HELPFUL SILENCE
American reporters, used to wideopen publicity methods, have sometimes complained of the reticence of other nations, and particularly of the British. There has been a lot of this talk in Washington lately. Well, there’s another side fo this retieeneo. as was shown in a little Associated Press despatch from London about the motor accident involving Queen Mary. The owner of the lorry which struck the Royal car “ refused to disclose the driver’s name to newspaper men.” and the man came into the news only when ho appeared with a bouquet of flowers at the Queen’s residence. In times of keyhole journalism, of “ bus-driver’s-own-story ” exhibitionism, isn’t it refreshing to find a driver, an employer, and a Press which respect the individual’s right to privacy, to personal diVnitv. and to a useful future career?—‘ Christian Science Monitor.’
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Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 3
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137HELPFUL SILENCE Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 3
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