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HY 100-4931 "views of the press, then why is it that this capitalist press which wrints all the expressions 2f these peovle, why is it that you never St3 a Single elitorial or yo never see a colum in their paper ab ut these things and whic: attack these e-nespts of an immediate war upon the Soviet Union? " Se it is the key problem, first of all, to pass laws to curb this warmonzgering ani, secon2ly, develop in the press of this country a feeling and sense of respnonsibility on their part in order t> answer and to suppress this kind cf ver; dancerous ani menacine fault. and I say also tmt it is a trazedy that Mrs. ROOSEVELT was chesen because in attempting te cover un for the react-— iemry forces, she is only being the tceol of these forces but she will alsc be the victim of these forces. Because whe can doubt taat if the warmongers canturc cumplete power in this country, not only the Commnists, not only trade unions, but .rlso prvgressives an} lib- erals of the type of firs, RCOSEVELT will alsc feel the executioner's whe " Nov, really, we in America didn't neod TISHINSKY to tell us about the press in this country. ‘Je are pretty well acquainted with the methods of the press, the capitalist >ress in Aterica, Not only the Communists an? Progressives are acquainted with it, but there are other forces - progressives, conservative, and so on, who have also said things about the so-called free press in this country. " None other than HENRY: IUCE, one of the most reactionary publicists in this country, in 1942 gave $200,000. toa svecial commission which was supposed to investizate this problem of « frce press in this country. Well, this commission was headed by ROBERT M.\HUTCHINS, the head cf Chicago University who incidentally rns one of the Amcrican First leacers during the last war. On this -~mmittee are such popld as BEARDSLEY RUML, chairmn of the Federal “-serve Bank; REINHO! } fEIBUHR, of the Umion Theological Seminary who is one cf the most ncetorious red baitcrs ani anti-Comunists jn this country; GEORCE M. SCHUSTER, the head of Hunter College and also the same Professor CILAFFEE, who is the one thit attacked the Soviet proposals on the grounts that they were mere abstracticns. a a 100-3 3907 ~~. Se ee ~, ST, ances Sc, Sa ca [Sa Taw ——_s oe wt ae : _. =. ae cot = "s ee gts * ae ~_* . =. OE eT Tee Ng ware Pm Tuite aa “ hoot sent oT ~— =