Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-19
Criticism
Needed TO
Get Results
Pc g er Feels Dangers
Need Exposure
By WESTBROOK PEGLER
MY COLLEAGUE, Ray Clap
AVI nor has inst ubinpad I'm n

MY COLLEAGUE, Ray Clap
Ai per. has Just whipped up a
batch Of worry for himself over
the reckless porVerSion, AS he
calls H. Of free speech and
criticism in this perilous time.
and | will say that have felt
some bother too. and not so
much over the free expressions
Of others "a over some OF my
own.
Some days | am frightened by
my own stuff and wonder if II
wouldn't be better citizenship
on my part and more helpful
journalism 10 throw in a senti-
mental one about tho death of
my dog or tribute to some
grand old man Of this or that,
10 help ease the public blood
pressure
But then I &c; IN thinking
about this dangerous union thing,
this invisible empire of the ir-
responsibilities which President
Roosevelt has sci up IN our
country and ! find that am
more afraid Of that than of Hit
lcr and Stain
/ know the President is a
politician and | have been told
by ono OF his more important
appoIniecS that il is absolutely
impossible for a leader TO make
open admission OF a mistake,
lest he lose the confidence Of
the country and cause worse
harm thereby than by his origl-
nal error
incidentally my friend Mr..
NamclcSS thinks exactly as do
about the character Of tho lead
erShip oil our unions and sees eye
to-Cye with me the danger Of
uncontrolled power. and j., NAV
surprise you TO learn that a LOT
Of NeW Dealers privately hold
the same views
GONE Of tine wiser and more
- piactlcal and patriotic
unI0necrs also wish some one
would take some Of their power
away from them because they
realize that power unaccom-
panic by responsibility IS
dangerous 10 All concerned
But they won't say 50 pub
lcly because they SIMPLY lack
The courage and the citizenship
10 faco tho inevitable storm ~
cpithCtS and los from the
takers and tho Communists in
the New Deal.
Now there IS another subject
ihat >careS mo sometimes. Conn
mUnists in the New Deal.
When | accuse tho New Deal
Of harbornC Communists and
permitting those owl traitors 10
haraSS Americans and UNDER
r1inc or form of government
] am afraid ! am alternating
some % oar people from our
elected leadership
Pu' n Is true and il is wrong
AMI II houlcn' be
Bur instead Of doing ANYTHING
about II our government pro-
icctS The Communists and tries
to smother and dlSCredit he
Dies committee which. by utter
anceS 81 tho President and ges-
lures of Mrs Roosevelt plus
propaganda written by tho adj
mniSlratlon group OF journalists.
has been made 10 look like a
lot Of clowns and KluxerS
Tho Dies committee is all
right
60 THE only way 10 get re-
- suits 10 criticize and
prove up thus forcing the adj
mnlSirauon 10 take action. or
arouSlnc an organized OPPOSE
ton which VIII toss tho adj
mlniSlration out and institute
reforms.
know quito a few young
Americans who arc under arms
or Viii hc under arms soon and
facing war and ! lust can't
500 myself ~ their age making
such sacrifices 10 tho end that.
even Il our side wins We then
settle down 10 a life under a
lot Of American brown shirt
gangs not much different from
lililcr'S and certainly no more
desirable lust because We call
ihom pickci> or goonS
claim that union mob
should have no more standing
than any other mob but ] real
ne that these nohS operate with
the Endorsement and encourage
mont OF our government.
For that matter all Of us are
gong 10 make great sacrifices
and ! FOR ono. am resigned 10
belief that IN tho end ! viii have
lost cFcry material thing thai I
have worked for and acquired
honestly since | was ~ years
old.
Ny nciChbOrS and YOU and
your nolchbors face this sacrifice
and whether Wc make II "heer-
fully or crudcingly, We hive a
right 10 know that tho tebard
VIII be something better Than
lIltIcrlem or communism Le-
tween which there is no choice,
IN orr own country
SO in clouting away Al the
brown shirts or tho unions and
Tho Communists. both IN Unions
and in the government : may
be Imnalrlnu tho nnnnln'c fnlih