Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-19 | Page 8 | S. L. Traveler's Prized Photos Seized by Police of Greece

S. L. Traveler's Prized Photos Seized by Policy of Greece T Z " Dictator ruled Greece Is easy tc v travel in. but a difficult place for the candid camera fan. Dr. Jacob ' Geerlings, professor of classical Ian- guages at the University of Utah, , disclosed Thursday upon his return v from a four-month visit to the land of Homer. "A business policy that surprise! a most Americans is the fixation ol .'the government, a practice possible only under a dictatorship," he said. "I "The practice is of great help s I to tourists who otherwise would be y held up by unscrupulous tradesmen. I Indeed, I found that the tourist , J may travel much easier In countries . jsurh as Greece and Italy than in "'other countries. In the former . i strict regulations and efficient po-' po-' lice service are of great assistance." But they confiscated some of his candid camera shots, 70 of those he ' prised moat Dr. Geerlings was in Greece to study an ancient manuscript manu-script in one of the monasteries on j the Mount Athos peinsula. and it was those pictures government agents took from him. including r some motion picture films and a ' motion picture camera. However, ' he brought home more than 300 pictures pic-tures taken during the trip. Dr. Geerlings made a comparison between the Mount Athoa document ment. Results will be published as the last in a series of volumes dealing deal-ing with origin of Greek New Testa- J'-' essssssaasanl !, DR. JACOB GEERLINGS , Easy to travel, hard to picture- ments and variances with present versions.