Evening star., 1940-10-16
Flynn Charges
Advertisers Are
Press Dictators'
Democratic Leader
Says Popers Should
'CIeon Own House
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Edward j.
Flynn, Democratic national chair
man, asserted today that "the news
papers of the country are under a
real dictatorship, financial die
tatorship of their advertisers"
Their editorials about dictator
ships are not on the level" Mr..
Flynn said at a press conference.
They should clean their own
houses before they talk about other
relationships.
He opened the press conference
by saying he had been answering
reporters questions for long time
frankly and to the best of my
knowledge"
Il wonder if they would dare print
the fact that the newspapers of the
country are under a real dictator
ship, a financial dictatorship of their
advertisers, Mr. Flynn said.
In prepared statement later, he
said: Il challenge them to print this,
to tell why they feed their readers
in the news columns wholesale
doses of partisan propaganda, in
stead of adhering to the independ-
ence they so often vaunt, and give
their readers an even break on the
actual news of the day?"
Mr.. Flynn said he wanted to ask
owners and editors of papers
through the reporters why they
didn't publish on their front pages
the smear story about the Republi-
cans we brought out"
Particularly" Mr.. Flynn said. 81
would like to ask the New York
Times. which prides itself on its
fairness, why they put the smear
story which is against the Democrats
on their front page. and Yesterday
there was another story concerning
Republican smear on the same
subject (racial prejudice and il was
buried so far back in the paper I
doubt if half the readers reached it
Mr. Flynn said 1T was certainly
proved conclusively in 1896 that
they tthe newspapers did not repre-
sent the views of their readers and
it will again be proven in 1910 that
they don't represent the views of
their readers"
FLYNN Assails Folder.
In a press conference statement
yesterday Mr.. Flynn said:
For those who are disturbed
about smearing and the interjection
of racial issues into the campaign,
a four-page folder which bears the
imprint. Published for the Associ-
ated Willkie Clubs of, New York,
should provide interesting mate
rial"
The folder. Mr. Flynn said. was
"a vile slander on persons Of all
races. German, Italian, Scandina-
Wan. and others who have come TO
this country TO seek a free way of
life"
Mr.. Flynn issued another state
ment, also, in which ne asserted
that "an alleged insurance asso-
citation, presumably connected with
the Republican organization. has
been flooding the mail with state
ments calculated to alarm 81 900 900
life insurance holders in the United
States"
Mr.. Flynn said he had received
letter to this effect from Her
man A. Bayern. president of the
Association of Past Presidents of
Insurance Brokers and Agents,
which denied the accuracy of these
statements and cited figures to
show an increased stability in in
surance companies.
Cartoon of Lynching.
The racial folder, Mr. Flynn said,
was headed New Deal Dictator
ship-A Cruel Dictator"
Mr.. Flynn said: This folder has
several cartoons. one of which shows
the lvnChing of a colored man by
the Democratic South The indi-
vidual. depicted to represent the
Democratic South, is quoted as say
ing: Huh, an anti-lynching law
This is my answer to that-Roose-
welt is scared. the party is scared
so I do as 1 please
Another cartoon and text" Mr.
Flynn added. ARE vile SANDER on
the peoples of foreign extraction
who have come to these shores"
John Underhill, publicity director
for the Associated Willkie Clubs OF
America. said the racial pamphlet
originated with an independent
group of Negroes and that when
copies of it reached headquarters
here, il was ordered DESTROYED.