Show r- r C f The Ind Independent pendent Ne Newspaper r j r r bH HE Independent newspaper ew paper has a defender der t in President Coolidge If you lived 1 unI un under I r some jurisdictions your vi views ws would be ii g garbled anc and anc unfair your Jour editorial comments f t would be dwarfed and prejudiced your conduct conduct con con- duct would be tramped cramped and limited the 4 tr president said in addressing the dinner in New NewYork York that last night commemorated the ft fifth te fifth ty-fifth anniversary of the United Press f 4 The paper whose policies are guided by i selfish interests is soon discovered by the public pub pub- lic and very soon becomes marked as Unreliable unreliable un un- reliable and loses its influence both for good f. f and for harm the president believes i The independent and exalted position f of the American Press Is declared to carry With ith it it great obligations One of the first d efforts of f all kinds kinds' of absolutism is to con con- coni i trot frol th the press and the schools as as' as sources of p i information and education of the pe people Iti J Mr Coolidge asserts Truly enough as the president points out the independent press press' should use every care to administer its trust v wisely It If must not abuse its privileges More More and arid more as the American public has has' became it has demanded that cito r. enlightened pH itY the newspapers to which it gives its favor L shall be unbiased free fair fair independent a |