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9/13/44
SOL BRINGS HOME THE BACON WITH THE DEWEY INTERVIEW
The fact that Sol Talshoff is now an opulent publisher, with a finer private office than his old boss, Frank B, Noyes, head of the Associated Press, (where Sol got his start as a copy boy) had doesn’t mean that Sol still can’t go out and get a story. His interview with Governor Dewey in the current issue of Broadcasting (September 11) was a journalistic accomplishment of the first magnitude, proof of which was that it was widely carried not only by his Alma Mater, the A.P, (which must have given Sol particular satisfaction) but by the other press associations and reprinted in leading newspapers. The New York Times gave it about a column.
Furthermore, putting dovn in black and white what Mr,
Dewey had to say of his intentions regarding radio, if elected, was a real service to the broadcasting industry. The other way around, the interview may serve to rally the industry behind Mr, Dewey,
Governor Dewey was quoted by Mr. Taishoff as saying;
”I believe that the FCC should have no right of censor¬ ship, that it should not control the content of radio programs. It should stay in the field of regulating technical facilities. And when the FCC starts to control program content, free radio goes out the window, ”
’’Radio in this country has made its great development as part of our American enterprises. The Government no more belongs in this field than in the field of the newspaper and the magazine, ”
Asked about the proposal of Senator Wheeler that sponsor¬ ship of news commentators be banned. Governor Dewey replied;
”It is as bad for Congress to legislate in this field as it is for the FCC to regulate program content. ”
Taking cognizance of the CIO Political Action Committee’s attempt to get free radio time, Mr. Dewey said he felt that radio should present all points of view and should guard free speech ’’zealously”, but he declared thp,t ”no orgpnizption which is a rump part of one wing of a political party has a right to demand radio time on behalf of its activities for that party. ”
’’Radio provides the only means by which a candidate for office can speak directly to the whole people”, Mr. Dewey said, ”It provides the only way to get personally acquainted with the people.
I have always believed in going on the radio on matters affecting the people's Interests.”
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