The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-13
Walter Wirlchell
In NezV York

ing the years when France needed
leader We couldn't praise him
too much over here. Then, when
time came for him to put his ideas
to work, he lands smack in the dog
house.
The State Dept owes it to the
public, especially the French public,
to name De Gaulle,s alleged offense
:. Correspondents in North Africa,
who spotted Darlan and others as
Vichy errand boys, never accused
De Gaulle. He's tough and he's
stubborn, but as the favored chief
of the Free French, he has a
right to be . The one thing he
hasn't got coming to him is a cam
paign of whispered SANDER. He
should be accused openly or he
should be treated as friend =. AS
it is he is getting worse deal than
we give captured Nazi generals.
As some one has pointed out, dur
ing the final days of the session,
about half the membership of Con-
gress went off on a holiday, while
the critical legislation on the cost of
living was being kicked around in
the two Houses /. 1t is significant
that some of the missing members
were the puffingest of the windbags
on absenteeism cone of the feder-
alese words it was safe to pin on
labor No doubt they Piled
that Washington is unendurably
hot in July, a statement that would
get peals of laughter in North AT
RIGA and the South Pacific, where
the foX-holes are nicely air-condi-
toned and stacked with supplies f
iced drinks -. Some had lamented
| too, that they were exhausted after
the long gruelling session, which
should get ready sympathy from the
boys at Corregidor, who had it
easy. All they had to do was sit
around until the Japs came along
and shot them.
Nobody wants to suggest that the
brothers took it on the lam because
the initiation legislation was too hot
to handle . If they went against
it, it might cost them few cam
paign contributions; if they were
for it, the workers and peasants
might ballot them out of work in
penalty for tipping the cost OF liv-
ing So they just stayed home
and spouted that in time of wal
everybody must make sacrifices
including the sacrifice of their rep
resentation in Congress.
Some of the more cynical claim
we took North Africa from Hitler
but lost Washington, D. c. to hin
:. At times the gag makes sense
When the Congressional Record Is
used to spread race hate propaganda
you can understand why the NazlS
don't bomb America. They're get
ting results without bombs It's
a matter of record that Hitler rose
to power by tanning the fire of race
hatred When he became chan
cellor he made the slaughter OF the
Jews legal g. That's what turned
the decent part of the world against
him That persecution Is Wha'
eventually led to our army of sew
eral million, including boys who viii
die to relieve the world OF a con-
dition that allows murderers to be-
come heads of nations :. Yet we
haven't licked race-hating at home
Look at what Cong. John E. Ran
kin of Miss, caused to be inserted II
the Congressional Record HI
authorized the charge-the un
proved charge, take note - that thu
Detroit riots were caused by com
munistic Jews and Negroes"
No word has come to these ear
that a single member of Congress
opposed such use of the Congress
sional Record Maybe because
it has become the dumping grount
for so much bilge that nobody take
it seriously any more Ane
Congress wonders why it has los
the respect of so many people.
Norristown, Pa, is built on lano
that was bought for SO cents an