The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-21
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kkmR8Aw& afF f1mptnE ca tlt rrc- eroa cf great Americans bccaust taey cang stand on iacir oHn. The attempt of certain politicians Co kWinolr Afncricans Wlih fhr phdu- Us-hoionus that Roosevelt and Han WeTe responsible for thr rar has tfsoome ihc hlggcs nop E.n0e hiinpiy- Inc UVcf- whe3ning mas of evidence at the Naz War Cum uai T'Tsal has pToVcc oeTmany hatcled plans iof var even before Hlltf frahocd power. And ln i9s5 the Mans began build- ing a secie. iorcc Iu lgas th5 sE0ordinaied CFcrgthinr to lnanc- ing rcarmaMcnL In 1888 GotT- tng supported the puoduct m oi poison gas Tn is4o tllc Nazis made plans to attack tllc u. 8. A. They urged the Japs t0 start ihc war which thcv cld. And remember ths: Germany and Italy declared Nsr Rgains. America before we de- flarcc war against them In other words the Nurcmburg trial evidence is not only convictlnr Nag leaders - but it is also c0nv.ciina political incorrlgibies in Washing ton of ignorance. !nfamy, incoher- snoe and incompetence.
 Soions planning to use the Pearl Harbor Inquiry for an anti-Roose- veil spree have been knocked flat Ter than the!r arguments. Nof only has the probe failed 10 produce evidence Co support their counter 1eit charges but their blatan slime singing forced a group of COP legislators to publicly denounce the committees unfair tactics. Such de- hghtful poetic justicel
 The political mznagerie exhibits !nck-aSstriches praying that FDR never warned the nation about the threat Of war A glance through news files reveals that since 1887 Roosevelt continually warned that we might become involved in a glooaI slugfest and urged prepared ness The files also show that these isolationists confused Ameri- cans. paralyZed their wills and sab- otaged our foreign policies After every FDR warning his political and journalistic enemies screeched that he was making such statements in m effort to distract attention from eritics of his domestic policieSl
 This Is 9 fact every American should remember: Before the Pearl Harbor inquiry began certain newspapers and politicians leveled vicious charges against FDR. But to date-the probe has not proved one of their charges. Not one!
 If a legislator wades through the mud of his opinions attempting to blemish FDR'S name with 1t, a rash of front-page yarns Is inevitable If he pounceS on the United Ma tions and brass-knuckles all plans for peace, the blackest headlines re- port it. But when Sen. Glen Tay- dor Qdaho) made an eloquent plea for world republic 1t was shrugged off by most gazetteS. DailieS that used the story buried 1t where only the most avid and keen-sighted readers could discover the import ant news.
 Several elitOriahsts are fret fling about the revelation that NaZis hate Americans more than any other ally running Germany. Is that anything to gnaw finger nails about? There is nothing more laudable than opposition from Nazis .. If Nazis like you-it only means you're doing something that Nazis like THAT would be some thing to worry about An en- emy's sheer can be more compli- mentary than 6 friends smile.
 When it was reported that Goer- tngs counsel had asked Lindbergh to testify at the war criminal trial Iindbergh stated: "If I were asked to testify at Nuremberg, would be guided by the advice of the appro- pIiate officers of my own govern ment."
 This reporter pointed out that Lindbergh wasn't guided by the ad- vice of his government before the war This is to further add that in May, 194l, Lindbergh op- posed the leaders of our govern ment. He criticized the Presi- dent. He attacked the govern ment's foreign policies. He de- manded a change in the leadership of our government ... And now he has the gall to smugly talk about being guided" by the officers of his government Horse-radiSh!
 
 Soft peace and soft head dept:
 The State Dept has revealed its plans to make Naziland's living standard equal the living standard of its nelghbors. In other words the killers will get the same liv- ing conditions as the nations they tried to murder But that isn't all. The State Dept plans to re- build Germany's economic power until 1t is self-sustaining Uncle Sam will finance this plan It has already cost us one hundred million dollars In short: Amer ican taxpayers coin is being used to rebuild Germany's economic pow CT after so much American blood has spilled in an effort to destroy 1t t. How do you like that?
 Of All Things! The vets of the 9th Division, who served so long in Europe and saw no reason to be shipped to the Pacific (with the war over), lost that argument and were shipped Ever since ar- irving in the Philippines, they have been shunted about from island to tsland-because they are not needed.
 Some misguided fools here have been attempting to whitewash the Nazi orchestra conductor Wilhelm F'urtwaengler-hoping he will be allowed to come to America. These chumps claim F1irtwaengler wasn't pro-Nazi Here IS his sordid record in a nutshell: Tn 1885 Frrt- waengler had an interview with Adolf resulting in complete under standing. The same year he con- sfsrcted the Berlin Philharmonic in