The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-15


 freedom and justice for them. But when Hitler was riding high and threatening to carve up our nation Taft behaved like 1t was all an idle nightmare and acted as though America was a part of another planet. He whizzed beanballs at FDR while Roosevelt endeavored to awaken America and rebuild its de- lenses. Only THREE MONTHS be- fore Pearl Harbor Taft was hum- ming this lullaby: There Is much less danger from Hitler today than there was two years ago-certainly much less than there was a year ago."
 Another Taft tripewriter ribbon: ''The invasion of Germany by the U. S. Army is 6 fantastic idea unlikely to be undertaken"
 Politically, economically and mill tarily, Taft has always hitched his wagon to a dunce cap. Several weeks ago he objected to large American army This Is the same Taft who proclaimed on Nov. 19, 194O, that my own conclusion is that the presence of 750,0O0 men under arms in the United States supplies an ample margin for the defense of the U. s. during the next two or three years. What re- serves are necessary? The day of large armies seems to be waning. :"
 Isolationist Taft fondled peace un- til 1t Shivered. His ideea of am1ty was the illegitimate offspring of appeasement-the Munich Peace. AS for Nazisms threat to our hb- erty - he was completely uncon- cerned. Take the spineless state ment made on March g, 194l, as an illustration: War is even worse than a German victory There have been other Americans who fought rather than accept ty-- rants slavery. They were named Minute Men.
 It was the arch -Repub Herald Trib that came through with 8 vig- orous padding of Taft after his re- marks on war criminals. The opinion demolished his argu- mentS with: Senator Taft Is sim ply helping in the manufacture ot 8 future legend of martyrdom and injustice for which there is no valid or reasonable basis; he Is thus needlessly promoting the evils which he prOfeSSeS to fear"
 Taft has been described by one of his friends this way: ''He would rather be right-winger than right!"
 The fact that the Senator re- mains 8 powerful political influence despite his fabulous incoherencles and dangerous policies Is a sad com mentary on politics. He should have been a discredited has-been 8 long time ago. Taft has all the quali- ficationS for oblivion How can the words and deeds of this man be taken seriously? The other colyum we pointed out that on Feb 9, 1941, Taft uttered the mos shocking fluff of all. To wit: I'll is simply fantatsic to suppose there is any danger of an attack on tht
 United States by Japan" I should be emphasized here tha , Taft not only opposes the trial O. the Nazis-but he also objects t
 putting Jap war criminals on trial The same day gazettes relayet TaftS objection to hte War Crime |, Tribunal another man was quoted as saying: ITO determine the right and wrongs of statesman's poli i, cies is not the duty of a court"... , So said NaI Schacht.
 , In sum: Taft opposes the convic 1, tion of war criminals, although h was never anxious to prevent the1 crimes. He defends men indicted
 (some convicted) as seditionist
 and ignores their continued sub , version. He was oblivious to Hit , ler's aggression while attackin Y those who wanted to stop him. H z condemned a President when tn
 Commander Chief was preparln
 America to save its liberty. H ? blasted Allied judges for punishin z killers. He defarned the Justic r Dept for planning to prosecute al
 legged seditionists.
 Yet this man is considered (b :. some G. O. P. chiefS) an import
 ant contender in the PreSidentis
 sweepstakes Imagine!
 f Senator Taft: Let's worry les O about the Na1 hanging by rop
 and more about the peace hangin