The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11
Protests Against Pro British Aims
 Of President Set
Letters Forwarded to LOnergan, MaIOney, Smith and CitrOn- Racial Members Resisting Propaganda;
 Strife Among Citizens Results in Troubles

The local Italian American Fed- eration Of Societies and Clubs con- Gisting of about 20 units and over 800 members addressed new protests to Senators Augustine Lonergan and Francis T. Maloney and Cong. J. Joseph Smith and William N. Oitron. These protests against the Pro-DFitish attitude of President Roosevelt are in adition to those sent by the units of the federation and nearly every Alian-American society and club of this city.
 Tn the meantime millions of pro- tests and petitions are being sent to senators and congressmen from all over the United States on the part of organizations and individ- ualg.
 British propaganda on the part of organizations favoring the so- called League of Nations and other peaceA plans is hayed as unAmeri- can.
 Italian Americans who make up one of the largest racial groups Of American citizens are not worrying about 1t.
 They are resisting the pro-British propaganda az . matter of principle. They arc proud to note that fl they have any sympathy for their country of extraction they show 1t outright and act privately and do not employ schemes to involve thie country or any other country tn their conntry's controversies.
 Italian Americans would have much more respect for pr0-British- CTS # they came out with it, rather than using fictitious theories to convince good Americans.
 T0FeIgh Interests
 If the majority of Americans have consistently decided not to meddlo with foreign affairs for many yeafs, there is no honest req. son why we should now play in the hands of foreign interests.
 Al to atrocity propaganda, broad minded intelligent Americans can refer to our own history and per- hapg can refresh their memories on the reasons that caused Gen. Grant to say that "War k He'll"
 we will forget about the Dunn Dun bullets being manufactured by Ely Brothers in England for Ethl- OpiA and other bArbaToug methods used by them, both before the war and now.
 Italian Americans wonder why tho Swedish Red Cross or some other Red Cr0ss does not show the same interest for Indians that are being murdered by English soldiers aA their price for desiring liberty. Of course British atrocities seldom got into American newspapers be cause England has not allowed news reporters to Investigate i1 atroci- ties.
 Copies sent to Honorable Augus- tine LonergRn, United States senate, Wash, D. O.; Honorable Francis T. Maioney, United States senate. Washington, D. O.; Honorable J. Joseph Smith, house of representa- tiyes, Washington, D. O.: Honorable william M. Citron, house of repre-. sentatives, Washington, D. O., were Rs follows:
 ITALIAN AMERICAN TRDERA-
 TION
 Waterbury. Conn.
 January Q, i036.
 Honorable Sir;
 I am inclosing herewith . copy of protest which this fed-
 eration sent to President Frank
 lin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of
 State Cordell Full, Secretary of
 Interior Harold ickes and Bec-
 Fetary of Labor Francis Perkins on November 2b. i03b, reflecting
 the resentment Of American
 citiEenG of Italian extraction.
 Units within and outside of this