When he was the Minister of Home Affairs, he was the superior of Matsutaro SHORIKI, and when Shoriki was later blamed for the Toranomon Incident and left the ministry to begin the business of the Yomiuri Shinbun Newspaper, he lend fund money to Shoriki without any conditions by mortgaging his own house.
虎ノ門事件の責任を取らされ内務省(日本)を辞めた正力松太郎が読売新聞の経営に乗り出したとき、上司（内務大臣）だった新平は自宅を抵当に入れて資金を調達し何も言わずに貸した。