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Publishing Company quite independent of the 

 U.F.O., since each has its own president and 

 separate board of directors. The bond of 

 connection rests in the fact that the shareholders 

 of the company are in practically all cases mem- 

 bers of the U.F.O. The success of the one is 

 closely bound up with the success of the other, 

 so that a circumstance in which the policy of the 

 paper would run contrary to the policy of the 

 U.F.O. could hardly arise. 



It must not be supposed that the Publishing 

 Company was formed and brought to its present 

 state of prosperity without encountering serious 

 obstacles and serious opposition. There is 

 every reason to believe that in addition to the 

 difficulties arising out of war conditions, design- 

 ing men put forth a good deal of effort to block 

 the effort. For instance although the applica- 

 tion for the charter of the Publishing Company 

 was made on the fifth of August, 1918, the 

 charter was not forthcoming until long after; 

 and repeated calls, which were often ignored, 

 had to be made before, finally, permission was 

 given. Then a further complication arose 

 through scarcity of newsprint. An organization 

 of newspaper men, alleged to have been fostered 

 and endorsed by the Government, set on foot a 

 scheme to prevent the promotion of further 

 newspapers in the field. Mr. Pringle, the paper 



