The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-17
Walter WincheIl To NezO York
CoLUMNIsT SWINGING A BASE

COLUMNTST SWINGING A BASE
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 United Press reports that lin 1888 Frank w. Clark lone of the 26 de- fendants on trial for alleged sedi- ton in Washington thought it might be expedient to mobilize one ito two million fighters on the Pa- cific Coast, while Lois de Lafayette Washburn (also on trial there) ad- yised to organize quickly and then prepare to fight" .>. That was in 1888 The same year this col- umn sent every member of the U. s. Senate and House of Represen- tatives copy of Secret Armies" exposing the same persons with many others since named by the Government)-a breathlessly paced indictment which scooped Under Cover" etc.
 At the time several legislators (led by Ham Fish) denounced this column on the floor of both Houses (and in the Cong. Record) for help ing distribute book 'by com munist"! Instead of doing what we begged them all to do-investi- gate the charges in the book first -and, if they wished, then probe the author. If he is communist" we wrote, then beat his brains out with baseball bat. But please don't disregard his evidence" To which Ham Fish, on the floor of the House, said: T don't say Wal ter is communist. Everybody knows he is a good American. But he shouldn't be messenger boy for the Redsr'
 That was the same Hamilton Fish who, after his delightful defeat on Election Day six years later, wnined that he was beaten by "commun- ists" The history books will show that he was licked by Aug ustus Bonnet, who will sit on the COP side of the Congressional aisle The same Ham Fish, who only few months ago blabbed: The New Deal and President Roosevelt are through. He will not carry a single State north of the Mason Dixon Line, not even Rhode Island, Montana, Utah or Washington and few, if any, of the Democratic bor- der States"
 Speaking of word eaters, it was Senator Burt Wheeler who predict ed: "The Democrats can't expect to win the election" .. The esteemed Sen. Wheeler may now take his place over in the Bum-Guess Cor ner with Emil Hurja, publisher of Pathfinder (who predicted Dewey by a 2 million rnajority), tie late Literary Digest, Louis Bromfield and Dear Mrs. Farley.
 A controversy rageS over whether Germany should be treated with kid gloves or boxing mittS .. And while softspeace chumps are pounding the tabIA for sugar-coated peace-the NazIs are bragging about their bar barism and successfully using dev- ilish new weapons that have no military value - but merely cause terror, death and destruction among innocent men, women and children
 Be sure and see "V-1" (the new British Ministry of Information short filnn) which was released yes- terday We just sat spellbound through it's entire nine minutes. RKO is the distributor via the War Activities Committee ,. Best shot: One British fighter plane heading straight for the attacking robot be lb and blowing it to hell 'n-gone with only half a second to spare: The narration is beautifully writ ten and spoken by Fletcher Markle, a Canadian author, whose voice fallO gracefully on the ears :. After you see "v-1" you will want to shove the first soft-peace rooter off any Palisades.
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