The Press: Tripleheader

In a recent issue, the Saturday Evening Post (circ. 4,583,064) ran an article on the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals in the U.S. Underneath their pictures, the Post told its readers: "Call the nearest office of the FBI if you see one of these men." Twenty-four times since 1950, the FBI has nabbed criminals as the result of tips from readers of newspapers and magazines that published the criminals' pictures. But last week FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced that the Saturday Evening Post had scored a tripleheader with its single article.

While the Post was putting its issue to press, one of...