| Show k WESTBROOK the communist infection T throughout the wrangling over fine questions ol of the right of congress to ask a witness whether he is a communist I 1 have been aware that most of those who doubted this right never have been disturbed over injustice in the trials and even less formal mockeries mock eries conducted by the unions under the monstrous wagner act when congress asks a man whether he Is 13 a communist the question actually means are you a sworn enemy of the united states in most it if not all cases the thomas committee on un american activities had proof that the witnesses actually were members of the communist party at the time of their testimony the communist party is commonly believed to have a legal right to exist in the nation whose destruction by treachery and force Is the parly purpose tor for existing some of our people think it Is just cute or amusing our quaint american way that this Is so but a glance it at other places in the world shows that it la Is terrible folly those who believe the party should be allowed to exist remark with jovial condescension for our fears we are big and strong enough to keep our political health and ignore such a little infection that is like arguing that it is a good thing to pick up a few germs in our bodies the bugs are small and few but that was so in russia in 1917 it has been so in all the other countries which the moscow conspiracy has conquered H I 1 PHILLIPS soviet mr herschel johnson mr chairman I 1 desire to put a motion somewhat early recording this organization as wishing everybody a very merry christmas and a happy new year mr I 1 oppose any such motion as typical of the capitalistic mind and as another effort to impose the will of wall street on the rest of the world mr johnson I 1 had bad assumed that wishing the world a very merry christmas and a happy new year might be one thing on which we could all agree mr you cant pull the wool over my eyes A french delegate mr chairman in a spirit of compromise it might serve the purpose if we eliminated the adjective very which I 1 take it Is objected to by the soviet izolt true that the J P morgan company has a lawsuit against the state of 0 pennsylvania for three bux buxa there have been many fights in a bar near and columbus avenue involving russians dwelling in the vicinity and americans dept up to date dictionaries include zi 11 the keep cussin americans for being capitalists be in an awful fix if we were paupers haupers pau pers al bernie bemie says his new six weeks young daughter darleen is wearing her the new length one of the things wi we appreciate at at the washington awood probe was this ons one film writer was asked if he ever VISITED a communist what would that prove the con conservative ve president truman visit the biggest communist of all at potsdam delegate as going perhaps farther than Is necessary at this time mr A rascally horse tradel 0 government NT ULTIMATUM listen little hen ben it if you plan on stay lial around the coop you yoa nad had better start kayin A new york hotel will put television in its rooms at a charge of 3 a day extra after paying for a hotel room in new york these days where do they get the idea anybody has 3 0 0 0 SLICING IT THIN one fellow who has bay never had bad to bs be urged to save sate chicken or turkey is the fellow who slices it for the delicatessen store sandwiches sandu iches WALTER SHEAD farm program delayed ESPITE the tact fact that price supports on many farm commodities delpire ij expire december 31 1948 there apparently is no inclination on the part of congress or even in the farm organizations here to hurry any long range farm program although the house agricultural committee his has held extensive hearings bearings here and elsewhere throughout the country which developed almost as many ideas on the farm program as there were bearings there appears to be no strong demand for action for several months to come the con census seems to be that with farm prices high supplies short and demand strong the thing to do Is to let things slide for a while and let nature take its course it may be that shortly before election time things may start WALTER W WINCHELL WINCHED lint from a blue serge suit general eisenhower Elsen hower slated to start at columbia university in ID mid april has requested a goday leave of absence to begin the day he becomes this would cover through the convention in june headline economists expect mild business recession will begin next spring Bei begin ln henry wallace after all will stump for or mr truman better than any republican his advisors are working on the alibi herbert hoover hopes to snare john hanes former U S treasury undersecretary for his government reorganization committee execs exeas on the the worker are frantic about the steady circulation slump subscribers bers apparently are worried about being seen buying a copy and advertisers in it being marked DREW PEARSON PEARON the merry go round T PHE HE white house will ask congress to pass another unification bill bid next session if the presidents blustering military aide maj gen harry vaughan has his way this time it is a merger of the national guard with the army reserve vaughan is boldly pushing the merger backstage white house secretary charlie ross is quietly promoting the idea of running dark clark clifford chief assistant to president truman against GOP sen forrest donnell of missouri it if the U S government wanted to save money it might take a lesson from the canadians the canadian government uses discarded mimeographed press releases and old government reports to make envelopes these are folded outside in then pasted together in the form of envelopes yet canada supplies us with most of our paper think of all the press releases wasted by U S bureaus every dayl day paul fitzpatrick new york state democratic chairman tried to get franklin D roosevelt jr to run for congress against liberal republican jack javits next year young refused instead he will follow in his fathers footsteps and run for the new york state senate actor adolphe soon may repeat in court his scene before the house un american activities committee the suave screen star Is legally protected from libel tor for his statements at the committee hearing but he made the mistake of repeating his charges at a hollywood restaurant two lawsuits now are being prepared against him WRIGHT PATTERSON PAT tyrants eventually will fall history many people aple throughout have attempted to bite off more than they could chew have outgrown the capacity of 0 their britches and have had their ears slapped back tor for their presumption napoleon and hitler were two notable examples now james caesar petrillo a would be labor czar is seeking an ear slapping has done so much to make the mass of the worlds people music con as has the phonograph now petrillo attempts to blast the reservoir by cutting off the flow of phonograph records no mite of 0 a labor dictator can be greater than the wishes of the worlds people |
