Show PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THE NEWS we would like to elaborate ela berate just a little on our policy which is printed each week at the head of this column we mean every word of it we would like for t r readers to krow that w we e will print the news of our area area as it happens and when it happens right straight down the ime line no matter toes it steps on A e will stand behind and back up every statement that we ae publish 0 we would like to explain our policy in regards to public officials in the news when a person accepts a position as a public officer as a leader in any type of an organization be it political religious or otherwise we be lieve teat from that day on as long as he shall hold that position he is lo 10 aked upon in public opinion as that title which he bears his actions at home or in business twenty four hours of the day reflect upon that title e he is no longer seen in the public eye as an individual but as the title he therefore if he should become the object of a news hem item favorable or otherwise it cannot be as an individual but as the title which he bears if a person does not live up to the respectability of his title then he and the people he represents must suffer the consequences the journal will not withold from publication the title of any public official when they be come subjects of the news regardless of their acclaimed power the jo jou u anal has no contention against any individual or organization we do not make the news we just print it we do not judge or form opinions the journal is a community institution that shall promote public welfare fight for progress and reform oppose injustice and corruption belong to no party and to be e ruggedly independent fight for what is right and attack what is wrong and to seek the truth and to be unafraid to print it |