The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-18
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 The Love Letter of the Week; s.Dear MT. Winchell," affectionately writes . reader of the Princeton (Illinois) Republican, Enclosed find Q clipping, which Gas one of the few Democrats in this Republican stronghold) was amazed to find in the local G. O. P. newspaper. 1t ran in the editors column Chats LifeO in the Feb. Srd issue. The title of the article was: "A Case TOT the F. B. r." The enclosure follows. If 1t was slam at this column Congressman Hoffman oi Michigan would lose no time insert ing 1t in the Cong. Record.
 Last Thursday the cackling con- gressman from Michigan, Rep. Glare Hoffman, stood on the floor of the House in Washington and whineo that he had been 'smeared' by wal ter WincheI, whose daily news ano gossip column Is Syndicated to more than 300 U. S. newspapers. Hoff. man, who we are ashamed to admit was elected on Republican ticket the bird who told an audience ir Niles, Mich, on Jan. 3rd that the day Is here when the American peo- ple. by 8 march on Washington, by the use of the armed forces which are in this country, must, if either be necessary, put an end to playing at war here at home,
 Because Hoffman advocated armed insurrection against the gov ernrnent of the United States, Win chell accused the congressman o1 conduct tending to treason. Hott' man bawled that he was 'Smeared' He is a disgrace to his state and to the House of Representatives and to the country.
 Hoffman has a constitutions right to lambast the New Deal anc it's bungling bureaucrats. He doet NOT have the right to suggest thal the New Deal be busted by armec forces. That is sedition. The Hott- man-Winchell feud is not important because of the individuals concerned Those two extremists have beer feuding for many months there is no need of anyone com ing to Winchells aid - he car take care of himself. There IS z need, however, for someone to come to the aid of the Republican Party and kick out the Clare Hoffman: from its ranks.
 "The Michigan congressman doe: the Republican party great harm. Ht openly insults the American people and defameS the names of this ma tion's great statesmen and thu founders of the Republic. Govern ment officials of the United State: are eelcted by majority VOTE They are RETIRED by a majority VOTE. They are not elected bI GUNS and busted by BULLETS anc MARCHES on Washington, D. c There are nations in this world tha prefer BULLETS to BALLOTS anc our men are dying to whip thos' nations into submission. Ther' are pipsqueak nations to the sOutt of the United States that over throw their governments periodi cally by armed force. We lool DOWN upon those nations ane treat them as uncivilized children We look DOWN, too, upon Clar' Hoffman ,. He Is voluntary vic tim of hate, whose sense of reason has deteriorated beyond all hop of recall"
 Memo from Girl Friday: T hat two squawkS regarding your item ol Ray Brock divorcing the N. Y. Time! because of his Mikhailovitch ar ticleS. Both complainants said thu item was correct, but that it didn' give all the facts. Someone at tht Times phoned. PM ditto. The gis of the squawks: That Brock aftel AZ years in the Balkans returned a! a press agent for Mikhailovitch; tha he's been attacking the Partisan. (Tito) and accused the U. s. of be- ing taken In by De Gaulle and tht anti-FascistS in Italy. Brock is wir. ing you"
 Many thanks item which 100 pei cent right as usual. Facts as giv' en you originally upon my arriva from North Africa are cooling. Eyt am solidly pro-Mikhailovitch upoI basis long time Balkan coverage ane unimpeachable Yugoslav source. whose evidence Titos partisan! predominately communists. Eeyevt striven nearly two years return Yugoslavia norder rejoin Serbs anc like any good reporter get facts When Yugoslav assignment proved impossible from North Africa eyt came New York norder fight il through N. Y. Times. YesterweeE Jimmy James vetoed assignment Eye promptly resigned. Barry Fari. of INS had already expressed ur- gent desire I parachute to Mikhailo. witch to report for INS first exclu. side eyewitness story Chetnik strug. gle. Eye seized opportunity. Witt luck eyell go to April. You had il right as usual Ray Brock"