The Press: Mr. Expansion

The fastest rising newspaper publisher in the U.S. is a stubby (5 ft. 3 in.) man who is unknown in most of the cities where his papers are published—and even in the city rooms of many of the papers themselves. He has never made a public speech in his life, he uses a briefcase for his main office, and he carries in his left-hand coat pocket a sheaf of memo paper, held together by a paperclip, showing the status of his papers' cash account. Although he is a registered Democrat, many of his eleven...

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