Jackson Advocate

JOE LOUIS
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However, that each and every statement in this article is an unqualified falsehood.

"In my many years in the boxing business, I have always felt that any writer had the right to criticize me for my actions in and out of the ring. Naturally, I do not enjoy this criticism, as who does, but I know I must expect it as a public figure.

"In this lawsuit I have not taken the position that I must not be criticized. If the author of the article in Look Magazine merely had made statements reflecting on my boxing ability I would have accepted these as part of the role of a heavyweight champion.

"My ring record will stand or fall on what I have done or will do in the future in the ring. I have always tried to be a good fighting champion.

If Mr. Cochrane had chosen to underline actual out-of-ring incidents involving me I would not have instituted this lawsuit.

"Because I pay my taxes and other debts and have always tried to do right, I could not stand by and permit these untruths to be written—untruths that can destroy me and the business with which I am connected now and will be in the future."
Joe Louis Filed
$500,000 Libel
Suit Against
Look Magazine

Chicago, Jan. 4.- Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion, filed suit for $500,000 against Look Magazine in the Cook County Superior Court here today.

In a statement explaining his reasons for the suit, Louis said:

"I have today filed a libel suit for $500,000 against Look Magazine in the Superior Court of Cook County, Ill. This action is based on a wholly libelous story that appeared in the Jan. 4 issue of that magazine under the by-line of Tim Cohane, its sports editor.

"The article, seemingly a discussion of boxing generally and the heavyweight situation particularly, included false, untrue and exceedingly harmful statements concerning my financial condition.

"Not Interviewed"

"I was not interviewed by a representative of Look Magazine before this article was written. Mr. Cohane did not confer with my managers, Marshall Miles of Buffalo and John Roxborough of Detroit.

He did not talk with Theodore A. Jones, treasurer of Joe Louis Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Jones, a C. P. A., has been making regular income tax payments on my behalf nor did a Look Magazine representative talk with my attorney, Truman K. Gibson, Jr., of Chicago.

"Therefore I cannot account for the source of the false information that appeared in the Look Magazine article. I do know, however,

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