The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-14

NOTES OF "A NEWSPAREkhAAN
EOOKINK FOR A FIGHT
The Most striking phenomenon
slnce the Siamese Twins has been
silence Of some legislative critics
during the Easter recess. The hush
Is more eloquent and significant
than all their abracadabra :.
When Congress Is in session these
few fIapjaws daily leap at the
chance to spank our bottom. But
you can't get q peep out of them
when they're unable to hide behi: |
the skirts Of their immunity. When
they pop off outside Of Congress
they can be taken to court and
challenged to prove their whack-
pot charges. The thought Of prov
ing something gives them the shakes
So they're mum until they can
once again defaIne those who can't
defend themselves on the floor OF
Congress How very brave.
Hitler bamb0Ozled many people
BY reiterating whoppers The
bigger the lie the better, he Dragged
some American vermin also man.
aged to fool some people with SINH
lar holkum . That Is why we in
tend to debunk them with every
legal weapon We own.
Cong. Ham Fish got his name In
the paper by stating that we should
send food to Nazi-occupied nations
-. In case 1t skidded off your
mind, the Ham is the one who OBJ
jected to sending food and muni-
Americas armament program.
Period.
The Mandy pamby set is quite
testy about Americans who call a
fascist a fascist. Their totter1ng
argument Is that man isn't a
fascist unless he admits he is one
How many criminals will admit
they are lawbreakers? It's no longer
news that Hun-AmericanS attempt
to disguise their dirty work by wav-
ing the flag. Hitler doesn't say he is
fascist. He says he is Ma
tional Socialist.
A new way Of spelling Homo
sexual.
When the President Is i'll Roose-
velt-haters turn pollyanna and dish
out coolies Of counterfeit sympathy.
They whimper that he works hard
and carries tremendous responsible
ties They seem to forget that
one reason the Presidents gets sick
Is that he is continually bounded,
annoyed and INSTRUCTED by their
low-blow attacks.
The first Federal indictment
named Gerald l.. K. Smiths mag
as a tool used by the alleged con-
sptrators in the Washington sedition
case A few days ago Smith
trumpted the news that Cong. Glare
Hoffman would appear with him
during one of his hammy acts i. {.
But hoffman didn't rush forward
TO deny 1t. He didn't pounce on the
Reverend" with the howl that he
is smearing Hoffman. He didn't
shrek that he Is discrediting Con-
gresS. He didn't bark threats of
Congressional probes The bitter
irony Of 1t all is that the REV
erend'' (the what?) and his CO.
hortS detest democracy-which in
cludeS Congress. But when this
column hammers the enemies OF
Congress like the Reverend, legis-
iaators such as Hoffman attempt to
handcuff US. But can't.
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The New Republic succintly sums
up the issue at stake in l'affaire
Dies: '-The Dies Committee has
new moved from the stagf1e Of at
tack to the stage Of suppression.
In the first stage it was public
nuisance. operating Gas we pointed
out in this space last week. wholly
IN defiance Of procedural due pro-
cess, destroying regulations and
careers without giving the victims
any recourse, producing confusion
and division. But in its new stage
1t goes beyond a public nuisance,
and menaces freedom itself as en-
bodied in the American tradition
I. What Dies Is seeking to do
with Walter Winchell Is not simply
TO debate with him. 1t is to get him
off the air, and thus get freedom
off the air" Over my dead body,
Bub.
Trust flapjawS to stumble TO the
defense Of liberty at the wrong
Time CV11oVN nnoyninc o1,orcao-