Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1946-12-06 | Page 3 | The Honorable' Refers but to High Public Officials

The Honorable' Refers but To High Public Officials No American is supposed to be addressed or referred to by the title "The Honorable" unless he is among the high public officials whose importance automatically confers the privilege upon them in the Style Manual of the Department Depart-ment of State, says Collier's. However, members of congress bestow it widely, recent issues of the Congressional Record showing the title used in reference to such individuals as small-town politicians, politi-cians, lawyers and newspaper men. x