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...Approved Congressman Martin Dies's stringent procedure against Communists who have refused to answer questions, voted to cite three reticent Reds for contempt of the House...
...Louis three weeks ago, a cartoonist and two editors of the Post-Dispatch were ordered to defend themselves against a citation for contempt of court because they criticized the dismissal of an extortion suit against a State Representative (TIME, March 25). Last week Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rowe slapped a $2,000 fine on the Post-Dispatch, dismissed the citation against Managing Editor Benjamin Harrison Reese, but hit Editorial Editor Ralph Coghlan with a fine of $200 and 20 days in jail, Cartoonist Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick with $100 fine and ten days...
Last week in St. Louis "Buster" Dewey took off his gloves, fitted brass knuckles over his fingers and slugged: "The record of the New Deal is one of broken promises, contempt for free institutions and abuse of power. . . . The platforms were worthless. . . The erosion of character in this Administration began within six weeks after it took office. This country needs a restoration of character...
...majesty cracked down-not on Rat Alley, but on the Post-Dispatch. Sharp, cantankerous Circuit Attorney Franklin Miller (whose prosecution of the case against Putty Nose was called by the Post-Dispatch "one more in his 11-year record of dismal flops") filed an information for contempt of court against the Post-Dispatch, its Editors Reese and Coghlan. its Cartoonist Fitzpatrick. Judge Rowe decided there was cause for action, ordered all three to appear in court this week...
...artist-publisher situation as has ever seen print; an extraordinarily beautiful letter he wrote to Ibsen when he was 19; two invective poems which suggest Swift's and are quite as good. One of them, addressed to the Dublin littérateurs he held in such contempt, ends with these proud lines...