From Howard to Hearst

Like a bagpipe, Westbrook Pegler is raucous, penetrating, effective in arousing belligerent emotions. But also like a bagpipe, he is monotonously limited in range and variety. Last week it was announced that Columnist Pegler will shortly begin piping for a new audience. When his contract with Scripps-Howard and its United Feature Syndicate ends in November, the Pegler column will shift to Hearst and Hearst's King Features Syndicate.

Said Pegler: "I am very happy about it. I got another job and a better one. Roy Howard and I have always been good friends and we're parting good friends."

Said Roy Howard: "The Scripps-Howard parting with Pegler is a symptom of a journalistic problem that arises when a writer is given carte blanche to express himself with complete and uncontrolled freedom. . . . This problem . . . concerns . . . journalistic technique and editorial judgment in determining how loudly and how frequently a writer may sound a single note without upsetting a newspaper's editorial balance. . . . Scripps-Howard has never exercised control over the subject matter or the opinions of Mr. Pegler as they appear in his column, but we have been unable to satisfy many of our readers on this point, or convince them that Mr. Pegler has always expressed Pegler without regard to the opinions or policy of Scripps-Howard. . . ."

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