Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-26
coERcING THE PRESS

Speaking of the kept press" whicl
! has been the theme of many creeds il
Red journals of late. the report OF thu
joint Legislative committee in New
York is Illuminating. 1t will be re-
called that we discussed the subject
several weeks ago and declared tina
the radical journals qualified moro
thoroughly than any other for inclusion
in the class OF the kept press"
The New York joint legislative COM
mittee investigated forty-two radical
newspapers and periodicals and fount
only two that were self sustaining.
The others were supported by gifts
from persons in this country or by pro-
paganda funds sent out of BolshevilS
| Russia.
In the same article we remarked
that 1--WE have known journals, cap
REALISTICALLY owned, that were afraid
to criticise labor unions even in a
friendly spirit for fear of losing sub
scriptions." and we added that I'm
that sense they We're kept journals
kept by the labor unions"
A remarkable case in point Is de-
scribed in the Oregon Voter" of Nov
ember %, Portland Oregon. publica-
ton.
The Daily Post Intelligencer Of Sc
attic was forced recently by organized
labor TO publish resolutions adopted by
It's own employees condemning it as de
pro ed shameless, reckless lying. ma
licious. malignant and anarchistic
u appears that Edwin Selvin OF the
Business Chronicle an open shop jour
nal published an editorial including
paragraph which was construed by
the union men as direct Indictment to
the lvnching of revolutionaries and
the Imprisonment or deportation of
Red agitators Rightly or wrongly the
union men also deduced that Mr. Sell
vim urged the lynching OF leaders of the
American Federation of Labor and
they had him arrested on the charge OF
publishing matter of a character
tending to incite murder or assassi-
nation.
Prior To his arrest Selvin took n copy
OF his editorial TO the Post Intelligent
Ger and had il inserted as nill-page
advertisement 20 advertise his pub
Iication. The advertisement was run
In two early editions OF the Intelllgen-
,er and was then excluded because all !
he labor unions OF the paper went on
4 strike.
Tho Post lnteiligencer. trying TO
an appearance OF self-respect /
that the editor had excluded /
nc advertisement as soon as nc saw
I The employees were not content :
% let on so lightly the paper that /
hould have been loyal To and imme- I
lately took action TO humiliat AMI \
degrade IT,
The Seattle Union Record. organ Of
rganized labor. came out with the
ssertioa that the Pr, as the Post
is Familiarity known, had
Excluded the advertisement Andcr
hreat Q; walkout by It's employees
ON the Following day the p-t printed
a large type ON its front page the rss-
buttons adopted by It's own employees
enouncing the paper as liar, anar
hist and traitor Along with this the
II published an attempted eNculpa
ION.
IN, unions also published the fact Z
hat at their dictatlon the P-I had been
ompelled TO exclude an advertisement
+ the Associated Industries Of Seattle.
with The local Seattle issues we
axe nothing 10 do our opinion Is
hat the advertisement should have
cen excluded IN the first place hnt
be management Of the paper had the