Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-31

tlcS' punoltlng ana PanderinB'
II IL not. however, with Win
chsli's political views which have
become 20 like the Wisconsin
Senator'S that shall be con-
cerned with this date. But rather
WinchelPs direct Smsars against
me In his puny attempts to UNI
dsrmine something cherished and
treasured: an audience Of patri'
otto Americans who do not nj.
ways agree with me, necessarily,
but believe that I have the right
10 believe NJ I do.
have already outlined for you
In an earlier column the events
leading 20 his attacks. II was I'd
sullivan Who warned Z would be
"smeared by wlnchelI" The
lonely. aging. chronicler Of Broad.
way has attempted 90 make that
prediction u truth.
II began when he used such
descriptions as disc jerquc. 4"
not wtthstanding tho fact that ]
play practically no records and
conduct a commentary interview
broadcast.
He pointed out that n disc.
Jerque" had written for the
Daily Worker under a nom de
Connie knowing that u was
NOE I. but assuming that any ref
ercnce 10 an individual In that
field would be lihsned 10 me and
therefore I would be hurt. When
recently joined the feature staff
OF the New York Post Winchell
said something 10 the effect that
u was the only time that q
horses rear had gone to the Post,
Classy. huh
All OF this was the warm up for
the main event. winchell II too
well known AZ a dirty fighter 10
BE- content with just Jocular
wristAlappinE. lie plays for keeps
and like q fourth estate vampire
10 not content until the blood In
sucked from the professional life
OF anyone he attempts 10 destroy.
There came the night I was set
upon and alugged by two a. yet
unidentified aAnailantA (but tho
trail grows warml. Immediately
aftsrward members Of the press
who In tho past had not partiou-
larry agreed with my opinions
stated In many ways their shock
at this attack on free press and
free speech.
hut not Mr. wincheli. IIe
chuckled. chortied and Chewed up
newapTint In his avid desire tn
show how happy he was This
was no surprise because he
laughed when colleague on the
New York Daily Mirror, lee Nor
timer, was beaten up; laughed
when Leonard Lyons. n former
close friend, was In danger Of re-
ceivinR n Jail sentence for not div.
ulging source of news: and
laughed when he attacked Myron
Cohen for telling dialect stories --
almost destroying that mans
career and then proceeded 10 use
Mefoofaky dialect stories himself.
Are you trying To figure this
man outs Lot mo quote from
Time Magazine OF August %,
1892:
The motives that move column
mist Walter WincheIrs wormIike
thTuHtS ARE mysterious 90 the
the average man-but not vi
mysterious 90 those who feel the
pressure Of his VrFmlform Jour
nalianl."
Frnm the jewish News Ohser.
yer, September. 1852: Although
there Is nothing to indicate that
the winchcll tcud has any con.
Rection with the street corner al
tack, wlnchen seemed ovcrtoyed
at what happened 10 Gray. and
ridiCulcd the beaten commentator
In many ~ his columns"
From Radio Daily elevlsion
Daily, August n, 1851: I'm con.
sistently maintaining u high cal.
ibre program with the prime Ca
sentiRl Of factual news data, the
q. J. in question the means mel
has laid himself open "a attack In
merely speaking the truth - and
the truth seems TO hurt certain
people" The means winchcln.
From Bernie Yudain's column
in the Greenwich Times This
kind OF hooliganism Is brighten.
ing, II It can happen TO Mr. Gray
Il can happen 20 any OF us II Is
contrary TO every concept Of law
ful society and the perpetrators
OF the deed should be hunted down
and punished To the full extend of
the law We were surprised
that Mr. wtnchcll. who has an
olnted himself as champion OF
all the verities. saw ft to chucklc
In print over the incident"
wIncheil didn't laugh some
years ago when he himself was on
the receiving end Of bclt-buckles
from two NaEis who caught him
on upper Broadway one evening
On that occasion he screamed
and ranted and yelled for police
protection and said that some
thing should be done about this,