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Show SAID WASHINGTON CUSSED; HE'S IN FOR TROUBLE NOW PAUL HAFFER, young Socialist, Social-ist, who has been sued for libel by Col. Albert Joab of Tacoma, WaBh , because he publicly stated that George Washington was a profane man, used liquor and owned slaves. Joab Is prosecuting the case with unrelenting seriousness, saying that attack on the character of our national heroes tends to tear down' patriotism and good citizenship. Haffer, who has been scouring hundreds of records to substantiatd hiB statements, explained that ha did not so much Intend his attack against Washington as to check tha "blind hero worship that has re1 tarded national progress," |