THE OWNERS OF THE PRESS [To the Editor of THE
SPECTATOR] SIR,—In the interesting article by Mr. Felix Fries on the Government and the Press in your last issue, I notice that he ends up by suggesting that Sir Samuel Hoare, if he attempted to guide journalists, was doing no more than other statesmen in the past. It should, however, be pointed out that the charge made in the debate on December 7th was that he had gone a good deal further than this in taking energetic measures to make contacts at the time of the crisis with the proprietors of newspapers. This is quite a different matter from dealing with trained journalists and editors who thoroughly understand Ministers, are used to their ways, and are not subject to flattery. —Yours faithfully, GEOFFREY LE M. MANDER.
Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton.
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