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Show n rage rur c .. The Daily Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, October - I 15, i$85 Columnist talks about exposing political corruption from page one "Roselli wouldn't talk, but his attorney finally talked to me in a very guarded way and after a considerable period of time, Roselli agreed to talk to the attorney," remembered Anderson. 'Wc w ent through a sort of a charade so Roselli could tell his Mafia people he only talked to his attorney." While all three individuals were in the room, Anderson would ask the attorney a question, and the attorney would turn and ask the same question of Roselli. The mobster would then give the anwer to the attorney. While all this was going on, Anderson was busy taking notes. Those notes led to a series of articles, exposing the efforts of the CIA and the Mafia to assassinate Castro, who did indeed survive many attempts on his life during those troubled times. I think he( Roselli) wanted to get a little credit for it," said Anderson, explaining w hy he felt the mobster had finally broken down and talked. "I also got the feeling he was willing to do it because he felt he had performed a service, or had attempted to perform a service, for the country." If Roselli was performing a service for the country, it was his last. Soon after his rendezvous with Anderson, Roselli's hacked-u- p drum body was found in a is in Miami's Anderson set the on floating Biscayne Bay. idea that it happened because Roselli leaked the story. Even knowing the results now, Anderson, always a journalist first, said he would go through the same routine again. "It's important to expose the truth anytime the Mafia docs business with the government. It's something 50-gall- on s dodo s- I restaurant - NOW SERVING the American people are entitled to know about. a Anderson has lived by this credo since becoming one no teenage journalist in Salt Lake Gty. However, the flourish way speculated that Anderson's career would it did. One thing was certain however. Anderson always knew he wanted to be a journalist. When he was 12, he became led to stints Boy Scout editor for the Deseret Seres, which with the Sail Lake Tribune, the Murray Eagle and KSL Radio. "I was a young celebrity of sorts," Anderson claims. But it wasn't until his early 20s as a WWII war a correspondent in China that he realized he sported than more unique quality. "I was always wanting to know officials were willing to tell me," said Anderson. told "Anybody could get the kind of information that was during press conferences or written in press releases." So Anderson set out, behind the scenes , looking for "the big story. And according to Anderson's own recollections, he found one. "I was the only war correspondent behind the fighting lines, much to the dismay of our OSS officers. They were engaged in secret works and the last person they wanted to sec was a war correspondent," said Anderson. "But when the war ended, I was with a group of Chinese nationalist guerrillas who were operating on a Peking railroad line. 'Well, when the war ended, the Japanese, who had control of that line, pulled out. This immediately began a war between the nationalists and the Chinese communists for control of the line," Anderson said. "While ever) body was talking peace, the Chinese were fighting amongst themselves. I actually wrote the first stories about what became the Chinese Gvil War." Anderson returned to Salt Lake Gty following his stint in China, and went to work for Hays Gorey, the managing editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. a Washington D.G correspondent for Time is now Gorey magazine. Anderson's desire for the bigger headlines soon had him packing for Washington, though, where he made the biggest move of his life in looking up Merry-Go-Round columnist Drew Pearson, then the countries biggest newspaper name. Gorey remembers the time, 1947, well. "I was working at the Tribune. We received a phone call one day, and the f?.A,wiiw.-('- cjj)gnnieoooenr i rv. Vslnce 7th So. 9th East Part-Tim- $2" Student Discount with V 328-934- 8 Crew Jobs e 1740 So 1100 FREE STORESIDE stit weekdays "Right after that success Jack had, there was a unanimous feeling he was one hell of a guy," said Gorey, who wrote a Time cover story on Anderson during that period. column continues today. And The while issues have changed, Anderson's attacking style remains the same. Even today, 38 years since it all began, Anderson writes and attacks with the same kind of enthusiasm he had in 1947. Without a doubt, it has been, and still is, the most important part of his life. "There's not a better job in the world," boasts Anderson, who also raised nine children and a Chinese girl with his wife. As long as there are dirty politicians, scandals and an American public that is willing to listen, Anderson will continue to pound out the Merry-Go-Rouseven days a week, 52 weeks a year. "Oh, I think I'll retire when I'm 130," said a smiling Anderson, expressing himself with a rare flash of humor. Merry-Go-Rou- nd nd Blvd. I 1 21 Sal. 9.00 watchdog eye is roving the neighborhood, waiting to report to the more than 900 newspapers that carry the week column. seven-day- -a His popularity climaxed in 1972 w hen he won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the nation's relationship with India and Pakistan. "Catching Nixon lying to both the Congress and the American public was obviously a major story," said Anderson. Also that year, Anderson uncovered a shady deal that attempted to move the Republican National Convention away from San Diego. The culprits, Anderson wrote, were the same "cast of characters" responsible for the Watergate scandal "Dean, Haldeman, Erlichman.' ,K, Lake City, Utik 9 00 - 6.00 her boundary. If they do, you can bet Anderson's I. 4674 Holladay E. 54 or politicians and public figures rest without the fear that Jack Anderson is right around the corner, watching their every move. I.D. PARKING co-auth- Then, and only then, will the nation's corrupt 6:30 a.m. Student Special said it was Drew Pearson asking for guy who answered it me." Pearson told Gorey Anderson had applied for a job and he wanted Gorey's opinion of the young reporter. "I told Drew that if he hired Jack, he would be getting one of the best, aggressive young newspersons in the country," said Gorey. Of course, Anderson got the job and one of America's most notable relationships was conceived. Anderson apprenticed under Pearson, learning the ropes and digging deep in Washington's darkest secrets, until he of the column in 1965. became In 1969, Anderson took sole responsibility of the column following Pearson's death. Today, he and a staff of 15 reporters continue to keep a close eye on the Washington political scene, daring any public official to step over his or - 5:30 f A LANDMARK DECISION The decision to pursue a legal career at Gonzaga University can impact a lifetime. Our School of Law is ABAAALS accredited with both e and part-tim- e Please for our write or call programs. catalog. , full-tim- Et 1711 Washington State Only I 800 523 9712 Ft 17 VI Continental US outside Washington 1 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Office of the Registrar oC l PO Box 1S2K Spokane Washington w220-12- v(o L--- S u,ol.a 14 new . ,ncc Snake Creek runs are only part of the excitement at Brighton. 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