The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04

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 is, "A Catholic Priest" and an
 Irish patriot, and his name shall
 live in Irish history long after
 his traducers both clerical and
 lay will be forgotten. I remain Respectfully yours, BODY THE ROVER. No. 4 of the Italian American World War Veterans of U. s. is tacitly ap- proved by the Connecticut Depart ment and National Department o1 the Veterans group, in that State Commander Angelo Possemato and National Vice Commander John De Pastino both of this city were present at the meeting. Major Michael J. Galullo, commander ot Corporal Coyle Post American Le- zion and judge advocate of Florio post was also present and was ask ed concerning the attitude of other veterans groups" He said the American Legion opposed the film.
 'The Italian American Federation, also joined in endorsing the action of our police superintendent. The following is copy of letter sent to Superintendent Roach signed by John De Pastino as president"
 Italian Anerican Federation
 of Societies and Clubs
 Waterbury, Connecticut
 June 1, 1897
 MT. William J. Roach
 Superintendent of Police,
 City of Waterbury,
 Dear Sir:
 In behalf Of the Italian American Federation of Societies and Clubs of the City of Waterbury, consisting of 18 societies and clubs and an aggregate membership of 5000, I hereby indorse your action in re- fusing to grant a permit for the showing of the film entitled, Spain in Flames, and the Federation as- sociates itself with Knights of Co., lumbus, Veteran Posts and other groups who have requested you to decline permit for said perform ance.
 We are in agreement with the contention that the performance is controversial intended to incite our citizens to hatred against friendly nations and bring disturbance in own midst.
 Respectfully yours,
 JOHN DE FASTING,
 President
 MT. DePastino today issued the following statement:
 For long time editorials of several foreign inspired newspapers have been pleading the cause of Loyalist Spain and flaying the so- called Nazi and Fascist intervention in Spain. No allusion is made in those editorials that the commun- iStic comintern was the real cause of the Spanish rebellion. Those same editorials call the Nazis and Fascists Relationships, but the Boi- shevic form of government is enu- merated among the great democ- racies.
 Great pains are being taken to play up the plight of the Bilbaons and the cruel massacre of America, the same bunk that was fed Amer ican readers in order to influence us to enter the World War. That our own President Monroe, from whom we inherited the famous Monroe Doctrine, would have done the same as Italy is trying to do, in en- deavoring to keep Communism out of her Sea r'Marem Nostrum") as he stopped Napoleon from helping Prince Maximilian establish Mon- archy in Mexico and that our own President Mckinley sent the battle ship Maine in Havana Harbor where it was blown up by a mine. from which we inherited the Span- ish American War, do not serve as sufficient precedents in our own na- tlonal history for those editors to | teach Us to mind our own business and let Europe to itself.
 might ask another question. | What business did our American citizens have in the submarine n- fested zones, which brought about the pretext of the Lusitania and our consequent inheritance of the World War?
 Unfortunately for our community | the editorial writer of the Water bury Republican lines up with some | of those writers I have in mind, and | takes great pains to remind his readers and particularly the 10000 | or more Italian Americans residing | in the territory covered by his cir culation, about NaZism, Fascism and | Ttalys and Germany,s criminal acts In trying to keep the great demo- cratic" communistic influence from Western Europe.
 l predicted only a few days ago that if we did not steer away from | the Spanish question we would have | the problem in our laps. And we have it.
 Now we have the so-called dis tlnguiShed 100 per cent Americans who in the name of democracy and all the democracies in the world in- cluding model Russia, where citi- zens are lined up against stone wall, and shot because they are free thinkers, 'bemoaning the unfortun- ate subjects of Nazism or Fascism.
 shall concern myself only with