices and by the represen-
tative OF the Soviet press agency.
Tool of Wall Street
washington, April 11-(UP)-
DR. William A. Writ. who accused
six brain trust satellites of red
plot to overthrow the govern
ment, was branded today as "Wall
Streets instrument In q Nail die
attorship movement by Rep
George Foulkes. D., Mich.
Foulkes. whose district Is just
across the Michigan line from
Gary, Ind. where Writ Is head OF
the school system, has assailcd the
Hoosier schoolmaster at every OPP
portunity since the "red plot"
charges broke.
Writ, after his spectacular testi-
mony yesterday before a special
house investigating committee. re-
manned In seclusion today In
fa OIL ftananptiptf
hotel, refusing phone calls and
visitors. He named six minor gov
eminent employees as present at a
Virginia party last fall. They were
the ones who said President Roos-
evelt was the Kerensky" of the
american revolution" with q
"Stalin to come" he said. The six
will be summoned before the COM
mittce next week.
Foulkes' attack In which he
charged Writ was the instrument
in what Will be an eventual effort
to set up n Nazi dictatorship in
this country" came as the Gary
achoolmaster was given leave to go
home by his counsel. former Sem
ator James A. Reed Of Missouri.
Foulkes declared:
1--WE must face the issue--the
fight between plutocracy and pco-
ple--and not try to laugh 1t away.
One or the other must rule"
Foulkes said that the copyright
ed story of the United Press by
the unofficial observer" confirmed
his charges that u conspiracy exists
to check present progressive tend
encies and to sweep the country
into q plutocratic dictatorship.
.sE,Dnru uaatad ipfaraot auarxy
ploiter, every reactionary In Amer
!ca," said Foulkes. is lining up
behind this school teacher who
may be an educated fanatic or a
deliberate schemer IL does not
matter In which category he be-
longs. lie IL, In either case. the
rallying point for organized reac-
ton In Its smashing drive to block
the trend toward social justice In
the United States. lie Is reactions
agent. The hand Is the hand OF
Esau but the voice IL the voice OF
Jacob
"A word of advice, at this time,
to those In power: Nothing viii be
gained by temporizlng. Men like
Wallace and DR. Tugwell
are the finest and noblest spirits OF
the administration. Their counsel
not that of the reactionary wing
should be followed. We must go
much farther than we have yet
gone"
First Lady Replies
Washington. April 11-(UP)-If
1t is communism to give persons
an opportunity to earn their own
living and buy their own homes,
Mrs Roosevelt said today she Is
prepared to let DIR William Writ
make the most OF 1t.
DIR Writ charged that the gov
ernment's subsistence homestead
und industrial decentralization pro- |
lect ut Reedsville. W. Va. In which |
Mrs Roosevelt Ii interested, Is
[ ommunistic.
''Never In this country TO my
knowledge" Mrs Roosevelt said.
has II been considered communism
to give people an opportunity to
earn their own living and buy their
own homes.
What the government IL doing
In d drop In the bucket. Its value
Is Its suggestion to industry to de-
centralize and enable many people
10 have more In their lives than
they otherwise would have
Saying that she understood that
LII WIFI hau adiu thae wv ptUJeStI
would move 200 families out OF
NJ organtown, where they are now
paying rent, Mrs Roosevelt com.
mentcd:
Il question very much IL any OF
The people who viii eventually
move into the 125--not 200 houses
have paid any rent for quite u
long while. They have been on re-
Iiet and they come out or mining
ut Is IL fact that the government
the initial capital but the
government IL merely pointing the
way"
Mrs Roosevelt said she plans to
.isit Il subsistence homestead pro-
|ect ut Reedsville ana Ut Elkins.
w. Va, on June z. No families have
moved In yet. she said. because the Il
water and electric Systems are not
She revealed that many
private Industries are seeking the
to develop u plant In
connection with the Reedsyille
project, where the government In
tended to operate. factory max
ng Its own postofiice equipment
Until blocked by congress. She said