Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-15
Liberals
in
Liberalism
See Some Wrongs
Ignore Others-Peeler
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

IN NE OhIN 10 lnC 'uDJctt VI
L the bigotry and dishonesty
of the bleeding heart liberal. j
would like TO recall that although
most of the angrier ones whipped
themselves into lathering rage
against Frank Hague in Jersey
City for running the Communist
out of town. not one of INT &C
individuals, not any of their lite
butchers paper intellectual%eek-
lies, ever took after Huey Long
when Huey was riding high.
The explanation was that Huny
was building a dictatorship in
the me OF the proletari {.
whereas Hague's dictatorship
was of the old-fashioned type.
Hague was much less danger
Gus than Huey. for his appeal
obviously would not work be-
yond his own familiar neighbor-
hood, whereas Huey had driven
down his stakes in Arkansas
and Mississippi and was drawing
sights on Alabama and Georgia.
Huey not only was attended
by gunner and backed by the
national guard and the secret
police Of his state, who consti-
tuted a veritable gestapo. but
had repealed most Of the consti-
tutional rights of both his enc
mics and his unintelligent mass
following by acts OF his little
Reichstag in Baton Rouge.
DUT our bleeding heart pro-
- feSsed TO regard Huey with
amusement only and went BEL
lerlng off on chipmunk hunts.
led by a group Of lawyers who
had a great appetite for the free
publicity derived from manifes1
tos and mass meetings. but werev
not at all humble in their fees
in private practice.
This kind. when they come
down TO professional business
with client. are very practical
men. although, 10 hear them take
on about the rights of the under
dog in a celebrated public cause.
you might think they hated
money.
The trick is TO get vast lineage
OF free publicity as a great and
shrewd defender of the deep
principle of justice in a case
which is pushover in the court
of public opinion and then sock
il 10 them when the private
clients come around crying their
troubles.
THE bleeding-hearts were for
ever taking on about Sacco
and Vanzetti. but had no time
10 waste on a friendless lunatic
who shot Tony Cermak by mis-
take and could only explain that
he had pains in his stomach.
This man was no murderer.
but just crazy, but they let him
60 TO the chair because he had
no political sex appeal
They went TO town on the So
called May Day massacre in
Chicago, but the Herrin mas
sacre, which was premeditated
and cold-blooded and cost more
than twice as many lives. was
kissed off as just one Of those
things which arc bound TO hap
pen.
The Chicago killings were
done by the police. acting ur'1r
authority of government TO pre-
serve order, and the asset zion
that they were a massacre is
diSputable.
RUT, in Herrin. not even the
- bleeding-hearts ever had
the nerve 10 raise any question.
The slaughter was plain
massacre and no liberal ever
raised a peep on behalf Of or
derby government and justice.
although they all shrieked for
the blood OF the Chicago cops.
L used TO go 10 meetings of
the Newspaper Guild OCCASION
ally and IL shocked and baffled
me 10 hear men processing 10 be
liberals denouncc as rats and
traitors and incite against de-
cent, courageous colleagues in
the business merely because
these others. at the cost of
much distress and moral forth
tude, refused TO do their way.
/ knew that, on the other
hand. many of those who were
socially and politically acceptable
10 our liberal bleeding-hearts
were not newspaper people at
all, didn't belong with us, were
Communists and had no mission
but 10 destroy all freedom
among us.
OUR liberals became willy
" politicians who would hide
or minimize truths which were
embarrassing TO their position
or deliberately lie and there is
the explanation of their fall.
A liberal should keep out Of
politics because he can't remain
honest. if he ever was.
When in politics, he Is con-
fronted with the sins Of his own
side. he must conceal or try 10
justify conduct which he would
condemn in his opponents and
presently he succumbs TO the
temptation to employ every
dirty dishonest trick which he
believes they are using against
him.
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