Authority Feared A Beetle

.." In the book Mort Walker’s Private Scrapbook: Celebrating a Life of Love and Laughter, Walker recounts one of the few instances where he got into hot water with the military over** Beetle Bailey**. According to Walker, the United States Army feared Beetle Bailey, with his** lax attitude towards authority,** would incite disrespect towards commanding officers. In 1954, the Army banned Beetle Bailey from the Tokyo edition of Stars and Stripes**, the official newspaper of the United States military. "