The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-15

NOTES OF A NEWSPAPERMAN
 Last week Federal Judge Richer in Washington granted Prosecutor O. John Rogge's motion to strike out Col. Sanctuary's attorneys mo- ton Gin the alleged sedition cases) on the ground that it was scurrilous In the meantime, MT. Rogge's motion to hold Douglas M. Stew art in jail was sustained-by the Court of Appeals Stewart, in jail since January 7th, refuses to tell where he got $36.000 in $20 bills But where Stewart got the mailing list for his late newspaper (a Lake Geneva Sheet) is known He got the lists from Senator Wheeler, Congressmen Holt and Fish, America First-pluS 40,000 names from c. A. Lindbergh.
 The claim that the House of Rep resentatives cheerfully allowed itself to be counted ,(on the soldier vote balloting) amused this coroner '. The count was ordered after Re- publican leader Joe Martin cracked the whip But the jig was al- ready up Some of the press corps (Charter Heslep, Vance John son, To mStokes and Nathna Rob- ertson) had already held their own lineup on the HonorableS The roll call came after the newspaper men had blown the secrecy to smithereens With their spot lighting.
 They Need Rehearsal Dept: From the Miami Beach Sun: Knoxville, Tenn: Alfred M Lan- don stated: 'Fascism is here in America and its name is the New Dear."
 From 8 headline in the same edi- tion: Frank Gannett of Rochester, N. Y, says FDR Regime Tries to Impose Socialism"
 While our armed forces are giv- ing their lives to take enemy bases large numbers of Americans con- tinue to take the world for granted They have not gone to sleep again because they never woke up at all It is an American prin- ciple that no man should earn his living by another mans sweat :. Even more, we should disdain to live by another mans blood . There is fame for a few on the beaches of Rome-but there is shame enough Gin Washington for 134 millions of us at home It is time for a few in the Capitol to realize that there is difference between seat in Congress and a seat in a flying fortress And that the Ship of State is much safer post than the crows nest of a destroyer Some congressman continue to claim their right of per- sonal privilege in the House :. But Capt. O'Callaghan claimed a different kind of privilege To die for his country On the bridge of the U. s. s. San Fran cisco
 The One-Way scares that crop up in political years are something to hmf about Such as the N. Y. Times shaking in its drawz for a long editorial because the Vice PreMdent made a few remarks about Q. s. fascism That was reckless name-calling, said the Times Next day, however, a Repub spokesman pinned the same label on the New Deal The Times then retrieved its courage and went whistling right past the speaker. Remarkable recovery.
 Then there are the about-faces of the armchair strategists Not long ago lots of commentators were being very sarcastic about the mili- tary program in the South Pacific They couldn't think of any thing more cutting than to call the Navy island hoppers" The name had the same note of pam ming as boondogglers or pub-crawl- CTS .. Then the victory which won the Marshalls brought this same mob to their feet cheering act ing just like they thawt out the whole maneuver themselves Somebody's going to have fun (af- ter the war) collecting the mem wars of the pepper -offers-whichIl sell as humor.