The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
Walter WinchelI On BrOadw0y
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 The romance went on for years - the wife-thief being under the impression that the husband know nothing about 1t Then the wife suddenly died At the funeral Lord No was crying his orfs out The husband put an arm about Lord Nos shoulder and consoled: Don't weep, Percy. I'll get married again real soon."
 Author Clarence BudlngtOn Kel- land is among the Republican brain-trusters He ran into Her. bert Hoover the other day and pout- ed You knew" said Kelland, that I haven't been anywhere for years. Why didn't you ask me to fly around the world with your"
 Because" said 71-year old Her bert Hoover to 64-year old Clarence Burlington Kelland, you're too darn oldl"
 A book titled "The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy" contains this: T consider 1t no part of my duty to worship the Supreme Court or its justices, so I have no hesita- ton in pointing out what seems to me its mistakes or shortcomings. On the other hand, I could not, if 1t were asked of me, write with malice or i'll wiil.'
 The author: Justice Robert H. Jackson.
 Why Colyumists Get Dizy: A fi- nancial writer scolded confrere Pearson and this dept. for discuss ing stock market news on the air She called 1t shocking illus trations of Responsibility on the part of two powerful public-opinion moulders" Quoting an SEC of- ficial, our critic added: He said that one would think men of this stature would have greater sense of responsibility than to spread stock market advise so casually.
 The May 4th number of a na- tionally circulated magazine had an enlightening article, titled: Warn ing from Wall Street" The lead was: One Sunday evening last December Walter Winchell tipped his listeners: Insiders in New York expect Q very sharp de- cline in the stock market, you suckersl' It came next day. Stock prices, soaring for nearly four years, took nasty tumble. They were weeks recovering. Brok- CTS damned Winchell from one end of Wall Street to the other. But the boss broker of them all sat back and grinned. He was Emil Schram, president of the New York Exchange. He didn't like what Win chell said or the way he said 1t. But the columnist walloped home a message that Schram himself has been preaching all along"
 Harry Bridges in a signed piece (for San Francisco labor paper) said Winchell Is the voice of re- action" and an enemy of labor. ;. Forgetting, among other things, that this colin was responsible for legislation in Congress (via long campaign) to put American sea- men on ships that were hiring main ly NaZis and Americans .. Another labor editor complained about us to the Newspaper Guild. He said we gave "a demagogic at- tack on Curran and Bridges while wv lavished praise on President Truman's Strike-breaking against the railroad unions," etc. He add ed that we cannot pose as a friend of labor.
 The same mail brought this: T represent labor organization in Rock Island, Ill. have followed you for nine years. I can truthfully say there has never been a time when I ever heard you utter single un- justified criticism against Q labor leader, a labor group or the com- mon mani That is good enough for me. Sincerely, I believe you have done more to promote true Alnert- canism and Q lot more than has any living individual in America H. o. Anthony, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Work CTS of America"