The Pittsburgh Press (September 26, 1944)
Editorial: Ask Orson; he knows
Orson Welles, actor, playwright, producer, magician, child prodigy, etc., etc., etc., now bows himself in as a pro-Roosevelt political orator with this brilliant effort:
Tom Dewey is a persuasive conman. He leads a slicker’s gang of conmen, of expert wreckers. The American people are as wise as they are good, and it’s true that they can’t be fooled for long; but they can be fooled a little and enough.
We don’t wonder that Orson considers himself a great authority on fooling – and scaring – the American people. But we think he was more effective when he was using those Men from Mars.