(First prize in the essay, Butler literary contest, 1948.)
Have you ever wondered how many tons of paper roll daily out of the nation\u27s thundering presses to imprint the legendary and statistical status of Mr. John Doe upon the hearts of the masses? Neither John Gunther, the World Almanac, nor the Fact and Fiction Department of the Kremlin could cast any light upon this ponderous query. Although this matter seems to have escaped momentarily the attention of Renegade Joe, I am certain that Moscow will waste no time in ferreting out the requested statistical lore
