After Sam

"There's old Sam Bowles--and young Sam Bowles--

"And young Sam Bowles's son--

"And young Sam Bowles is old Sam Bowles

"When old Sam Bowles is done!"

Thus sang the beery compositors of the venerable Springfield (Mass.) Republican from the time of Founder Samuel Bowles (1824) through the regime of Samuel II (1851) and Samuel III (1878). When Samuel III ("Sambo") died in 1915 the printers quit singing about "young Sam Bowles." It was evident that Samuel IV would never become "old Sam Bowles" to the staff. A rollicking, roving reporter, he did not get along with his sober, thoughtful father, spent little time on the Republican. Hence "Sambo" left control of his newspaper to his favorite younger son, Sherman Hoar Bowles.

Last week Son Sherman was involved in the sort of fight that would have pleased his hard-hitting Yankee forbears. His Republican was accused of hoarding gold--$94,860. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau filed petition in Boston to collect double from the publishing company--$189,720.

Sherman Bowles, a big, ruddy whirlwind of energy, was quick to defend himself. His newspaper imports newsprint from Finland, and, he said, the contract calls for payment in gold. The gold was in escrow and the Government was formally notified.

Since Sambo IV (Harvard 1908) is suing Brother Sherman (Harvard 1912) for an accounting of their father's estate, it was questionable whether he would extend to Sherman the handsome offer inscribed in the 1908 classbook: "... I have a delightful wife, a delightful home and a delightful hideout, where I shall be glad to offer concealment to any of the Class of 1908 who desire to elude the police."

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