| Show I 1 LL JW W da fincers anilu ift N BEVERLY HILLS well all I 1 know is just what I 1 read in the papers or what I 1 see as I 1 prowl pr 0 1 I thither hither mostly mos 5 ly thither was in in W a shin s li i n agton about ten days ago and saw quite a few of the boys that vas still staying there but was ent up for reel re el section this year you can tell the ones that are 9 going ing to run they have to rush home and start fixing things up but the ones that are set for a year or so more they kinder lay around and sorter mix with the lobbyists hobbyists and have a good time without getting blamed for it was up to new york and spoke for the newspaper publishers association a gang that gathers in from all over the country once a year and belong to tc an association then go home and anc write editorials against unionism not all of em but some do but we did have a fine dinner amos G carter from Ft Worth owner of the star telegram ivas was the toast master and he made a mighty good one too pretty near every big publisher Publish ei in america was there they had just had a convention but like most conventions they had bad done nothing but resolve if you take resolve out of conventions you are just about naked at this convention there was some little animosity against the advertising on the radio that is it had been a direct connection with newspaper advertising and aident have the investment and pay the axes that the papers are compelled d to so they naturally took that phase up and come right down to it there is no reason why they should give the radio pro grammes all the free advertising it should be paid for the same as a show does but some of them spoke of the investments they had and what right did some other thin tiling hav to come III in and destroy tl the e worth of their investments well they was kinder forgetting when the prohibition amendment come in and put all the Brel Brew erys and Distill erys out of business with no recourse to the courts or any claim so some of these yells kinder made you think what these fellows had to stand for but its all a lot of hoey the radio wont put the papers out of business we got to have something besides toothpaste so we will always read the papers besides if it dasent for the peanut vendor song there woul dent be any radio good papers will always last and tabloids will continue to do a big business for those that cant read but have learned to know every character in america b by y their picture alone they have to reid read little papers in in new york and big cities they cant unfold a big paper they got room they like pictures of their favorite murderers just like some others like their movie stars its getting so a murderer to draw well in the papers must be good looking charley schwab was the principal speaker at the dinner he says he be is an optimist even now and that we are not so bad met at the dinner this fellow roy howard of scripps howard A that hi at buys all ah off well maby we aint this hunger may be only an illusion he he newspapers rhey bought the new york world and com coined it with the evening telegram well he and scripps are mighty keen birds I 1 also met scripps he has whiskers and that with roys full dress evening cape makes a mighty hard bard combination to beat they are young full of progress and good credit and it looks like the only way to keep from selling your paper to em is to just disband it howard took me to his fine office he asked me what I 1 would have I 1 told him chop suey its furnished like a joss house he is is growing a queue and signs his name with two pens at once like chop sticks the boys were really mighty sober at the dinner another and mighty good indication of hard times some of em just had to little they could from the others breath some small town editors had to just act soused doused in order to impress but it was a fine affair one of the best I 1 ever attended made so by schwab and carter and a good audience mr and mrs leo beutler were salt lake visitors the last of the week |
