The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-09-12
TUESDAY, SEPT. IL, 1922
PRESS COMMENT
The Govefnorship

4 This paper is pleased to note the
8entiment in favor of Redtleld
Proctor which according to the
best information which we can OBJ
tain is rapidly crystalizing in the
State. While no reflections are be-
Inc cast on Mr.. Foote we believe
Abe preponderance of sentiment is
I'm favor of Mr.. Proctor and we are
Firmly of the belief it ought to be.
y One Of the first things to be
aaken into consideration in the Sc
election of a governor is whether or
mot he has the best interest OF the
ftate at heart. 1t would be a diff
Cult matter for anyone to awaken
ANY doubt on the score when it
eomes to the Proctor record. Prob
ABLY no family in the history of
Vermont has done so much for the
sktate as the Proctors and the pres
ent generation has maintained the
Fecord established by its antece-
Clients. Much of the good which has
been done and in fact the great
bulk of it has not been known to
1he public for Redtield Proctor and
fhe other members of The family
shave done it in an unostentatious
smanner. Many cripple child SUI
tfering from infantile paralysis
loves his relief to the work of the
Proctors and thee hid or his par
9nts never knew the source of the
money which made the relief poss-
3ble.
T? For years Vermont was one of
the leading states in the country in
Hhe fight against infantile paralysis
Research work was done here at a
tremendous cost and it was work
which was duplicated by no other
state in the Union. NeWspapermen
endcavored to learn the unknown
source from which the steady flow
of money came but it was years be-
fore the truth came out for the
Proctors gave their money with the
understanding that the strictest
secrecy should be maintained. In
fantile paralysis is not the only
great trouble which the Proctor
money sought to allay. The great
work in the fight to save Veromnt-
erS from tuberculosis is better
known but how much it cost the
Proctors will never be known. 1t
is a difficult matter to point to a
single cause of any substantial
benefit to Nermontcrs in the last
score of years which has not been
financed by the present generation
of Proctors for most of their work
ha., hnA,, ,lnrD NnttN,O,,+ WA
them Ncrmontcrs come first.
When is comes to Redtield Proc
tor himself and not his money, we
find the man again. Although over
the draft age in august 1917, he
left his great interests to enter the
United States army and served I'M
til January 1919 as captain of en-
gineers. During the few weeks be-
tween the time the United States
declared war and the time of his
enlistment, he was chairman of the
organization in this state as well
as the first war fund drives. Where
ever he has been needed, Redtild
Proctor has been found.
At the present time with the
state grooming under heavy taxa
ton partly because of useless cx-
travagance, a business man more
than anyone else is needed and
there we find Mr.. Proctor again.
He now is vice president of the
Vermont Marble company, presi-
dent of the Proctor Trust COM
panv and holds many other offices
of financial responsibility In addi-
ton to his business interests he has
found time to be the first state
treasurer of the American Legion
a trustee Of the University of Yer