Judge — January 1938 — page 42: what you’re looking at

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THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON ur. Harry Newnan, JUDGE, 16 East 48th Street, New York City. Dear Ur, Newnan: I heartily congratulate you and your associctes on the fifty-seventh anniversary of the leunching of the JUDGE sagazine. Since 1680 the entire world has had to pass through many test periods. But for a sense of huzor, our progress in this country would have been much more difficult if not impossible. The editors of JUDGE have made a distinct contribution to this necessary lifting of depressions upon the human mind through their successful efforts to have people laugh through their tears. I congratulate you on this public service tn the past and would reaind you that thp present and the future greatly need a continuation of your good fellowship, Very sincerely, DRNIEL C. ROPER Secretary of Commerce comicbooks.com