The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-04-23
The British Labor Movement.

I lent cartoons by VIII Dyson, rather
spoilt by being compressed into cne
column width. In sommon with most
English papers the Herald is not a
financial success at the present time.
It is running at loss of about $4,000
z week.
The plans which have been laid to
develop the Daily Herald and insure
financial success, promise to make 1t
one of the greatest and most influen-
tial newspapersin the world, bar none.
They comprise, ~ printing stimuli
taneously in London and Manchester,
in the northwest of England with
the same general, but different local
news, so that the industrial north and
Ireland can be readily supplied with
a real labor newspaper 1t is expect
ed that this will result in the tircu-
laton going up to a million copies a
day. (2) Enlarging the paper by max
ing it ten or twelve pages daily, and
adding 4 Sunday edition, which could
he accomplished when the present
strain on the London plant is relieved.
(3) Issuing an Evening Daily Herald,
with entirely different staff but same
general policy as the present paper.
To accomplish these end great
deal of money is necessary, and the
way the entire labor movement is
rallying to supply this money is ty-
lrical of the cooperation which IS
bringing so much success in England.
The special committee appointed by
trade union officials to develop the
lpaper consists of Arthur Henderson,
secretary of the Labor Party; Frank
Hodges of the miners, j. II Thomas
of the railwavmen, Ernest Bevn Of
Inc dockers, w. c. Robinson and Ben
Turner Of the Textile workers. Local
development committees are at work
in every section of the country and
from the way cash and pledges arc
rolling in it appears that the desired
fund of 100000 will be at hand by
the end of this month. An improtant
development contemplated will later
give the unions authority to nominate
half 70 the board of directors of the
paper, though there is no question of
interfering with the control of policy
exercised by George Lansbury as
chairman Of the editorial hoard
Sc far as the daily newspaper field
is concerned the Daily Herald is the
labor press of Great Britain. At the
present time it is far from adequate to
the responsibility imposed by this con.
dition. a fact which its editors are
the first to admit. It must be re.
membcred. however, that any big New
York or Chicago paper has territorial
circulation rs wide as England, Scot
land and Wales combined, anil that
Great Britain is still country larg
, elv dependent on three cities,-London
Manchester and Glasgow for an in
formative press. When the Daily Her
ald is printed simultaneously in Lon
don and Manchester, with n mOrnm:
, and afternoon edition, and possible
further development in Glasgow, ;
J long step will have been taken towards
r meeting the irsistent demand for :
. press able to voice the truth about tn,
British Labor Movement,
r The Daily Herald is the only daily
r but by no means the only paper o
G British labor There is strong groul
S of Influential labor weeklies whicl
. are not only filled with labor news o
s national and international Importance
}. but also serve to fill in the field o
G local information which is beyond tn
n scope of The Daily Herald. A good e2
\ ample is the "Labnr LENDER, a
4, present four column, twelve pag
/. weekly with a circulation Of 60.00C
This paper it the official Journal o
e the independent Labor Party and we
@ expresses the intelligence, conmo
n sense, and fighting qualities whic
k ahve made this Socialist organizatio
/. the leading factor in the labor mo,
ement. Special articles by such leadin
Il characters as Ramsey Macdonald, Ma
r. gnret BOndfield. Philip Snowden IN
II Mary McArthur have mu3h to DO wit
|. ';s popularity.
II Weekly papers rather similar to II
a Labor Leader in appearance, hut moi
10 violent in tone, are the "Call" Il
% official organ of the British Social
D. Party, and the Glasgow Forward,
/, IN Independent paper manly devote
If to spreading the cause of industri
IS unionism. The circulation of the latt
" is about 100000; that of the G;
N something less.
# In common with other Europe;
" countries there is 4 strong demand
It England now for building up a powe
ot full and comprehensive information
Labor Press Service. This sentiment
,r being reduced to practical details. T
# Daily Herald has already unofficial
u promised to spend $2500 year
n. subscribing to such a service. Pla
IS for general British participation ha
ID been pretty well orked out. The e
As ecutivc committee of the Trades Uni
N Congress have been asked to consid
n. the recommendation that British Labor
,f official subscription to an Tntcrnatio
i. nj Labor Press should be not il
On than $4,000 n year. Here a reilat
he international labor news service
N lregarded as n most necessary step a
IN there is much comment over the O
nd parent apathy of American labor
nc wards the project.
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G' =, The Black Sheen,