Evening star., 1938-09-28
Doplores Intolerance
OF Frank 8. Flynn.


To ths Editor Of The Star: =
7 EFT US sincerely hope that few per-
sons reading the issue Of September
rs were influenced by the prejudiced and
undemocratic remarks of Frank 8. Flynn.
We have no way Of knowing whether
Mr.. Flynn's anti-semitism reflects the
editorial policy Of paper that has been
a daily visitor to many homes in this
region for generations, but the general
world situation should cause US to view
with alarm any attempt to send formerly
peaceful citizens flying at each Others
throats in this country because Of some
crackpot's remarks.
It is apparent that Mr.. Flynn has no
love for American institutions or demo-
cratic courts-his remarks are far more
alien to the spirit Of the Constitution
than the theories developed by anarch-
lists or Communists, who appear ex-
tremely mild compared to the blunt
spoken revolutionaries Of 1776. How
ever, we are more concerned with Mr..
F1ynn's intolerance than with his preju-
dices, because in . working democracy
every citizen has right to their preju-
dices-while no one should be allowed an
ounce of intolerance.
The writer, whose ancestors were Irish
Catholics, Scotch Protestants and French
atheists, knows that the American Civil
Liberties Union would defend Mr.. Flynn,
Father Coughlin and Fritz Kuhn as
quick as it would defend Earl Browder
in a question of civil rights; 1t is not "a
Jewish organization of Communists" any
more than the Order Of Hibernians is an
Irish organization of FaScfStR
sOUTHERNER.
Editors Note: The viewpoints ex-
pressed by Mr. Flynn in no wise reflect
the editorial policy of The Starr
Condemns Propaganda
Against Frankfurter.
To the Editos Of The star:
T HASTEN to answer the new anti
Semetic letter of Mr.. Frank 8. Flynn
in your paper Of September 26.
As lawyer and member of the bar,
Mr. Frankfurter cannot be Communist,
for every lawyer takes an oath to uphold
the Constitution Of the United States and
to defend its principles.
It Is preposterous to say "that the
American Civil Liberties Union is q Jew
ish organization" Lawyers, doctors,
clergymen and laymen Of all religions
comprise its membership. The members
believe in true democracy, defending
against any attempt to invade our civil
liberties.
If it Is true that Mr.. Frankfurter wrote
the Securities Act (under the 8. E. c. he
certainly did good job. He not only
saved the widows and orphans from
Wall Street loiterers, but placed the
American investing public and honest
brokers in a status where both are pro-
tected in IN honest American fashion.
The falsity OF the statement that Mr..
Frankfurter placed Mr.. Frank, Mr.. Wy
zanski, Mr.. Feis and Mr.. Lilienthal in
Government departments Is patent. Mr..
Flynn knows that Mr.. Lilienthal's ap-
pointment by the President OF the United
States had to be confirmed by the United
States Senate, with not . Jew In that
legislative body. And as to the other
above e-named men, every Government
worker knows that the appointments
were made by certain heads Of the de-
partments who are not Of Jewish faith,
and were due to the outstanding ability Of
each man in hts profession and work.
am not saying that Mr.. Frankfurter
Is qualified by training, legal education
and general background to be appointed
to the Supreme Court Of the United
States, but II he Is qualified, certainly no
propaganda such as that coming from
Mr.. Flynn should bar him from the high
est court in the United States.
The Irish and Jewish immigrants and
the descendants Of the men who invaded
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