Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-03
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
PegIer

ENVEN the politicians and the
IL lay citizens of the loyal OPP
position are guilty of a delicacy
amounting 10 political prdd ~
i'm their discussions of the { ~
rupt elements within Presidenf
RooseVelt's political following,
notably the Kelly Hague and
O'CoRnell mobS in Chicago, New
Jersey and Albany, the miser-
able Tammany organization in
New York and the foul but in
fluential racketeerS OF the
American Federation of Labor
throughout the country.
And thus, although President
Roosevelt has a personal &C.
quaintance extending down into
many of the counties and wards.
particularly in the worst of the
political bad-lands. men who
know the truth ignore it lest
they seem 10 undermine pop
ular respect for the presidency
itself.
THE Hague. organization, for
Il example. is an influential
section of the New Deal Party.
delivering the vote in return for
the usual awards and favors.
1t has named for governor Of
New Jersey Vincent j. Muir
ply, the secretary of the state
Federation OF Labor. whose do
main includes the very brigands
who for years tand lately, with
the sanction of MIR. Roosevelt's
Supreme Court have operated
an undiSguised stick-up on the
highways under the authority
OF the Transfers Union.
T1NIONISM in the AFL In
~ New Jersey is absolutely
crawling with racketeers-one
of whom. Jack Wallace. recently
laid by the heels in the state
of New York for operating a /
shakedown on vast projects
financed by the government,
roughed up Norman ThorA
the Socialist leader, wher ~
tried to test his right of Tree
speech against Hagues ver-|
boten.
Wallace was. until he was
convicted. an underling of theI
notorious union facketeer. Joel
Fay. a Strong Hague man. and.
when Fay went 10 Bermuda. al
few years ago 10 attend we'd
ding in his family one Of hisI
social guests was Longic Twill
man. an old-time Jersey boot-|
logger and gangster named. al
few days ago, in the current
trial of the Browne Bioff series.
among the underworld mobsters|
who took over the movie andl
theatrical union OF the AFL.
The ramiflcations are intri-|
cate and endless with eX-con-I
victs and other notorious butt
unconvinced rascalS OF the foul-I
est type serving the party and
receiving. in return. the Nevj
Deal Party's protection against
remedial legislation,
DIRE SIDENT ROOSEVELT
Il spent many years in Albany
the hef OF the O'Connell gang.I
whose pcrhdieS are now begin-|
ming 10 be revealed by Gov
Dewey. and the O'Connell ma 4
chine is as much a part of the|
New Deal Party as a spark
plug Is part OF a car
Gov Lehman. his successor
and political kinsman. also lived
in Albany unaware II the|
stencil; and Fay not only oper-|
ated in Albany but beat an ind
dlctment for assault when the|
victim conveniently vanished on
trial day
An Investigation" which
Lehman ordered toward the end
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political gesture. moCkin
derby justice, which CANT " lo|
nothing
His momcntary SuCcessor.|
Charles Poletu then conducted
clandcstine iail-delivery of
several vicious union criminals
including frebug identified
with the Communist Front and
also with Mr.. RooSevelts friend
and one-time appointee. Sidney
Ilillman.
Soon afterWard. Polletti was
commissioned Lieutenant colone
and ne is now in Italy teachinel
the italians the New Deal YER.
sion of civic decency and polit-
ical morality.
The relationship the unity
and identity of the New Dea
Party and all this corruption
are traCcable. demonstrable anc|
unmistakahle and, in time, vii
be acknowledged by history.
Copyright, 1913, by United Features. syn,