The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-16

Wheeler Of Montana, land the con-
tributions 1t received, 1t Is my u1-
derstanding that In many instances
contributions to 1t are made In the
nature Of loans. Because OF the
fact that the contributors cannot
write OIL their straight contribu-
lions in their income-tax returns,
they make them In the form OF
loans: and when the loans become
due, and cannot be paid, they can
write them of as against their In
come-taxes as losses.
Now, II an organization, instead
OF being named the Liberty League,
were named the Democratic Party
or the Republican Party or the So
cialist Party, no one would say @
word II we attempted to find out
who made the contributions TO
those parties. It Is now accepted in
this country as q matter Of right
that the people have q right to
know who supports the political
parties. But II corporations which
are prohibited from contributing
to political parties may conceal
their political contributions behind
name invented by someone to talk
about Liberty and Constitution,
then they may hout the law. Is
there anything surprising in the
fact that someone should be inter-
ested to know who Is putting UP the
money for this organization which
seeks to shape and fashion the des-
tiny Of the millions OF people OF
this country? II at the same time,
the same group organizes farm un-
ions, sentinels Of the republic, pro-
tectors Of liberty, guardians Of the
constitution, self-defense leagues,
and even take the money Of indus
triallsts who have made billions at
the expense OF the farmers to put
UP O fake organization on the
farmers Of this country, 1t Is true
that we are invading their private
affairs when we try TO flnd out II
this so-called farm organization Is
supported by munitions nanufac-
turers or an aluminium company or
Wall Street bankers?
A small group Of people Of i'm
Inense power In this nation has had
their grip upon the ship OF state
They have been directing It's des-
tiny for 80 long that 1t Is iinpossi-
bic for them to believe that there
10 anything that can shake them
loose. It Is irnmaterial to them
whether the party In control was
democratic or republican or what
ever 1t might be called, so long as
they could direct Its policies. They
want to shape the tax program
Therefore they have organized their
societies under various high-sound-
ing names and made contributions
under cover, without the public
knowing II. At the very moment the
radio speeches were being made, 1t
was known that the same little
group that had financed the Lib
orty League and various other So
called leagues to advance the cause
Of Patriotism and the Constitution
had supplied the money, and they
did not want the public to know It,"
Let these partisan papers which
seek to infianfe the people by ap-
pealing TO party craftsmanship con-
tinue their harangues. We shall
continue on our course. We are not
interested In their political haran-
CUES. We are not interested in their
attempt to infiame craftsmanship. We
are interested In letting the people
know whose money It Is that seeks
| to corrupt the legislation Of this ma.
ton In any manner, or that seeks
secretly to influence legislation.
The committee believes and we
believe it Is trying to protect the
rights Of free speech and free cit
izenslap In this nation, because we
cannot have free speech and free
citizenship II we turn the nation
over to propagandists who are paid
to propaganda the nation by q
small group Of favored individuals
headed by Juicy 6house and his
gang Of political four-flushers who
have grown rich out OF the public
treasury"
GEORnE L. AYOTsrE