National Affairs: Garbage Disposal

A lot of the speeches printed in the Congressional Record never get made on the floor of Congress; they are merely so-called "extension of remarks" by lawmakers seized with a second thought, a desire to fool some of the voters, or a fit of after-hours loquacity. The system has many faults, but at least it spared Congressmen from listening to Mississippi's ranting Dixie Demagogue John Rankin, who filled 13 columns of the Congressional Record one day this month with a debased attack on FEPC. Sample quote:

"These individuals who prate about slavery do not hesitate to join in this communistic movement to enslave the white people of America . . . You have an illustration now. Our Yiddish Solicitor General has taken it upon himself to go into the Supreme Court and misrepresent the American people. . . by . . . trying to wipe out all segregation . . . This is a part of the communistic program, laid down by Stalin approximately 30 years ago. Remember communism is Yiddish. I understand that every member of the Politburo around Stalin is either Yiddish or married to one, and that includes Stalin himself."