The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-09

NOTES OF A NEWSPAPERMAN
 Excruclating Explanation by an Excrescence: This is to give wider circulation to the night letter this broadcaster sent to Mir. Justice James Byrnes at the White House Sunday night In reporting the Sl00,000 libel suit victory by Drew Pearson over Ernest P. Elmhurst, we misstated that Elmhurst worked for MT. ByTneS ElmhurSt, one of the 20 defendants in the mass Sedi- tion trial, we said, rarely attended court. Instead, he got himself job as a nigh. waiter in the hotel home of Byrnes and several U. s. Senators Because a comma was omitted in the telegram sent by Mir. Pearson, the error resulted. The line should have read. "Elmhurst got a job as night waiter in swanky hotel (COMMA) the home of Mir. Justice ByrneS and others in high govt circles" MT. Byrnes has replied he never hired Elmhurst and never say him. That's fine However, we hope MT. Justice ByrneS derives some satisfaction in the spotlighting of this employees rec ord and the danger intimates of the President can be in when men like Elmhurst can get that close |. This reporter deplores the mistake in punctuation. It was unfortunate for Us both.
 Earthy lingo causes the prim N. 2. Times to shudder. The antisep- lic gazette once deleted the word nell from one of it's adverts . So you can imagine our lifted eye brows when we came across news story in a recent Sabbath Times about the fighting in Europe, which quoted an American soldier: Come on, you Joes, keep moving, keep UT that hill there. Shove those bastards pack into Germany"
 Debunking the Bunk: Merwin K. Hart is one who has the support of many human dollar signs be. cause he frightenS them with the familiar bogey Hart once said: "If you find any organization con- taining the word democracy 1t is probably directly or indirectly af- liliated with the Communist party It is time to brush aside this word democracy with its connota. tions."
 From the Dec. 18th N. Y. Times 'The Pope's Christmas message declared democracy the best ant safest form of government.
 JackaSstriches are again hitchint' rides on Nazi panzers. The revival of Nazi military power also revived the arrogance of isolationistS. The bully-boys are threatening to drag America up dark alley and black. Jack plans for international cooper. atioa . We're certain no Ameri. can would be in the market foi political goldbricks hawked by iso.' lationiSts if they would recall shocking statement made by one Of the leaders of the pre-Pearl Harbol America First outfit This man said he believed there were hum dreGs of NaZi agents posing az. Am0rica Firsters!
 The fact that Hitler wallows in lies and hate isn't very important. You can't teach an old rat new tricks. But this is vital Many of the shoddy arguments Hitler used during his latest harangue were used by synthetic Americans during the months when Adolf was mum . If you have an idea battling home. front enemies is cinch remember this: The FBI shaloWed 8 recently indicted German agent for 30 months before they nabbed him!. Have a deadly parallel: A group of Nazi party members in Germany were tried for treason in 1930. The Nazis abused the benefits of justice and managed to evade punishment Compare that with how some juggled the scdition trial fiasco in America.
 This is the reason Americans must