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Show .volved in an argument with Sov- iet Russia. If the press of the United States were free to visit Russia, collect information and write uncensored news dispatches would this guarantee that the news thus sent would be free of national prejudices or that people of this country WouM understand both aidea sue? rtl;. Obviously, while a free important, it is not a cur f-the f-the problems that havef' I kind. t FREE PRESS IS NOT A CURE ALL A world free press is the goal of many American newspapermen. What they demand is the right of news men to secure and transmit news without governmental restrictions re-strictions anywhere in the world. This we admit, is an important ri-ht 'which should be secured. However, the world problem is not as easily solved. The necessity also al-so exists that the reports transmitted trans-mitted shall be impartial, presenting present-ing the full truth of the situation treated. There is danger in a free press unless the free press is controlled by high principles of fair play. Very often units of the press become be-come engaged in campaigns to promote special aims and objectives objec-tives and as a result the news is inadequately covered in favor of special promotion. Let us take Palestine, for an ex-ample. ex-ample. Suppose a free press, reporting re-porting from Palestine, was intensely in-tensely partial to the demands of various Hebrew organizations that demand a homeland for the Jews. Would anybody be interested in reporting or reading the Arab viewpoint on this vexatious question? ques-tion? If the press, enjoying complete freedom in reporting, failed to adequately ad-equately report both sides of the question as is the case here today, what chance would the public have of forming a correct conclusion? The answer is no. Let us assume that the interests of the United States became in- |