The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-23
Walter WillcIaeu
 COaSt-tO-COaSt

of war bond is a patriotic sacri- flee. think quite the opposite. I believe failure to do so is almost treason. Tn American history this should be called the War of the Armed Forces-because nobody else is fighting 1t.
 It sounds silly, but the U. s. Gov ernment pays interest for the bullets it gives to it's soldiers And if the soldier is lucky enough to get back to his home, he must help to pay for the gun he carried If he is shattered and if he recovers, he must help to pay for his crutches .. Doesn't it make you proud to drive that kind of a bargain with your Government? .. And to think that the money is owed to us civ- ilians who never saw battlefield
 If the crowds of the lost B-2s which bombed Japan are lucky enough to get back with their heads, they will help pay you back for the B-29 in which they were shot down. And If they do not come back, their buddies will help to pay you for the bombs they dropped. You get paid either way. Yes-you may call your self patriot for taking less chance on your country than you do on race horse And those brave little nurses out on the Normandy beach, head, just as soon as they finish the job of caring for the men wounded while protecting you, they will start right to work to pay you back for the bandages!
 Yep, it sounds incredible, but the posters are true !. You can come out with 21a per cent in the same wal that cost some of the guys (who fought it) their two legs. But don't let 1t worry you If you don't buny bond, you won't have to look every fighting man in the eye |. Some of them are blindl
 And another thing, Bub Buy an extra war bond is much easier than learning Japanese.
 In her column the other ante (meridian Miss Hopper scolded Gregory Ratoff for denying to her paper that there might be a di- vorce at his house. Then the story appeared exclusively in Miss Par sons pillar few mornings after and Miss H. blew up She not only said MT. Ratoff was unimport- ant, which is hardly scoop, but Miss H. dared her subscribers tc tell her of one good picture Ratofi directed and she would go see 1t After several days of breeding and almost being ribbed into suing the lady critic for trillions of dol lars, the director of "Intermezzo, Song of Russia" "Footlight Seren. ade," Adam Had Four Sons, anc ''The Great Profile" told this dept T hef deesighted. dot HaddauppeI can mutt chench my own huppenior huff mysalf!"
 From the Congressional Record of June 18th: Extension of remarks by the Hon. Henry M. Jackson ir the House of Representatives: MI Speaker, there appears in the Con. gressional Record for June 5th ( denunciation of Walter Winchen by Rep. Clare Hoffman of Michigan in which the gentleman stated ir part as follows: 'Winchell, a lieuten. ant commander in the Navy, al. though not speaking as such, re. gently threatened that, unless Con. gress took certain action reducing tax on night clubs, the Actors Union would forbid members iron participating in bond rallies
 This statement (added Cong Jackson), understand, is based or what purports to be an editorial from an Omaha newspaper, quoting from MT. Winchell's column. I have read the quoted portion from Mir Winchell'S column and find noth- ing in it which indicates that MT Winchell advocated any such course of procedure. It seems that Mir Winchel merely reported (Hoffman said threatened that the night club actors union planned to take steps against participating in war bond drives unless the 30 per cent tax was cut. He, Winchell, did not endorse any such contemplated step He condoned 1t in no way whatso- ever. am at e complete loss to know how the gentleman from Michigan (Hoffman). could possi- ply infer that MT. Winchell was ad- vocating any such thing. believe, in all fairness to MT. Winchell, this matter should be called to the at- tention of the House of Represen- tatives."
 Add Love Letters: Dear MT. W. You might be interested in knowing that here in the Mediterranean the ater of operations, just as in the States, your name has become wide ly known among servicemen, who, frankly, never paid much attention to you, but who have now come to regard you as a symbol of unique courage. Somehow they have come to believe that among the wilder- ness of red tape and occasional in- difference, someone of force has their actual interests at heart with no political motives involved.
 "As for Under Cover our com- manding officer also posted a notice on the bulletin board. It was c list of pilots and men who were clam bring to read our single copy. and indicating who was next. Every one who has read 1t asked the same question: How can such things be in the United States?'
 Keep throwing the shells at those birds. We'll be coming back soon to back you upl S-Sgt. Edward Thomp- son. Fighter Squadron"