A polite announcement issued from the Post Office Department last summer after public excitement over lottery winnings in the Epsom Derby sweepstakes died away.
The announcement drew attention to the fact that publication of lottery informationof final awards as well as advance publicitymade a newspaper non-mailable by Federal statute ; that violation incurred a penalty of $1,000 fine or two years imprisonment. Having reminded the Press of the law, the Post Office said confidently, "It is not believed that hereafter newspapers will desire to publish the matter the statute forbids . . ." (TIME, June 29).
The Post Office Department declared it...
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