The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-05

he persisted, and kept asking Mol fatt what he could do to prove his friendship for Americans. pld Ivan wish to meet womanp Even his wifel Ivan was well come to her, "But," he added on e note of sanity, "only for Q week."
 Final Guffaw Dept; Tho foot of Q newsmag once used to kick this col- yumist Is now In Its mouth. We were booted because one of our pre- dictionS fizSled The Aug, 18th (le45) issue of the same critic con- tained this gem; Last week Russia was not ready-if ever she would be ito 90 to war with Japan" Russia went to war with Nippon on Aug, 0th, To make the revenge sweeter--this broadeaster was first to accurately forecast Russla's posi- tive entry into the war.
 The House Ways and Mean Com mlttee has bee giving frosty re- oeptlon to Pres. Truman's request for greater Iobless benefits, with Rep KnutSen of Minnesota asking If we pay man $25 Q week fol not working, what will we have te pay to get him to workp"
 "The answer to that" commented 0 politico, "ls that you'll have te pay him 0 living wage, that's all"
 Yes" agreed Q colleague, "but what constitutes Q living wager"
 That" was the retort wonderful depends on whether you're giving It or getting It."
 Menoken Wh0Opee: All the book critics laVlshed Sugary wordage or II, l., Meneken's "The American Language; Supplement I" (Knopf $S) The reviewer for e news weekly reported: But the bulk oi heavy coinage has come from e slew of irresponsible word-happy in- ventorS, including such Menekeniar heroes as Variety'S late Jack Con way and tho Inventor of slangu0gC itself, Walter Winehell,"
 Edmund Wilson in Q New YorkS mag said 1t this way; Among tho phenomena investigated by Menck' on -, arc the special languages of Variety, Time and the more in' Ventive of the N, Y, eolumnlstS,
 Baby lost his itty-bitty tongueS
 The nationalist group has adopted another rodent for 0 pct; Traitor Petaln The boo-hooey consists of Sohbing about Petain's age ane blubhering that he was merely try Ing to save France, Nut2l Wher Petain was In Verminy's hip-pocEet he was an accessory to Na2i crimes committed against Frenchmcn of al ages including children, Petain sert 35 ,000 French children to work lr Germany as slave laborerSl
 When the six Americans were ar. rested on state Dept orders recent ly front pages whooped about the espionage angle This reporter pointed out that the spy hoopla was merely the gimmiek used by some diplomats In an atetmpt to niu2zlC Journalistic criticism of State Dept policies A few days ago c Fed, eral Grand Jury refused to indiet three of the accused and the other three were not indicted for eSpion' age but merely for "purloinlng" gov. ernment documents -. It Is ahou1 time Congress probed the striped' britches boys responsible for the whole shameful affair.
 Jack-asstriches have made c hobby of dragging the truth up q dark alley and murdering facts, They used the Pearl Harbor reports for another whopper spree, In an CT. fort to vilify FDR some know-noth- ings brazenly distorted the truth; They completely ignored a Vital paragraph in the report, to Wit; ''Isolationist organizations ano propaganda groups against war were powerful and important factors af, fecting any war action capable o' being taken by our responsible lead' ership. So influential were these campaigns that they raised grave doubts in the minds of such lead ership as to whether they woule be supported by the people in th' necessary actions for our defense oy requisite moves against Japan Period.
 The olationists' attitude appear! to be that. as Comdr. .-in- ChleI FDR should have taken the blame for every defeat without gettint credit for any of the victories '. FDR is lying peacefully in his grave while his enemies are still lyinl franticapply over 1t .. The reporter on whim FDR bestowed that iror cross is certainly wearing 1t well.
 The American Navy and Hiro' hito's eyeglasses prove the same thing. That the Japs are ver3 shortsighted people The Ja' pastards signed the surrender terms But our safety is in our fleet, no in their signatures .. We nad tnen sienatures on treaties December 7th I94l The Jap Is anxious to le bygones be bygones. So is any crim' inal on the day of his conviction.
 Stork Club COnfucius: Beware o A Jap on his knees. It only makes it easier for him to hit you below the belt.
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