St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-31

OSo d ITOuDlCu, -Wnlp'
man out? Let me quote from
Time Magazine Of August 20,
1852:
The motives that move column
mist Walter WlnchelPs wOrmLke
thrusts are mysterious to the
the average man-but not 30
mysterious 10 those who feel the
pressure Of his vermlfOrm "jOur-
nalism."
From the Jewish News Obser-
yer, September, 1852: Although
there is nothing to indicate that
the Winchell feud has any con-
nection with the street corner at
tack, Winchell seemed overjoyed
at what happened to Gray, and
ridiculed the beaten commentator
in many Of his columns"
From Radio Daily-Television
Daily, August 81, 1852: In con-
Are you trying to figure this
sistently maintaining a high cal
ibre program with the prime es-
sential of factual news data, the
d. ]. in question Che means mel
has laid himself open to attack in
merely speaking the truth and
the truth seems to hurt certain
people" The means WlnchelD.
From Bernie Yudain's column
in the Greenwich Times: This
kind of hooliganism is frighten-
ing. II 1t can happen to Mr.. Gray
II can happen to any of us. II is
contrary to every concept Of law
full 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.. Winchell, who has an
ointed himself as a champion Of
all the verities, saw fit to chuckle
in print over the incident"
Winchell didn't laugh some
years ago when he himself was on
the receiving end of belt-buckles
from two Nazis 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.
From that day on he has never al
lowed himself to be alone after
dark
am concerned only with Win
cheIl's latest cute brOken-field
play. Maybe he said TO himself:
How can I hurt Gray without
saying anythIng-because 1 have
nothing 10 say-but by implying
everything and allowing hysteri-
cal minds to take IL from there ?"
At this juncture he must have
suddenly thought of Mccarthy
and so for the last few weeks he
has pecked away at my work with
such references as 'Borey Pink"
In referring to my physical condi-
ton he used the word sickle" "a
play on hammer and sickle)
In every way he has attempted
to imply that am Communist
subversive, pro Communist, etc,
The truth about the matter is
mister winchell, that / have never
in my life been associated witt
any political group, Communist
Fascist, leftist, rightist. subver,
sive or any other name that you
wish to apply.
If you have any proof to the
contrary, l, personally. will give
you $4,000 for your Damon Run.
yon Cancer Fund.
In addition to these political
smcars, Winchell has taken great
| joy in bandying about my former
real name, Bernard Yaroslaw. He
has called me Barney and other
such neighborhood pseudonyms,
This does not bother me one whit,
except that there must be a rea-
son for his use OF this name.
But remember. now, he has also
played on the names Of Dorothy
Schiff, publisher OF The Post and
James Wechsler. editor OF the
Post. He has called them Dora
and Jake.
What IN this sudden use OF
Jewish sounding names by Win
chell? This Is IA tactic usually
Iikcned TO Pegler and used sue
cesSfully by anti Semites for
years. They have gleefully used
names like Able, Jake. etc.
Winchcn has done many things