The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-24
THE D1s-uNIT1SG PRESS.

a rbe,annual luncheon OF the Associated Press.
Il Lady Astor, honored guest dealt out some
+ynths in brief address that were appreciated by
the mem of the association present and their
weight will be appreciated by the public at large.
Lady Aston said:
.orhere is press that nnites and there is press
til at dis-unites-yery much like people. A person
who dis-unites is person who always tells you
what is disagreeab1e about you We know them.
We have all had it ourselves. We all nave a LOT OF
friends who do 1.-THE kind of people who always
tell YOU what is the about your neighbors.
- All countries have got press in them
call it what you will-the English have got 1t, and
you have got it here in America press that
tries to disunite. am frightened by it.. Sen
sational! People cannot live on sensation THINK
in. people realize facts based prejudice are
going to be facts
Facts based on prejudice never facts, and
LADY Aston struck home when she made that state
ment So much of the public is momentarlly i'm
pressed with the highly colored stories that DIS
unite It takes only one keen look, one instant Oh
sound thought, to strip such news Item or ecltor-
ial comment of its influence Power e1erted to dls-
rnn and to -disunte is harmful always, and always
backed by selfish purpose and individual prejudice
Articles written that would disrupt the government
disunite the industrial fabric gnaw at Liberty 10
replace-it with license, shake the puohc 1alen ~
right principles cleverly they are written, and
how adroitly they launched; clothed in SEN
fences advance reason apparently SOUND
backed by statements that are garnered from truth
they twist and turn their disntegrating argument
like Eyes apple OF knowledge before the eye OF
the seeking public.
Rut at sane thought, and little peep into their
construction. they scrumble their unsound, dis
uniting principles would crunble people, ma
ton moral standard, wise administration, II
the public strayed after them. Fortunately the
public is not inclined to stray. The public is for
the things that produce harmony, for the Things
that strengthen and build for the exploiting OF
the good and the suppression of evil The pubic
thinks this a pretty good old world, and that
America is the thing in it. The public has falth
in the things established it's country and solid
belief in the wisdom of it's dealings with its peo-
pie and other nations. Whenever the American
public is of the notion that unsound wisdom is be-
ing exerted it does not take disun1tng press 20
get the people into action. They need no IN
sinuating, or rantng, dsuniting propaganda to
stir them up, they RISE, they express themselves
freely and frankly and what they have to say IS
heard and obeyed
The unrest ofrthe present day is not disunlt1ng
unrest as some the disunitng press would have
the people believe is merely the stir OF mighty
progress trying lift all of the people together to
wider and clearer mental outlook and broader,
more progressive plane Some of the people nave
arrived right point of vision, thousands of theirs
are struggling toward it, and the balance are
Weakening, bin king in the sunlight OF the prospect,
and Just ready to get un derway.