Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

~AAA ~ ava tAfd NaihCA -
: attention. l appreciate
statements OF fact. But recently
YOU pulled an awful bonerl
Surely you don't respect UNI
scrupulouS politicians who resort
TO the dirty political tricks
and the scurrilous attacks that
Wheeler and Nye have been
guilty OFF AS an Illinoisan. / am
heartily ashamed OF a
like Day; as a resident OF North
Carolina, know that old Bob
Reynolds is merely
Respect such cheap politicians?
God forbid . "A few rotten eggs
may do them good Good Luck.
Mrs. Alice Alternately"
am not respecting poll
ticians, scrupufous or unscrupu-
lous. I am respecting their right
to be heard so that nobody can
ever take away your right 10
write.
NEW YORK CITY: Al
though ! think you are absolute
~ sincere In your efforts 10
safeguard the American Way OF
life and the right OF free speech
and all that goes with IL. I never
theless must take exception TO
your comment on the radio,
Sunday mite. Sept. 2ist., In
which you admonished those
who threw rotten eggs at
Wheeler.
II heard this Senator on the
radio addressing one OF the
Nazified meetings OF the Amer
lean Takers Committee, and
every time he'd mention the
President OF the United States,
and he managed 10 mention him
quite often, without washing his
mouth first. the Nazis would boo
and hiss. and not once during
his address did the Senator stop
10 admoniSh his Axis audience.
which, in my opinion, a dignified
sincere American Senator would
have done To disagree with the
President Is one thing, TO boo
and hiss him is quite another
And II has nothing 20 do with
free speech. therefore call your
ACCOMPLISHMENT TO the Gag
throwers out OF order. And
don't tell me that two wrongs
don't make one right.--Charles
S. Brewer"
Thanks. You would be as
tonished at the squawk I'd
make II the America Firsters
threw eggs at you! Seriously.
you can't suspend tho Bill Of
Rights because OF ANYBODY'S
bad manners.
BILLINGS, ONTAN A:
Dear Sir; was very much dis
appointed regarding your re-
marks In defense OF Senator
Wheeler. II you knew Senator
Wheeler as well as many OF US
out here know him. you would
realize that a rotten egg is the
only rebuke he would under.
stand. - Mrs. J. w. Currle."
want defending Senator
Wheeler. ! was defending his
right Of Free speech--whlch also
happens 10 be yours and mine.
MONTGOMERY, ALA: You
are very disappointing In trying
70 defend your enemy.--Mrs.
o. c. Manner"
I am not defending my en-.
envy. am defending my eoun-
try from the Manners who want
10 change the rules In the middle
Of the game.
MANY PEOPLE have asked
me for an explanation OF attack
on the Sen. Wheeler egs throw
ing incident. The Bill OF Rights
sets forth my position more elo-
quently than l ever could. Tho
Constitution is the private prop
erty OF neither Walter Winchell
nor Burton X. Wheeler. II be-
longs TO ell OF us.
! am not Senator Wheeler's
iudge--but ! am his fellow citi-
zen--with an equal right 10
equal protection. =. Therefore, as
part OF my right TO free speech,
II In my duty 20 defend his
rights, as II is his duty TO defend
mine. i believe the American
people should reject Senator
Wheeler's foreign policy, but.
legally, not even the American
people have the right to inter-
fere with his free speech or
mine. .Brickbats and name
calling are not proof. Egg
throwers prove the need OF
policeman--not a Two-Ocean
Navy.
To those Americans I repeat
you cannot keep the America
you love by calling me q war
monger. Eighteen conquered
nations are my witnesses for
that. :. Il fight dictators not be-
cause they would silence a u. s.
Senator. but because they would
like 10 shut down the u. 8. Sem
ate. The e6 American citizens
In the Senate are entitled to
every constitutional protection,
for they. too. are q minority.