The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-23

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!. Today the people and the govern
ment Of the y. s. A. stand chal-
lenged -. Sacrilegiously misuslng
the name Of the religion Of the
American people, a group Of guilt
lbles calling themselves the Chris
tan Front are charged with the
collection of arms for the purpose
Of overthrOwing our government by
force -. Some people hold this
alleged attempt atTrevolution lightly,
sbut under examination this is a very
curious view -. It is reported that
the doctrines that brought them to
,the shadow of the prison gate were
encouraged from sources usually en-
TITLED to particular respect -.
This alone is enough to arrest the
zttention Of the community, for It
may indicate growing menace.
&. Some beIittIers of the FBI's
achievement in collaring the accused
emphasize that there "are only II
defendants" Z. The Dillinger gang
never exceeded six! It is ar
gued that they only had few
thousand rounds of ammunition
One bullet will kill a man, and no
bullet ever needed an introduction
!. 1t is argued, too, that the
bombs were clumsy and homemade
=. Dynamite explodes no matter
who packs it, and the victims are
never interested in trademarks
It Is argued that they could not
have overthrown the government.
Then bandits should be al
lowed to plead not guilty to bank
robbery on the grounds that the safe
they invaded was burglar-proof.
:, 1t is also argued that these II
men were misled There are
millions of misled people in Amer
ica-but they do not carry guns!
-. The defendants were not mis-
led in two important particulars
They know guns shoot and they
know bombs explode If they
were otherwise misled, or were any
body's agents = the facts ought to
be brought to light It is not a
matter of newspaper debate or radio
rebuttal 1t is matter for the
Federal Grand Jury i. An alleged
criminal act was committed against
the peace and the dignity of the
United States Reputation of
captured dupe is not defense
legal or moral These men
may be anything-from the agents
of foreign power to the dupes
Of a hit and run rabble-rouser.
G The Constitution of this country
recognizes no favoriteS :. All men
bricklayers and bankers-columnistS
and clergymen-are equal before
the law If there is a respon-
sibility higher up it must be fixed,
and fixed now AS to the de-
PENDANTS, every constitutional right
they have must be strongly protected
. The Constitution provides SUCH
a rGace 1t is a court of law,
and jury of their peers They
are entitled to full and fair trial
end, under the Constitution they de-
test and despise, they'll get it,
=" Most American children have
1alt91 III thelr motnefS ana !aCnerS
--tNeir teachers and their country
81 Most American parents and
school teachers believe that this full
faith deserves to be told the full
truth And SO, today; millions
VT parents and teachers are asking
Uncle Sam this fair question . +.
"Why should we teach patriotism?
Look at the wars it brought to most
Of Europe!" = And this is Uncle
Sans full and fair answer
The Constitution and its Bill of
Rights fits all space-and all time
because 1t was written-for all peo-
piles.
There is no territory ever gov
erned under the Constitution which
did not prosper There are no
descendants of its founders who
did not give it glad allegiance =. :.
All races and all creeds have flocked
to 1t -. No first generation o.
foreigners ever came to these shores
that did not respond to it,. And