The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-10

nlRn tl ., kO each of the 16S organiSations--there will undoubtedly be 16s more-the Senate Committee chairmaned by Theodore Francis Green Of Rhode Island has sent 0 five-page QueS- tionnaire, wanting to know all about founders, officers, members, dues, other financial backing and sub- sidy, publications, activities, who Is being supported and why, Answers are requested within 10 days, and the committee will report Its ind. ingS on the first day of the next session of Congress, right after election - probably with some recommendations for new legiSla. ton on all this nonsense,
 CLUBS, SOCIETIES,
 FEDERATI0NS
 Running down this years list ot erackpot political organizations making up the lunatlc fringe Is en. Tightening as to how the great game of American politics Is played,
 A fellow by the name of Herbert Rrownell who, if memory serves aright, is chairman of the Repuh- lieNn National Committee and Can- didate Thomas E, Dewey'S cam paign manager, seems to be the head man for Ave of these parasite examinations; First Voters League, Inc, Friends of Finland for Dewey. the Young Republican Clubs, the Young Republican National Fed- eration, and the National Repuoll" can Builders,
 Not to be left completely out of the running as Q great organizer, Mr. Robert HannegNn, in addition to being chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee and campaign manager for Roosevelt, Is listed NS head of the Independent Voters for Roosevelt,
 And boy, how this word ''inde- pendent" takes Q beating ia the names of these political marching clubs, There are the Independent Citizens Committee for Roosevelt and Truman, the Independent Committee to Support Norman Thomas, the Independent Commit tee of the Arts, Sciences and Pro. fesSionS, and the Independent Voters Protest Committee, None of them is probably much more inde. pendent than 0 eoneubine in Ha" roun Al Rasehid'S harem but then, the organizers probably think It's fun to kid themselves, If nobody else.
 A lot of these outfits may turn out to be not political at all, but this whole manifestation of spurious political organizing can Do com" pared to what happened when they started to clean up college football by driving out the professional ringers and putting an end to awarding scholarships to promising athletes for picking up towels in the gymnasium. The coaches and graduate managers with the best eligibility rule eVaderS usually turn- cd out the best teams and won the ball games,
 DOCTRINE PEDDLERS BUSY
 The same sort of thing seems to be happening in politics, In the great desire to keep politics clean, Q deal of corrupt practice legislation 70 0RbSNAtA6 va thS bSSNo' SAN money contributions to political parties are now outlawed 80 that certain rich men can no longer finance or boss American political parties. The game is now to beat these restrictions and smart people with Q bill of political goods to sell are finding ways to peddle their doctrines through concealed purpose organizations with black market their ideas,
 Congressional activity in inveSti- gatlng the lunatie fringe oFganisa. tons Is merely an effort to learn what's going on and why some of these organizations haven't filed reports on political activities aS re. quired by law.
 The tendency Is probably towards Q great deal more legislation aimed to prevent political corruption,
 The danger will como if too much restrictive legislation will tend to drive more political activity under. ground, to eVade the laws.