A Domestic Affair

Theodore Olin Thackrey used to be managing editor of the New York Post. Then he married his boss, Dorothy Schiff Backer, and became the co-publisher and co-editor. A fortnight ago, Co-Editor Thackrey dashed off "An Appeal to Reason," complaining of his irritation and dismay "at the intemperate and increasingly violent reaction to Henry Wallace's campaign."

Most of this reaction, he thought, came from people who wanted "to bolster one of two previously determined conclusions: that [Wallace] is a dirty red or a fooler both ... It is possible," he wrote with heavy sarcasm, "to oppose Mr. Wallace's candidacy on sincere and reasoned grounds: believers in the theory that the boom and bust cycle is inevitable . '. . those who prefer sovereignty enforced by military means at home and abroad . . ."

Last week the boss, signing herself "Co-Publisher and Co-Editor," took Ted Thackrey's space to tell readers that her husband had been speaking only for himself, "not committing the Post Home News* to the support ... of Henry A. Wallace." And so far as sincere and reasoned grounds were concerned, "I, a sincere liberal, take issue with Mr. Thackrey's reasoning . . . 1) because Mr. Wallace's own position is not always clear and because he, himself, does not always give the impression of being a sincere and reasoned person ... 2) the Progressive Party is Communist-dominated."

Co-Editor Thackrey promised to answer Co-Editor Thackrey a week later. In the meantime, readers were left to wonder why the Thackreys couldn't settle their arguments at the breakfast table.

*Since its recent merger with The Bronx Home News.

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