The daily worker., 1926-01-03
No Capitalist Complaint
Against the Products of
Colleges of Journalism
BY }. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY the gathering of the American Association Of
onv to the fact that the American capitalist class with its
gathering of collegiate henchmen is pretty much satisfied
with its kept press Big business has no fundamental fault
to find with its subsidized newspapers
College journalism Is development of the last is years.
Previously editorial workers for great business trained
on the Job In newspaper offices Since that time elabo
ate provided for them in carefully watch
departments of practically every university and college
In the land The mind is moulded while it is young From
campus the editorial ypewrters there flows steady
of human material that lends itself obedenty to
every ensaving demand of the dollar press.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia Uni
Vesy where the teachers of journalism meeting has
his complaint his criticism Is that the press of his
class does not level down to his eacuonay IDEAS he merely
pleads that the terms rap assa attack and fay be elm
mated from the vocabuares of the writer's especially
they should refrain from the of these words in news stO
les and headlines No doubt even the use OF these words
disqueng to the ery nerves of Buffers friends In Wall
Street
There was time when the moneyed interests not
satisfied their press That In the days before the
schools of journalism especially 20 to rs years ago. during
the era of trust busting featured by tidal
of the criminal deeds of the predatory interests
John D. Rockefeller lash of Ida TabeI graft and
corruption politics barred by Lincoln Steens Lawsons
crusade against Wall Street. with host of other writer's
sharpening their pens for the moneyed men in the high
places constituted an irritating influence.
No rebeous voice was raised among the professors of
journalism meeting The magazines and the daily pa
pers conform thus the center of the stage given
to the arcundamentaist of capitalist journalism Ivy Lee,
publicity in waiting to American capitalism. This is
the infamous Levy Lee who has long directed the publicity
work for Rockefeles Standard Oil interests He furnished
the Rockefeller propaganda the kept press during the min
strike against John DIS Colorado Fuel and Iron
pany that crmsoned by workers blood at the Ludlow
Levy Lee spoke to the college professors advocating
the of unsolicited publicity He declared there
legitimate place in journalism for the publicity man. since
newspapers found impossible gather all of interest
The professors will back to their classes and obedeny
this viewpoint with the result that prospective jour
naIsts will go forth from the universities to the editorial
desks of the nation ready to jump and give preferred
to the publicity Of the great corporations.
be about the only time that these corporations
need publicity during Strikes other attacks the work.
they employ It taught that it sacrIege
consider any favorable publicity from the workers.
When labor, therefore, fully realizes the absolute grip
that the expoers have upon the capitalist press will
rally never before support of its working class
press
Against the capitalist schools of journalism the products
of increasing American army Of Worker Correspondents