The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-02-13

coK1<uE TO thf
scresd's author. an falling 70 ure.
pare. tn advance. tor tnaay.s
emergency"
the dope must have cost conssd.
erslhie money 70 turn ozlf and de-
liver. BY mail 70 al neaEspapern,en
N the capital and 10 a large and
varied assortment Of others who
report the receipt ~ copies. Ac-
coupanylng each Of them Il .
handsomely engraved card profess
sing 10 account for David Darrln.
Hes described as . general con-
eultanLr with : post once box and
. Telephone. but no farther ad-
dress. Letters 70 has D. o box 70
unanswered. though and 80 DO calls
On the phone number he gives.
The name isn't in the city directory
or the phone book. either.
Pretty mysterious. WHAT
David. II there Is any such
person. must be or has been
very recently In Washington. for
hts mimeographed copy and his
engraved cards were distributed
locally postmarked.
Effort and Dollars
Perhaps there isn't. in reality, q
David Darrin. Yet supposing that
there isn't. somebody. nevertheless,
was At all the trouble TO broadcast
that spiel. and sufficiently interest
60 foot the bill.
Had the so-calied appeal urged
impeachments on the ground that
Che administration vas blame
worthy for our final participation
in the war. IL would be q fair as
sumption fhst It's pro-Axis propa-
ganda. but that's not the argus
ment- The contention i that were
IN the conflict unprepared. due to
mine years Of neglect Of duty" as
. result Of which. its bitterly de-
clared. we're IN ne shape to meet
the situation In this period q
world chaoe.v
David, IL he exists, as such. does
Indeed. cosnpialn % r. Dss sunre-
straine6 KrAsping Of unprecedented
powerE.~ but the powers ne says
he's speaking Of aren't war pow
ers-the grasping. he alleges. was
done during the depression. and
now. howis David. they prove to
have been utterly wasted for
present purposes
on course the thing may be pro-
EAxis propaganda. af that
II the Axis bunch enuld get us
into an internal wTangie among
ourselves. trey doubtless would
proft by Il. no matter how they
started IT, and they naturally
woul6 like to convince US that
were unprepared. Is had for u
morale
Nevertheless. II such IL the
stheme. David's Is quite an indirect
method Of approach
And hts presentation OF his
theme sounds not - much like
that Of q pro-Axis agent - like
that Of an old-fashi0ned American
reactionary. who hated New Deal
erism from the Arss and thinks he
sees an opportunity today TO
scTeech. Nov look where It's land.
ed as"
A good many inexplicahiiities
are developing themselves n these
peculiar times
gAok fer xakers
ulustrRtiveiy. this storyrs told IN
washington
Our mission TO Moscow had Just
finished its work. following Ras-
aie's introduction into the val 80
IN ally Of the democraeies
Said o Soviet member of the en-
|tertaimmenf COMMITTEES 10 , 81
our delegates. Perhaps you'd like
90 see something Of our city BE-
fore you leave
Yea answered the American
II sure would
well said the Muscovite. -this
t Roosevelt avenue. formerly Hit
lef street There's Corde1 Hui
b6a1evard. formerly Goerlne drive
At me far end q + l. Henry A
wallace circle. formerly Goebbes
nafkIp
Very Interesting. commented
she American. hui J must - GO
ing. Farewell. eonr1de. formerly
human skunk
4 don't kuow zhefher that's pro-