I Want To Talk To A Nation,

Money Is The Great Power Today. Men Sell Their Souls For It. Women Sell Their Bodies For It. Others Worship It. The Money Power Has Grown So Great That The Issue Of All Issues Is Whether The Corporation Shall Rule This Country Or The Country Shall Again Rule The Corporations.

A Journalist Is The Lookout On The Bridge Of The Ship Of State. He Notes The Passing Sail, The Little Things Of Interest That Dot The Horizon In Fine Weather. He Reports The Drifting Castaway Whom The Ship Can Save. He Peers Through Fog And Storm To Give Warning Of Dangers Ahead. He Is Not Thinking Of His Wages Or Of The Profits Of His Owners. He Is There To Watch Over The Safety And The Welfare Of The People Who Trust Him.

I Will Always Fight For Progress And Reform, Never Tolerate Injustice Or Corruption, Always Fight Demagogues Of All Parties, Never Belong To Any Party, Always Oppose Privileged Classes And Public Plunderers, Never Lack Sympathy With The Poor, Always Remain Devoted To The Public Welfare, Never Be Satisfied With Merely Printing News, Always Be Drastically Independent, Never Be Afraid To Attack Wrong, Whether By Predatory Plutocracy Or Predatory Poverty.

There Is Not A Crime, There Is Not A Dodge, There Is Not A Trick, There Is Not A Swindle, There Is Not A Vice Which Does Not Live By Secrecy.

What A Newspaper Needs In Its News, In Its Headlines, And On Its Editorial Page Is Terseness, Humor, Descriptive Power, Satire, Originality, Good Literary Style, Clever Condensation And Accuracy, Accuracy, Accuracy.