Show t ti 1 I II i I I l Other Points of View few fewA j I t A FEDERAL J II H. H Some of oC those who would reform the newspaper business business busi busi- ness have ha declared that a owned government publication would give e all the tho news impartially Privately owned newspapers they argue arc certain to reflect the tho minds of oc their owners Tho The days das of oC the party part organ even In Inthe Inthe the tite smaller towns are passing rapidly There Is a more tolerant spirit among the small newspapers Editors oCtile of oC the tile present da day In a n large measure arc are willing to praise good things no matter whether thc they originate In the tho political party the editor represents or orn n In n the party he ho usually fights and tho honest editor la Is quick to condemn wrong regardless of oC where he finds it But in spite of or the great change e that has hns come In t the e business of or making making- newspapers there are some who still sUIl ar argue ue that the press is subsidized Even Miss 1185 Jeanette Rankin a representative in Congress Con r sl made mad mada a speech not long lont a ago o in which she advocated newspapers e that were controlled by local boards similar to the control of oC schools b by of school trustees or commissioners The best answer to those who advocate nd municipal or federal newspapers Is the Official Bulletin It It- Itis is a no daily nc newspaper printed In Washington Under the supervision super of or the committee on public information in such a newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper one would expect to find every ery subject treated In ln the same manner There would be no attempt to pIa play up one of official tic In 1 and hide the action of oC another Yet those who wile read the Official Bulletin da conclusion day after aCter da day are arc forced to the that It comes nearer being one or of the tho old time party organs than an any of oC the modern metropolitan papers Japers news news- An example of oC the manner In which the BUlletIn han handles ls l's news Is n iS streamer Is seen een in Irl announcing the issue Siz or of J January 29 Over the tho heading f that HULL I In in in this is issue tilt Baler f t tells or of arm army conditions The Tho nt onIt on the first page with prominent ho It takes up n total of twenty three u and the file Bulletin hurl to be e greatly enlarged ed to print the statement In full ull This of course was n a deen defense o ot of the tn in fact Little attention his own defense had been pall paid In previous Issues to the mado on the war departments department's conduct of oC Its affairs but when Secretary Baker spoke nearl nearly 3 the whole of oC an enlarged ed was devoted to 1101 inh It Is natural perhaps that the e Official Bulletin Bulletin should 1 defend e cr every act or of the and the administration adminis- adminis officials and hide on an inside page e an anything dero derogatory that mo may bo be said luring sessions of the Congress Con Con- Kress gress ress But Dut In Inso so doing the Bulletin proves pro that a govern o owned and if controlled newspaper is not a fair and impartial l medium tot COl the tho dissemination of information The Congressional s about the tho only 1 publication In the countr country r that prints all the news In its Own field I and does docs It without fear or and favor look 1 at ILl In News |