The Lester Matson Matter (AFRTS)

Well you're listening enjoyment John Lund as Johnny darling Hello, Mr. James got a job for you. I'm available. This is an arson case. How is it said? I'm kind of high octane fuel any suspects. Oh a couple of hours mind if I break in here for a moment to say a few words

Just the other day I was having lunch with a group of newspaper reporters We were talking about the government and what goes into its operation when a thought struck me. It's a funny thing, I said. They call one branch of the government the State Department when it handles all of our foreign affairs.

Can any of you fellows explain that? Well, one of the reporters who writes political news piped up and said, actually the State Department does more than handle foreign affairs. It also publishes all of the laws that have been passed by Congress and issues all the passports and visas for anyone traveling outside the United States.

Well, just then the waitress brought us our copy and she entered the conversation. Don't forget, she said. If you're ever on a quiz show, you can maybe win a trip to the moon by telling them that the State Department has the job of making sure the great seal of the United States doesn't

get lost. and it acts sort of like a governmental, Emily Post too. While she was making out our checks, she added this bit of information. Did you ever hear of the Division of Protocol? That's part of the State Department too.

It's the outfit that makes sure foreign diplomats who visit America get introduced the way they should and get seated in the right places at official dinners and things like that. Well, after she gave us all that information, we tipped her and went back to work. And now I think it's time we got back to our program.