Abstract

Mr. Biddle Is Afraid

The ugliest forces in American life are on display again in the U.S. Congress, and the spectacle may make one wonder whether one is indeed divinely ordained to bring sweetness and light to the rest of the world, banishing its despots and reeducating its children. The House has many hard-working, able, and devoted men, but it also has a large and noisy contingent of ignoramuses, proto-fascists, pompous asses, and a few devious crooks. This group has the capital by the ears. One of the most dubious characters in this gang is Representative Eugene E. Cox of Georgia, a friend of the peanut. Since March, 1942, the Attorney General, Francis fiddle, has been sitting uneasily on documents involving Cox and Section 113 of the United States Criminal Code. The Attorney General has evidence which shows that Congressman Cox communicated at least twenty-five times with the FCC to obtain a license for Station WALB in his district, that he received a check for $2,500 from the owners of the station a month after the license was granted, and that with the check was a voucher marked "legal expense."