The Caucasian., 1913-12-23
TIE FOX AND THE GRAPESs
Reply 90 ]. e. JohnsaoE SP.s eseDi'
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Reply 10 !. z. SOnnSOD go RSesD'e
reeaoe etate Fair Of Louisiana
10 The Public:
ln . flgurssise sense. HoU. ]. z
Johnston Jr, hss aeape0 himsedS al
me bound into public Doaorietye
This leap vas unexpected. aHad
therefore surprising 60 his friends
and especially to his sssociases, Che
sisectoss of the State Far os Louise
lane
Ex.Dipctoe Johnston has q grieg-
anoe, which he could have sssuaged
in Q sew Gords, but be has spaced
his resentment in . hals-page az
ssrtisemena, 90 which he has an
dulgea inadvertently perhaps, IL
misstatements which can be readily
disprove6.
There Is . reason sor es.1aectol
5ohnston's displeasule.
His grievance os, psrhaps, % ain
amazing, but - is 40 plain 40 the
nose on his face. Had Hon es-N-
rector Johnston been wise, he ~ould
never have sentilated his displeas-
ure, as least not in public Orint.
Ex-Director Johnston had antici-
pated a reelection as a director o.
the State Fair of Louisiana, but NJ
was defeated by one vote.
1t may be conceded that ais dis
appointment was keenly felt, hu
ex-Director Johnston, instead O.
maintaining his dignity, has, sslr-
prisingly, fesorted to what is com
monty styled 1.-THE baby acs," ia al:
fendeavor to soothe his ruffled feel
ings, which, seemingly, have beer
agitated to the superlative degree.
/ What is the purpose of ex-Diree-
tor Johnston in giving publicity t(
a statement which is misleading, i
it is not to discredit the. directors o.
the State Fair of Louisiana and tt
prejudice the public by covert in
situations of mismanagement? VIII!
should he have rushed into public
print?
If the affairs of the State Fair O.
Louisiana have been mismanaged, i
| is not possible for ex-Director John
ston Jr., to shield himself from re
sponsibility, and which he can no
evade, since he is equally amenablt
and equally responsible. This at
tempt at an indictment of his asso-
ciates is ridiculous.
| 1t is of official record that eX-Di-
rector Johnston's term of six years
ended on Wednesday, Dec. II, wher
he failed of reelection.
It is Of official record that during
his six-year term ex-Director John
ston attended only few meetings
| of the board of directors. It is o
official record that at the meeting ol
the directors held Wednesday, Dec
~, when the reports of the auditor
the secretary, the president and tht
treasurer were submitted and were
being discussed, that ex-Directol
Johnston offered no suggestions. HI
remained in his seat as gentle ant
as docile as a lamb and as dumb as
an oyster; nor can ex-Directol
Johnston plead ignorance to The
fact that a concise. intelligent, sum-
married statement of the affairs o
the association was ordered fol-
publication, which ex-Directo
Johnston, by his vote, approved, ant
which was published in the issue o
the Shreveport Times of Thursday
Dec. Is. In that statement is EN-.
bodied the receipts and the expen.
ditures applying to the eight days
fair, from which ex-Director John
ston has culled some items will
which he would, if he could, preju.
dice the public.
/ In his baby act pleading, ex-Di-
rector Johnston has announced tina
! the citizens Of Shreveport have in
vested for the benefit of the Louis.
lana State Fair nearly two hundred
i thousand dollars, but in his bewail-
ment over his defeat. ex-Directo
Johnston failed to explain, if not de-
liberately, possibly through ignor
ance, that the money secured from
the State, the Parish of Caddo ant
the City of Shreveport is represent
ed in the Fair grounds and in th'
buildings and in permanent i'm.
provements, which are in ever,
sense creditable to the. State, thu
Parish Of caddo and the City o
Shreveport and the Fair Association
~ well.
And il az Director Johnston hat