The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-28

man d0usCons III Is not my pur-
pose TO presume to defend these
gentlemen. They have been sEneared
before on this floor and there Is no
doubt that they are perfectly able
TO take care Of themselves. Doubt
less so can the others What I
am concerned with Is the public In
terest that Is affected by these
broad charges. Hoffman had q
great deal to say about q grand
jury and mentioned that somebody
was indicted. But he left the iIn-
preston that all this grand jury
activity was part of the conspiracy
he talked about. NOW If he has any
evidence about this, I think It is
proper for him to produce 1t. /
mean to bring out the evidence
not to make a lot Of wild and gen.
eralized charges without indicate
ing in any way whether there Is any
evidence.
"The Gentleman from Michigan
(Hoffman) gave us the definite il11-
preston that the grand jury ACTIVE
ties against the seditionists, ct all
were part Of some horrid plot
against him. He did not inform
the House that the grand Jury and
the prosecutors upon whom he
heaped his slurS and i1sinuations
have indicted and convicted Ger.
man agents, some Of whom admit
ted their guilt Hoffman did
not recall that the same grand
jury and prosecutors indicted and
sent to jail the notorious German
agent viereck. Hoffman did not
mention the man who was q clerk
to q Member of the House (Fish's
clerk) who went to jail for perjury
after he tried to ohstruct the In
vestigation Of this damnable Nazi
propaganda machine. All Of them
convicted in open court by juries Of
American citizens.
"Ard," continued Mr.. Houston,
when Hoffman insinuated that
something was wrong with the pro-
ceedings, that IL was all q smear
campaign, he did not go into any
detail about those 20 defendants
who are TO 60 on trial for seditious
conspiracy. Hoffman did not refer
to this as a prosecution, but as a
smear. He did not draw the issue
between the Government and It's
enemies, but between the admins
tration and its critics. Does Mr..
Hoffman really raean to rake COM
mon cause with these conspirators?
I cannot believe that he would de-
grade himself to the level Of these
20 plotters who have been accused
not by the administration, but by
an American grand jury. Yet, Hoff-
man insinuates that these 20 are
victims Of persecution, Of a con-
spiracy between Mr.. Maloney, Mr..
Stokes and all these other people.
IT wish Mr.. Hoffman would clear
that up. Does he say these 20 are
not guilty? Or that any Of them
are not guilty? II so, what are their
namesP do not know If they are
guilty or not. All I know Is that
they've been indicted. What
want to find out Is what does Mr.
Hoffman know about it7 These q
are accused Of q cold and studied
plot to foment dlsloyalty and nau.
tiny in the armed forces, not only
before Pearl Harbor but since
our men have been dying In battle
Does Hoffman claim VIM. Dude!
Policy and the others now In prison
were persecuted?" (HouSton thei
mentioned all subversive agents
since jailed and demanded Of Hoff
man that he name which Of then
are innocent, etc. Houston's was (
masterpiece In sarcasm.)
In conclusion, Congressman Hous'
ton punch-Aned: "These people
(the 20 alleged seditionists) were
circulating their damnable propa'
ganda. I say 1t Is q good thing
somebody did investigate them.
say we ought to be thankful W
have citizens who have the boldnes
and the sagacity to strike on
against these enemies Of our coun
try. say praise the Dept. Of Jus
tice for taking action. I say thes'
people who are working agains
these enemies deserve better treat
ment than to be slandered and Will
fled on the floor Of this House. MI
Hoffman has turned his fire on tn
wrong people. He ought to be mao
at the conspirators, not at the re-
porters who dug up these 4 facts o.
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