Heinl radio business letter (Jan-June 1943)

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4/13/43 BLISTERS CONGRESS FOR BACKING COX IN FCC PROBE Drew Pearson, wnose column Is syndicated by several hundred newspapers throughout the country, took a terrible wallop at Congress in general and Representative Cox of Georgia in particular, writing: "The Congress of the United States, one of the few parliamentary systems left in the world, is now conducting a unique exhibition of how to lose the confidence of the Nation, "It is staging an investigation of the Federal Communica¬ tions Commission solely because that Commission voted unanimously to recommend criminal action against a member of Congress, Repre¬ sentative Gene Cox of Georgia. To defend him, his brother Congress¬ men not only voted to soend the taxpayers' money on an investigation of the FCC, but they also placed the Congressman who is under fire at the head of the committee investigating his accusers, "This threat of investigation is the time-honored method by which Congressmen defend themselves whenever they get in a jam. They may rant and rave against some insignificant Government Bureau which spends a little extra on paoer, or which hires a $2000 clerk beyond its budget. But should the Justice Department begin a criminal probe of certain shady congressional practices, the cry of 'Investigate the Justice Department.'* goes up from the Capitol Dome, and the hounds are in full chase. "Should, for instance, a certain Congressman from New England realize that the Justice Department was staging a criminal probe of his lobbying for war contracts, all of Congress immediately would demand an inve stigation of Attorney General Biddle. "Or should a certain Senator from the South fear Justice Department scrutiny of war subcontracts held by his family; or should the Justice Department probe the law fees received by another Senator, poignant cries of 'Investigate the Justice Department.'' would almost lift the Capitol Dome. "The Congressional motto is, 'We Congressmen must stick togetner. * Apparently they don't realize that the best way to keep tne confidence of the country is to keep their own stables clean; and that it was not until the Germa.n people lost confidence in the Reichstag that Hitler was able to seize power. "Most interesting illustration is the current case of Eugene Cox, a very likable Congressman from Georgia. The Federal Communications Commission charges that he received a check for $2500 from Radio Station WALB, Albany, Ga. , after he had used his influence with the FCC to improve the station's facilities. The Commission says that Cox later converted this $2500 into stock of the station. 2