The Press: Storm Warning

The approval, in theory, of world freedom of the press has been apparently unanimous so far, in all democratic countries. Congress, Secretary of State Stettinius, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the A.P. and the U.P., the Democratic and Republican platforms, and officials of most of the United Nations have resoundingly endorsed it. But last week it suddenly appeared that this universal rosy glow might be only the precursor of a red sky at morning, portent of stormy weather.

In a blast directed at U.S. postwar commercial plans in general, including civil aviation as well as the world press, the sober...

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