“We are amazed to see how many are here,” said a representative of the Melbourne Newsday, “but what amazes us most of all is how spotlessly clean everything is. It’s the people themselves, they don’t throw anything down!”

As in so many other convention cities, the Witnesses are being viewed with greater respect by those who appreciate peace and good order. An official letter of the Auckland Trotting Club said: “As your convention has now drawn to a close, may I take this opportunity to express my Committee’s appreciation to you and to all your delegates for the outstanding way in which your meetings at the Alexandra Park Raceway were conducted.”

A feature writer in Honolulu’s largest newspaper, The Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, wrote: “Jehovah’s witnesses impressed more people here than any other big convention outfit that ever has come to town. . . . Neat, clean, well-behaved, polite . . . All sorts of people​—black and white, ranging to those well off and those of very modest means . . . They have kept the HIC [International Center] immaculate and even picked up rubbish that all other convention-goers left.”