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‘e@ . & @ &. 1 Te es i Gn 4 TRESS DAY'S: \_— r ae. a . Boadace _ e Belnoat She Believes Elvis wets Is ‘The Greatest Torn. By GEORGE E, SOKOLSKY Sa RECEIVED 2 most instructive letter from Miss ° Hollomen Jotte’Jones of Dallas, Texas, which J am berewith Sey —_____. ties reproducing in full as a contribution to Am - gr Here is the letter: ie “Dear Mr. Sokolsky: Os aed “There are wo many people saying that Elvis . ae | ; x going to die out. When Elvis dies out is when the sun . : y y Y 3 ‘at quits burnin. adi , Rig: “You say everybody is forgotten that is once great: z ¥. Ay George Washington has never been forgotten and . iS * obody can ever be as great a president or as Jong "aah . gemembered as he. Nobody can ever take his place or . . ay @o what he did. Well, it’s the same with Elvis. Hell Ae always be remembered and nobody has ever or ever - ‘ will do the same thing as Elvis has. Elvis is the king - . of popularity and we (teens of America) Jove him and , ‘we'll see he Hves forever, Not his body but his name. ra - Adults won't admit he's so great, because they'te ASS Jealous! They know that their top singers weren't ‘Te @s great as Elvis. They're mad because their tas . isn't quite as good as ours. - « { “Look at James Dean, been Gead for & year and : he's bigger now than he ever was. “ INDEXED-93 “God gifted Elvis to us and you oughta thank him, * . not tear down, the greatest thing the world has ever . “ - : ° known; Elvis Presleyi!!il) . . l .° -* Bcornfully yours, + CBT -Recsuka Chariotte Jones 7 achl cet , “P.5.: And if you're ever 30, you're old. You're - Va gibt 22 5551 . certainly not young.” , e , ‘ ° It shows the advantage of an education, that Miss Wath. Post an: s..Oté<‘ Y ’ Jones compares Elvis Pre:ley's accomplishments with those of George Washington. Of course, as histo Wosh. News ——____-———— goes, Washington has not been so Jong remembered; Wash. Star : he only died in 1799 which is not long ago compared N. Y. Herald : ‘with Alexander the Great, or Julius Caesar or,on the Tribune a] peaceful side, with Hammurabi, Moses or Solon. N. Y. Journal- tz Nevertheless, it must be admitted that Miss Jones has o Be @ point and that George Washington is today better American remembered than many another president and plenty We YY. Miter ce I find it hard quite to realize what is meant) by Xe Times one “the king of- popularity.” Does Miss Jones rea N.Y. Ti . believe that Elvis is more popular than President Daily Worker ——————---= _ ae. - nhower er Genera] Douglas MacArthur or The Worker een of England er Dr. Albert Schweitzer? f thay ‘Wlew Lecder ——_———— dsiso, then why rhould men Gevote themselves to nob! ee ba ; ds and great accomplishments? Why not just a rbie an old Civil War song and twang a banjo and Sehicre ihe accolade that way? Peas, - : te ee ne aaan - a _ rw eer ee mt Po Jf ry BRAS