The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-03

labor leaders - and most State
Department career men hate la
Dor. He was also the first to
impose anti-semitic laws on
France - and unfortunately anti
Semitism Is not unknown among
some State Department diplo-
mats.
Like many Of the State Depart
inent career gentlemen also, Pey.
routon married an influential
wife, the daughter Of Radical So
cialist leader Malvy. It was his
father-in-law who helped get him
the Job Of acknowledgement Of
Tunisia. And It was his father
in.law also, plus Malvy's good
friend Edouard Herriot, who pro-
tected him from the f,lror cree
ated when> Peyrouton deported
school teachers, and threw labor
leaders into jail. : y
After the fall Of France,
PeyrOutOn actually boosted for
publication that he had intro.
duced Maxi methods In North
Africa. After the fall Of France
also, he was made head Of police
for the Vlchy government,
where he proceeded TO carry out
Hltler's orders against such
French PATRIOTS % Leon Blum.
This was the man whom Bob
Murphy, who knew Poyrouton In
timately In Vichy, has now
brought back to Algeria TO take
over civilian government.
STATE DEPARTMENT DUCKS
Ever since this news broke, the
State Department has been play
ing hide-and-seek with the War
Department trying to dodge re-
sponsibility. It claims that the
first II knew about Peyrouton
was when an Army officer asked
transportation for him from
Buenos Aires, there he was the
French Ambassador to Argentina.
II this 10 true, which the War
Department doesn't confirm,
then the State Department had
ample time to block Peyrout0n's
departure from South America.
Secretary Huh. has been known
TO act very promptly on other
occasions when his authority In
North Africa was even remotely
challenged.
When Ex-Governor Lehman,
now World Relief Administrator,
wanted to send Paul Appleby, IN
dersecretary Of Agriculture, to
North Africa to make q survey
Of food problems, Mr.. Hull shot
over tot he White House In per-
son to ask the President to block
1t.
He told Roosevelt that North
Africa. was his bailiwick, that
he wanted no one else smeddling
in It -. even. on food. So APP
pleby, his arms swollen with
vaccination, typhoid and yellow
fever shots, was given desk In
the State Department and
marked time there until re-
Gently when he resigned in
protest against the PeyroutOn
appointment. ~
HULL RUNS NORTH AFRICA
Some time previous, Col. VIII
liam Donova masked Mr.. HUI for
passports to send Col. Charles
Sweeney &. North Africa to propa-
gandize the Arabs. I.
Sweeney was assort Of Ameri-.
can Lawrence Of Arabia, and
the plan was for him to warm
up the Arabs in preparation for
q future landing. But Hull re-
fused the passport. ~ 81
In the case Of fascist-lsader
Peyrouton, however. Hull permit
ted him not only 70 have q visa,
but gave him special airplane
transportation al the way from
Argentina s
FurthermeFe, Milton Rlsen-
h0wer waFmea his bEotheg, the
General. gegayding re. : 1ueon.
ana e Is eeBegied shnt 0epefal
EIssnhewsF wanted no Part es
him.
lbo. the State. Department. hav-.
Ing taken all credit Tor q Nlchy
policy after TIE North African
landings. ana having insisted that
every other a0yaEnmant agency
keep cut. viii now have 70 take
the blame.
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