The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-20
By DrezC Pearson

10 nut the sklds under letter-writng Ernie Adamson,
"undemocratlc" counsel Of the House un.American
Activities Committee.
Al closed.door session of the committee Lam
dis demanded that Adalnson produce copy Of .
letter he had written to this columnist taking eH-
cepton to the use Of the phrase make democracy
live"
II understand that Mr Adamson has written
letter to Drew Pearson taking exception to his use
Of the phrase make democracy live I wonder II
the members Of the committee might be privileged
to see the letter Mr.. Adamson has written In their
name"
The letter was produced. whereupon it developed
that no member of the committee had ever seen 1t.
IF things like this are going to happen, re-
marked Representative Lands wen have to keep
closer watch on our counsel for one, have never
been in favor of running this committee like the
Dies Committee"
Chairman Wood of Georgia emphatically agreed
with Lands adding that he too, had been disturbed
by "Adamson's letter to Pearson"
Lands then moved that all future letters be APP
proved by the chairman or someone else authorized
to speak for the committee. This was unanimously
agreed
NOTE-Congressman Mundt of South Dakota.
while not present at this meeting also took occasion
to rebuke Adamson vigorously.
Henry Kaiser is up in arms over the very strange
fact that the RFC is delaying the sale Of government
aluminium plants to U. s. independent companies SO
as to give a Dutch and Swiss company, allied with
American Smelling, time to bid on them. Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan, who was
passed over when Truman appointed Ed Pauley, will
resign. good man lost for the hottest political
potato in washington . Sgt AL Schmidt whose
herosm on Guadalcana was the inspiration for last
years fine movie, Pride of The Marines" will b.
the Democratic candidate for the state Senate from
the eighth senatorial district Of Pennsylvania.
Schmidt, blinded while he and two other marine
held off and killed 800 Japs to stall night at
tack Guadacanal, will be running-mate OF Con
gresham Bill Green, another excl
The politicians will tell you that political events
are cumulative in other words, one event won't lose
an election but several Of them taken together will
For instance both Democratic and Republican
politicoes agree that Mrs Trumans why notp
crack about the race question and the OAR in itself
would not lose her husband the Negro vote.
But when this event is followed by the Southern
fibuster against FEPC and the exit Of Harold 1ckes
chief Negro champion of the old Roosevelt admins
traton. then the picture changes
Millions of Negroes remember the day when 1ckes
Lincoln Memorial after the OAR had turned he.
down They know of Ickesl appointment OF Negro
governor to the Virgin Islands which Southern sen
ators are now blocking, and his many speeches III
Negro centers during crucial days Of past campaigns
Result Of all these events: Even more optimistic
Democrats will admit that the strategic Negro vote
which once went solid for Roosevelt has now slipped
over TO the COP column.
NOTE-Politicans warned the White House that
Senator Joe OMahoneys record on the race ques-
ton would hurt his appointment as Secretary OF the
Interior. OMahoney voted against the anti-lynching
BILL against the anti-pol-tax bill. and against stop
ping the FEPC filibuster.