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Just What Constitutes
First Degree Murder
-Present-day court procedure is quite confusing to the
average layman. In fact, it’s even confusing to some of
the country’s best legal talent.
-We profess to know very little about the law and
court procedure.
It’s always been confusing to us how a case of drunken
driving could end up by the defendant pleading guilty
to forcible trespass or something like that.
Likewise, we can see very little justice in allowing a de
fendant who has confessed first-degree murder to plead
guilty to being an accessory before and after the fact.
We’re referring to the case of a Negro named James
Taylor, who received life imprisonment in Harnett’s Su
perior Court last week.
According to the evidence, Taylor went to the home
of his sweetheart, knocked the door down, walked in,
and very deliberately shot her to death as she lay sleeping
with her baby.
He readily confessed the crime. There was no evi
dence of anything but first degree murder.
i However, his attorneys were quite willing to compro
b- to save the defendant from the gas chamber. And,
certainly, nobody can be critical of an attorney for try
ing to save the life of his client. They would be negligent
of duty if they did otherwise?.
The argument was advanced that even if the jury
shouM bring in a verdict of first degree without a recom
mend Son for mercy and the Negro sentenced to die, the
verdict might not stand up in Supreme Court on account
of scime technicality in the law.
Argument was also advanced that the trial would be
costly to the taxpayers.
As we see it, the court immediately concerned with
a case is supnosed to mete out justice, as warranted re
gardless of what any other court might do.
The expense of a trial should never be considered
The ; Federal government, for example, doesn’t give up
looking for a man even if the cost runs into many thou
sands jpf dollars. Justice is always the aim, if not the goal.
This newspaper has no desire to see anybody exe
cuted—we aren’t quite sure at times that we believe in
capitol punishment.
But it seems to us that a defendant should in every
raise be placed on trial for the offense charged against
The case last week leads us to wondering just what
constitutes first degree murder in this county In the
words of District Solicitor Jack Hooks, if there was ever
a case of cold-blooded, premeditated murder, this was is.
Murderers in the future can be consoled by the fact
can always plead guilty to being an accessory,
ge „ ljfe m prison and sooner or later get paroled or get
their- sentence commuted. “
EXETER^IP 1 ? ?£_£ ABE , NTS LAW BACKFIRES
EXETER, R. I. IUV-Parents com- MUNCIE. Ind Hi” Patrolmpn
P’ al , ne l t 0 “ht" l committee William Moler and James Peters
th ? r children had to board Put their autes in metered park-
h school bus at 6:15 a. m. when they appeared as
to be-ln time for 8 o clock classes, witnesses in a city court trial. The
• ■ ~ ~ trial lasted longer than they had
More than a million eggs were expected and they got tickets for
North Carolina in 1950. overtime parking.
Frederick OTHMAN
, WASHINGTON. Looks like
we’re going to phase out some of
cwr defense program. Then we’ll
fins like It. H- m-m-m-m-m.
I tell ySu there’s something con
tagious about gobbledegook. Nor
man scents and solid citizens like
Charles E. Wilson and Manly
Ftelschmann come to Washington
to run the nation’s production sys
tem and for a while they talk like
the-rest of us. Gradually Federal-
I ese; the language spoken exclusive
ly in ’our local marble halls, rubs
off on ’em. And pretty soon thev’re
•pouting Words that don’t even ap
i P*«T“in an unabridged dictionary.
t Uakfr;Very sad.
So. there were the Messrs. Wil
»on and Fleishchmann being ques
tioned by the Joint Senate and
Housd Defense Committee pn how
many people were so sore
about the way their Washington
masta-s were treating ’em.
Tlj£_ trouble, even as it was dur
ing Works War 11, was shortages of
practically everything. And espe
cially copper, brass, aluminum, and
■tn&tural steel.
Mobilization Director Wilson and
Production Administrator Fleisch
mang said they were trying to
Buffalo, N. Y„ would talk like
that. But I heard right. He went
on to say that a number of other
defense schemes also would have
to be phased out.
Pretty soon Wilson, ex-boss of
the General Electric Co., was phas
ing out some situations, too. I’m
not too sure exactly what th
meant, but I got fW P idea u
they’d calm down some of the big
brains and keep ’em from hoarding
scarce materials until they reallv
needed them.
Then Fleischmann went on to say
that he was being forced to cut out
the building of office buildings al
together and even to slow .up the
erection of defense plants cn ac
count of the steel and copper
shortage. He added, and I quote:
“The figures arc not yet finalized."
He meant here (I think) that
he didn’t have any good calcula
tions on construction needs, but
he was working on ’em.
As a journeyman reporter, with
a big dictionary handy, I’m all
for Wilson and Fleischmann divid
ing ur the stuff that goes into
rifles and television sets as wisely
as they can. This is no easy job
Both the gunsmiths and the elec
tricians figure they’re getting the
short end of the stick. Such snarl
ing battles kept Washington busy
during all the last war: now we’re
getting more of the same. Fact
is, these proceedings were some
thing like walking into the mid
dle of a movie. I got the feeling
that this was where I came in.
One thing, though, I wish the
production bosses would ration is
phony English. Pm not angry, you
understand; just a little confused
by the language they’re tunneling
They’ve got me doing it.
These Days
£ckcUkif
WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN?
General Eisenhower’s declaration
that he is a Republican raises the
, question: What is a Republican?
In some countries, political par
ties are membership organizations.
. Those wishing to belong apply for
membership, are elected, and pay
dues. Neither the Republican nor
the Democratic Party is of this
category. True, there are local and
social clubs, but there is no nation
al organization. No man, for in
stance. is president of the Repub
lican or the Democratic Party.
The national committee comes
1: to providing a central organ,
, but it is strictly functional, having
to do with such matters as ar
ranging for national conventions,
sending out speakers, etc. Mem
bers of the national committee of
either party may or may not have
any influence upon the party’s pro
gram, which is determined by the
president-in-office for the majority
party and the prepopderance of
votes on issues by the minority
party.
In most states there is some form
of enrollment or registration. Those
who designate themselves in this
manner can vote in primaries. On
the other hand, a man who has
been a Democrat, a Socialist, a
Communist or a Prohibitionist can
designate himself as a Republican
in any year if he so desires. This is
equally true of the Democratic
Party. No pledge of allegiance is
required.
What it amounts to, under our
system, is that ally citizen may,
to suit his momentary purposes,
declare himself as belonging to one
party or another. It is even pos
sible for groups to organize to raid
the primaries of a party with the
object of making it ineffectual.
This is particularly true in Wis
consin and California.
Neither of the major political
parties in this country has a per
manent political philosophy. It used
to be that the Republican Party
was anti-slavery, high tariff, sound
money; tlie Democratic Party was
for states’ rights, populism and a
low tariff. Neither party has any
such clear position today.
The Republican Party contains
such men as Wayne Morse ,and
Joe McCarthy; the Democratic
Party fcfffli' men aVWtlliam ‘Benton
and Pat McCarran. Robert A. Taft
is closer in philosophy to Harry
Byrd than to Irving Ives; Mar
garet Chase Smith is closer to Hu
bert Humphrey than to Owen
Brewster. The parties have become
vehicles for election rather than
for the propagation of deep con
victions.
General Eisenhower in 1948 had
the opportunity to enroll in New
York State as a Republican. He
was then a civilian, president of
Columbia University; he had a
similar opportunity in 1949 and
1950. He did not enroll as a Re
publican when the opportunity was
his. There is, of course, no com
pulsion to enroll or register in this
manner, but those who wish to
engage in political activity usually
do.
Miss Kay Sqmmersby, who was
closely associated with General
Eisenhower during the war in her
book, “Eisenhower Was My Boss,”
says:
” ... In his casual conversations
during World War 11, General Eis
enhower made it quite clear he re
garded himself as a soldier, with
no political ambitions whatsoever—
not even political inclinations or
interest. He was painfully definite
in his opinion of politics in gen
eral. . . .
“• ■ . His disinclination to ac
cept either the Republican or the
Democratic offers (in 1948) came
as no surprise to me or anyone
eke who heard the statements he
made during the war. For us, the
lac ;-at he said he had no politi
c..’ ambit. , ii- desires ended the
whole debate.”
Another witness to General Eis
enhower’s point of view on politi
cal matters is Robert Sherwood,
who reports Harry Hopkins as
raying: '
“. . . Amongst other things, Eis
enhower told me that he and his
family had always been Republicans
and had voted against Roosevelt
every time up until 1944; but that
he did vote for Roosevelt this last
time.
"He discussed his future at great
length, repeatedly emphasizing that
he did not want to go into poli
tics. This seemed to be apropos
of nothing in particular that I Bad
said. He told me, however, that a
good many people passing through
raised the question of his running
for President— obviously on the Re
publican ticket,”
I suppose many Republicans
voted for Roosevelt, for a fourth
term, in 1944. Otherwise, he weald
not have been elected. It would be
interesting to know if actually
Eisenhower ever voted for a Re
publican.
Sherwood furtHer reports that
Eisenhower “felt that since an offi
cer must serve his government with
lull loyalty and devotion regard
less of its political coloration, he
should avoid all considerations of
political partisanship. ...” v
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THE DAILY RECORD. DUNN. N. CL
MISTER BREGER
>
“My ancestors survived Bunker Hill an’ Valley Forge
i - an’ Gettysburg—so here goes!”
A CIU WSHMION
ySif MERRY-fiO- ROUND
V >y OKIW fEAKSON
WASHINGTON. Today that
part of the American people which
pays income taxes in quarterly in
stallments, will file final tax esti
mates for 1951—plus payments.
Most people gripe at filing taxes,
and this time their gripe will be
legitimate. Never before has out
tax collecting system become so
steeped in fraud and favoritism.
If it continues, the United States
could follow the road of France,
Germany and Italy where unfair
taxes and crooked collections have
given those countries a boost on
the road toward Communism.
.To put a road-block on that
road in this country, this column
ist herewith suggests five means
cf preventing fraud in the future.
If you are against unfair tax col
lections. it might pay to clip this
column and attach it to the re
turn you send the Treasury today
—or to your Congressman who
will have to vote these reforms
into operation.
Here arc the proposals:
REFORM MUST BEGIN AT
THE TOP—When the White House
phenes the Justice Department Tax
Division regarding a further hear
ing fpr a Missouri tax case after
Haxw Schw imnm. attorney for. the
Presld.ent’s close Kansas City
friend Tom Evans of Crown Drug
Stores has been hired in the case,
naturally Justice Department law
yers take the cue. It sets a general
pattern down below. So also does
the behavior of White House cro
nies on other matters.
Roosevelt gave the cue on in
fluence-peddling and tax-fixing at
the start of his administration
when he forced Democratic Na
tional Committeemen Arthur Mil
len of Nebraska,. Bruce Kramer of
Montana and Bob Jackson of New
Hampshire off the Democratic
Cor-mittee because they peddled
infl ence. Truman, near the end
of his administration, still hasn’t
set a clear-cut cue as yet.
THE “ENTERTAINMENT"
RACKET
PUBLICITY—The easiest, quick
est way to cure tax favoritism is
by publishing tax returns. Partial
publicity was practiced during the
first years of the Roosevelt admin
istration, and today full tax re
turns are published in some states,
notably Wisconsin.
But Congress, which is more re
sponsible for tax favoritism than
its sanctimonious members will
ever admit, overrode FDR and put
the quietus on any publicity re
garding incomes. So solicitor.- were
Congressmen for the big taxpayer
that they made it a criminal of
fense to leak or publish any in
come tax data.
This has played into the hands
of a lot of people, especially the
Influence peddlers and those who
deduct the expense of private
yachs, private airplanes and ex-
CUTIES
*' "■ -»'• j ;
‘That will be another quarto—to keep coming j
5 pensive parties at the Stork Clut
l or the Mayflower.
This was how Larry Knohl, the
‘ tax-fixer, was able to take Wash
ington officials on his private
• plane. It was also why the World
3 Series games have become one ol
’ the biggest tax deductions rackets
3 in New York. The U. S. Treasury
• not the public, paid for most ol
3 the box seats at the World Series
- thanks to the present system ol
deducting lush entertainment ex
penses from taxes.
1 While some entertainment ex
penses are justifiable, it should be
remembered that the stenographer
' or salesgirl can’t deduct the cost
1 of taking the boss to the ball game
or to dinner at the Stork Club on
the ground that she’s helping to
1 keep her job. Her taxes are taken
’ out of her salary with her pay
check each week, and she gets no
allowance whatever for entertain
ment.
OVERWORKED OFFICIALS
MORE PERSONNEL Though
the number dl taxpayers has
jumped from 7,288,000 to 80.270,000
since the Democrats came in in
1933. the number of lawyers in
the Justice Department’s Tax Di
vision has not increased propor
tionately, while the number of tax
agents and employees in the
Treasury has fallen far below the
proportionate increase in tax re
turns.
Thus, while the number of tax
payers has increased by ten times
in 20 years, the number of Reve
nue Bureau employees has in
creased by only five times—from
11,524 in 1933 to about 55,000 to
day.
Meanwhile the Justice Depart
ment’s tax lawyers actually were
decreased by Congressional econ
omy from 90 in 1946 to 87 in 1951
despite the fad; that the Tax Divi
sion handled 1,606 cases in 1946
and 3,100 cases in 1951.
The Tax Division was formerly
under the ousted Lamar Caudle;
and though influence was some
times responsible for stymied
cases, more often it . was just plain
overwork.
REGISTER INFLUENCE PED
DLERS—The public has the idea
that all lobbyists in Washington
are required to register. This is
wrong. Lobbyists hired to influ
ence Congress are required by law
to register. But the law does ot
apply to really big-time lobby
ists who pull wires before govern
ment bureaus—such as the Treas
ury and Justice Department to fix
tax cases.
Congress, however, could change
this overnight by including them
in the Lobby Registration Law.
What Congress should do also is
include themselves in this law. For
the biggest tax influence is some
times wielded by Congressmen on
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Walter
Winchell
In
New
York
Gangs, Graft and Governors
Any gang of public plunderers
operating over a period. of time is
storing up a tremendous political
fortune. Not for themselves but
for the men who eventually send
them to jail. . . . Crime doesn't
pay—for the criminal—but it cer
tainly pays off for the public serv
ants who bring them to bay. . . .
History proves that when thieves
fall out,- not only do all honest
men get their due, but a few get
a great deal of publicity, which
skyrockets them to fame and for
tune.
For instance, early in 1871, three
scoundrels had a quarrel in N.Y.C.
They were ex-Sheriff O’Brien,
Controller Connolly and Boss
Tweed. . . . O’Brien’s revenge con
sisted of over Connolly’s
records to the N. Y, Times. Tweed'
promptly offered George Jones, the
editor, 5 million dollars not to pub
lish UJem.. The Times ran the
headline, of course, and simultan
b eously the decline of Tweed and
the spectacular rise of two other
ie men started.
i-
j One was a young cartoonist nam
, ed Thomas Nast, who created the
Tammany Tiger with his pen. . . .
Tweed offered Nast a half million
.j dollars to stop drawing, but Nast
s was rftready out of hearing—half
|f ‘ way up the ladder of success to his
final destination, the pinnacle of
journalistic immortality. . . . The
man who pinned the prison stripes
• on Tweed’s dirty shirt was Samuel*
e J. Tilden of Gramercy Park. As a
J result of his attacks on the Tweed
* Ring, New York elected him gov
e ernor in 1874 and the people elect
n ed him President in 1876—but he
0 was robbed of the latter. ... In
13 any event, the fallen body of Tweed
• was the stepping stone for Tilden’s
0 career.
About the turn of the Century,
the very best names in New York
1 were engaged in a very bitter fight
® control of one of its very best
“ assets—a large insurance company.
1 The quarreling behind the closed
1 Wall Street doors became loud
enough to reach the sensitive ears
‘ of Joseph Pulitzer in Park Row.
* The charges and counter-charges
e between the battling financial mog
e uls convinced Pulitzer that the for
" gotten men were the policy holders
—the little people who paid the
- premiums.
s
Something more than a mere
- Legislative Inquiry was needed. A
1 thorough, honest, mathematically
■ and legally trained examiner. . . .
As an additional qualification, he
■ could not be connected with the
5 Society and Wall Street world, be-
■ cause the interests he was lo at
-1 tack were the very citadel of both.
■ . . . The man was found. His care
> fill, cold analysis resulted in the
great insurance reforms. The in
’ quiry earned for him the title of
‘‘The Man with the Rockcrusher
• Mind.” . . . The man was Charles
Evans Hughes, and from the great
1 insurance investigation he went on
to be Governor of New York, Chief
■ Justice of the United States, and,
1 very nearly, in the 1916 elections,
1 the Presidency itself.
;
About the middle of the 1870’s,
there occurred In Sacramento, Cali
■ fornia, one of the most dramatic
incidents in the history of that
great state. . . . Frank Rhodes, a
big time gambler, controlled Sacra
: mento and too much of the State
government. The decent people
1 were more than fed up—and among
1 the decent people was a fine fight
ing attorney, with two teenage
1 boys, named Grove L. Johnson.
One night Frank Rhodes called
a meeting of the big-time politi
cians and crooks at his gambling
house—and they all showed up. In
the midst of the meeting, in walk
ed Grove L. Johnson and his two
boys, all carrying guns. They cov
ered the meeting with their pistols
and then Johnson, at pistol point,
told them off. He called them dirt
beneath his feet, traducers of a
great State, crooks and half men.
He said they would be cleaned out
by the decent people in the end
because they would find their lead
er. .. . Johnson was right. Righter
than he knew. As the man and the
two boys backed out of the thun
derstruck room he did not know
that one of the boys beskis him
was to provide California with its
great reform governor and 0. S.
Senator. Also vary nearly Presi
dent. His very own son, Hiram
Johnson.
On a hot July night in 1912,
Herman Rosenthal was shot down
In front of the Hotel Metropole In
•N. Y. C. . . . A gambler and stool
pigeon, he had long been a thorn
in the side of crooked Police Lt
Charles Becker. The grafting ring
was frightened at Rosenthal’s dis
closures, and on that fateful night
it« criminal agent* “Whitey Law
siSS&'dS
route. .... But, unwittingly, by
also rent
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1962
The Worry Chic HjHI .
By DR. GBOBUM W. CRANE .
Harold has hidden away for
two years and dreams of the
wealth, plus fame, which win
accrue to him. But he hasn't
faced the facts. It grieved me to
disillusion him, but I had to pre
pare him for the shock. You
aspiring writers should paste
this Case Record in your scrap
book.
CASE C-344: Harold F., aged 29,
is a college professor ot English.
’ Dr. Crane, I’ve taken two years
off to write a book,” he said, as we
were having dinner together.
“It is now almost ready for pub
lication, and I’d like to have you
look it over to see how well it may
strike the public fancy.
“I’ve let several publishers look
it over, and some haVe reacted vefy
favorably.
“But they think I ought to make
it more of a classroom text in
grammar whereas I want it to
reach the general public and busi
, ness men.”
BE PRACTICAL
Harold apparently has dreamed
and labored tor two years to get
this “brain child” ready for its
swaddling clothes.
Like many typical authors, he
seems to have lived in the clouds
regarding the popularity he thinks
will attach to his book and also
the financial returns he will ob
tain.
So I tactfully tried to prepare
him for the shock that I am sure
is inevitable.
In the first place, his contract
with a publishing firm will grant
him 10 per cent royalty. But this is
on the price at which the publisher
* sells the book to a jobber or retail
store.
The discounts to the latter are
from 40't to 50';. If Harolds book
is to retail at $3.00, for example,
it will probably sell to jobbers at
$1.50. On his 10% royalty arrange
ment, therefore, Harold w ill net 15c
per volume.
A DREAMER’S NIGHTMARE
If a book sells its original print
ing, which is normally 1,000 to
5,000 copies, Harold will then re
ceive from $l5O to $750.
Many good books, however, don’t
strike the fancy of the buying
public, so Harold may find him
self the author of an unpopular
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By America's Foremost
Personal Affairs Counselor
GIRL, 16, MARRIES BOY SHE
KNEW ONLY ONE WEEK; NOW
SHE IS BACK WITH FAMILY TO
■SCAPE BIS BRUTALITY.
DEAR MARY HAWORTH: I
have a serious problem and I need
help. I am 15, and two months ago
I was married to Tom, a boy whom
I had known for only a week.
Mother didn't want us to marry,
but she didn't actively object; and
my brothers and sisters shared her
views, but they were good to me.
They even gave us a party, and
everyone was crazy about Tom.
Two days later, we left for the
Western plains, where Tom’s fam
ily lives. I fell in love with his
parents and brothers and sisters,
and they felt the same towards me.
But after we were ttiere a week,
Tom'* bejiavior be
came hateful and would me
of made-up charges: also he start
ed beating me. This continued.for
three weeks, and then I wrote my
mother—while he was working.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t let me write
to her.
My brothers got hold of my let
ter, and without consulting mother
they came after me. We didn’t let
Tom know I was leaving him, lest
he kill me, because he had said
he would kill me If I ever left him.
So we told him that mother was
sick and needed me. Now I have
been home for a month and Tom
knows I have left him and he feels
hurt. He wants me to come back
to him: but it would be the same
as before, f know.
I am afraid he is going to get
mad and come down here and try
to hurt me; so what should I do?
Should I stand pat and get a di-.
vorce? My whole future is at
stake, and I realize I don’t love him
any more. In fact, I don’t thinv i
loved £im when we married. I was
just fascinated by his smooth line.
I am so worried; please advise me.
k. a
AN INTERLOCKING
CHANGE OF HEART?
DEAR K. a; You realize now
that you never loved Tom. Add this
fact to your adolescent age and
hasty marriage and It suggests that
elected governor of N. Y. following
his conviction of the murderers.
In 1905, the State of Idaho was
tarn by industrial strife. It <mded
in the killing of Idaho’s Governor
FVank Steunenberg, by a bomb.... i
The outraged and terrified commu
nity looked for—and found—a fear- ’
volume.
Besides, the whim of the public
is hard to predict. The publishers |
were wise to urge him to convert
his book into a classroom text.
Then its purchase can be made
compulsory by means of a dozen
frienas ot Harold who are teach
ing English and who will probably
aaopt it for classroom use as a
gesture of friendship, regardless of
whether it is good, bad or mdii
fereht.
That is oqe reason why publish
ers are so receptive to Jhe text
books of professors. They can |
usually sell the first 1,000 copies,
even if the book is terrible,
a textbook racket in Ameri
studied from mnay of these “ter
rible" texts that weren’t worth 25
per cent of the retail price I paid
lor them.
So have you, for there has been
a text a textbook racket in Ameri
can education for the past few dec
ades.
HOW TO SELL A BOOK
“But think of the library orders," 6
Harold mused, happily, and I hard
ly had the heart to destroy his
lond illusion.
Libraries usually buy only those
books that readers have begun to
demand. Bow how can Harold get
the readers to request his book?
It costs much money to produce
such a result. Besides, an English
book is intrinsically not as moti
vating as Dale Carnegie’s popular
little book on winning friends and _
sweethearts. w
Furthermore, there are many
competing books on English gram
mar so Harold has no monopoly.
If you want to make money at
writing, play the batting averages
and write short stories or enter
prize contests.
Be cautious lest you waste a
year or two on a book that has a
very slim chance of selling 1,000
copies and netting you only $l5O.
Send for my bulletin, “HQW TO f
WRITE SALABLE COPYJ," en- ■
closing a dime and stamped
envelope.
(Always write to Dr. Crane '\in
care of this newspaper, enclos
ing a long 3c stamped, address\-
ed envelope and a dime to rove>7
typing and printing costs when:
you send for one of his psycho- i
logical charts.)
. £
I you. probably felt heartsick for
’ home almost immediately after
i moving in with Tom’s family—far
removed from old friends and de
! voted kin.
i Possibly Tom sensed your regret
■ right away, or noted a baffling
. change in you—from winsome ar
dor to wan indifference in rela
tion to him. Something of the kind
may account for the sudden ugly
shift in his mood—his jealous sus
picions, false charges, surly physi- R)
cal abuse, etc.
Perhaps he felt rejected, thwart
ed, acutely dismayed—and humil
• iated before his family. Possibly
he’s always rated himself “low man
on the totem pole” at home, and
hoped to build up his ego by im
pressing the folks with his mar
riage to-a knockout girl, who wes
crazy about him, supposedly. So
maybe he told himself that you’d
roped him in and let him down,
and on that theory he struck at fff
you, emotionally and physically,
like a hurt child in a blind rage
unable to explain himself.,
LEGAL ACTION
SEEMS ADVISABLE
Perhaps also he was in conflict
about the marriage, half-wishing
he hadn’t.leaped into it, unconsci
ously straining against the bond,
taking compulsive action to break
It up—even while holding on to B
you with threats, as a device to
save his pride. The situation does
sound bad; but if the right solu
tion Is tactfully sought. Tom may
cooperate In divorce, with a sense
of relief in having freedom re
stored to him.
In the town through which your
letter comes to me, there is a
mental .hygiene clinic connecte4
wlfh the memorial hospital, where
individual problems are confiden
tially discussed on Tuesday and A
Thursday afternoons. Here you
might find the firsthand help you
need.
As a’ personal defense measure,
for emergency use If necessary,
you might have Toss put under
Is arranged by going to the, chief
of police with your story, as a basis
for serving legal notice on Tom
that he Is not to waylay, molest,/
approach or try to communicate A
with you. If he violates that order,
he is subject to prompt arrest as
a lawbreaker. It gives you the right
to call police if he appears—and
without that safeguard, he can in.