Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-21
Boston Herald Prints
Crider' 5 Taft Review,
Denies Suppression
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON. Nov. 21.-The Bos-
ton Herald today carried a state
ment by Robert B. Choate. its
publisher, that he never attempt
ed to suppress the opinions OF
his editor, who resigned Sunday
with charge the paper refused
to print his article on Senator
Taft's book, "A Foreign Policy for
Americans"
John H. Crider, Pulitzer prize
winning editorial writer, conceded
he favored Gen. Eisenhower over
Senator Taft, but said he had
written what he thought was "a
fair review of Taft's book with q
comment or two of my own
thoughts about the man"
Today's Herald also carried the
disputed article by Mr.. Order and
directly beneath it a review of
Senator Taft's book written for
last Sundays New York Times by
Lindsay Rogers, professor of pub
lie law at Columbia University.
Publishers Statement.
In the statement explaining his
position, Mr. Choate said:
i have never attempted to sup
press Mr.. Orders opinions, either
as expressed in the newspaper or
on television, where. of course,
he was speaking on his own.
"On Monday Mr.. Crider said
that suppressed book review
he wrote about Senator Taft's
Foreign Policy for Americans.
The fact is that Mr.. Order ex-
pressed himself on the book in
the lead editorial in the Herald
on Wednesday. When discov-
cred that he intended to write,
under his own name on the edi-
torial page, an attack on Senator
Taft under the guise of a book
review. I called him up and I
told him that I thought it was i'll
advised and ill timed.
says ne HUNG up.
Before I could explain my rea-
sons. he said. 'Okay, okay,' and
hung up. 1t was about an hour
later that I got a call from a
representative of the New York
Times saying that he had told
them Of his resignation. While
Mr.. Order was giving interviews
to the press associations, he did
not talk to me personally (about
the resignation.
The publisher continued that
had he known of any differences
of opinion between Mr.. Order and
myself, I would have explained to
him that ] thought it inadvisable
for him to make a personal attack
on Senator Taft under his own
name on the same editorial page
In which from time to time in the
future he might be expected to
comment nationally on the Sem
ator's speeches and campaign"
Pledges Impartiality.
Mr.. Choate's statement said also
"the Herald will continue to print
the news about all candidates i'm
partially and comment on every
phase of the campaign in its edi-
torial columns"
Mr.. Orders article said "the
major opposition to Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft of Ohio springs from
serious doubts as to his abilities
and convictions in the field of for
eign affairs"
Mr.. Order said also he must :
profess general approval of his
.(Senator Taft's) views on domes-
tic matters (butD, it is with re-
greet that this reviewer must con-
fess to genuine fear of Taft blind
spots in the international area"
The Order article concludes
with a statement that Senator
Taft's book should be widely read,
but 1t should be read discerningly.
It is full of BOBBY traps"
The review by Prof. Rogers
points out some discrepancies on
what the Senator thinks present
policies should be-"
Those who have found con-
in Senator Taft's
speeches will find them in his
book" Rogers article says, and
adds:
But it is all to the good that.
disregarding the advice of the
tapers and the tadpoles. Mr..
has outlined his views
on a foreign policy for Ameri-