The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A CUB
 REPORTER

AEEOM AEA
 The average newspapermans uni- form is a blue serge suit, the trouseT seat of which invariably giistens One such reporter read that an Administration hero mad just arrived in town and decided to chance phoning him for an inter- view To his surprise the statesman said he'd be glad to see him and to come right over The newspaper lad, who had no din- ner coat with him, pondered about visiting the great man in multi If only my pants were pressedl" he told his wife "Go the way you are," she replied, you're a newspapermanl"
 And so he timidly knocked on the great mans hotel suite, and while waiting to be admitted, straight ened his tie, flicked his lapel and held his breath A butler ush- cred him to his host, who stood in the parlor, with a wide grin on his face-and not another stitch!
 James KecIey, who elevated him. self from a London newsboy to one of Chicago's greatest editors, had a strict rule regarding the reading of the paper by all copyreaders- "get the name right!" Yet, when we mentioned him last week the final 'e" was omitted, for which we shudder all over MT Keeley, we are told, was the very devil on details Charles WaShburn, who office boyd for MT Keeley in 1904 supplied some: Don't write audience when you mean spec tatorS Don't come back with out It! Watch spelling of name. It makes person angry to see his name mispelled in print Only answer yes or no on outside calls when anybody is within earShot Never take notes when somebody is telling you something he shouldn't. He'll stop talking if you do Don't write well known. ... If person is well known you don't have to say SO Never break a confidence -Four first loyalty is to your source your second to yourself.
 William Randolph Hearst's slogan remains the most indelible: "Get it frst-but first get it right!" MT. Hearst is never impressed even by intimates who try to even things with his reporters Once a dear friend called him on the phone to complain about a columnist . wont you please stop that man from putting my husbands foolish mistakes in the paper?" she urged My dear," replied the pub- fisher courteously, ''you keep your husband out of trouble, and I'll keep him out of the papers,"
 Joe E. Lewis, who once was tor tur0d by Chicago gangsters, lived to hear the leader of gang (Machine- Gun McGurn) tell him how sorry were all concerned lover the mis- tales" Lewis tells how he returned from a successful appear ance at the Troc in Hollywood and paused in Chicago to meet some of the mob The name of George Raft came up "Why, that no good bum!" snarled mobster. "If I ever see him I'll knock his teeth out"
 Lewis assured him that Raft was one of the incest guys around Yeah, that's what I thought when met him." was the reply, "but the dirty rat is over at McVicker's the ater playing stool-pigeon!"
 They aIIege 1t actually happened in front of a Far Western movie theater which featured Drums Along the Mohawk" ;. Two h. dians, in feathery regalia, were ballyhooing the flicker out front An elderly lady approached one ot the redskins and while chatting with him asked: "And how do you like our city?" "Fine!" he said And how do you like our coun- try?"
 We haven't had time to check, but it comforts the readers eye, any, how It is said that John Steinbeck has drawn only $50 week out of his income for his best seller, 'The Grapes of Wrath" and not a dime from the reported $75,- 900 he got for the film rights The rest of the coin, they say, has gone into trust fund to be used to help penniless California mi- grants, who made the book possible MT. Steinbeck, we are further informed, has sworn everybody to secrecy If true, here are his flowers now.
 In Lindy's the other night Paul