The American Mercury magazine faces a publishing blockade over its anti-Semitic contents which may kill the periodical, the World Telegram and Sun reported today.
The magazine has been under severe criticism in recent years for such material. Printers, binders, distributors and retail newsdealers have refused to handle the magazine because of its editorial policies. Publisher Russell Maguire, a millionaire industrialist who purchased the American Mercury in 1952, has denied the charges of anti-Semitism.
The newspaper reported that the “hands-off movement” was unprecedented in the publishing industry except for pornographic material. Three printers in the past four months have refused to continue printing the magazine. A national distributor dropped it several months ago. The number of wholesalers distributing the periodical has dropped from more than 600 to less than 2 00. Hundreds of newsstands, including most of those in the New York area, refuse to carry it.
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