Show RILED ABOUT HARRYS HARRY'S DIG AT PRESS e Truman Chided for His His' Newspaper Stand StandS Stand'S S ELMER WRITES HIM AN OPEN LETTER By H. H I I. I PHILLIPS LETTER FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY lion Hon Harry S. S Truman Washington DO DC Dear Mr 1 President It pains me to note that you who over the long pull have seemed to tome tome tome me a sense horse fellow who knew baloney when he saw it and who didn't like It thin thick or medium have now taken up that old cry about the newspapers being in in- ina a adeep adeep deep plot against the people Harry i you know better S. There are no fui page full page ads for our side aide you say In taking a dig digat digat digat at the press Now that is plain has has- All AU the page ads In S h hf f f c est be a t h to tong bore r ic l r gru i he te aJ oh Il B Set del d' d ass at a Md Vie rot he tame os l pine r r. r all ws a 1 Offs 1 0 Ito he dl on th he fobs ha pc M i 0 terror In rough the site a m pcs trust h o e He us era r d often a hk A d oh at pk aft h r N hope while t holds M nd the held site hs I ath erl ope ratan R. R f s opposition to your policies or acts in tn a year if stacked end on end would be completely lost in the thousands of pages which the American newspapers have devoted de des voted to you In reporting your speeches and your programs The space devoted to any one of ot your speeches In the papers of the country country coun try would swamp the total space consumed by all aU those page full ads over a period of six months The ads get into few papers no paper falls fails to report your speeches to W its Ita fullest ability e Few Presidents in history have bave had a friendlier press The note of kindliness is to be found even In the criticisms The newspapers go 10 to great expense to give you ever every break It 1 Is doubtful If an any occupant oc oa of the White House In 25 23 years has been more warmly warm warm- I ly treated by the newspapers of this country from coast to coast and from border to bor der 0 At work or at play you get a million columns of newspaper space and any honest publicity expert in your own party would admit that the advertising is mostly good and that all aU the dough your opponents could lay a a hand on wouldn't be enough to get that much space for their views So you must be kidding kidding kid kid- ding when you say There are ore no full pages for our side e Selfish interests are on the Job lob year in and year out seven days a week and 24 hours a day They work through the editorial pages the columnists and the commentators tors they control you assert They twist and misrepresent the measures the people voted for tor 0 Well Harry may the press of ot America never be as unfair to you as you are to the press when you you make a 8 crack like that The fact twisters dont don't last long on any paper No newspaper can ean misrepresent misrepresent resent things tong long and survive e a aIn In a democratic country where a free press prest has men of all U parties and beliefs beUers ri running nning newspapers newspaper you yon dont don't expect them all to be per cent for everything you propose do you you e eThe The press is one of ot Americas America's great Institutions Harry It Is mighty important to the American system It is important to the Democratic party the Republican party and any other party To deliberately de des undermine its prestige create an atmosphere of at distrust in its fairness and foster the notion that it is a tool of the privileged few Is bad stuff Mr President In every great crisis the press is a Number One Need Youve You've needed it Harry And youve you've had It as os few Americans have had it year In and year out seven days a week and 24 hours a day I thought you knew Yours in surprise ELMER S e e Cuff Stuff Walter Donnelly Dannen slated as the new undersecretary of state in charge of South American affairs used to work in the circulation department department de de- de of ot the New Haven Register Register Regis Regis- ter back home Video does the things As for Instance Sid Ca Caesars Caesar's use of that old Willie Howard skit on the Interrupting waiter with no credit or apology to anybody And it was played on another program only a few weeks back Knock On Any Door widely proclaimed as a study in juvenile crime and a deterrent is Is' Is just another glorification of a hoodlum hoodlum hood hood- lum with enough murders and stickups to keep a kid absorbed for weeks I I IThe S e e eThe II I The youth of any political party cannot be ignored but the oldsters because of greater experience if H honest are the b bitter better guides |