Show i We Will Print the News i T 1 t W W. GILLMAN director of the state welfare department took occasion Tuesday to upbraid upbraid up- up braid braid publicly The Telegram and one one of it its reporters reporters re- re o. o 1 porters for daring to publish news about welfare wel- wel v fare f re department dismissals to be made in conformity conformity conformity con con- with the working wives resolution p passed by the 1939 legislature Mr Gillman said that publication of the news over his protest had caused me undue trouble and started smarted all this commotion over 4 the the- dismissals 0 Just why the news that some 70 workers In the welfare departments are to be dismissed in compliance with a policy established by the legislature should cause Mr Gillman Giliman undue trouble ble we cant can't understand There was nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing secret about the establishment of the policy and nd certainly the welfare department intended t to heed the legislatures legislature's request The fact that the action action- was to be taken that 70 faced dismissal dismissal dis dis- dis- dis missal was news news and and The Telegram told it We are sorry if we caused Mr Gillman and his office any discomfort However we believe believe believe be be- lieve the public is entitled to know what is going on in any public office and that it itis is our duty as a newspaper to give that news We dont don't make the news we merely print it Believing that publication of news of what Is going ing on in governmental affairs is a part of o our r obligation as a newspaper that such publication publication pub pub- is an essential part of our democratic I i representative form of government we must and will continue to print the news as we find It it regardless of any attempts at censorship on the p part rt of any public official |