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presence | was correspondent for
the Houston Chronicle. After he
came the Chronicle people wrote
me that Mr.. Upper wanted the
corespondency and as he had
formerly been with them in Hous-
ton they felt that he was more en-
titled to it but that if he ever gave
it up they wanted me TO represent
them as my service had pleased
them. A short time back Mr..
Upper decided that he did not
have time to attend to the Chroni-
Gle and told me that he would
turn it over to me. ! wrote the
management and was appointed
again. Upon the management
writing Mr.. Upper if this was
satisfactory to him, he simply
marked 80. K" on the back of
the letter and returned it to than.
That matter, however, is not rele-
want in this case. / am proper.
ly grateful to MIR. Topper, how
ever, for turning over the Chroni-
Gle to me.
Regarding Mr.. Gragg's inter-
minable essay which is headed
"Yet Another" / can only say to
that gentleman that he IS the
only one / have heard of who dis
covered that my statement in the
Press implied that he was pup
pet controlled by the editor of the
Standard and / can find no solu-
ton of the mystery unless it is n
case of guilty conscience. " |
assure my friend that | meant no
implication whatever, merely
mentioning him to show that if
he, as u correspondent might
deny the reports, then |, as an
other correspondent had n right
to do so likewise. However, j re-
sent Mr.. Gragg's use of the term
"washing dirty linen before the
public gaze" That is not an
elegant phrase and usually does
not appear in n reputable news
paper and am quite sure was
used unthoughtedly by Mr..
Gragg |, for one, am not in the
laundry business. He is also a
small bit be-fuddled, to say the
least, in saying that | admitted
the authorship Ct the reports.
Why, my statement quoted the
exact words of the reports | sent
and / said, positively, that | de-
MED sending any flake, zig-zag
reports, unauthorized state
ments" or anything of the sort
What more would a fair-minded
person want? A plain denial of
the awful crimes which had been
committed. / will also say that
/ have never sent any sort of re-
port to the Fort Worth Record.
| am surprised that Mr.. Gragg
says that "Mr. Webb allows the
stipend of 50 much a date line to
deter him from adopting sim
liar course of action" referring
to his resignation because his
paper printed a report which he
did not send. | assure Mr..
Gragg that the papers | represent
do not have to publish items
from other persons; so fal
they appear to be satisfied with
what | send them.
Concluding, | wish to say that
| trust my friends on the Stand
ard force land / claim them III,
as friends) will not become Of.
Tended because of the few, little
playful remarks / have made.
have been friends with the gener
Gus hearted chief editor for nine
teen years and hope that l may
always retain his friendship anC
that of Frank Smoker" and al
the force on the paper. Despite
my POPULARITY in the foregoing,
admit that the Standard Is a gooC
newspaper, but let me whisper
4 it, Lord High Admirals, Chiefs OF
staffs and others) do not become
so intoxicated with the exuber
Z ance of your own verbosity as tc
so far forget that everyone may
not be abused (no | will not us'
that word, | will be polite anC
say rectified or corrected) witt
IMMUNITY. Nay, nay, Franz
:, Smoker, there are some who ar
!, never too poor, physically, men
: tally or financially, to answe
!, back and give you the best they
; have in the shop. (This is TIN
colorado claro grade-I hav'
stronger brands in stock
> With best wishes to you, m.
e dear little apple dumping, dea
witty Standard,
q Vour old friand