Evening star., 1941-01-13

action to such events.
With this thought In mind, this
column has made an analysis Of
the Nations headlines on the Press
ident's message to Congress, select
ing for that purpose the leading
newspapers Of the Northeastern re-
gion II
Most of these papers presented
the message as plea for all-out aid
to the victims Of axis aggression.
some stressed the tax and money
angle Of the defense program: a
few represented the move as CAL
culated to bring us into the war
On the War-scare side of the
front page we're the following; Chi
cago Tribune CRepublican): Fear
Of War Stirs Congress" New York
Daily Worker (Communist) IF. D.
r. Scraps Peace Views; Wheeler
Sees Dictatorship" Chicago Daily
News (Republican Fl. D. r. Asks
War Footing. President Calls for
About Aid to Britain" Minnesp-
oils Times Tribune Republican,
r. II. SeeS war Peril.
Money Angle a Feature.
Interested in the money angle OF
defense were: Washington Times
Herald independent: IF. D. r.
Asks Billions to Arm Axis Foes:-
Tax Rise Forecast: Europe Sees
War in Message. Existing Ener-.
gency Is Serious as War President
Declares" New York Herald -Trlb-
une Republican, Roosevelt ASKS
Billions in Arms Loans to D7fest
Axis in Grsvest U. S. Hour; Con-
gresS Plans to Pool Arms for Brit
/ ain St Louis Globe Democrat:
Roosevelt to Ask II Billion to I'm.
plement About Aid Urges Wide
spread Sacrifices by Nation to De-
! feat Axis" st. Louis Star Times:
Fl. D. R. Asks Billions for Weapons
Detroit Free Press Tin a streamer
head under huge banner head,
"Hamtramck Mayor JailedD.
Roosevelt Asks for Tax Increase to
Aid in Defense Work" Philadelphia
Record New Deal Democratic
IF. D. R Asks Congress for Billions
/ to Provide Britain With Arms"
/ Most numerous of all were the
newspapers which headlined the
message as a move for "all-out aid
to the demoCracieS:
! Washington Post Republican)
/ Congress Moves Swiftly on Rocze-
velt's Appeal for Ever Increasing
Aid for Democracies; President DE-
clares Lending Of Arms Is Not Act
of War; Leaders Speed Considera-
ton of Lend-Lease Bills Draft"
New York Times Conservative
Democratic): Roosevelt Asks ALI
Out Aid to Democracies; to Send
Them Ships. Tanks, Planes and
Guns Help Held Legal. Not Act
Of War Even If Dictators Say So,
the President Asserts. For a Free
World. Sacrifices to Meet Peril to
Nation Required. Congress Told"
PM New York. New Deal inde.
PENDENT "Nation Approves F. D. r.
Program U. S. Planes Released to
Greeks
Other Reactions.
Providence Journal (Republican):
president Urges Big Armament
Drive in National Campaign to De-
feat Axis" Boston Globe CRepub-
licanl: pledge U. S. Resources TO
defeat Axis" Wall Street journal lin
story on page D: Message Shows
Roosevelt Confident Country Sup
ports British Aid Plan" New York
Journal of Commerce: Roosevelt
Move to Put Industry on War
Basis Is Indicated in Message"
St. Paul Dispatch ~. S. in Grave
Peril F. R Says; Must Speed Up
Defense He Warns" Miami Daily
News (Democratic) Roosevelt
Warns U. s. Facing Unprecedented
Foreign Peril" South Bend Tribune:
Peril Grave Says Roosevelt" In
dianapolis Star Republican,
Roosevelt Demands U. S. Speed
Up" ST. Louis Post Dispatch Gnde-
pendent Republican, Roosevelt
Congress to Provide Arms for All
Nations Fighting Tyranny" Chris
tian Science Monitor: Roosevelt
Asks Power to Block Menace to
U. S." Baltimore Sun conservative
Democratic): Ever Increasing Flow
of Aid to Great Britain Pledged
by Roosevelt"
Since the slogan of American
journalism is II care not what they
say on the editorial page. so long
as I can write the headlines" this
column is offered as a new wrinkle
in journalism-an attempt to define
newspaper reactions by reference to
the front-page headlines rather
than the essays and columns tucked
away out of sight of the average
reader
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