The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-07-13
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Out
The Truth
. COOKERS" SLIPPED IN
. HITLER GOOD SPOTTER
. "FELLOW TRAVELLERS"
= AMERICAN YOUTH
CONGRESS

Congress is in the usual session-end
tangle, say the newspapers.
Why should it be the usual thing?
Why should it come to be accepted
that jam is inevitable at the end of
the session?
A headlong rush to pass legislation
as adjournment nears means that bills
are often not given proper attention
before being voted on by Senators
and Representatives in a hurry to get
away from Washington.
Then, too, the session-end jam pro-
vides an ideal opportunity for the slip
ping in of "jokers" which stand a good
chance to escape detection in the rush
to adjourn. In the past, more than
one anti-labor "joker" has been put
in legislation during session-end con-
fusion.
X X X
Members of Congress are paid good
salaries to legislate for the nation
There is no reason why they should
not give full value for their pay.
| They don't.give full value when they
fail to give adequate consideration to
pending legislation in closing sessions.
If Senators and Representatives are
so worn out that they can't stay in
Washington as long as is necessary, a
recess could be taken for a week or
two to give them rest.
X X x
The jam at the end of legislative
sessions is one of the old American
institutions that give the dictators
chance to jeer.
They are on the lookout for such
opportunities. Herr Hitler is especial
ly good at spotting them.
You may be sure he is keeping close
tabs on the present congressional
situation, especially in the field of neu-
trality legislation.
Neutrality legislation is highly
controversial subject and deserves
thorough consideration and debate, if
anything does.
For on it may rest the decision of
peace or war for America.
X X X
The boys who fiercely denounce die
tatorship in Germany and Italy but
blandly ignore dictatorship in Soviet
Russia are not on the square.
They say they are against die
tatorship-but they are not. They
are only against certain brand.
The way to put them on record is
to ask them if they are equally op-
posed to dictatorship in Germany,
Italy AND Russia. If they dodge the
question or refuse to answer it, they
are pretty sure to be Communists or
"fellow travellers"
The question is good test of
the sincerity of the shouter against
Nazism and Fascism.
X X X
American Youth Congress, which in
cludes Communist element, has just
been confronted with this test.
The congress, meeting in New York,
was asked to approve amendments to
it's "creed" to condemn Communism
equally with Nazism and Fascism as
opposed to American ideals. The pro-
posal was voted down by acclamation,
whereat Representatives of IA of the
1875 participating organizations left
the hall, announcing they were through
with the congress.
The walkout apparently gave the
congress cause to think and the next
day the delegates approved a resolu-
tion recording opposition to "all forms
'of dictatorship, regardless of whether
they be Communist, Fascist, Nazi or
any other type"
This was not as strong as the orig
inal proposal but apparently it will
now be harder for the Communists to
use the American Youth Congress as
q mask behind which to work for the
Russian brand of dictatorship, while
at the same time making the we'll
known welkin ring with fervent de-
nunciations Of Hitlers and Mussolinis
variety.