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P blic Notlce IS In-I-e ral Sectlon should be recorded in writing because “A11 3 l‘E
u g honest man won't hesitate to sign his name, ' . Iii Ef.
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g E D . G .I. you need written proof." So it is with not— r
I” , 0 our emocratlc overn men ices for publication which are required by ‘ _'
law to be made in newspapers or otherwise. 3‘ ill:
Public notice in newspapers is as old as and village governments. Nowdays every Honest officials gladly seize the opportunity 1 Hill,
‘ the first newspaper in the English langauge. public official, directly or indirectly, utilizes to render a public statement of their acts to i
7 When the famous Oxford Gazette was estab- the columns of the newspaper to assist him show the efficiency, honesty, and good judg— . E
, E lished in 1665 its purpose was to fill the in the dispatch of his official business. ment they have exercised. Dishonest offi- E
V need which the King of England felt for a It may be well to reiterate the fact that cials, while they may oppose the American 1 i l? 5E
printed medium to convey his thoughts, acts, public notice in newspapers was born be- way, in the end will be apprehended by the E i
and orders to the members of his court. The cause PUBLIC OFFICIALS DEMANDED same published notice which proves so bene« i E ' ‘
l Gazette soon became the London Gazette, IT; and it became accepted as part of the ficial to the worthwhile office-holder. E , E
‘ official newspaper for the English govern- American system of government long before Protection for officials 1 5. “EEE
l, meat-and it has continued to be published newspapers were out of the feeble, struggling Taxpayers frequently place the blame for E E _ E
l to the present day. age of “one-man shops." In a democracy increased rates on public Officials when the E
For many years the public notice remained such as ours the very existence of govern real reason for higher taxes is to be found in E: E El
‘ in typographical appearance and in wording ment by the people and for the people is improvements and additional expenditures : E
l substantially like all other notices in the predicated on the assumption that every authorized by the voters themselves. In such ‘; i l
. paper, due, no doubt, to the fact that early voter can be kept informed of the govern- cases the best proof public officials can use E
_ English printers had a limited selection of ment‘s activities. Without such widespread to demonstrate their own integrity and to . '3 ll;
1 types and employed the same font for all information there can be no democracy; place the blame for increased expenditures l ‘ 'l E
:users purposes. Display gradually displaced body lack of knowledge among the people is the where it belongs is an itemized notice Pub- 1 l
group, type! however, the news dispatches being sword by Wthh everyE autocracy and dicta— lished in a newspaper of general circulation. E i
h E. played under such label heads as ”Forelgn torshlp has enslaved its c1tlzens. Muzzlmg Adverse criticism, when it is based upon : E
lro,Ug Intelligence,” and the “advises" becoming the press is demagoguery’s first step in de guesswork or malice, is obviously unfair to l: E
ldlana “advertisements." Display in advertisements stroying individual liberty, and preventing the public servant who is exercising his j i5 .
Press ‘ far outstripped display in news headlines the people from knowing the true state 0f duties with care and unselfish interest. His [;;E
Com- l and departmental titles. affairs in the commonwealth is its method protection from those Who seek to prejudice . 'llE
l rout- l BY 1750 English newspapers in general for keEPing them subjected. voters against him is a public report of his E E til
s-order ran their public notices in a type face that Every many woman, and child in the case in such a manner that its completeness E ii E. E
ce ex— s was IIOt used for regular body type, indicat- United States of America was born with the Will disprove unsound, and unfair, conten- l E
. iag that they recognized the essential differ- right to know What our public officials are tions. E E EE
E ence between these official notices and the doing with the responsibility entrusted to It is sometimes said that the books of all ' E E 1
Veekly HECWS dispatches or advertisements 0f indi- them. Election to public office is both an public offices are open for inspection by any E l l
‘zation I Vldllills or business concerns. Although 1t honor and a trial. It is an honor mamfested taxpayer at any time, and therefore, the pub- . ‘E E
' appears to be a strange typographical dress by the faith that voters have shown in the lication of annual reports is unnecessary. I .l i E
uresen- today, the English papers of the last half of successful candidate. But it is a trial of that This is a half—truth at best. The books of l l' 1E
neVYS- , the eighteenth century frequently set all PUb' candidate‘s in h e r e n t honesty, ability and every public office, theoretically, are open to l '- E E
l Wlth lic notices in an Italic letter about the size Willingness to serve his constituency. Ac- the inspection of any taxpayer, but in actual E EE
)ers in Of our present 7 point. CUt‘Off “1165 and cording for his stewardship directly to the practice, as every honest official knows, it is : E . E“ l
mini— ; white space came to be employed for separat- men and women who elected him is as such a physical impossibility for taxpayers to get E E '
065 in ing these public notices from the regular an essential part of American government their information in that way. It would re- E '. E
alphia, l advertisements and news departments. as the exercise of the franchise itself. quire the services of at least one additional E E l
E Fifth E Limited in the beginning to those official Custom has now established the point that person to each county, township, and muni- E
ers an E PTOHOuncements of the King by which he every person who receives or expends public cipal office to direct taxpayers to the records, ‘ E 3
wished his kingdom to be governed, the PUb' moneys should give an accounting of the and assist them in finding the information i ‘
lit notice soon came to embrace announce- funds he handles by a published statement in which they are interested; and that would E
roduCt ments and orders 0i other court officials. at periodic intervals. In most cases the be an expense many times the cost of the E .
Lesser officials were not long in recognizing amounts are not sufficiently large to warrant published statement. : ‘
V Cam- the Value of such notice, and by 1800 we find a report more often than once a year. but it The taxpayer would not be able to have E j
umlilg illnCtionaries 0f counties, towns and “011' is significant that legislatures often have felt a complete copy of the receipts and expendi— ‘ ‘ l
)ne 1n- E government organizations reglflarl)’ using the need for monthly statements of receipts tures of every public office unless he could {f
nonth- this methOd to keep their citizens informed. and expenditures by public officials who take several weeks of his own time in which : ’E
check, E Public Officials Demand It handle substantial sums of the taxpayers to copy them. Furthermore, if 10 per cent . E
In America, the public notice was an 1-m_ money. . of the taxpayers in any cognty chise to in- 1 E
E‘ portant part of newspapers from their be- Honest public officials heartily acclaim the spect the public records an dto ma 6 cepif; E E
adver- E ginning. Paralleling the Development of the published statement in a newspaper as the 0f 21 part Of them, the TCCOY 5 “6"“ W011
advise l PUblic notice in English newspapers until best and most practical way to show then be available for office clerks to use. CoE:i . E
E after 1800, the American notice has since constituents that they have exercised good srder, too, how impractlcal thls system “'0” ; E
E become as varied as the ramifications of our business acumen in the handling of funds be on EthOSc 0501510!“ when public interest E E
[E federal, state, county, township. municipal, entrusted to them. There is an old saying runs hlgh in some certain office and facts. 1 E E
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. i :Ifld figlires mist be obtiflinefd f0; thousands will be interested in one way or another in Lexington Hera|d-Leader
, : peop e in t 6 space 0 a ew ays. any legal action and. the general public, USES DISPOi‘Ch Methods The
‘ Easy, Convenient for Taxpayer therefore, should be given an equal chance .
. t The need for a complete copy of the re- to get the information with those persons The dISPhtCh department 0f the Lexing
.3 1 port of public officials is not to be under- directly named in the legal document. ton Herald—Leader is a part Of the advent}. The (
»:~ ‘ estimated. Most taxpayers are neither ac- Why Paid Space? mg department. Six persons are Employdl ”Watthttt
' 1 countants nor politicians; they do not read- The official public notice must be run in on a full time 404101” week basis; mama ing the
. _ 7‘ ily understand all of the items in a report paid space, because the public must have makeup clerk, dispatcher, assistant dispatcher a right .
' - and must examine it at their leisure and with free access to all important information of and two proof bOYS- ‘1‘ L- Whltt
I. ' . repeated attention to the least understood this nature. Some of the activities of govern- It is the duty 0f the mhhahger t0 ShPerVixL papers, 1
_v '. items. Often they must take the report to mental b0dies produce news which is cov— the PTOCCSSing Of all advertising (including git“ PUb
_' . some friend who has greater knowledge of cred thoroughly in the news columns of the national), tear sheets, proofs and other In) Imadt
.' . accounting and of the procedure in public paper. terials to and from the composing TOOHMUL of News]
_ ‘ office in order to get 3 thorough knowledge This is the newspaper’s responsibility. By and from advertiserS, t0 and from otherad Whith I
. , of how public money was handled. far the greater part of the financial informa- vertising departments; and delivery of supl America]
« AhY method, therefore, WhiCh does DOI tion relating to the activities of governmen- plies to all departments upon order from thi‘ ttthh' h
. make it easy and convenient for each tax» tal bodies, however, is not news material at retail advertising receptionist. (Ah national! tradition
» V payer to have a COPY 0f every report of a all. It bears approximately the same rela- alts: plates, etc., are kept on file in the dis] tommttt‘
'. public official is inadequate in a democratic tionship to the news columns of the paper, patch department.) 1 The t
_ ‘_ system of government. The very least to as the report of the board of directors of The makeup clerk makes uP all Heraldti the eteri
WhiCh a man or woman whose money goes General Motors Co., does. Obviously, it is all Leaders and the Sunday Herald-Leah °thttals
" t to support government is entitled is a Simple. not the newspaper‘s responsibility to bring P1“S 3“ special SCCtiOHS SUCh as Blue Gmii iSt press
_ , complete, clear statement of what was done detailed information of this nature to the Review, Vacation, Back—to—School, Modem, similart
3 With it- attention of the public. Homes, etc. f governm
; Notice Protects Individual Rights In the last analysis, however, the public The dispatcher and his assistant write up‘ We h?
. We have said little about the multitude of notice runs in paid space primarily for the ads: get PTOOfS ready to distribute to ad‘tti drtd 1m-
j public notices that are not concerned with protection of the public official himself. He tisers and/or salesmen, make “pick “P" “5“ bemg SF
' ‘ j: the monetary accounts of public offices. Yet is assured in this way of having some funds for PTOOf hOYS: keep electric basket empty “Ii Even C0
: the need for wide circulation of such avail» in his budget with which to make an ac- material coming from display department signatun
able means for preventing interested parties counting of his stewardship to his constitu- and classified, read proof, 1001‘ “P mats, son; never pr
from being deprived of their constitutional ents. It guards him against misrepresenta- and file mats and answer the telephone, What
rights. tion, false accusations, and claims of malfeas- The PTOOf boys tear and file papers, 1001; case?
In such cases as mortgage foreclosure sales, ance in office. up mats, deliver and pick up pr00fs, file mat Actual
’ material is no less great as it often is the only In short, it is his privilege as well as his services, send monthly tear sheets to adverl in comp;
i Sheriff’s sales, sales of land for delinquent duty, to utilize the paid public notice for the tisers. One proof boy works from noon until, at the n
it ‘ taxes, etc., the persons who have a vital in- wise explanation of his own actions, and to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The dtt wuh H“
L terest in the properties have the right to he keep his constituents informed. Patth department is open from 8 am. “ht people I
’ . informed about their disposition. Non-resi— . 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and from? million
‘ dent owners are noticed by mail to their last 8 Zl-UL through 4230 p.m. on Saturday. . Stahthng
‘ known post office, but no serious attempt is Change In Ownership ___.—_ i 5;?“th
a: made to conduct a thorough search for them Francele H. Armstrong, president of the Fire Losses Increase [ 3751:?
a} ‘ and the notice often falls of delivery. Friends Gleaner and Journal Publishing Company, ‘ . ticians q
, and relatives living in the community or the Henderson, Ky., recently announced that Monetary 1055- from fires during the 1351 the al:
I‘ county in WhtCh the sale is to take place, the company is in process of purchasing the twelve months increased .12%’. according to fools f:
E ' . when they see 21 “Ohm to that Che“ PUb‘ newspaper from the heirs of the former own- Flre Prevention-and Ehglneerlng- Standard! The;
i; lished in thEi: communilty papers, $7in take er, Leigh Harris. The Gleaner and Journal 5::lemsitt‘evefliljlano3al Board of. Fire 311$: extra mi
3 res onsi iit u on t emse veso in orm— - - ,- : C 531 increase IS C0Il1 a ‘
i ‘ iii; thg interestZd 1hon-resident parties. Publishing Company, has, mice NOV. 1,1955, into the present year at worsening met" the new
;j _ operated the newspaper, owned by the C , _ _ _ ' lfaC- press of
J Then, too, newspapers have a way of tia— Gleaner and Journal, Inc., under lease. Of— ommittee said some pnncrpal physma to det
veling around the country that gets them. in» ficers of the Gleaner and Journal Publishing tors accounting-for increase Include: (“It asked :cl
‘1 to the far corners Of every state and nation. C0. in addition to Mrs. Armstrong: who is If Delayed discovery Of many fires, m It's sii
3 ' lee a letter from home, they are read eager- also editor, publisher, and president of the cating general lac k Of competent watch sen" tem tati
i ly and minutely by those Who are far away Gleaner and Journal, Inc., are: Donald L. ice and automatic alarm and sprinkler Pm, 0P
i from their former nelghborhoods. What bet— Armstrong, vice president; Ralph Dear, sec- teCthn. . _ ' . ‘]d 116.0
l ter way is there, under such conditions, to retary; J- Albert Dear, treasurer; William . 2. Large undiv1ded areas in stricken bill' 2) 115.18
ii convey an important notice to people Who Hempstead and Everett C. Wood, assistant ings, Wlthom adequate SUblelSlon by fire menca?
it have the right to be informed? treasurer; and William L. Sullivan, assistant walls. _ _ . mi 11:51? r1
i1 Parties hOt directly concerned in a legal secretary. Purchase price is given‘as $120,000. 3' Inadequate _mun1c1p a] fire protectlon if e re
21: action also may be entitled to notice in those small communities. . il Xpende.
cases where their welfare is affected. Such —“—.——' Are You adequately protected by 1mm". they are
t, ,. cases would include divorce and nullity of The first weekly newspaper published in ance? See our July 15 Bulletin. i _ And ii
i “ marriage, bankruptcy, adotion, sale of prop- America was the Boston Newsletter, which _..__.____ In our 0
.' erty for liens, and many others. It is impos- appeared in 1704, under the editorship of The first printing press to reach Ameria :he 6th
F sible for anyone to predict how many people John Campbell. was established at Mexico City in 1539' Unds as
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’l' . I . h men is to inform ourselves about the reason 3 33M
.. our forefathers wrote Siecial rovisions into i 331er
S The PUbllC S Rig t To KnOW--- the Constitution to pf‘otect gress freedom. i ‘ 3iE3
of the Lexing 3 3 They didn’t give us any special privilege to 3 3
of the adverm The daily duty of a newsp3aper3 as the ing state and national government. enable us to make a fast buck. ’ 3
are employdl “watchdog" of our complex3soc1€ty in keep- It may well be that3if every paper kept a They did however put on us the obliga- 3 333333
basis; manager ing the public informed of what “theirs is careful watch on public offiCials and the use tion to serve conscientiously as the eyes and 33333
ltant dispflttha‘ a right to know” was emphaSized by BaSil of public money in its own community, the ears of our readers keeping the eternal spot- 3
L. Walters, executive editor, Knight News- state and national Situation would be auto- light of publicity on the conduct of public 3 3 34 3

ger to Supervigt papers, Inc., in his recent address to Michi- matically taken care of. 3 3 business. 3 :
;ing (includini gm publishers. 3 3 I’ll wager that m dozens 0f communities If we fail, then this greatest experiment 3 3 3:, :33;
and other mil Imade a speech to the American SOCiety of theUmted States there are today young in self government ever undertaken will fall. 3 33, 3333]
osing manual of Newspaper Editors in the middle 40’s in politicians starting on the path of looting If we explain the importance of public busi- 3 33333
from other ad which I said I feared the liberties of the of public funds in their own communities ness being conducted in public, the honest i 3; 33
elivery of 5113' American people were slipping away by de- in some fashion Similar to the way Hodge public offic1alw1113welcome eternal vigilance. 33 3 3 3333
order from [m3 fault. In keeping With the best American got his start. 33 33 I have found that if the honest public official 3 3 3
. (All nationfll tradition, I was appouited chairman of a This is what I3rnean when I3say t at i is approached properly, be WI“ co-operate. 3 3333
file in the (13,3 committee to do something about it. each of us Will bring to3the public attention And I have also found that whenever 3 3 33
1 The thing that frightened me then was bad political practices in our own commu‘ there is lack of co-operation, that is the time .3 3, ,3 3:

1p all Heraldri the eternal spotlight of publicity on public nities, we’ll be stopping the feeding of these for a newspaper to start digging. 3 3 333 3
Heraldieadfi officials were being smeared as “the capital- people into the state and national polltlcal3 It may very well be that ”greatness" is be- . 3 3
as Blue Gmia ist press” or the one party press, or with machinery, which we as taxpayers keep sup- ing thrust upon 1353 There seems to be a 3 3.33
:hool, Modem, similar thought paralyzing slogans. porting with ever increasmg million and bil- new developing, a new civic consciousness. 3 . 3 3
E government secrecy that four billion six hun- lion dollar taxes: 3 And with this shaking off of apathy, there 3 l3

istant write “33‘ We had progressed so far in the matter of I thought OXie Re1c3hler3of the Yonkers is 3,3 growing awareness of the part news 3 . 33
ibute to adver‘ dred million dollars in welfare funds were Herald Statesman put it quite well recently papers play in auditing government. 3 3
“pick up" 13's,, being spent in absolute secrecy in Illinois. when he said: 3 3 This affords us our great opportunity to 3 3 3i
asket emptyoli Even county auditors had to supply their “So long as newspaper readers remain 111‘ remain the great medium of communication 3333
iy departmenll signature plates for welfare checks they were nocent and ignorant when shenanigans go in this electronic age. 3 3 3‘ 33333
( up mats, 33333. never privileged to see. on in any City hall, any board of education— I frequently hear the expression, “Thank 33333
telephone, i What are the lessons to us in the Hodge at the grass roots of our soc1ety—so long will God for the newspapers. Without them be— 3 333
[6 papers. 1001 case? political rascals continue to pluck those Cltb ing on guard, our country would perish.’3’ 3 3 3,3.i3
proofs, file mil Actually the money involved was peanuts zens, corrupt our offiCials and generally de- I wish I were young enough to be starting 3 3,3
ieets to adveil as compared to some of the money involved base and destroy the morale of our local all over again in the newspaper business. I l 3 3
'0m noon 33mm in the national scandals. We were dealing governments. 3 think the Golden Era of Journalism is just 33‘ 33
riday. The dis with millions instead of with billions and “So long as the facts—and adVise on how ahead. But it is going to be a different and ‘ 3 3 33
m 8 am. until people have got so used to inflation that a to do something about them—are not laid more exciting type of journalism t