New-York tribune., 1918-06-27
Hearst "Ad." Is
Repudiatedb r t e d by
"Englewood Press
Editor Explains 1t Was
Accepted Without His
Sanction

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., June 26.--"The
Englewood Press" recently published
one of the advertisements which W. R,
Hearst has been sending broadcast to
country newspapers lately. The adver-
tisement slipped into the paper via the
composing room foreman without Jo-
seph H. Tillotson, the editor, seeing it,
A storm of protest from citizens who
had been trying to keep Hearst news
papers out of town followed.
In the current issue of "The Press
the editor devoted half q column on
the editorial page to explaining how it
happened and assuring his readers that
it would not occur again.
The editor wrote that his was a 100
per cent American newspaper and re-
tminded his readers that his publication
was first in Englewood to suggest bar
ring the Hearst papers from the town.
Explains How It Happened
The editorial follows:
eve feel very sure that the persons
who have criticised The Englewood
Press for running the Hearst Glynn
advertisement in its columns last week
would have withheld their comments
had they been in possession of all the
facts in the case. Let US explain the
circumstances.
"The Hearst-Glynn 'ad' came from
the O'Flaherty Advertising Agency, in
New York, with which The Press has
done business for many years, and, like
other advertising copy received from
this reputable concern, comes to us in
plates ready to print, and was handed
to the foreman without question. The
editor and publisher of sThe Press
never saw the advertising until it ap-
peared in print, and even then it was
| buried on an inside column of an in
side page.
Request Twice Refused
"Late last week the McLain- -Hadden-
Shippers COmpany's advertising agency,
Of New York, called up The Press on
the phone and requested large ad-
vertising space to announce that the
Hearst papers, together with other New
York papers, would be on sale at GER
tain local news agency. This time the
and publisher personally, and it was
promptly turned down. A few hours
later the Hearst publication office in
New York called up The Press and
urgently insisted on advertising space,
but the request again was positively
refused.
"'The Press has never willingly or
knowingly lent its columns to any
cause or object that did not meet the
warm approval Of the decent and intel
ligent sentiment of the community, and
it desires to say here, distinctly and
explicitly, that it has no sympathy with
either the kind of journalism or the
kind of politics for which William r
Hearst stands. For that matter, it was
first to suggest putting a ban on the
Hearst papers in Englewood.
100 Per Cent American
"In season and out The Press has
been a stalwart defender of all that
made for clean community, morally
physically and politically, and, unlike
the Hearst papers, its loyalty to the
flag has never been assailed
"Neither has it ever given expires
sion to a sentiment that could possibly
be distorted or twisted into a pro- Ger
man utterance. 1t has been a straight
from-the-s shoulder, 100 per cent Amer
can newspaper every week of the year
and there is not man, woman or chile
in Englewood who can read who doesn'
know it.
"This thorough going record Of un
f1inching loyalty is one of its proudes
possessions, and we believe this is gen
orally recognized by all of our readers.