The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-18
By WESTBROOK PEGLER
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By WESTBROOK PEGLER
(Copyright, 1915, BY King Features Syndicate.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE American
broadcasting company, formerly the Blue Net
work again attracts attention to its interest
ing editorial policy as expressed by common
tators Of emphatic left-wing bias, including
that spectacular inposter, William Gailmor
whose mental health is subject to doubt
raised by himself as an excuse for his crimi-
nal acts.
Gailrnor may be recalled as an habitual
automobile thief who finally was run down
by the New York police but escaped prison
on charge of grand larceny, first degree,
by presenting medical testimony that he was
suffering from a "compulsion neurosis.''
Therefore, he was placed under glass, as the
saying goes, for about one year and emerged
in new character under new name, having
been William Margolis, renegade rabbi, in
his original self.
Gailmor's past his character, the commu-
mist background of his radio sponsor and the
pro-communist quality of his Interpretation of
the news have been thoroughly presented
hitherto in these dispatches That he is a liar
as well as thief and man of questionable
mental balance has been revealed by the
American Broadcasting Company, itself, one
of whose officers stated that in his original
application for the responsible and potentially
dangerous job of news analyst he declared
himself to be a man of no religion and con-
cealed the facts that he had changed his
name, that he had criminal record and that
he had been detained as patient suffering
from mental disorder.
Later when officers of the A. B. c., then
the Blue Network, were presented with proof
of his past, and they in turn, confronted Gail
NOR, he argued that he could not be COM
naunist because he was a man Of thorough
religious training and deep belief He had de-
MED his God for 80 pieces of silver. more or
less, in applying for the job. not that it was
necessary for him to do so, but only because
it served some purpose of his own. Then, to
decontanainate himself of strong suspicion
of communist inspiration. he embraced him.
On the night Of August g. following Presi-
dent Truman's address to the nation on the
Potsdam conference, Gailmor took the air at
the A. B. C.'s local New York station to Gin
terpret'' the news. He "interpreted' Mr.. Tru-
mans remarks as a rebuke to the American
press or some underlined portion of the press
who were accused by Gailrnor Of encoura ging
Japan to fight on against the American forces
and obtain an 'easy peace
Smoke from the atom bomb obscured the
view Of target Nagasaki,'' Gailmor said in an
Address so incoherent as to support the med-
cal opinion that he was not quite right men
tally and to impugn, as we'll the later opinion
that he was cured Smoke from the stencil
bombs of some Of our super-patriots has been
getting into the eyes Of good many people
over here. The same experts and headline
hawkers that cried out against the no-mention
of Japan in the Potsdam communicate are still
shrieking. There Is no shame for those who
pirate and publish on the presumption that
the public is moronic and without memory"
He seemed to be arguing that in a few
days skirmishing in Manchuria Russia's
fight against Japan had equalled the Aneri-
can effort and sacrifice since Pearl Harbor
However, as heretofore observed, his ''inter-
pretations,'' like all communist and nazi de-
clarations, themselves require interpretation
and often defy it. At this point, it served the
renegade's purpose to show solicitude for
american lives whereas, in an earlier die
tum he has been less humane. On that &C.
casion he had said it mattered not to him
how long the war should last because Hitler's
obliteration would be cheap at any sacrifice.
As to Gailmor, himself, that sacrifice, of
course. was to be strictly vicarious. Weighing
200 pounds, according to his police record.
and now 34-years old, he was somehow con-
veniently immune And yet, as one who had
escaped prison on plea of mental unbalance,
the American Broadcasting Company's distin-
guished student of affairs, processing never
theless to be well again. contrived appoint
uleHlS v lcCluIe Hopefully l. y UeIteI yOuIlS
men whose nerves had been tangled in battle.
The selection of an unregenerate and whin-
ing police character for such mission was
an affront to disabled soldiers for which, up
to now. it has been difficult to place RESPONSE
biity We do know, Of course, that under the
Roosevelt-communst axis, the Army's patrio-
tic aversion to communists was overcome to
the extent that pro-communists if not prov
able cardholders. were admitted to the COM
-, 4l.nL% %1os -
here discussed was a member of the Holly.
wood Broadway night club delegation at
the salad party in the White House for Roose-
velt's fourth inauguration.
''When the black smoke of the yellow Jour-
nails gets in your eyes" further said our ana.
lyst, there's nothing like little distilled fact
for an cyewash-,'
My subject in this discussion is the policy
Of the American Broadcasting Company mi
continuing to present Gailnor as an A"er1
can Of sound judgment and passable reputa
ton as to honesty and truthfulness,. knowing
him to have been mental case. tnie1 sno'
by its own experience, deliberate ana grew
Gus liar. The press could not nave CHOSEN
more desirable critic representing tns
! A. B. c. in its competition with the pIlnteo
word for Gailmor's entire character not olily
condemns him but turns the criticism from VI,
'the yellow journals" to the raolo ens saa.
presents his pro-communist propaganda
c,,,r;ous1v the usual sources were Hlysterl-
ously unable or unwilling to IroS' oeror,entsrv
transcripts Of this particular to "a Nnh1s
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