The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-16

HAVE BUSY
SESSIONS
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION
FORMED YESTERDAY, G. R.
SCOTT PRESIDING
f. B. P|PER'S GOOD TALK
OREGONIAN EDITOR WARNS
PUBLISHERS AGAINST NON
PARTIZAN LEAGUE

PARI1ZAN LEAGUE
A temporary organization of th'
publishers yesterday evening was per
fected by the election of G. R. Scott
of the Coeur d'Alene Daily Press
chairman and L. F. Parsons, of the
Moscow Star Mirror, secretary. Chair
man Scott appointed on the enroll
ment committee Messrs Allen, Baker
and Lamphere; committee on bylaws
Messrs Knepper, McGrath and Par
sons; resolutions, Stevenson, Safely
and Conger.
Mr.. Kaynor, president and N. Rus
sell Hill, secretary of the Washington
State Press Association, spoke brief
ly on the work their association is
doing and invited North Idaho editors
to join them. The Washington con-
vention is to be held at Spokane, in
stead of Ellensburg as enormously
reported yesterday afternoon.
H. C. Shaver, Of the Occur d'Alene
Journal, spoke at some length on
commercial job printing, going into
the subject thoroughly. He advocat-
ed maximum and minimum charges
for state and county printing and
more uniformity in charges for all
kinds of job printing, so that there
would be a fair profit in all of it and
not enormous profits on some jobs to
make up for loss on others. His
subject was discussed at length by
the publishers and printing men pres
ent.
Mr.. Piper's Talk
E. B. Piper, editor of The Ore
gonian, made strong and forceful
talk. It was not speech, but just
a "heart- o-heart" talk with the pub
fishers. He told of the great need
of the newspapers standing firmly
together and backing the government
in its efforts to carry on the war and
in fighting all opposition, such as
the I. W. W. and kindred organiza-
tions. He classed the -Partizan
League as kindred organization"
to the /. w. W. and said that he did
not regard the membership as dis
loyal nor as favoring disloyalty, but
he declared unequivocally that the
league leaders are disloyal and un-
patriotic. He compared the attitude
Of the leaders of the league with the
leaders of the strikers in the ship
yards and said that if President Town
ley and his assistants and organizers
were really patriotic they would offer
the services of their organization to
President Wilson and pledge them
selves to increased crop production,
and postpone all their claims for in
creased prices and changed conditions
until after the war. He pointed out
chat many of the organizers are of
The l. w. w. type who are constantly
seeking excuses for finding fault with
she government and are constantly
it instead of helping dur
ng this crisis. He called upon the
to lay aside all petty
grievances and stand solidly together
behind the government during the
present crisis which he pictured as
,vershadowing every other issue.
Following Mr.. Piper's talk, which
vas well received, there was an in
'ormal discussion in which all of those
present took an active part The pub
ishers showed that they are thor
'ughly in sympathy with every move
nent to help the government and that
heir plants, their brains and their
ntire efforts are at the service of
he government.
This morning the publishers visited
nd inspected the plant of the Idaho
National Harvester Company and held
short business session at the uni
ersity, where the following resolu- ,
ions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Our nation is at war, our
lstitutions are in peril, our blood
nd our treasure is being requisition-
! for fight for the preservation of
and freedom; and,
Whereas, Autocracy as typified by
le Teutonic alliance is operating and
seking to operate within our own
orders through its insidious propa-