The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-31
A DEMAND THAT CONGRESS
INVESTIGATE THE PRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES

Un feDrury y, lolI, congressman
Callawy made the following remarks,
as recorded on page 2947 and 294S of
the Congressional Record;
In March, 1915, the j. p Morgan in
terests, the steel, shipbuilding, and
powder interests and their subsidiary
organizations got together II men
high up in the newspaper world, and
employed them to select the most in
fuential newspapers in the United
States, and sufficient number of
them to control generally the policy of
the daily press of the United States.
These IL men worked the problem
out by selecting 179 newspapers, and
then began by an elimination process
to retain only those necessary for the
purpose of controlling the general pol
icy Of the daily press throughout the
country. They found it was only nee
essary to purchase the control of 25 of
the great papers. The 25 papers were
agreed upon; emissaries were sent to
purchase the policy, national and in
ternational, Of these papers; an agree
ment was reached; the policy of the
papers was bought, to be paid for by
the month; an editor was furnished
for each paper to properly supervise
and edit information regarding the
questions of preparedness, militarism,
financial policies, and other things Of
national and international nature con-
sidered vital to the interests of the
purchasers.
This contract is in existence at the
present time, and it accounts for
the ews columns of the daily
press of the country being filled with
all sorts of preparedness arguments
and Misrepresentation as to the pres
ent condition Of the United States
Army and Navy. and the possibility
and probability Of the United States
being attacked by foreign foes.
This policy also included the sup
preston of everything in opposition
to the wishes of the interests served.
The effectiveness Of this scheme has
been conclusively demonstrated by
the character of stuff carried in the
daily press throughout the country
since March, 1915. They have resort
ed to anything necessary to CONNER
cialize public sentiment and sandbag
the National Congress into making
eXtravagant and wasteful appropria-
tons for the Army and Navy under
the false pretense that it was neces-
sary. Their stock argument is that
it is patriotism" They are playing
on every prejudice and passion of the
American people.
| have been in the newspaper pub
fishing business for % years. | have
been publisher of the Marine Journal
for fourteen months. / speak as an
expert and not as layman.
Press Not American.
AS God is my witness | will say to
: the Congress | believe that the Press
, of the United States no longer serves
, the interests and welfare of the
! American people. After months of a
? most peculiar experience | have come
to firmly believe that most, if not all
= of the powerful newspapers and mag
e azines Of America are controlled ir
( some manner, and that the truth is
r either slaughtered or CARRIED by the
5 press of America.
7 | will say furthermore that | do MOI
!. believe Henry Cabot Lodge would fine
1 it either possible or comfortable to op
}, pose the League of Nations and ther
= defend, uphold, and attempt to jan
e through the Senate the preposterou.
= Four Power Treaty were it not for tn,
r fact that he is operating under a con
= trolled press.
: Honest Press Would Drive Them
to Cover.
!, believe that no Congress woul,
" dare seat Newberry without a con
, trolled press.
When a Congress will seat a New
;, berry, Congress will do anything
/, No depths are too low for such a Con
: gress, no mire too black.
a | believe that such newspapers a
y The New York Journal of Commerce
a which is published by two Englishmer
N and other powerful and leading news
- papers and magazines owned b
. Americans, would not dare be openl
y pro-British without the protection c
i 'stihed press.
- As to whether the charges of Cor
gresham Galloway are true woul
= not say But that powerful and leao
= ing publications of America have bee
y brought under control, / am positive
q | will state my reasons for the pre-
i found conviction that both newspa