February 17, 1944
Note: If you haven’t noticed already, start keeping track of the number of times Walter Winchell takes a blast a certain members of Congress, particularly Rep. John Rankin (D-Miss.). Next month (that is, March 1944), Rep. Martin Dies, head of the what’s now known as the House Un-American Activities Committee, will accuse Winchell of being “a mouthpiece for a ‘smear bund’ that was trying to destroy Congress.”
Dies insisted that there was a “highly organized and well-financed enterprise to destroy by vilification the character of any public man who gets in the way of the objectives of the groups who manage and finance this offensive.” Continue reading
When she appeared at the state employment office for her weekly dole, a lady I know reported she’d sold an article for $15.
The sick minds are working overtime again.
