The Morning Post of Tuesday published a letter from a
correspondent who described a strange episode in the business conduct of the Daily Herald. A friend of the writer was approached by the Advertisement Manager of the Daily Herald, who earnestly invited him to advertise a book entitled Democracy or Shylocracy—a book which purports to describe an attempted Jewish domination of the British Empire. The recipient of this beguiling invitation duly responded, and sent an advertise- ment for insertion in the Daily Herald. To his surprise he received from the Advertisement Manager a reply stating that " editorial " would not agree to any further reference to the book in the Daily Herald. Yet, as the writer of the letter to the Morning Post points out, Mr. Lansbury has announced that the Daily Herald is " not anybody's organ," and that he would " print for anybody," having often taken advertise- ments from " capitalist societies attacking socialism, as it was only a matter of business."
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