Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-05 | Page 7 | Aged Negro Employe of U. S. Treasury Honored

AGED IVECFiO EMPLOYE OF j U. S. TREASURY HONORED I WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Treasuryi 'officials Including Secretary Houston' I and former Secretary Glass last night paid tribute to fifty years of falth-i falth-i ful public service on the part of Rtch-i Rtch-i ard Greene, a negro who although born j a slave, has acted as chief messenger i 1 for twenty treasury department b' Sda CsjrentonlSS in rionor of the fiftieth i 'anniversary or. Greene's entrance Into : his pr. sent position were- held at the 'exclusive negro apartment house, I whore he resides. Former Secretary I Glass, now Senator from Virginia. In : presenting a watch to Greene on behalf of the treasury officials, described the aged messenger as a negro of the old-fashioned old-fashioned type, as perfect a specimen of a real gentlemen as one can come In contact with In any race." A letter let-ter was read from Secrt t.n y Houston, who wrote Greene as follows: "You have been courteous: you have been obliging: you have been Industrious; Indus-trious; you have been honest, you have been loyal. You are loyal to those I whom you now serve; you are loyal ! to those whom you have served. Such qualities make a good citizen."