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Show America's Editors Repledge Faith In Ideals Of Freedom iiiiiiEispiiif i '..ws s. ..lo!V.';-'y.a To;: The old Jefferson mansion S Ljsf lA at Monticello, Va., scene of to'rlay's ' .' JEs i4 A ceremonies; lower: Thomas Jeff- ,jir li tej-wJ erson, put riot and free speeeh do- '(I Vw- , fender, from the famous portrait & 1 V :-' ""v' by Rembrandt Peale. ', ' "( MONTICELLO, Va., Oct. 20. Led yf4L by President Hoover, editors of .frSfaiir representative American news- V'-'-ffiS capers gathered at the old Jef'fer- A son home today and repledged thei, ' faith to the support of national , 3fr ideals. J&T They 'dedicated, in the old Monti- fwjf 'j cello mansion, a "Freedom-of-the- Press" room, in honor of Jefferson. v C Tr Toffn-TA,, ,1- To;: The old Jefferson mansion at MontlcHln, Ya., scene of today's ceremoir.es; lower: Thomas Jefferson, Jeff-erson, patriot and free speech defender, de-fender, from thr- famous portrait by Rembrandt Peale. MONTICELLO, Va., Oct. 20. Led by President Hoover, editors of representative American newspapers news-papers gathered at the old Jefferson Jeffer-son home today and repledged thei, faith to the support of national ideals. They 'dedicated, in the old Monti-cello Monti-cello mansion, a "Freedom-of-the-Press" room, in honor of Jefferson. It was Jefferson, courageous defender de-fender of freedom of speech, who saic : "Our liberty depends on-the freedom of the press, and that cannot can-not be limited without being lost." The new pledge of faith, signed by the president, was brought to' the shrine by airplane from Washington. Wash-ington. The ship landed on the lawn near the mansion. Speakers at the dedication included in-cluded Col. R. R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune; Stuart G. Gib-boney, Gib-boney, Claude G. Bowers, historian, and James M. Beck, former solicitor-general of the United States. It was the first time in history any historic room has been dedicated dedi-cated to an ideal. |
