The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-16


duties Of . citizen in q democracy
20 learn what goes on In both Hous-
es. Being unable to criticize o
legislative body IS nothing new In
this world II In Germany, you
probably know, you cannot criticize
the Reichstag. " @9
II you couldn't criticize Congress.
men, wouldn't that also mean you
couldn't vote against them?
Wouldn't that be q form Of criti-
cisn? t'f'|f -
This column has never attempted
to discredit Congress as q whole.
We have often boosted many Con-
gressmen In print and over the air
i. J. We have saluted the ideals
Congress stands for, and supported
everything that would safeguard
those ideals We have boosted
Cong. Martin Dies on occasion when
we believed he was sincere and right
land we have attacked him when
we believed he was insincere and
wrong II those who claim we
have smeared Congress had their
way democracy would now be
dead and Congress would now be o
corpse We have supported Con-
gress as an institution because we
know IL Is o vital segment Of our
democracy -. We have attacked
certain congressman because their
ideas would undermine the very
ideal that Congress stands for .
Some In Congress whom we fight
are those who would give UP the
Congressional institution without a
fight.
Quincy Howe, the broadcaster, was
the dissenting voice In the recent
discussions between the Blue Net
work and Pearson and Winchell &.
Howe thought II okay to gag one
Of us ~. This Is the same Mr..
Howe who wrote q book criticizing
newspapers and magazines for COLI
oring the news or suppresSing In
formation Congress, by the
way, Is now trying to stop the
broadcasts Of Rex Stout And
whyp :. Because Mr.. Stout wrote
q book In which he listed many OF
their voting records, including ex-
cerpts from their speeches He
got them all out Of their own bible
the Cong. Record ). We wish
someone would remind them to look
up their history books Where
they win find that we once had a
President who was bitterly raped
by the press Some advisors
urged him to suppress his detractors
He refused claiming they
had the right to criticize him
That President was George Wash.
ington l.. And all insiders know
that Is exactly how Franklin D
Roosevelt feels about the press.
The Cincinnati Tllnes-Star edi.
torial page, owned by the Taft FAM
lily, fell for the misleading report
that alleged we pinned q recent
counter espionage story on the FBI
Con. Hoffman keeps insisting
that we pinned 1t on the 0-Men,
too =. The Cincy editorial Of
fers It To show our "inaccuracy" u.
Do all these critics think that the
FBI Is the only Federal outfit in
washington with police powers?
At any rate, the Times4Star Is
the same paper that recently omit
ted Senator Taft'S correspo ndence
with Reverend Winrod, one Of the
50 indicted on charges Of sedition
j. This story was reported by
the Internationa News Service, AS
ISOLATED (ard United) Press, the
Cincinnati Post and the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Both Cincy papers gave
1t big headlines.
Gal Coolidge was always mem
toned as o champion vote-dodger.
His evasions gave the White House
reporters the wtllieS But j.
Roy Stockton nominates an equal,
II not o topper, In Branch Rickey,
the new boss Of the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers Asked II his influence
would carry any weight with Mgr.
Durocher In the hiring Of q coach.
Hickey according to stockton) said
nothing as follows: Generally
speaking, no. But II might. And
could and should, perhaps. In a
given case, that is."
A major figure In Mark Saxton's
novel, 1.-THE Year Of August" Is
o newspaper publisher. He Is de-
scribed as printing editorials, Fas-
cist-inspired, which yell that the
President plans to cancel elections
and run things his own way {.
Purely fictional, Of course, since no
publisher In the q, 8. would ever
print anything so preposterous.
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