The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-09
Merry-GO-ROund

wAsuKN0EoN, neo. e~xAe War DepaEenNns ana General MaeArsAue ore sappesea % ee pake them ooesAe always believe M letting The reht hand see what the leRe hand OoesA@
 When ehn column recently poellslted he eese og secret telegram rom AzaeAttAuf m WhicA 70
 ssns .'sn, s Mses sssa N" vee nssS v hune San Francisco chronlole and Othsn ffom Japan an explosive statement was immediately issaed ey MaeArthaE It was reported eg ehe United PEeas
 "A spokesman for General Douglas MNeArtAa denied reports of colemnist Drew peatecn that the supreme Commander had banned several newspapers from Japan including the chlease sun New xorR lce.
 "There s not the slightest truth In Chose esser- aions, oE@ public relations officer said"
 But within on hour Of the AEAcArthw state- ment the War Department confirmed the accuracy of the MacArhur cable aS reported by this column. Here k the United Press report from the War De partment:
 'The war Department declined comment oa report by Drew peaFson that Gen MacArthur banned representatlves of several important newspapers from making trip to Japan.
 'The Army said the only comment that could he made would have to come from MacArthur.
 'Reliable War Department sources said Pear son quoted correctly from the text of cable from MacArthuF to the War Department They said the officer or civilian who disclosed the information b Pearson would probably be court martlaied for vao- tAAAfaB SCeuEtty W us t0eAAtANy WetG NAscoNSEeN
 "other War Department sources said the text of Pearsons column had been radioed to MacArthur"
 NOTE-AkacAxthur, In his cable to the War Dee partment, had Jumped the staunch Republican New York Herald Tribune and the san Francisco Chron- icle along with the Communist Daily Worker the Liberal PM and the pro-Democratic Chicago Sun and accused them ell of downright Quackery and dishonesty" He said he did not want representatives of these papers making c special tour of Japan.
 Eater shls week. she senate Ksruore Committee begins its probe of the ramfied and varegated war contract activities of Mlssissipps raucous Senator Theodore Blbo This investigation is separate from the Senate Electon Committee probe of BiIbos ter roristic campaign against Negroes.
 Last October this column reported extensively on Little Theodore's" dream lake and dream island dredged out for him by war contractors Michael MorriSsy and B. l.. Knost, who got Army jobs build- ing Keesler Field and Key Field for several million dollars On the island in the lake, the two contractors also built "Lattye Teddy" house and then bought him SlO0O worth of furniture to go in the house, plus a el2 Cadillac in which Co enjoy himself driving around the lake.
 On top of this MOrrissy and Knost also contrib uted Sl000 each to the Juniper Grove Baptist church" device by which Bilho collected around slsOO0 tax-free supposedly for parsonage However, aside from Q measly sl5o given to the parson, the church never got the money. The parsonage was erected on Bilbo's land, not the churchs, and the money stayed in Bnbos bank account
 All of the above leads into another nice new chapter in the war scandals of the Senator from Mississippi, who was just good at rocking churches as he was inspiring the beating of helpless Negroes
 One of the men who contributed cash to the Juniper Grove Baptist Church Special Fund" was