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1‘ activities in the al‘ternoon. The committee Discussion 11 1 1‘ 111.11 1

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l r nt Readershi Ex ect Retail Prices l948 NeWpGper Costs 3 . ,
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i l A It may be a case of “too little too late,” Retail merchandisers ““1 resident buyers NC‘VSP‘U)” "Paul-“S “’5“ are 30mg still .
,2 but at last the weekly newspaper national expect general merchandise prices to remain higher in 19.18, Thomas 141 Mowle, comp. lV
» L advertising salesmen have been issued some 5”"“55’ “l 16”“ “”111 LUSLEL 1V) bl‘Cflk “'35 [roller lor l)ow-_]ones and company, pub- I
’ : , effective ammunition. seen in stable goods prices, with the contrary lisher ol' the Wall Street journal, said in an '
. l The 521le weapon now available is a new expressed that some lines may show uddl‘chs m (,Imglgo recently. l
, ll VV readership survey of one issue of a weekly lurthei‘ advances belore peak levels are \Vhilc he expects adVel‘tlSlng and circulu. l‘ V
' l: , ‘ newspaper in the heart ol the United States, I‘C‘l‘hed- “0” “WHUCS L” ”“TCHSC three [0 lour per ,
l ' ' l l the Hancock (jountv jounal of Carthage. lll. ”“5 appraisal ”l the PH"C situation, “1 Will, newspaper profits will be lower next ‘
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l 3 l weekly newspapers btit his is the first survey ago when a price drop was generally awaited, l_l()ll costs. i
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I ’lll(l advertising agencies will lavor with .1 orders lor the first quarter ol 19‘18. Commit- six to ten per cent. j
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j ‘ booklet jusi 0”- the PE“ ‘ind copies are 110w which marked the beginning ol' 1947. “tontratt newsprint cost in 1918 will increase, —
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~ l j n'ition'il advertisers of the nation. Copies manulactiirers [or delivery Within the neXt higher lreight rates. increased labor, \i'outl ,
._ l 1 « “.111 be sent to lxl":\ members soon. A lew ninety days in depaitmcnt stoic lines ol ..i.d (,<)ii\cisic)11 c0sts.V . ‘ - ~ ?
. ‘. highlights ()1. the survey' merchandise are running substantially ahead He predicted the lreight increase in leb. I
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l V years old 1’“ subscriber lamily was 2J6 \\lll.(l1.(()11](..s oiiVMaitli Js, is a lattoiV so lat \\lll continue to bcai aV laigc piemium tag i,
l , persons, 1.29 males and L47 lemales. as timing ol deliveries and peaking ol stocks despite larger monthly inventories ol ‘news- l .
i i , Page one 01- the l"-p‘lg€ issue “M‘s read at are concerned, but is secondary to the ap- print in ptiblishei‘s' \i'areliouses.” j
' i , least in In” by 98‘” ol the men and 99% of parent strength of the price structure. Mowles said that the 1948 situation will g /
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‘ : the women. The average lor all 12'pages was ———-———‘°———~—-.—— continue to b6 one Ol scarcity “uh ”0 easing l
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' 1 ’1 89% men and 958., women. , Has-the lxentucky leacher been assured \I i . l l ‘11 _ C I)“ l t
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, 1 high with to or 54w. md 68% _______ 11;“, “t if“; :33? 3° 1° 1W “gt
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' -‘ , women. Bull“ scoied 56'“ men and 63"” search l‘oundation by a research group ap- - w E, ii t),~ ,. . , . l946 .
l t A .1 column ' ”Around the < . ‘ . inticasc o a)ot1t_J pet cent o\ei costs
it ‘ men. A PC1501“ ’ ’ ‘ proved by the l‘oundation. 'Ihats why a l .- . , ,. ., , . . ‘ . ,~ ,
l i l 9 re " hit 1 re l(1c1‘ghil) of 78'“ men and l l I. 1 l 1 mt intreases in salaries, trucks, ientals,inain- I
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l . “j 1“ (‘l‘lbflfic‘l advcitising, 8/ r“ 01 the men The cost of this first pilot study was ex- 0565 W0 TO WCll’l'S
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l 1‘ i l tor women. somewhat lower, but then number Will de_~ sullered distinct loss this month in the death l
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I , 5 40%. ported through direct memberships from Citizen and president of the National Eili- '
1 'I l ’ Actuall the Hancock Count ouriial sur- weekl news )a )ers at annual dues of ] cent torial Association in 1937. Death struck the
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this particular survey is called a “pilot study." by having some of them conducted by schools Doyle BUCHCS, 51 years old, field manager j
l It was financed by the Weekly Newspaper ol' journalism. The first hurdle to be jumped 01' the Alabama Press Association and (ll- t
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l l l ' intl saonsored b the American A'ssocia- surve s must be develo )ed and a )roved. To under ‘OIIC an ())Crati0n.
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ti 1 l tibn of National Advertisers. The field SUI- (‘iation Managers, Inc., and the American journalism leaves more than a passing re .
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l 1“ it , advertisers to accept no research or survey to conduct readership surveys in Kentucky
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.' 3 . ,5, V he Kentucky Press Association recognizes the fundamental importance ' Under t
-. l z, ' gig-58% of the implied trust imposed on newspapers and dissemination of public Propose
l " '- a znformatzon. It stands for truth, fairness, accuracy, and decency in the pre- ( duds Mt
. . . . sentatzon 0 news as set orth in the Canons 0 oznnalisin. It advocate : ,. .
thCial Publication of the Kentucky , _ f ’ _ f . , _ f ‘l . 5 t Me ““161
. .. Press Association strict ethical standards in its advertzszng column. It opposes the publzrav : “linjmm.
' a . . ' - ———- tion of propaganda under the guise of news. It afiirms the obligation of a l the Hous
. ll , “0‘0“ R- Portmann’ Ed‘tor'Puthher newspaper to frank, honest and fearless editorial expressions. It respects f Labor has
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x _ , Printed On The Kernel Press, Lexmgton q y f P g f )l P . 17 ion m , . D
: f - i the Constitutional guarantee of Freedom of the Press. 1t believes in the 3 “““mmm
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. ‘3', ‘ newspaper as a vital medium for civic, economic, social, and cultural com- ‘ h‘ullmg 0
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r. 15‘; , . lolunie Nineteen, Number Two munzty development and progress. , MIHIHIISP‘
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I _ _ I Kentucky PressIAssociation Officers miny legislators \ioulId, if they could, Ius P. O. indICIG Necessary lession ll, c
l , , Tyler Munford, Preszdent government for the enlorceinent ol laws that . . I capacity. 5
5' I . Union County AIdvocaItie, Morganfield would require observance 01' what many Attention ol publishers is directed [0 [ions are sx
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_ I . FTEd 13- Wachs, 1‘1?“ V103 P’s" ent . leU'islators and some ol the body public con- Section 3.;0. 1 age _()(l. ol the lostal Lausaiid i ,\i_ Anders
l} " Herald-Leader, Lexington '0 ' - ~ { Reo'ul'itions which reads "s follows ' ‘

1 l ,l I‘ James M. Willis, Second Vice President sider ethics in Ithe production ot newspapeIis, 1le I II II ' .~ . . II I‘ I- - I Q i\. l:.I.-\. L
,- t , _ :, Messenger, Brandenburg 'l'his lact was impressed by a recent editorial ‘ C 0 0“ ”18 ”1‘ 1"“ 51“” be conspicu- ! In L112111111211
l i, . ' Vicmr R- Portmann, Secretary-Manager in the “Mentor,” official publication of the "usll' printed "ll ““9 ”1‘ more Of the 5115! l The Ht;

‘ , ' Umvetstty Of Kentucky, Lexmgton Massachusetts State Prison, which contended fi‘lc pages. preferably 0” the first page. ”f not “FCC"
I . District Executive Committeemen there should be laws under which dissemina- each copy ol publications entered as secoiitl- I’ to the lull
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'1 m Chaflmafi’ Joe La Gore’ St“ Democrat, Pad k tioii 01 crime news is minimized to essential (I‘M mattei. l Wage-Horn
t ' cah, (First): Second; John 13- Games: 1"” . .. - - ('1) Title of tl > ii'v ' l “l l ii 1 -
‘ E t City News, Bowling Green; Third, J. M. Wynn, lacts. lhere should be laws, the editorial ‘ l‘ P” ) "Mm” “ l“ 1 513 ‘. convenes 11
ii ‘ if Courier-Journal, LOUiSVille; Fourth, Albert 5- states, “that suppress the publicizing of use- always be shown on the first page. all Date 7‘ SfllWCllCnl)
' ' ‘7 : 'l Wathen Sh, KBHtUCkY Standard; Bardstown; , ,. , - . - - of issue. c Rerrular )eriods of issue that \J" »
. I I II Fifth, Virgil P. Sanders, Sun-Democrat, Car- lcss IspcculaItion IpiIopounded by publiCity II .. (I) [Is . l .- ,_ .ILLomb (
1 :l ' rollton; Sixth, Enos Swain, Advoeate-Messen- seeking police olhcials on the development '5 to Ml‘i lc‘l“(“()’~ (d) 39’1“] number. (Cl " \\'Itl1 labor
I» i , i get, Danville; Seventh, Norman Allen, Floyd ol' clues. it s 4 Crime news should be re- Known office of publication, (f) Subscription I, lag the 1-5
‘. ‘ ‘ County Times, Prestonsburg; Eighth, J. W. . , . )rice 0. Notice of Cntr . , - .. i
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I I . Heddon, Advocate, Mt. Sterling; Ninth, H. R. mm ed liom the trout page and relegated to l (s) . . I . . , g l “(Ck 111d l.
t ' ', , 2 Chandler, Mountain Advocate, Barbourville; back page summaries. Crime news should be Enteied “5 second-(lass matter—~~————flt l WINS [0 75
’ ‘ 1 I State-at-Zjarge, Seymour B. Goodman, Enter- reported in a dry, [actual manner, stripped the post office at—————~————un(ler the" stressed th(
‘3 , prise, Elizabethtown; Immediate Past PreS- . . ,. “ ,. . , . . . \(10f_____*¥_____*_ . ll
,. . ident, Harold A. Browning, Whitley Republican, ol all its lui id details. \I\ hat purpose is ac- ‘ . I cont not a
_ l1 '1 . ‘ Williamsburg. complished by the persistent revelation of ev— l “"1895.
I l . I . , IMI evflIu , In a recent case. a postal inspector objected I‘ The N,
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IA Obviously, that editorial was written by a t( if in innIei in “luch the pul)lislieiI\\I , Committee
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.I .. "; NATIONAL GDITOP‘ ”.1501er Unlortunatel I )ublishers are an (imp ymg \\1[ll the 'ibme iegulation sl imcnd the
l "‘ i' “‘ ‘- l / IATION l y l , l the ("ise of )revio ' 't' ,, ' ' l"nor iit \' L1
1 , . ..mi’féeu‘ 550C to discount its importance because of its " _lI us m" anccs ll’HOH *7 l _ \66 Y “5
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1 l1 “I; ME... I / source. But, 110w about the article in the ( nIty lTl'llllllgS. the inspector not , 3 should rc\ is
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l l. . “ “ July issue ol the Indiana Publisher concern— IT‘S“ ‘ change in ”Name to (.onformI l to ll’l’lentfl
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’i, ' 1 . —*-———————*————‘_ " mg the housewile who criticised the eight “I‘ka-Ulnamml of the ICinhtmn. bm‘ I 1 :ImpllfiCdlu,
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ll ' .. El’thOl STGthIFClS lront page news reports in her local news- [I' a m teims 0] buk postage [m (OPII ‘ ,9 Ilgued
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l l . paper, all 01 them ot a depressing nature and l w publu 1mm “huh he “mmdchd to ‘ld ‘ I“ 110“ tllt
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. .‘ Newspaper COI’ISClel’lce 51x ol them relating to crimet Apparently, Iieen impioperly muled. Such postage “I III 1 Me an em
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ll ‘ 3 The history 01 all regulatory legislation critic1sm ol the press is not confined to in- )e (1.0 ermmed tlnough applicationIO l l lm 0t IKE
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l 2 shows it stemmed lrom the failure of those mates ()1 prisons or crackpots who lean to n msient second (11“ l no (one cent I01 its l : nts 'l ‘1
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l ; regulated thereby to recognize ethical stan- government control ol the press. two 0mm“ or 11‘“th thereof (“In t . “0mm”
II I I, I . 1 . . . .. 1 , . . . _ for fourth class matter. it'lllchever is Iowerlv (I‘lllgress w;
‘t , dards in their operations. Despite He 6* liortunately lor newspapers and the public . . . l
ii. - . . .1 .. 1- u Most recent information for newspapeb 3 lllat ll the
l .. . tremes ‘0 “'hldl use Of the “01‘ Ct “CS no law may be passed that would suppress 7 . . . . 1 . l
u, I , . . . . . . . , . ; _ not alhliated with the ABC is that the posta l ousted by
us: i. have been carried. “ml the (11581“ng 163C“ or minimize the presentation ()1 news and . _ . ,f i ,,
, I . . . .' _ . . , . . . department is tightening enforcement 0 1‘ state appren
l . . ~1; tion "l newspapers U) the misinterpretatmn editorial matter. lhe production 01 a news- . . . . - - 5 . H
I I , I I I , .,. ,I . l' . _ _ . provismns relating to expired subscription I, C produce
‘1 1 ‘ “I 01 that word, “'6 must 5“” ”(0911K Us“ paper is one enterprise in which there need . . . . . . f .
l ': ‘ H, . . . . - . , . . . . and is also looking into possible i'iolflllon’ t (harges that
i -t . . . JUSUCC alone requires voluntary maintenance be no lear ol legislation to enlorce ethics . ' 1. i .
t . ,I '1 . . I . -, , . 1 , _ , resulting from too great a number of C0“ unflilgginggi
l , z: 01 high standards. V\ hen that is 1g1101€( 15 even when high standards are not voluntarily )1]. nent’lr - i i l utter
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1 ‘ when government Stel” in, Wlth one excep- observed. However, the protective cloak ot - l ( ’. l lnsoi‘u' CH
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l ‘:i tion, and attempts to 101“? 61111311 operations. the Constitution does not relieve an 1111» -,—.—-—————-‘ (’Veinpf' It
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:l I I That one exception iinn the piesenItation lettered press from a moral obligation ol It is well to warn about [ZISt<(lI‘lVlllg"' Subsequen
II of news matter and editorial GXPI‘CSSIOD in maintaining standards that are superior to but women are the most dangerous cunt? ‘ Subjected to
1 the PTOdUCU"n 0f newsPapers. those of any vocation. There is no activity for men. ('(lllllsel \l
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II I ; I_ It must be admitted that not every pub- in which it is so important to remember day The time of year has arrived when 21km“ -mmmittee as
l 1 ‘ lisher of a newspaper chooses to maintain alter day the admonition: “Let your consci- can return the neighbor’s lawnmower ““‘H iweekly né .
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3 1| : high standards. Futhermore, it is a fact that . Once be your guide. —Ind1ana Publisher. borrow lllS overcoat. tratoi Stat d]
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