The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-01-30
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about many things. sometimes pro-
foundly, sometimes fippantly,
sometimes recklessly.
What an interesting world!

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Som any things happen that never
get into print.
So many things happen that never
There is no possibility that the
printed word can chronicle all that
man does-and good dead of care is
taken to see that in some cases the
printed word is kept as far away as
possible.
Corporation = and persons often
hire publicity" men to change the
drift of discussion.
Politicians do likewise, very often.
But there is something worse than
that afoot. 1t is that, by and large,
newspapers and newspaper men. are
losing their nose for news, losing
their desire to hunt for truth, fatten-
ing on what is handed to them, will
| ing to see their occupation as a gro
Ger sees his groceries.
| A column must bring in so much
revenue and there must be so and so
many columns of something called
news to carry so and so many col
umns of producing advertis-
ing.
Here's queer one. 1t is said that
one man in the United States treas
ury department has the power to say
whether new public building shall
or shall not have heating and power
plant of its own, or whether it shall
buy heat and power from a public
utility
1t is said of him that his power is
supreme and that he can tell Mr.
Mellon to go chase himself, if it comes
down to an issue.
Bureaucracy builds itself up, prece-
dent by precedent, and maybe here is
one of the flowers on that odious
plant.
But, for our little bureaucrats there
is always congress with potential
axe-only it takes congress so pain
fully long to act, usually.
Public utility companies, by the
way, are boasting that their 1896
expenditures for construction and
new equipment broke all records.
They toot their horns and try to
make US think this was because OF
pure altruism--they wanted to helr
cut down unemployment.
Yes, and maybe we believe all we
are told
| Isn't there just feeble chance that
the utility companies spent their
money that way in order to afford a
basis for maintenance of rates, on the
one hand, and to get down into the
lower income tax brackets, on the
other?
spend so much for new work and il
helped and probably nobody cares
much to kick about it, but wouldn't
it be more comforting if we coulc
know that what we are told is the
real story?
The United States supreme court
has declined to pass on the question
of whether or not there is vested
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right to operate.
Steadily the issue has been draw
ing to head on that point.
Multi million dollar corporation.
want to establish vested interest il
the air. If they can do that they viii
have the game sewed up.
Up to now the people still own al
rights to the air, even if they cam
use them. Once let vested Interest
be established and-good bye!
Station VIGIL in Chicago has beer
battling vigorously and with much
acumen to prevent corporate wealth
from getting away with what il
wants.
In VIGIL the whole opposition to .
grab of the air heads up.
For the time being the supreme
court has ducked the issue, but sooner
or later a decision will have to come
Then we shall know to whose voice
we shall have to listen for the resr
of our lives. Surely the day draw:
near