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Show Demo Chairman Blasts GOP One Party Press Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler, in a recent speech continuing his attack on the Republican Re-publican dominated one-party metropolitan press charged that the American press must be entirely en-tirely free of one-party fetters if it is to perform its sacred duty to the country. In his address Mr. Butler said in part: "I want to leave with you a few serious words about the atmosphere at-mosphere in Washington. Democrats Demo-crats are not alone in feeling that this administration does not share the feeling of urgency the American people want and that today's problems require. It is shared by almost all Washington reporters. "We do not have a full time President providing full time leadership and there is no use blinking this fact. Without such leadership it is difficult to direct di-rect the creative energy which has been smothered in complacency compla-cency and lulled by tranquillizers tranquilliz-ers for five somnolent years. "Nonetheless, I believe that America can summon the will and wisdom to meet the challenges chal-lenges of these critical times. Again I say that one of the chief instruments on which we must depend for this mobilization is our free press. "In order to carry out its mission mis-sion in this supreme test for America, for liberty, for humanity, human-ity, the press must free itself en- (Continued on page 4) uuo Demo Chairman Blasts GOP One Party Press stand against the administration classification mania. However, it is obvious that a much broader and more determined assault on this menace to our first freedom needs to be made by the public and the press. "In one of their resolutions, the AP managing editors singled out for special commendation the work being done in the Democratic Demo-cratic Congress to eliminate unnecessary un-necessary and indefensible re-trictions re-trictions on government news in particular the work of Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., and Rep. John E. Moss of California. "The records of the House Subcommittee Sub-committee on Government Information Infor-mation tell a shocking story of the extravagant and dangerous lengths to which supersecrecy has been carried by the Eisen-hower-Citler-Wilson regime. The Moss Subcommittee undoubtedly has performed a major service for a free press and a more informed in-formed public. "Perhaps there is a need for a permanent Congressional Subcommittee Sub-committee on Government Information In-formation as an additional safeguard safe-guard of the public's right to know. However, there can be no substitute for the press itself as the public watchdog. The primary pri-mary responsibility rests on the individual newspapers, and it is immensely encouraging to observe ob-serve your profession's growing response to this challenge." - (Continued from Page 1) tirely of one-party fetters and other hindrances to absolute impartiality, im-partiality, integrity and alertness. alert-ness. "Human nature being what it is, members of both political parties par-ties may yield to partisan temptation temp-tation and members of both political po-litical parties may be inclined to blame the other for mutual shortcomings. I would hope a fair and impartial press would blow the whistle on either or both of our parties when this is the case. "As a Democrat whose political politi-cal fortunes have been sadly affected af-fected by the one party press in the past I will suggest this motto for the press in the days ahead: With malice toward none, and skepticism toward all. "Your press and radio and television tele-vision are powerful forces. They can sell chromium-encrusted cars and crunchy breakfastfood. They can also sell ideas and ideals, the real source of our strength and security. I pray they will do so." "However, the administration seems to have a reverse on its gag rule which puts Hollywood, ballyhoo into its security system and produces such dangerous and humiliating incidents as Poopnik the Vanguard fiasco in Florida. "As the Associated Press managing man-aging editor noted recently more than a million federal employees are now classifying security information, in-formation, and classification is running at a higher rate today than during World War II: "Sigma Delta Chi, APME and other national organizations of publishers and editors have been taking an increasingly vigorous |