Newsgatherers at regular Tuesday noon press conference in the President's office last week were startledfor these conferences have lately become very dull affairsto hear the President start reading a prepared statement in a voice edged with strong emotion:
"It is an attempt to charge odious oil scandals to this Administration . . . launched in the middle of a political campaign. . . .
"It certainly does not represent the practice of better American journalism. As a piece of politics, it is certainly far below the ideals of political partisan ship held by...
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