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Show Nation's Press Guards Liberty And Democracy By ROY A. BROWN President, National Editorial Association. I am the guarantee to the American Amer-ican way ... to the way of liberty . . . the way of equal opportunity . . . the way of free enterprise . . . the divine way and the true way for national well-being and upward advancement ad-vancement Daily and weekly I go into your home ... in winter, in summer, in spring and falL I chronicle your birth, your marriage, mar-riage, your death and the intervening interven-ing events which mean for joy and sorrow, depression and exaltation, health and pestilence, poverty and wealth, weakness and strength. Freeborn am I, and true to my heritage. I am not the subservient carrier of propaganda that enabled a Hitler to become the master of Germany, nor am I the complacent press that contributed to France's downfall. I am a friendly visitor. You will find me constantly at your right hand day after day, at your fireside, fire-side, on your porch swing, or at the breakfast table. I have character, and even when I hurt, you would not have me spineless. spine-less. I have given you Benjamin, Franklin and Mark Twain, Orphan Annie and Major Hoople, William Allen White and Peter Zenger, Horace Hor-ace Greeley and James Gordon Ben- I I' ! l I J : . ' . (.$' y' ROY A. BROWN nett, Tad and Rollin Kirby, Dorothy Dix and Elsie Robinson, Raymond Clapper and Walter Lippmann, Fontaine Fon-taine Fox and Rube Goldberg. I provide you with a special civic service. I support to the last drop of ink your charities, community chests, Red Cross drives, public 'schools, church activities, clubs . . . yes, I assist in the building of community com-munity character. Through advertising, I promote your trade, move your commodities, advance your living standards. I am a bit bashful about mentioning mention-ing these things, but I want you to rest assured I am your friend. For I am the AMERICAN HOMETOWN HOME-TOWN NEWSPAPER, and without me your liberties would vanish. |