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EDITOR CHARGES PRESS SERVICE INFERIOR TO RADIO
Considerable dissatisfaction with the news performance of American newspapers, as compared to radio, especially on Washing¬ ton affairs, is expressed in a letter sent last week to officers and directors of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association by Clare Marshall, editorial director of the Cedar Rapids (la,) Gazette, in he says:
"Freedom of the press is not predicated upon cash register
te chnique.
,f If through our columns, both local and by wire, the American press continues to fall short of the public service render¬ ed by radio (a government-licensed agency) then we shall lose our freedom.
"If the Associated Press suit had for Its object intimida¬ tion, then, in our opinion, the goal has already been attained. Even as subscribers to the U.P. and INS and as a member of the AP, this newspaper feels it is not rendering the service newswise which is our obligation, demanded of a free press. As recent evidence:
”1, Wire service stories on reason for Leon Henderson’s resignation 1 lame back. 5 Why isn’t the real story told. Radio does it.
"2. Abuses and violations of all . rationing regulations in Washington. Listen to FUlton Lewis, Jr.'s radio recital of the evi¬ dence.
"3. Bogging down of patriotic American industry and labor by all the bureaucratic agencies requesting multitudinous reoorts. Again, listen to radio uncover the horrible situation. Try to find the full story in all the wire services, "
And further,
"Someone will say that newspapers here and there do show enterprise and are presenting the true picture of events and condi¬ tions by going off their regular beats to dig up real facts.
"True enough, but they are few and widely scattered.
"They are mere voices crying in the wilderness.
"There is no co-ordinated effort. The Cedar Rapids Gaz¬ ette may unearth a bad situation in a bureaucratic setup; so might the Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times, but each does not know
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