Word: treasonous
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Chomping a sizable slice of humble pie, Secretary of War Stimson last week apologized to Senator Wheeler for his "near treason" blast of the week before, admitted that he had gone off halfcocked...
Said he: "They are traitors because they do not realize the subtle and seemingly innocent forms that treason takes in our modern world. Our job is precisely to make them understand...
...this force in existence . . . peril still exists. ... At this moment, a circular is sent out which will have the effect of impairing discipline. . . . Without expressing legal opinions, I will simply say that I think that comes very near the line of subversive activities against the United States-if not treason." With this terrible word in their beaks, the correspondents broke from the room like a flushed covey...
Snorted Isolationist Wheeler: "One can probably excuse Secretary Stimson on the ground of his age and incapacity. Everyone . . . knows that the old gentleman is unable to carry on the duties of his office and some go so far as to say that ... he is gaga. ... If it is near treason to ask the President to keep his sacred promises . . . then ... I am guilty of 'near treason," whatever that may be." He admitted that 1,000,000 cards had been sent out under his Congressional frank, declared that: 1) the America First Committee had paid for the printing...
California's white-haired Hiram Johnson rose to defend his isolationist colleague: "Every man in this chamber should be proud of you, as I am proud of you today. ... A man is charged with treason. For what? For saying that men in army camps have the right to petition their President. For God's sake, have we reached the point in government where there is no right of ... free speech...