Life — February 19, 1920 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "We Are Still Out" — Life Magazine Editorial This is an editorial statement from Life magazine's staff defending their ongoing labor dispute with the Business Office. The magazine's workers had walked out demanding fair subscription rates and refusing to publish coupons they considered exploitative. Life's editors assert their principles: no compulsory coupons, honest advertising, and editorial independence from business pressures. They acknowledge occasionally yielding to business demands but argue "the right will prevail." The piece emphasizes Life won't accept censorship of coming issue numbers or allow the B.O. (Business Office) to insert false praise. The accompanying silhouette illustrations of people in various positions of conflict or negotiation visually reinforce the dispute's human stakes and the magazine's defiant stance on worker and editorial autonomy.