The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-04

assisted by leading America First political spokesmen, and die.hard, labor hating Republican iSolatlon' sts."
 Enactment of the Smith bill will be welcome news to Adolf Hitler"l Harris asserted. The vote in the house, he said, was accompanied by 6 torrent of antl-labog oratoEy and hyBteria."
 The Harris statement hits pFin' clpallN ct southern congresslnen limiting that their votes were ar. spired by news of C.I.0. plans tc organize unions in the now largely unorganiSed South.
 Mir. Harris statement follows:
 "The repFebsive antl-labor Smith bill passed yesterday by the House Of Representatives has Q number of important considerations for the people of Waterbury. The Smith bill was passed by bloc of legiS' latorS known as the southern Democrats, ably assisted by leading America First political spokeSmen, and dieshard, labor. .hating Re- publican Bolationists.
 In Q torrent of anti.labor oratory and hySteria, were drowned out those representa- lives who tried to pcint out what the consequences would be for our country, # labor's rights wcro completely destroyed,
 The Smith bill as passed in the House yesterday will be welcome news to Adolph Hitler--in fact 1t is c major bloodless victory for the Feuhrer-because 1t serves to des- troy the morale of millions of American workers; to sap the unity of the American people in their worst crisis.
 li5 out of i20 Aye votes on the bill, were voiced by southern Dem. ocrats. This is significant. And the best place to go for on explanation is the State theater to see "The Little Foxes" The hero of this fine movie points out that the old south IS dead; that the south today Is ruled by he most ruthless of ruth less industrialists. These are the men, our hero tells us, "Who eat the earth, while we stand around and watch them"--unable to rise above and fight against the misery which these southern bourbons have established for millions of un- derpaid, undernourished, browbeat- en southern American citizens, held in check by the threat of a lynch rope.
 The CIO boldly announced ct its last convention that 1t would un- dertake the organization of the un- organized in the south to bring freedom, weli-being and security to these millions. But the little fox- es" say mol And they say no through their guiliotine men such as Howard smith, Eugene Cox and Martin Dies-poll-cat representa- ttves from below the Mason-Dixie line.
 Does this explain why the solid south voted as one for the repres- Sive measures in the Smith bill which would wipe away in one day WAAssW A@909 AA13 GAkAAGA 411 AUU years? It certainly provides a clue. However, there Is another consider atlon, equally serious, to the pas- sage of this bill.
 Included among 12S Republicans who. voted for passage of the Smith bill, were such leading appeasers (and American Firsters) as HamiI- ton Fish, George Tinkham, John Vorys, Short. Hartley and Bradley. This is the identical role played by appeasers that led to the fall of France--shackle labor to prevent it from defending its country.
 AppeaSers and American Firsters realize well enough that labors rights and the defense against Hit- Ter are indivisible. These appeasers many of them pro- Hitler enthu- siasts-also realize that the job of arms production Co ensure victory is in the hands of the workers. They also know full well that their drive in Congress today to destroy labCr's rights to live Is e direct blow to national unity and to nae tional defense. They arc against the unity Of the American people.
 The CfO in its 1ezl Detroit con- ventlon went cn record llnanl- niously backing the program ok all- ptt defenne against xzltleflngn. 4he