Show newspapers and the public roy W howard head of the scripps howard newspapers discussing what newspapers owe the public says first of 0 all a newspaper must be a good citizen and a decent neighbor he says they should encourage to lerance and never forget that a smile has an asset value even in the midst ot of a tight fight he would not print a story that puts a criminal brand on oil a young person he thinks that no story should be printed that raises a question on the part of 0 a clean minded boy or girl that connot be answered or explained by any parent familiar with normal realities of life this is a fine stand by an executive of a group of 0 papers that 96 go to working people in hundreds of thousands of homes registering a tendency toward cleaner journalism this new order is bound to minimize crimes scandals details of social and moral delinquencies and substitute more space tor for industries and enterprises by which nine tenths of the people make a living |