Library of Congress · resource:sn83045462/1939-02-05/ed-1:page:15
Image 15 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 5, 1939
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Partisan Newspaper Is Out of Date Says Editorial Expert Veteran 83 Looks Back On 60 Years Work On One Daily By the Associated Press LOUISVILLE Ky Feb 4Har rison Robertson 60 years on one newspaper said today the 1939 model newspaper must cut loose from partisan ties to succeed Mr Robertson a frail man of 83 With eyes bright as a cub reporters leaned back in a worn swivel chair and declared emphatically The independent newspaper now adavs gets the respect of the people The day of the partisan paper is over You cant run a paper suc cessfully now as an organ of a party or faction Mr Robertson editor of the Louis ville Courier Journal started on January 17 his 61st year as an em ploye ol tne newspaper maae lamuus bv Henry Watterson The veteran editorial writer liter ally crashed his way into newspaper work Breaks Wattersons Door On his first day on the Courier Journel Mr Robertson related Mr Watterson hired him at 10 a week then took him out and introduced him to the managing editor A few minutes later I returned to Mr Wattersons office to get my hat and coat he said Mr
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library of congress, washington, dc. 1939-02-05. Image 15 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 5, 1939. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1939-02-05/ed-1/?sp=15
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