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. . . You print an article concerning William Lorimer [TIME, Nov. 1] that certainly demands correction and repudiation, and you print a picture which mere acquaintances recognize at once as not being his likeness. . . . You state that he was put in jail seven years after the crash of the LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank, because the government found his banking schemes fraudulent. Mr. Lorimer was acquitted by a jury in the Criminal Court of this county, after a lengthy trial of the charges growing out of the failure of that bank, and, the indictment in the Federal Court, as I remember it, and I follow these matters quite closely, was never pressed to trial after his acquittal in the state court, so that William L. Lorimer was not put in jail, because the government found his banking schemes fraudulent.
Again, it is not necessary to hold any lengthy brief in his favor, because you are probably already informed of his side of the case, but I should like to lay this before you: that a careful reading of the testimony before the two Senatorial Committees and the various trials that grew out of his election to the Senate, indicated that he had some zealous, but unwise friends, who were mainly responsible for the nasty situations which developed after his election, and that he, in line with his conduct all through life, would not squeal on them in order to save himself, and these friends were not courageous enough to take the burden on their own shoulders. . . .
I am a subscriber to your paper and value its unique features and the quite independent way in which you handle men and affairs. Naturally, mistakes will creep into a publication dealing with a multitude of matters, so I do not mean to be critical of you in this connection, but simply place the facts before you, so that you may do justice to a much maligned man in a later issue.
MARSHALL SOLBERG
Solberg, Hummeland & Winans
Chicago, Ill.
William Lorimer was, for at least a few weeks, in jail, although later acquitted of bank frauds. And he was expelled from the U. S. Senate for bribery. To Subscriber Solberg, thanks for his clear presentation of the Lorimer side.—ED.
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Sirs:
For the first time in several years I was able to satisfactorily keep in touch with current news while spending the summer in a very tiny village of the Italian Alps. Perhaps it would interest you to know how 1 provided for having TIME forwarded to me without having to bother you with my change of address. At the postoffice I had a copy of TIME weighed and bought the necessary folders on which I wrote my Italian address. These folders I left with the caretaker and each week he wrapped TIME in one and placed it again in the mail. For the small sum of 23¢ I received ten weeks of TIME and on my return I had three issues waiting for me which had been held while I was making the trip back.
ALFRIDA T. KRAMER
New York, N. Y.
When Subscriber Kramer again travels TIME'S circulation department will be glad to spare her caretaker trouble.—ED.
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