P. 60 Trumpet to Arms
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"The underground press," UPS coordinator Tom Forcade wrote, "is crouched like a Panther, dollars and days away from daily publication and thus total domination in the print media. After the underground press goes daily, they'll die like flies."
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May be from UPS founding statement, but may not be, this is one of those books without proper footnotes.
Typical Forcade. I was on the board of directors of the Underground Press Syndicate, and Tom could spin a line. On the other hand, it was always fun.
Chip Berlet Senior Analyst
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> [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of John Adams
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] A quote I just can't source
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> I've been trying to source a quote I remember reading but can't find,
> probably because my copy of _A Trumpet to Arms_ has disappeared. Can
> someone help? It was a quote from Tom Forcade of the
> Underground Press
> Syndicate, to the effect that once the underground press went daily,
> the mainstream newspapers would start dying like flies.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John A
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