Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 16

16 THIK DHNERSHP LAWS IMADEQUATE Investigation of Paper and| Power Companies in News- papers Brings Discussion. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The investigation by the Federal| Trade Commission of the part that paper and power interests play in the Jinancing of newspapers has developed anuch discussion as to the legislative r lationship of the Government to pub cations. | There are some members of Congress | who think that the present laws re- quiring a statement of ownership ar not adequate and that second class | privileges should be denied to public: tions which are dominated by special interests. The present ing of course, relates to violation of existing law insofar as ownership is concerned except that it will lead to clarifying | regulations as to how ownership state- | ment shall be made out. There would, of course, be opposition to any proposal to deny mail privileges | to newspapers that were owned by pow= er companies or any other interests, for the same principle has been debated before, and the fear has been expressed | that to deny one group of citizens the | right to own properties might -lead to similar discrimination against others | and might be eliminated by the co on constitutional grounds. Fear Editorial Influence. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1929. sion’s investigation of the ownership of newspaper properties, Broadly speak- ing, the inference that the power com- pany would indirectly influence the editorial policy of a newspaper it had befriended is in the minds of many members of Congress. While the practice of purchasing newspaper securities by power com- panies has not been widespread, there is already a pronounced tendency against its extension. Publishers Make Denial. So far as the individual publishers are concerned, their testimony before the commission has been a vigorous denial of any assumption that the hold- ing of junior securities or minority stocks was in any way the exercise of a control or even an influence upon them or their policies. The question goes really to the intellectual honesty of the individual publisher and it is on this point that the issue will be decided in each case, though the subject of owner- ship, minority or otherwise, in news- paper properties by banks, corporations |and other interests which might be Ji- | principals in the controversies of a given community or State is not a new one and is already a vital factor among publishers competing for the confidence e | of their audiences. The hearing before the Federal Trade Commission will lead to a report by the commission when it gets through its in- vestigation in pursuance of a Senate resolution adopted last year. The Post Office Department has been asked by another Senate resolution to furnish a list of post office statements relating to ownership, and any violation of law in this category must be initiated by the Post Office” Department through the Department of Justice. (Copyright, 1929.) Beer an Ancient Beverage. The most ancient of beverages is beer, which was brewed by the Babylonfan 5 | bakers before 2000 B.C. The bakers de- veloped brewing through their working | with malt and hops. Later the Egyp- | tians learned the art and the Britons ‘Were it not for the long trail of tes- acquired it when Caesar invaded Brifain. timony uncovered by the commission | At first the manufacture of beer in relating to the aggressive activities of | England was strictly a home industry power companies in presenting their |and was done by the women. ‘The viewpoint in schools, colleges and the |statement has been made that “yule- press there would not today be so much | tide” was “aletide,” a time when it was HOOVER RECEIVES FRATERNITY MEN Delegates From 27 Chapters of Psi Upsilon Hold Sessions Here. Delegates to the ninety-sixth conven- tion of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the United States, were received by President Hoover at the White House business session in the Hotel Mayflower. Shortly before 2 o'clock they were re- ceived at the Senate by Senator George H. Moses and at the House of Repre- sentatives by John Q. Tilson, both members of the fraternity. The fraternity includes in its mem- bership msny prominent persons | throughout the United Sta includ- ing Secretary of State Henry L. Stim- son, who will receive the delegates to- morrow afternoon, and Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who will be among the speakers at a luncheon in the Hotel Mayflower Saturday after- noon. Twenty-seven chapters of the fra- ternity are represented at the conven- tion, being held this year under the auspices of the Eta Chapter of Beth- lehem, Pa., in co-operation with the Psi Upsilon Association of Washington. The opening business session today was called to order by Edward L. should be repaired and looked over before being put in storage. ~You will save money and trouble if you Wwill let us do your work We will take care of your fur over the FURRIER 1008 Eye St, N.W. | now. | Summer. today at 12:15 o'clock, following a brief | FUR COATS Stevens of Delhi, N. Y., president. F. 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