The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-23

SAYS HE WAS QUOTED WITH
WORDS HE NEVER SAID OR
THOUGHT BY MEN WHOM HE
: NEVER SAW.

In the week ending January 10th,
there appeared simultaneously in a.
number Of ]. v. A. newspapers thru
out North Dakota under a Bismarck
date line, what purported to be an in
terview with @. T. Rishof, formerly
manager Of the Publishers National
Service Bureau. The interview" !,
pretended to quote Mr.. Rishoff's ac-
tual words and was a severe denunci-s
alton of the activities of the Bureau,
it's managers and it's methods. It was
evidently mimeographed, presumably
in the I. v. A. press headquarters and
sent out to all the gang weeklies, for
the same story appeared in the Beach
Advance, the Wahpeton Globe-Ga-
zette, the New England Herald, the
Starkweather Times and others.
AN ENTIRE FAKE
The interview was made out of
"whole CLOTH" It is a piece Of UNI
exampled mendacity far beyond any
thing in this line yet perpetrated in
the state. That man can be credited
with remarks and sentiments that he
never uttered and that these can be
put in his mouth, surrounded by quo
tation marks, and be published broad
cast over the state, shows to what
depths the gang newspapers have
fallen and how much they have been
lowered in the ethics and decencies
of the profession by the political
contagion Of the I. V. A. leaders. AS
Mr.. Rishoff says in personal letter;
"Can YOU beat it? Had known to
what depraved depths members Of
the profession could sink, I would
have gotten out of the newspaper
game years ago"
RISHOFF'S SIGNED STATEMENT
Some Of the papers containing the
fake interview were forwarded to
M. Rishoff at st. Paul, and upon
receipt of them he sat down and
wrote this statement:
"Mv attention has been called to a
purported interview in the Beach
Advance, under Bismarck date line
of Jan. 8. / am quoted at some
length by "a representative of The
Advance" in a wholesale denuncia-
ton of the Publishers National Ser
vice Bureau and of individuals.
81 can only marvel at the audacl-
tv of this journalistic crook. A de-
tailed denial of such a tissue of false
hood would be dignifying it. | re-
signed from the Service Bureau Tor
purely personal reasons and did not
demand the firing of Brinton for the
simple reason that he was in no way
connected with the Bureau and con-
seouently "could not be fired" | have
never been in Beach, nor have l been
in Bismarck for almost a year.
have never been interviewed by any
representative of the Beach Advance,
nor have 1 the slightest idea who
that worthy might be. My reslgna-
tion was not discussed with Lemke
at any time.
VITALITY IMPORTANT SERVICE
"Having no further connection with
the Service Bureau or the League
in any capacity, / can speak OF these
things without prejudice. ! am not
on sSTownley's pay roll" Neverthe-
less. my close knowledge OF the farm
crowned newspapers of the northwest
and also my familiarity with the func-
lions of the Service Bureau leads me
to state, without qualification, that
this department Of the organization
is more vitality important to its sue
cess than any other single endeavor
Of the League. Its extensive ald,
service and advice is indispensable TO
the more than one hundred cooper
atively owned newspapers in Norm
Dakota and adjoining states. Win;
out this central Bureau, maintained
co-operatiyely BY and iqr the farmer
owned weekliies, it would be compare
lively easy for the interruptions op,,
nosition to "get to- the editor ana
one by one, wreck or destroy the eff
ficiency Of these publications:
WOULD DESTROY BUREAU
"Recognizing the tremendous I'M
portance of the Bureau to the farm
er-weekly, it is little wonder that the
I. ". A. hirelings will resort to the
most contemplate means in an effort
to discredit, and, if possible, wreck It.