The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-30
PORTRAIT OF A MAN WITH /
HAMMER

HAMMER
Things that still burn me up and
knock me cold: The G-Men lost the
decision against all those Nazi
saboteur accoinplices in Chicago.
-. The high courts held that the
FB1 didn't "arraign them properly"
F.. In time of war yet! . The
G-Men, it seems, must no longer
try to learn from a spy the names
OF his confederates -. Until his ar
rest is announced! They must Ear
raign him" Immediately, let the
neWSpapermen announce the fact
and tip off his. confederates - to
take 1t on the lam Add de-
licious reading: Going back over
the files to read the boasts and the
threats of Virginia Gayda - the
Italian Goebbels 1t Is mental
dessert Just as good as the
speeches of Nazilationists . . If
you throw brick through a gro
GERS window to steal loaf of bread
you get your name in the papers
ire. If you're arrested by the Dept
of Justice as Hitler agent, how
ever, newspaper mustn't mention
your name .. If you attack Hitler
agents in and out of Congress-you
get panned (by name) in the Cong.
Record.
Badoglio, who never fought Fas-
cism, is getting better treatment
America than De Gaulle, who never
etoooad fiobti,,r II Anopo other
things we can't get excited about Is
how the war affects the stock mar
ket No dictator's power is per-
manent - in case John l.. Lewis
didn't know The Little Boy
Blahs in Congress should now de-
mand an investigation of Mark
Twain. The great writer once flung
his weight at the legislators. He
wrote: Reader, suppose you were
an idiot. And suppose you were
member of Congress. But l repeat
myself" Epitaph for Duce: He
died with his bootlicks on i. Talk
about wasted time, money and ef-
fort. A trial is on in California
to find out if the Bund was dis
loyal to the U. S. That's like
holding a trial to discover if Adolf
Hitler is a Nazi!
Henry Fonda had his name
smeared in headlines at time
when he was at sea serving his
country =. When respectable
gazettes print improved charges
about a married man, it's news :. Z.
But columnists who report that
married folks have children - are
dirt dishers Under Cover"
offers the inside story behind the
Dies Committees decision to cancel
the probe of pro-Nazi Gerald Win
rod a few days after it got started
It's an orb-opener I. F.
Stones reminder to the optimists:
Hitler is nearer to Moscow than the
Allies are to Berlin.
At last Goering has a good rea-
son to wear all those chest medals
They're bullet-proof :. 8. Ger
many has admitted that it tor
pedoed the Robin Moor. Look back
at che files. The obstructionists
blamed it on Britain and every
body except Germany . -. Those
of lw who said it was Hitler were
called warmongers Add bond
slogans: Digging into your jeans
to buy more war bonds is better
than digging a foxhole Swell
novelty song: "1itler's Letter to
Mussolini" with Benito's reply on
the other side) FDR's speech
made more sense than all his cri-
tics.
Hmf. The announcer who read
the N. Y. Times radio bulletins
pronounced it Fah-shist On,
Fahdge! :. Have a laff: Laval
warns the French people that the
Allies want to set up a dictatorship
in France Mussolini Topped,
and suddenly Laval comes out
with a sour notice for dictatorship
Some Americans are now way
ing the old DOGGY that we ought
to play ball with Badoglio - in Or
der to prevent communism in Italy
That's the very same routine
Benito employed to grab power there
The new sizzler by John Roy Carl
son, Under Cover must be a Won
derful expose now that Joe