Show Mr Ickes Should Practice u SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR ICKES i ian in is isan an address the other day called for a curb on criticism in the interests of national unity He especially expressed concern over oyer attacks upon congress and said that in this time of national crisis the free exercise of the traditional traditional traditional tra tra- American right of criticism may be he carried to the extreme where it threatens atens congress as an institution Its It's certainly astonishing to hear that from r i. i Mr Ickes than whom there is no greater critic in America none more skilled skilled I or more unrestrained in defamation and invective And imagine Mr Ickes being concerned about the possible injury to an American Institution institution institution in In- through unbridled and unreasonable criticism We hadn't noticed that he was ever concerned about the damage he might be doing to such American institutions as the of business the institution of the press the institution of local self Surely they are as much American institutions and as much entitled to protection against unjust criticism as is congress It would seem Mr Ickes ought to do a little little little lit lit- I tle practicing before he starts preaching |