{"id":1221,"date":"1942-09-26T11:31:56","date_gmt":"1942-09-26T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/ww2-0\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2017-09-26T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:50:37","slug":"national-newspaper-week-to-honor-press-in-wartime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/ww2-0\/1942\/09\/26\/national-newspaper-week-to-honor-press-in-wartime\/","title":{"rendered":"National Newspaper Week to Honor Press in Wartime"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Franklin Roosevelt will recognize Oct. 1-8 as the third annual National Newspaper Week with the theme \u201cAmerican newspapers go all-out for war.\u201d This comes after thousands of writers and editors left their jobs to support the war effort, and those who remained on the job helped to promote the sale of war bonds.<\/p>\n

According to an announcement this week in\u00a0Editor & Publisher<\/em>, 21,000 newspaper and press association employees have left their jobs to engage in work directly connected to the war. It is estimated that the army has taken three quarters of the male editors and publishers in the newspaper industry.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State Cordell Hull has emphasized the role that women play in the efforts of the free press in addition to the men. Hull said he has been \u201cdeeply impressed by the high sense of obligation with which newspaper men and women, almost without exception, have taken their places in the firing line of the war.\u201d These efforts include checking enemy propaganda, intended to demoralize Americans.<\/p>\n

The newspaper industry has also assisted in the effort to finance the war. The U.S. Treasury Department has estimated that the country has accumulated $65 million in war savings bonds thanks to free advertising space provided in 10,000 daily, weekly, and sectarian newspapers. Additionally, newsboys have sold $50 million in war stamps.<\/p>\n

Many state leaders are expressing their support of National Newspaper Week, including Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York. Lehman highlighted the press\u2019 role in protecting patriotic freedoms. \u201cIn the midst of the conflict the newspapers of the country have decided to dedicate a week nationally to the explanation of their functions in the preservation of organized democracy,” Lehman said in a proclamation. “They desire to tell their readers what they are trying to do and to ask for cooperation in the effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lehman added, \u201cIt is wise that they [newspapers] should express again during this period the duty of fairness in presenting the news, the right to comment freely on events and trends, and the ambition to be a growing influence in the establishment of a firmer democratic government on this continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard Casey, Australia’s ambassador to the United States, reads the paper with his daughter, Jane. Photo by Marjory Collins (Library of Congress).<\/p><\/div>\n

Naturally, journalists’ trade organizations also plan to observe and promote National Newspaper Week. W. S. Gilmore, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and editor of the Detroit News<\/em>, reminded the public that the press devoted to ensuring that the U.S. has a sufficient amount of metal and other war materials. \u201cIt is a happy coincidence that National Newspaper Week comes in the midst of the nation-wide drive for scrap which the newspapers, at the request of [War Production Board chief] Donald. M Nelson, are promoting,” Gilmore said. “The most critical situation in our war effort today is the shortage of scrap metal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an announcement, President Roosevelt emphasized how important the press is for the entire nation, especially during wartime. America\u2019s press, he said, honestly informs its publics, censors sensitive information to protect the war program, and relays the messages of U.S. government officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWar imposes grave new responsibilities on all of us, but upon no public servant does the responsibility for truth and integrity rest more heavily than upon the press,\u201d Roosevelt said. \u201cTheirs is the duty of keeping the people fully and faithfully informed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNewspaper Gives 18,029 to Services\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Sept. 26, 1942, p. 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewspaper Leaders Praise Press Efforts.\u201d The Washington Post<\/em>, Sept. 29, 1942, p. 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewspaper Week Is Set By Lehman: Period of Oct 1 to 8 Proclaimed as Time for Observance.\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Sept. 14, 1942, p. 17.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press. \u201cRoosevelt Praises Press As Newspaper Week Begins.\u201d The Washington Post<\/em>, Oct. 02, 1942, p. 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cTributes Launch Newspaper Week.\u201d The New York Times<\/em>, Oct. 02, 1942, p. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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