The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-11
ATTENTION MIR. AND MRS.
 UNITER STATES!
(And G. I. Joes and Janesl


 formation has been passed out to the very right-wing press by the highest State Dept executives with out repercussion.
 Beyond question the Communists Gas well as the Nazis) achieved a deep penetration into high Ameri- can places Something should be done! But this precedent endangers the freedom of every newspaper in the United States.
 Only few weeks ago a Wash 1ngton newspaper published the proposed plan of U. s. Intelligence after the war! '. It was per- sonal secret report of a Major-G Gen. eral to the President of the United States containing vitad informa- tion of proposed United States h. telligence set-up. Its publication caused no excitement in the State Dept and no arrests by the FBI.
 Very respectable opinion in Wash ington believes that the men ar- rested this week were accused be- cause their views differed with some officials of the State Dept |. |. Some newspapermen have flatly stated that this is a State Dept effort to throttle the American press. Your reporer has said it beforehand he says it noW-the American people are entitled to know what American diplomats are do- ing!
 Your reporter flatly charges the State Dept secret files on Argen- tina, Spain and Darlan would shock and HORRIFY the American peo- pie.
 The most alarming feature of the State Departments statement Con these arrests) is that the State Dept says the men were actuated by theological considerations Does that mean they were arrested because they disagreed with some ones official opinion?
 If so, it also means that the next newspaperman to feel official vengeance may be-Walter Win chell.
 Moscow. The Red Star (official newspaper of the Soviet Army) has criticized the American press as being unfriendly to Russia In return criticism-your reporetr would like to observe that Russia's Red Star-is NOT a newspaper in the American sense of the word. The Red Star does as it is TOLD (When it is told), as does every newspaper in Russia ~. Until Rus sia gives freedom to her own press Russia should refrain from criti- elzlng ours . Moscow is far too generous of its criticism of other people for party Whihc permits NO criticism of itself-by it's OWN people Let us hope that Rus sia's postwar building plans-in- elude some glass houses.
 Salzburg, Germany: Emil Jan- nings dormer Hollywood German movie actor) is now beating his breast protesting that he never was Nazi. Jannings Cover the radio this week. brazenly sent his greetings to movie director Ernst Lubitsch. He described Lubitsch as his friend. This is to offer the United States Immigration Depart ment witness against Emil Jan- nings-if he tries re-enternig our Lubitsch) will testify that Emil Jan- nings is liar and a Nazi-if you will pardon the redundancy.
 Murder in the Dark Dept! The : Trade Agreement Supposedly passed Coy was actually Pearl-Harbor'd It was publicly applauded, praised and passed-but it was slugged from be- hind by amendment In short, all important traffic powers of Presi- dent Truman were taken away This is the same as an automobile with a steering wheel but no motor -. In other words, the voyage of the Ship of State is approved But the captain of the Ship of Staet is handcuffed .. This is cer- tain to anchor the San Francisco Conference-in quicksand! Washington: At the very same ing its own salary, Congressional committee has recommended that salaries be reduced for other public servants |. If it becomes law, the following loyal Americans will get a cut in pay: The under-secretaries of State and Treasury; MT. Noonan (Commisioner of Internal Revenue); the director of the Budget, MT. Bell (of all people,, who handles the money; and one of the most popular of public seryants-J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the F. B. l. In effecting laws for their own deserved raise in pay-our Congress should set an eX- 4ple-for other underpaid public servants.
 xas Angeles: Generals Patton and Ooolittle were received by their fel- lpw Californians with open arms .. .Typically, these great American generals gave all the credit to their men . It resulted (also in typical American reaction) in even greater public admiration and affection for themselves Hundreds of thou sands of soldiers have given Gen. erals Patton and Doolittle the regu- 1ation Army salute from the shoul- der Millions of American civ ilians today = are giving Patton and Doolittle salute from the heart. Washington Ticker: Adolph Berle, Jr., our Ambassador to Grazil, has flown back to Washington to report in person to the President. That's how serious matters are in Brazil because of our peculiar romance with Argentina Ed Pauley is slated to be U. s. Preparations com- missioner for Japan after V-J Day The Japs will pay for Pearl HarbQr = from the pocketbook-aS 1