A Letter From The Publisher, May 20, 1946

To conduct our business properly we have to know a great deal not only about the news but also about you. To find out about you—and about such sundry subjects as the paper and ink we use, the state of the nation's education, etc.—requires the same kind of painstaking research we do in order to authenticate the news we print.

Consequently, we have a large staff

of research experts, statisticians, tabulators, etc. who spend all their time on a continuing series of projects which can best be lumped under the title of non-editorial research. Here are some examples of their work:

For business reasons...

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