New Britain herald., 1927-09-02
BITTERLY ATTACKS
 MONEY. Y.AIM PAPERS
Lord HeWart DenounCes Finan-
 Cial Greed of Some DailieS

Buffalo N. Y. Sept. 2 Op-An ex- tensive criticism Of the press today Was part of the annals Of the fiftieth annual convention Of the American Bar association.
 The criticism was uttered last night by Lord HeWart, chief justice of England and Baron of Bury. To- day 1t was added to record opened yesterday to permit admission of the Bar associations approved report of its publicity committee. which thanked American newspapers for the aid given the association in the dissemination of news and its en- deavors to solve national and state legal problems
 Lord Hewart, introduced by Will liam Howard Taft, chief justice Of the United States supreme court. told the assemblage of lawyers that in the last 30 years he had detected a change in the character and aism of many newspapers which. he warned, required vigilance on the part of the citizens.
 Tt goes without saying" Lord Hewart said, that if self-govern- ment is to be real and living thing, the citizens who share the responsi- bility Of governing ought to have ac- cess to information on public af- fairs whic Is both accurate and adc- quate. One of the instruments for that purpose is, or ought to be, the press. You cannot expect the right verdict from a jury if the evidence Is not fairly and squarely laid be- fore it.
 ITO put the matter the other way round: Is it not really a kind of treason against the political sover- eighty deliberately to mislead the public either by active misrepresen- tation or by calculated suppression?
 Thirty years ago there Were al ready signs in many newspaper of fees of a contest for supremacy be- tween what may be called the edi- torial department on one side and the business, which is 10 q great extent the advertising department, on the other side. During the in terval the contest seems to have been decided and in an enormous number of cases, decided in favor Of the business department"
 Lord Hewart also spoke of tend ency he saw toward com binations, with one man directing many pa pers. In this he saw a decrease Of the individuality and dignity of the press, and a consequent loss of faith in it's utterances by the readers. If newspapers become q commodity Of trade. with their function lowered to ''increase and 10 inlame the al ready deplorable power Of mere money in public affairs would there be any reason, Lord Hewart asked. for the law to exhibit any Special tenderness toward them?
 In his introduction of Lord Hew- art, Chief Justice Taft said that the chief justice of England had been a reporter before he joined the bar. While in Canada Lord Hewart
  rebuked in editorials. He contend- ed that he had been grossly mis- quoted" American newspapers joined the controversy, and it was thought by members of the Bar as- sociation that Lord Hewart had talk en this opportunity of answering his critics.
 Lord Hewart warned his audience against the evils of bureaucracy in government. "The name self-gov- ernment would be an irritating mockery," he said, "only if it should come to mean government by vast army of anonymous officials, hidden from view but placed above the law and administering 2 topsy turvy sys- tenn whereby the servants of the public had made themselves it's mas ter"