The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-20
[ HESE DAY S
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
The Investigations

1
ends ON April 80 BY no possibility
can it's work be completed by that
J date. AS a matter of fact, this
| committee has done so well in I'M
covering the evil practices in the
| Reconstruction Finance Corpora
| ton that it ought to be continued
until that cesspool is cleaned out.
We are now informed that the
| Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton has been given a monopoly for
the purchase of tin for the entire
United States. After what has all
ready been disclosed concerning the
RFC it would not seem that this
| organization can safely be entrus-
ed wi h such a responsibility.
This Committee could be allowed
! to die, and although a few individ-
uals would suffer d .scant plllory, the
pattern of corruption would not
have been completed. AS matter
of fact, every doubtful loan should
be examined and exposed before
the Fulbright Committee expires.
The ultimate of the Fulbright
Committees investigation would be
the closing down of most of the
governmental lending agencies.
They were created to meet emer-
gencies; they have been perpetu-
ated beyond the needs of the coun-
! try and therefore they have be-
! come corrupted.
1t would probably serve the coun-
try well if the Fulbright Committee
would seek the judgment of Jesse
Jones in the course of its investi-
cations. 1t would undoubtedly dis
cover from his experience that
when a government agency outlives
its usefulness it ought to be per-
mitted to die Jesse Jones had ad-
vocated the abolition of the RFC.
The Fulbright Committee might
also consult the investigators of
the Hoover commission who studied
the lending agencies of the govern
ment and were not favorahly i'm
pressed by the arguments for their
continued existence.
It needs to be recognized now that
| the work of this committee has
only started; to permit its investi-
! To a fN1si1
give the crooks not yet exposed
/ safety to pursue their raids on the
; taxpayers money. Pressure should
be put on Congress to keep the
Fulbright Committee alive.
I watched the Kefauver commit
tee on television for several hours.
1t was a wonderful experience.
do not blame any crook if he re-
fused to appear before the COM
mittee with television as witness.
The devil is exposed by appearance,
J word, gesture.
Joe Adonis, fer instance, looked
/ and acted like a movie gangster.
| He was an imitation George Raft.
He was brazen. He was contempt
; uous. When he said that he would
answer the questions asked when
he had his day in court, he was
only maintaining an American ira
dition which could have won SYM
oathy. However, the way he said
it, the way he looked, the cheap
ness of the tough guy, made IT
sound as though he meant that
he would only answer the questions
ii he came into a court where he
owned the judge body and soul.
Maybe the mob ought to hire a
movie man to teach them how to
act in front of television, for no
doubt this instrument exposes them
ike an x-ray. 1t is different from
radio because it provides COM
olete personality. watched Adonis
consult his lawyer on television and
am sure that he made a very
Fad impression on me.
The Kefauver committee seems
| to be going through with its job
with a welcome degree OF thorough
ness. We are getting an insight
into the character and personal
tiles of our new masters. who have
been Selling the political machinery
of the country first on the munich
| cal level. In some places, they
have already moved to the state
evel. How long could it be before
they used the huge funds made
tut of dope, policy and prostitu-
ion to corrupt the machinery OF
eth parties on the national level*
There is the menace of this gang
This makes the Kefauver COM
mittee's work of the utmost impor-
lance. It, too. should not be per-
nitted to end its work. 1t ought to
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