The Press: Willlcie on Photographers

Of press photographers only Franklin Roosevelt is better equipped to speak than Wendell L. Willkie. Last week, at the annual exhibition of Manhattan's Press Photographer's Association, Willkie paid press photographers tribute. Said he:

"In telling facts, public leaders may sometimes be able to overpersuade or cajole the commentators, but the photographer's lens always remains true."

Willkie climaxed his compliment with an anecdote. "Why," said he, "when I recently called on the King of England even he said in the course of our chat' 'Mr. Willkie, would you mind going into the adjoining room to...

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