The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-09

some Of his pet Ideas, ne met with the surprise Of his life, Congress man clinton ?, Anderson Of Aibus querque, N. Mex, chairman of the committee, put Smith through one Of the ileatest Of j0bs Of police court Foss.exafiinatiOn on record, leaving the seifsstyied nationalist leader spinning around in his chair and filn1biing for answers Co the most embarrassing Of questions --au asked with the utmost p0iiteness. SMITH NEATLY SNARED
 Anderson isn't . lawyer, bat an insurance fiiafi aiid c former press ident Of Rotary International But he had prepared his ease sO caFes fuiiy that he knew more about America First affairs than Smith was ready Co admit, But by pinning Smith down aBd carefully leading him into traps that got him ell tangled tip iIi his own evidence, Ans deFs0n and Congressman John W, Murphy Of DuninOFe, Pa, dehatsd tie great Gerald for aii time,
 Among tie more amazing admis. Elons forced out of Smith were these; That he had failed to file statements OH his campaign Fes ceipts afid expenditures, as required by law,
 That his "committee Of One Miis iion" has been without funds for the past feuF years.
 That Smith hAd opposed tire, sugar afid feod Fati0iiing and U, s, e0iiseFiDtieH programs, aHd had camDaieRed in Michigan for eiecs ti0n to tie Senate under such sios gaHs As, Tires for Everybody" Butter for Americans First and Meat for Americans First One 0f his campaign boasts was, "11l get tires for everybody or they'll have to take fife 0h tie Senate floor gagged sid bound" Admitting that he had tried to make these Issues popular, Smith said with an ats tempt at sarcasm, "of course, when you attempt te make anything p0ps haF, that's Fabbis F0usiHg," ,.
 Smith WAS exceedingly vogue about what went 0fl at the America First Party convention ifi BetF0lt at the cid Of August, lie denied stories that he had six body guards, lie was exceedingly confused about the background Of delegate named Homer MaeFz from Chicago, who had introduced 6 resolution pFeWds ing for tie removal from America Of ait Jews, with sterilization 0Fdefs ed for ali these Whe did Fet move within five yeaFs,
 TAILS TO NAME
 ANONYMOUS REPUBLICAN
 They aise tried without success to make Smith give ths name Of c HiaH he had written about iH ST open letter printed iH his magazine ="efie Of the richest ifleR i1 AH1eFs fea whe Is very powerful iH the ReS publican Party" AFd Wh0 had told hin, ''Y6u eaH have anything you yant f yeu1I go along with Tom
 If I eaH stay oUt Of jail" said Smith, "f'ii tei inst when t viii do tie most good"
 Smiths principal defense Was inst three organizations were tFy- ing to defafie him-the N0H-See- taFiaH AHti-Nszi League, tie ABtis Defamation League sid the Friends Of Democracy,
 h tie whole performance, Smith had only eHs brief moment 0f even reflected gl0Fy il tie four hours Of gFiiiiHg, Asking for 2 personal priv. ilege, Smith told ab0ut his sefl, Gerald Smith, JF,, mule skinner with MeFFiifs MaFaHdeFs iB Burma, Young Smith was wounded iH the expedition iH which 200 ef the 300 men were casualties, His de0FatieHs include tie Silver Star, Presidential Citation, c0Mbat Medal ai1d Purple Heart. Though ne had ilad six years Of military tFaiHiHg iH schools, said Smith, tile boy hadn't been Rbls t0 get iHt0 officers training eaHD "bes eause ef the aisFeputabIe reputation Of his fatheF,"