The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-13
Fair Enough
By WESTBROOK PEGLER
Copyright, 194s, by King Features syndicate)


Copyright, 1e4e, by King Features syndicate)
Driving home from work the other evening.
George spelvin American, picked up a
THUNDER who noticed Mr.. Spelvin's paper on
he seat between them and said: I don't see
how you can read that dirty smear sheet,
nothing but lies about President Roosevelt and
his wonderful help-nate and always trying to
smear labor and every day they publish those
hate articles by that louise, Pegler. And if a
man stoops so low-down that he can't let our
great President rest in his grave after. he
gave his life for the common man. why does
he wait until he is dead and can't defend
himself and any decent man and not even a
rat wouldn't smear their worst enemy after
they are dead"
what lies about ROOSEVELT" Mr.. Spelvin
asked.
Nothing but low-down, cowardly sn1ears
about bow he helped his boy Elliott get out
of debt like any decent father would and
about how his grandmother left them mil
lion dollars from smuggling opium into China
and our gracious First Lady she proflteered
by teaching us on the radio how to be tolerant
and always smearing the working man., the
THUNDER said.
t'Were those lies about how Roosevelt got
Jesse Jones to square Elliotts debts and then
ne got back the collateral by telling the suck
man, personally, sent it to Elliott's wife to
square the alimony rap and it turns out to
be. worth $3.50, 000," Spelvin asked.
why didn't he do it when Roosevelt was
alive?" the guy asked. Nobody but rat
would smear a dead man when they can't
answer back
maybe he didn't know the facts until he
died. Spelvin argued. "But anyway, why
didn't Elliott defend him instead Of admitting
it was all true when the Treasury got after
him and If you knew it is all a pack d
lies why don't you defend him and if it was
my old man they smeared in his grave you
can bet your sweet life I would show them
up if it was all just nothing but pack Of
lies but If it was true, guess would change
the subject
mot when the victim is dead and can't
answer back the THUNDER insisted, land of
all the loW-down louse-rats why even a louise
rat has respect for the dead and here he is
doing Hitler's work and
what about Hitler" Spelvin asked. Him
and Mussolini, what about them. and Goeb-
bells. too?"
What do you mean, what about those low
down louse-rats, the dirty
But" Spelvin said, they're dead, amt
they, and they can't answer back and here
you 60, smearing them In their graves
"You aren't comparing our great leader
with those dirty
I'm just asking how you stand on whether
you are supposed to keep your mouth shut
because guy is dead or whether you just
mean because it's Roosevelt whereas I fell
for the guy the first time and cheered like
fool when he was going to give the money
changers the buns rush and then we find
out he and his wife and Jimmy and Elliott
were grabbing dough with both hands and the
old man knocks of stamp collection and
it cost him peanuts and now 1t is worth $780,.
900 to tie estate and I just wonder how you
are going to learn anything about history if
you say Hitler was a great guy just because
he is dend.''
who said Hitler was great guy?'' the
THUNDER yelled.
''Well," spelvin said, "what about Harding
and Coolidge, because they are dead, too, and
l don't suppose you would want to smear
them in their graves although it seems to me
like / have read lot Of new dealers always
tall about the Ohio gang and old Harry
Daugherty was the head man of that bunch
and with Coolidge it is always that he busted
the police strike in Boston and he was nothing
but Wall Street tool and
Well, il you are so crazy about that
crooked bunch from Ohio and you think Cool
idge was so swell, why don't you defend
Them" the THUNDER asked, land the reason
is it is all true''
But he died in Office Spelvin said $50
I was wondering if that means he gave his
life for the people like Roosevelt or the one
just croaked while your guy died Of natural
causes but he was martyr"
II can see you have been doped by hate
propaganda the guy said, latter we just
fought terrible war to abolish hate
Roosevelt was a pretty fair hater, him
self, always thought" Spelvin said, land it
seems to me like you do a good job hating
this Pegler because
because he is always knocking the work
ing man." the guy yelled. "About how all
unions arc rackets and all the rich people are
right guys
well, those union crooks amt dead" Spell
vim said, "and lot Of them are in the can
50 why don't you prove they aren't racke-
teers and, anyway, I never noticed where the
guy said all unions are rackets and never
knew him boosting rich people or anybody
else. much, but picket brushed me with
brick, today. and, brother, tomorrow am
going to carry my own brick because picket
or no picket, no dirty brown shirt Is going
to bust me with brick"
IT get off here,'' the thurnber said.
'You are dam well footing you do" said