National Affairs: Brother to Brother

Arkansas' Governor Parnell went to French Lick, Ind. last week to attend the Governors' Conference. That left Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Wilson in charge of the State with all the powers and privileges of a chief executive. One of his first official acts was to pardon his brother Fred, convicted last March of grand larceny and awaiting formal sentence of four years in jail.

Lawrence and Fred are the sons of Mrs. Leon Wilson, 63, who lives on a large farm near Stephens, Ark. Brother Fred's conviction filled his mother with shame and anguish. Last week Brother Lawrence declared that he had "no...

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