New-York tribune., 1918-07-18
Woman Writer Joins
Anti-Hearst Move
Mrs. Annie Meyer Obtains
1000 Buttons Denounc-
ing Publications

LOS ANGELES, July 17.-Hearst's
''Los Angeles Examiner" is now using
new tactics IN its attempt to dam the
nti-Hearst tide that is rising higher
in the West every day. '"rhe Exam
iner's" latest method is to try to con-
vince Californians that it was merely
a newspaper quarrel" that started the
popular demand On the part of Cali
fornia citizens for the suppression OF
those newspapers which preached that
the United States should keep her sol
ders at home to fight our ally, Japan,
instead of sending them to France to
war on the Lusitania murderers. 1t
was all the work of rival California
newspapers, says "The Examiner"
"Times' Explains Position
In q published statement the editor
of "The Los Angeles Times" said that
his paper had no more quarrel" with
"The Examiner" than it had with "any
other person or thing which is dis
loyal and anti ti-American." He said his
paper had not urged, asked or sug-
eested that anybody take action
against Hearst papers; his paper
merely had printed the news of what
began to happen when the public be
came thoroughly awake TO the true
nature of Hearst publications. "The
Times" editors statement follows:
'Ir the beginning of the present ma
tion-wide movement to ostracise the
Hearst publications because of their
disloyalty The Los Angeles Examiner,
IN common with the other newspapers
of the Hearst string, made a powerful
effort to combat the rising tide of
popular indignation by an unscrupu-
lous campaign of personal attacks di-
rected at the individuals who appeared
as the spokesmen of anti Hearstism.
"When the movement assumed such
proportions as to entirely outstrip the
most active efforts of Hearst's bludg-
wielders, this policy was swltche ed
to a publicity campaign to make it
appear that the popular demand for
the suppression of Hearst's publca-
tions is merely the work of rival pub
lishers-a newspaper quarrel, in other
words That this secondary campaign
is as unscrupulous as the first IS at
tested by The Los Angeles Examiners s.
astounding performance in mapufact-
uring out of whole cloth and putting
lHlO NN'SiiiOi SNSPiiStio . iiOUAiI d
speech in which the Chief Executive
Of the State Of California was quoted
as deploring the newspaper contro-
versyLa piece of journalistic men
Ndacity exceeded only by Hearst's edit
ing of the Presidents Memorial Day
proclamation. The bald taking was
promptly exposed and reDudiated by
Governor Stephens himself.
Is General Crusade
$50 far as a newspaper quarrel is
concerned, The Times takes this oc-
casion to reiterate that it has no more
quarrel with The Examiner than il
has with any other person or thing
which is disloyal and anti American
The Times reiterates and emphasizes
that at no time has it or any of its
agents urged, asked or suggested in
any way. direct or indirect. that any
person or group of persons take actor
of any sort against the Hearst publica
tions or any one Of them. The actions
which have been taken by various loca
persons and organizations against .Th,
Examiner have been taken of thei,
own initiative and without any fore
knowledge of such actions on the par
Of The Times What The Times ha:
/ printed OF such actions has invariahl,
been printed subsequent to the action:
themselves the information being vol
unfairly supplied by those taking the
actions because they wished them tt
be made public as proof of their owr
patriotism"