His final media blowup occurred in September 1945, when goaded by reporters about denazification, he said "enazification would be like removing all the Republicans and all the Democrats who were in office, who had held office or were quasi-Democrats or Republicans and that would take some time."
O seu último escándalo nos medios tivo lugar en setembro de 1945, cando acosado por varios reporteiros declarou que "a desnazificación sería como eliminar tódolos republicanos e os demócratas que teñen un cargo, que tiveron un cargo público ou que foran case demócratas ou republicanos, e iso levaría un tempo".