The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-05
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waiter, Winchell was recruited By
mis- country TO wake the y Sleeping
public 10 the dangers rhead-,he uln
II ngie-hanoeuiy starttng early IN
1884,"
From che U. r.: congressman
(no free ad today introduced n
resolution calling on the Navy to
explain why Wafer Wincnelt na.,
dept Of Justicep Or does neY Sure
~ there hasn't been o Govt de-
paftment 30 clean as the Justice
Dept since the Haroink regnlleT
why, II It Is true that any senHLOG
threatened him, didn't mar. Bludle
cell HIM TO do his duty and prooe
MIN and mis- Dep't2"
why should any members Of Con-
gress fear Maloney's nandllng "a
the seultlon trlals2 !. ANS Is why:
an nearly. every case Of alleged suy-
verstve actlvities--o or mole meme
oerS OF Congress have been oirecCiy
or indirectly iakedl In race, owe.
a. dozen legislators have 1.0m time
70 time written endorsements "
Cnese accused persons, or permitted
them the Use OF their tranknns
prlvlIeRe--or inserted the accuses
persons puDlisned editorials INTO the
Gong. Aecord ana otnerwLse. encour-
aged them - Therefore, Wnen
Cllese trlals are neAro--C ongl es-
slonal figures viii also pc on CrlaI
at least IN the Court OF PupnC
OPINION I. :. Let us nope that II
mar. Bidd1e tries THESE important
cases - ne has hts able ASSISTANT
NAaloney In court Wltn MIN - 10
gtiiue him y. Mr.. Hiddle knows
he neen not tear any senator o.
Congt essraan ~ VINO waves a threat
ening finger !, They cannot have
any evidence to prope the Justice
department. that will stand up !. !;
Not when they claim they have It
but use 1t merely to bargain fol-
the, heads Of fearless patriots such
as William Power Maloney =. Read
ers are urged to slip the above and
send II to the President. ''
Congressmen and Senators, you
probably know, can cali you any
thing they like on the floor Of both
Houses, and there Is nothing you
can do about 1t IN court :. This
Is called Immunity" Legisla-
tors made that law themselves
and a cowardly one 1t u, isn't itG
What they didn't figure on
when that law was created - was
q coast-to-coa hookup !. And SO
one Of them now threatens to In
woke the Articles Of War against
this column, in an effort to keep US
from telling the public the facts
about some Of them The same
brave legislator has slandered US In
not been court-martialed The
resolution cited sections Of the U
8. Code providing court-martial fol-
any naval officer who uses con.
temptuous or disrepectful words
against the Congress or who Is
guilty Of scandalous conduct tend
Ing to the destruction Of good NOR
ais" w. ~ ~ S
The three New York drama crit
les who practically pronounced life
and death on the Broadway shows
In the early 20s are gone Percy
Hammond, Alexander Woollcott and
Haywood Broun, the deadliest and
most colorful Of the aisle-judges
two decades ago, are dead AL
three had wit and style Some
Of their capsules survive among
the classic punch Zines Of all time
especially those typed In acid
Heaven will have to watch Its step,
with those three sitting In judg-
ment. Broun and Woollcott licked
q jinx when they retired from play
reporting. There Is nothing exer
than an ex-critic, but both Broun
and Woollcott bloomed more
brightly when they quit assassinat-
ing shows and actors. Broun coll
umned for causes. and Alec won
greater fame on the networks and
magazines It Is ironic that the
only one who stuck to criticism
was Percy--who detested 1t.
There's o debate going on as to
whether It Is right to hate the en-
envy Walter Russell Bowie took
issue with Rext Stout, who argued
that 1--WE Shall Hate Or We Shall
Fail" Mr.. Bowie contends that
"rIate Is Moral Poison" Our
two-cents' worth Is that neither Of
these debaters qualities on a say
so. !. A better case could be made
by the families Of those tots bombed
In an English school; or the sur
viyors Of Leningrad; or the enslaved
Poles and Czechs :. Or that Chin
ese child photographed sitting In
the ruins Of Its wrecked home. You
could be sure that they knew how
they felt--and what they were talk
ing about The Mails still are
peddling the bunk that they are
saving Europe from Communism :.
Is that. why they attacked anti
Communist Poland and made war
on freedom flowing nations, such as
CxechosIoVakia, Holland, Denmark
| NynS.x,oS, fSroenA and britain?