The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE

LINT FROM A BLUE SERGE
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 Cong. Rankin "ordered" the ar rest of a decorated war vet who sought to testify against Rankin's anti-Labor bill. What galling irony Rankin erdeavors to deprive a sol tlier of his liberty after the CT fought 'to protect every Americans rights including Rankin's :. Lord Van- Eittart's latest tome, Bones of Con- tention" (Knopf), is worth wrap- ring around the mind. The author remind that Verminy can only be prevented from throwing another low punch-by not pulling our punches against Verminazis Of all things! In Spokane, beef supplies are so plentiful that butch CTS are experiencing difficulty in moving their stocks! '. Which re- ! minds us of a quip: There wouldn't be a meat shortage-if we could cook the fatheads in Washington.
 Memo to Harry Hopkins belittlers The current issue of newsmag (which was never friendly towards the New DeaD states: Tt was Hop kins, more than anyone else, who saved the San Francisco confer erlce from a precipitous breakup sf. Most hilarious comedy of the year: LaGuardia's passionate read ing of the comic strips via the news reels. Lac. not only resembles Lou Costello but is twice as funny Observation: Our ships are now bringing steel to the Japs-oy shoot- ing it at them While Repuo razettes whoop that New Dealers have lost control in Washington, COP Chairman Brownell insists; s.It's still the New Deal we have to beat in 1946!" Hoo-hun -. Why fret about disagreements among AL lies? Look at the differences we have between Repubs and DemmyS.
 Author Thomas Dreier's memo to hate-merchants: Hatred is a low and degrading emotion and is so poisonous that no man is strong enough to use it safely. The hatred we think we are directing against some persons or thing or system has . devilish way of turning back upon us" Note: If you have any worthwhile books, relay them to the hospital ship Thistle at the B'klyn Army Base. Reading provides the only relaxation for the wounded fighting men, and many hospital ships lack tonnes .. Jus tice Holmes pungent quote: If law makes you want to puke, then due process has been denied" . The Army's explanation of Pull manning Nazi war prisoners while our soldiers are forced to travel in filthy coaches: Pullmans are only used for Naz POWs who are ill. Sowot? Why protect the health of . NaI by endangering the health Of American soldiers via unsanitary and uncomfortable transportation? Even if the GIs don't become phy- sscally ill, such treatment sickens their morale. This newsboy con- sicers one healthy American soldier far more deserving of comfort than a thousand sick Nazis!
 
 Col Peron, Argentina's tottering fuehrer, sputters that he will use force against decent Argentinians to prevent them from ash-canning his regime. Like all Nazi leaders, Peron poses as patriot but is ready to treat his own people like enemies. It is no longer news that the only thing Nazi leaders are will ing to safeguards their own DOW CT .. Here is a fact we can't for get: Six months ago, Gerald Lu- cifer Smith confessed under oath before Cong. committee that he violated a law. But he has never been prosecuted. What is the req son for treating him like a priv ueged character?
 A punk tagged Carl Nicolay (who was the chief Bundist propagandist before fleeing to Germany has been nabbed in Munich. It is re- ported that he will be shipped back to the USA and face charges of high treason. That is fine. But why aren't Bundists in this coun- try facing a similar charge? Is fhere any difference between Bundist captured in Maitland and one who crawls in America? |. Every legislator should study a Shocking article in an August mag digest which reveals that the loose U worded "GI Bill of Rights" has been more of handicap than an aid to returning servicemen. The piece is titled: Heroes Out of Work"
 Wartime strikes should be de- piored. However, it is only fair