The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-11

WlllldIIl J. e pc dlAA 1A4o AlN invites MT. Pape to drop his city hall smoke screen" and produce facts obout MT. Pastino WorklAs in the interests of the adminstra- ton.
 Incidentally it was learned today that three big meetings will be helo over the week end at which tune an expression of opinion Will De oo- tained on the action of the Republl- can-American repeatedly scoring the Italian government and retlectlng unfayorably on the Italian peop4e MT. DePastno's letter reads as 1ol- lows:
 MT. Editor:-
 Upon many occasions l ana other prominent citizens, Of thls community have had occasion to rebuff Nunzio Murno, who hao been endeavoring to attain cele- britv through his letter writing. Not a few times has MT Murno lett meeting places because of his m ability to be able to take it like a man.
 First ot all I must again make reference to the management or the Waterbury Republican and American, who by trying to con- meet me with "the disclosures ot the City Hall" are deliberately nisrepresenting, because William Pape knows I am regular Re publican. and have been con- sistently so insofar as the honor of American Citizens of Italian extraction are concerned, and he could also learn if he cared that I have done more for the Re- publican party than for any other political party. Nunzio Murno was not on the partys reorganiza- ton committee. He was never con- sidered leader except of a group, who under his leadership did not gain much in prestige.
 If there is anyone who IS try to inject the City Hall issue into our issue with the Republican, American, it is they themselves by their many references to 1t for the purpose of using the occasion as a smoke screen.
 If MT. Pape wished to handle each problem separate he would have himself given orders to his staff to soft pedal on Italians but instead he failed to do it so that his editorial policy has continued even until last Sunday morning, February 6, 1888.
 The Waterbury Republicans edi- toTial on the Creeping FaScistS" bears the date of February 3, 1888, following in successive dates a derogatory reference to Hitler's pals on February 1st, and the criticism of Senator Borah's speech on February 2nd.
 MT. Papes newspapers refer ence to our "fetishistic reverence fo? the familiar JefferSonian caveat against entangling alli- ances," was also made in their cri- ticism to Senator Borah's speech.
 Now that the Pape syndicate has obtained the sympathies of Nunzio AT,lrno and his staff of the kind of leaders that the local Italian citizens are trying to rid them selves of, let them explain the meaning and Qualifications for the editorials of those recent dates, which are the last of an inces- sant continuance of hostile criti- cism of Italy's government and the advocating of an alliance with any foreign power, from Great Britain down to San Marine"
 Where are the precepts of loy- alty to America as left us by the fathers of our country, to beware of entangiing alliances? Did that have anything to do with Water bury Local Politics?
 I am not taking for granted cer- tain reasons for MT. Murno'S about face in his attitude towards the Republican American. but know ing MT. Murno and his stand on the so-called merit system, alleg- edly devised ito keep Italian Americans out of political offices"