Love and Duty

Seldom since the day when Pilgrims first placed expectant feet upon the rock at Plymouth, has the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had a servant who refused legitimate checks amounting to more than $50,000. This man, who plunges into politics for love and duty, is Governor Alvan Tufts Fuller of Massachusetts. Said he recently:

"I have never at any time drawn my salary as Representative to the Legislature, Congressman, Lieutenant Governor or Governor.

"I consider it a duty every man owes to his country to render public service to his state and country. . . .

"There is no particular credit due me in this matter. I am simply another of those $1-a-year men."

Critics of Governor Fuller's action were many. Some said salaries of public officials are too low to permit poor men to serve the public, should be raised and accepted by all; otherwise rich men have an irrelevant advantage.