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Facing the Facts With PHILIP PEARL We heard Frank Morrison, Secre tary Emeritus of the American Fed eration of Labor, disclose at a recent testimonial -dinner the secret of his long and honorable life. “1 have made it a rule during my life,” Mr. Morrison said, “never to go to sleep while harboring thoughts of malice against anyone.” If that is the secret of long life, perhaps its converse is equally true— that is, people who constantly harbor and cherish thoughts of milace are doomed to die young. And if that is so, pity poor Westbrook Pegler. Malice is Pegler’s racket. It is his break and butter, his meat and drink. He lives on it and off it. During his career as a sports writer and columnist, Pegler developed an unusual and individual tecnique. He didn’t know enough about what he was writing to make his articles interest ing, so he hit upon the novel method of saying them eanest things he could about everyone. He deliberately pick ed on people and organizations gen erally enjoying popular favor and con sidered above reproach. He reasoned that if he couldn’t get his readers in terested any other way he could at least get them angry. In this way he picked up quite a following. Hoodlum Language and Hoodlum Philosophy Pegler uses a gangster idiom which he assimilated back through the years of his association with persons in various fields of sports and crime. He has used his gangster language in sweeping denunciation of the Presi dent of the United States and mem bers of his family. He has used the same technique in his more recent dia tribes against the American Federa tion of Labor. Back through the years, Pegler has been against so many things that it is more than a little difficult to find 1 SOUTHERN DAIRIES, Inc. 600 West Fifth Street CHARLOTTE, K. C. 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We find him tearing several pas sions to tatters about union policies for the protection of workers. We find him inveighing against progress ive legislation. We find him ranting about injustices to employers. In fact, the only thing we have ever' been able to find Pegler “for” is reaction. The only thing he has ever defended is the cause of big business. Frequently Pegler has been accused of being a Facist. We hesitate to pass any judgment on that. But it iB only too true that he has borrowed several leaves out of Adolph Hitler’s book. Just as Hitler has denounced de mocracy as a tool with which racket eering politicians fool the public, so has Pegler, in pursuing his own “Kampf,” denounced the American Federation of Labor as an organiza tion of racketeers to fool the workers. There is just as much truth in Peg ler’s statement as there is in Hit ler’s. MORE ABOUT PEGLER What a man does in his spare time is his own affair. We would be the last person in the world to put the finger on a man because of the way he conducts his personal life or be cause of his personal references in recreation. But we recently heard a story about Pegler that is so rich, so characteristic and so apropos that we cannot resist the temptation to pass it on. Here it is: Some time ago, it seems, Pegler went on a yachting trip with some friends and colleagues. It was not his own yacht but Pegler proceeded to make himself so much at home that in a short time he became ill, despite the fact that the ship was riding at an chor on a smooth sea. t quickly and soon Pegler was feeling good again. Very good, in fact. He reclined on an easy chair on the after deck of the yacht and entered into the spirit of the party with a right good will. The hour was growing late, however, and one by one his compan ions departed below decks to their sabins to get some sleep, leaving Peg ler to solitude. Some time during the middle of the night one of the guests awoke, felt restless and decided to go on deck to get some air. It was a warm night and all the sea a solemn stillness held. That is, until this guest approached the after-deck. There the voice of Pegler assailed his ears. As he ap proached the easy chair and he was abel to hear what Pegler was saying. The guest stopped dead in his tracks - But the attack of illness —dead with astonishment Because apparently Pegler was unaware that he was alone—and had been for hours —and was carrying on a spirited but imaginary conversation with his fel low yachtmen all soundly asleep in their berths below decks. Would it be unkind to suggest that Pegler in his ravings against the American Federation of Labor will have about the same audience and tbs same effect as that memorable night aboard the yacht? F. C. 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