Abstract

It Seems to Heywood Broun

There ought to be a place in New York city for a liberal newspaper. No daily has ventured into the vast territory which lies between the radical press and the newspaper "New York World." The radicals themselves are meagerly served in English-language papers. There will be no argument, think, that the World comes closest to being an American Manchester Guardian, but it is at best on the outer rim of the target. Possibly the contention may be raised that there are not enough liberals in New York to support a daily paper. It seems to me the try is worth making. Liberals need not be born. They can be trained by care and kindness. The word "liberal" itself has fallen into disrepute. To a radical it is a label for a man who professes friendship and then rushes away for his thirty pieces of silver as soon as the crisis comes.