South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-10-25
COX WARNS
VOTERS OF
PROPAGANDA
Saturday Evening Post Throws
Off Non-Partisan Cloak
and Joins Harding.

NEW YORK oct. e4-After
4O-hour visit which his campaign
managers declared had won New
York" Gov Cox Of Ohio left here
Sunday afternoon for the last week
Of his campaign speech-makiqg be-
fore the presidential election.
Before entraining for West Vir-
ginia and thence 10 Indiana. Ken
lucky and Ohio. the democratic can
didate for president expressed cen
tire confidence" I'm the outcome of
the campaign Frankly I expect
TO be elected" he said in one of his
five speeches Saturday. and Sunday
he reiterated his conviction to those
who called TO pay their respects to
him and 20 Mrs Cox at the hotel IN
which they stopped here.
Issues Statement.
Just before leaving the hotel for
the Pennsylvania terminal Gov
Cox issued the following statement:
"PrOpa ganda is not effective when
it is labelled but IN the guisc OF
facts it strangles the truth and
mouids the minds into which il is
introduced as facts. The American
people discovered this during the
war and finally they put upon dis
loyal propa ganda the label which
destroyed il.
II am just now in possession Of
specimen Of propaganda Of this very
sort. Tt is an advance copy Of the
Saturday Evening Post. known 20 a
great public as a disinterested Jour
nal Tn all its history its stated
purpose has been to present the
facts and atmosphere of political
, situations and 10 refrain from con-
! troversIal POSITIONS I'm this spirit
| the Saturday Evening Post has been
! admitted "a counsellor and friend
/ into millions of American homes
Joins Republicans.
70 But the mum Der OF this ma Eazine
| which is TO be distributed next
/ Thursday, the last number before
\ election. suddenly throws of the
/ cloak Of -partiSanshiD. For the
first time in its history il resorts 10
/ the devices Of partisan editorials
i and insidicUs cartoons to create a
. sentiment for the republican ticket
In the cartoons I am represented as
4 a newsboy inventing false and SEN
satiOnal happenings for the purpose
Of selling my wares. Ny opponent
is depicted as kindly and wise Tho
impression is sought 20 bc created
that 7 am irresponsible. Sen. Hard
ing grave and reliable
why has the Saturday Eventne
Post done - Why has i- be-
trayed its mission at this last min
ute of the eleventh hour Of this
/ campaign The people know The
/ answer. j. has done this thing be.
7 cause its owner is one Of the pluto
cratic group which knows what il
wants Of the next administration
and how 70 get II from the syndicate
which controls Sen. Harding
Impose on People.
"It has done this because lt.
owner IS the head of the movemen
! which has sought Z subsidy from
= the govern meut for the delivery O.
industrial magazines The SatUr
day Evening. Post has imposed or
the confidence OF the American peo
pie, won by long record of non
partisanship. and has become a. re-
publican jOurnai because the prof
/ iteers who escape government take
by diverting 20 II millions Of the1
revenue i'm advertising want my OPP
pOnent elected
Those subscribers who in g0og
D. faith have admitted this jourra g,
. their homes all over the Unite.
/ States vii turn IT'S venaI COUNSEL
out Of doors.