The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-01
By Drevc Pe0rSO,

ha successfully defended schneldorman, the Col munist from deportation before the Suprem Cou Tn the eyes of many lawyers only SlvvvOV the tribal code of tho predatores. But MT. Wnlll accepted no compensation To him, the schneiderma case crystallsed as the defense of principle not an individual. -
 vvnare others deprecated mildly, wendell wllk moved boldly in his radio "open Letter on tne p troit race riots. He looked with pusSleu contempt the politician type which strugsies iuraCusy sa.. m vain effort to press both ears to the earth Tn tutl hope of riding-not leading-the waves or punll opinion. Who of our days has more tersey ana ac crately diagnosed the niorass of religious preluoa0 than this fortnight warrior when nc saio;
 aAnti.seunitism is not a germ which can be isc lated or confined to any one group m our soeety The total destruction which t worKs can pe only when Q sufficient immunity against as exist throughout the community. This immunity can ng oreated throurh continuous education and constant use of democratic practices"
 The man, repudIated by the COP high commando was opposed to Communism in principle put could nov zee that doctrine as threat to an enlightened ana seif-discipined free enterprise system,
 | I have seen him talk-his eyes alght, ms huge frame tense with conviction-on the future co- operative world with the United States ana SoViev Russia especially, working together to make it' ho admired Russia-"in it's vigor It's vast areFms' its energy, It's tenacity of purpose"
 q have never understood why it should DO as- sumed that in any possible contact petween Som- nunisn and Democracy Democracy should go down. believe 1t is possible for Russia and America per- haps the most powerful countries In the world to work together for the economic welfare ana the peace of the world" - ,,,
 He was tremendously interested in Russian War Relief which sends donated supplies Of on Knds 70 be used in the great devastated areas or RusSa me personal touch of gifts from the American people 10 the Russian people was one of the steps toward true understanding, that he so thoroughly approved ln one speech, he said;
 "The Russian people are turning to the demoe. racies of the West for hope and aid. We must not fail them The Russian people, who are our Allies today, must be our~friends tomorrow It le with them that we must work to make this war what their leader has called it A great war Of eeFaton
 What has happened to the heritage Wendell Will- kle left to the Republican Partyp With the memory of this mans principles unfadng Tn the rush or current history it is small wonder that former Ee- publcans by the hundreds of thousands have become Democrats as Q choice of evils It is small wonder that ar equal number are finding 1t increasingly difficult to give unswerving yet thoughtful allegiance to Q Republican Party whose Senators provided l4 or the i0 votes cast against the Breton Woods agreements and whose only living eX-President has recently at- tackled the victorious British Labor Party,
 Tho dinosaurs have left us only their skeletons as mute reminders of total defeat The Republican Party Ia In dire danger of sharing their fate.
 Unless It views It's failures in honest ana soul. searching humility which seems most unlikey' " will forfeit this heritage, and t can hope TOT no better epitaph than, "sain by the futile onduracy of meagre minds and shallow souls"