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On Writing to the EditorSome people think that we should require that every letter to the editor which appears on this page to be signed by thewriter.That might be good in theory, but it would b-e something else in practice.. .Take the letter the other day which was signed GMB' which protested against what appeared to be repeated throwing of a calf during the VigilanteparadeWe debated some time before we decided to accede to the writer's request, but it is a good thing we did.Never has there been such vituperation of a writer. Never have there been so mony attempts to find out who wrote the letter. Probably every member of the staff, in addition to the editor, were plagued with requests to reveal the identity.And then the vandals even went through the telephone book seeking out all those who had the same or similar initials, calling the person and telling them that the editor of the paper had said they were the letter writers.Well, we can assure them that no one with those initials wrote the letter for it luckily happened there was a typographical error and the initials of the writer were not used It's the first time we have ever been thankful for a typographical error. And we are sorry people whose initials happened to be GMB were pestered.It just goes to show that some people are not ready to deal in ideas, they have to punish personally those who disagree with them.It appeared to the writer of the letter that it was unnecessary to do what he thought was being done to the calf on the float. All that was necessary was to answer with other ideas which defended the float. This was done in a couple of the letters, we thought quite adequately.But we should hate to think what might have happened to the letter-writer had his identity become known—there were such persistent and violent efforts made to uncover it.Luckily it is/ /safely locked in the'/respository of faithful breasts.
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Mon, May 13, 1963
Page 4
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