New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Plattsburg Plans
To Put Ban on
Hearst Papers
Soldiers From All Over the
Country Urge Dealers
Not to Sell Them
Especial Dispatch to Tho Tribune


PLATTSBURG, N. Y, June 15.--
Plattsburg, known as the birthplace Of
the flrst United States training camp,
Is now on the warpath and is planning
to bar from the training camp and its
vicinity Hearst's "New York American" )"
"The Evening Journal" and "The Bos-
ton American" To accomplish this the
Young Mems Christian Association, the
Women's Civic League, the Red Cross
workers, storekeepers and citizens will
be asked to oppose the purchase and
sale of these papers.
The Hearst papers have been branded
as disloyal by students at the training
camp, particularly those from Virginia,
Georgia and North and South Carolina,
but the feeling is just as strong among
New York and New England men, and
the dealers at the camp have been told
by students that the three papers ought
to be left off the stands. They are not
to be found among the reading matter
at the camp Y. M. c. A., nor are they
to be seen in the Hostess House.
Travelling statesmen also have asked
the principal hotels to bar Hearst pub
locations from their newspaper stands.
The feeling in camp against the pub
locations is intense and the students
regret that they cannot take steps SIM
liar to that Of citizen of Plattsburg,
who two weeks ago made the rourGs
of the city, taking all Sunday morning
"Americans" from newsboys and from
: the station platform, throwing most Of
them into Lake Champlain and burning
the remainder in the street.
The method to be followed at the
training camp is to boycott the camp
newsstand as long as the Hearst papers
ranging with boys to deliver papers
desired from without the camp. Colonel
! Dentler Post, camp and regimental
commander, says he knows nothing
! about boycott and as long as the stu
dents behave he cannot see why he
should interest himself in their pur-
chase Of daily papers. 1t was learned
from the camp newsdealer that not a
commissioned officer had delivered at
his quarters or purchased at the stand
a Hearst publication. Boys who buy
from the camp newspaper stand and
sell in the company streets to-day de-
clined to take Hearst papers from the
dealer.
"The patriotism of Plattsburg is to
assert itself in this NATTER" said one
Of the members of the Plattsburg
Home Guard, "and next week will see
all organizations, leagues and churches
taking up the fight to uphold the patri-
otic reputation gained by Plattsburg
through the starting of the first train
ing camp here by Major General
Leonard Wood"
The Plattsburg Chamber of Com
merce, which has left no stone un-
turned to assist the government in war
preparations, has taken no step in the
matter as yet. The members believe
that the situation will be we'll handled
by the residents of the city through
the work of other organizations, but
stand ready to step into the breach if
needed The Hearst situation will be
brought before the Civic League at its
meeting next week. And in the mean
time, in the city itself, members of the
Plattsburg Home Guard, which has de-
veloped into fine military body, will
appeal to the public to be satisfied as
to the loyalty of newspaper before
purchasing.