Evening star., 1943-06-14
Guild
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lis the biggest story now current.
the biggest story for a good many
years past"
Mr.. Davis declared that ''in the
case OF few newspapers-very few
an impression has been deliber-
ately created, for reasons on which
l would prefer not to speculate
that Washington was synonym for
muddle. confusion ard pickering.
1T is sufficient TO note" he
declared, that their attacks on
bureaucracy are only minor phase
OF what appears to be carefully
planned anC assiduously executed
editorial policy, which, whatever its
attitude toward our own war effort
often seems actuated by a greater
hostility to some of our Allies than
some of our enemies"
Bureaucracy Held Necessary.
Other criticism, he declared, was
partly Influenced by antagonism to
the party III power and therefore
"a perfectly legitimate part OF the
Democratic process But he eau
toned.
TT is perhaps unwise to attack
any particular set of incumbents of
bureaucratic Offices In such terms
as to impair public confidence in
bureaucracy in general. Whatever
party mag WIN next years election
will have to finish of the job of
winning the war and bureaucracy
is one CT the instruments by which
the war has to be Won Show up
the failings Of individual bureaucrats
AS much as they deserve . but
to create the impression that WASH
ington is necessarily a muddle of
pickering and confusion can hardly
serve the interests of men who, after
January. l94o, might be in Washing
ton themselves
Mr.. Davis declared that profess
sional bureaucrats strike me on the
whole as a very able lot of men, who
would mostly be paid much more In
private industry
He said that amateur bureau
Gratis OF whom I am one" are men
wiz 1AfS III bllc HlOSI
uncomfortable Of American cities on
the savings he accumulated out of
the much larger salary he used to
make In private industry; who has
no ambition but to do as good a
job as he can in unfamiliar sur
roundings, and to get out of Wash
ington as soon as the war it over
to 90 back home and to do some
thing more agreeable, and incident
ally more lucrative
Adequate Educa ton Needed.
Emphasizing need for adequate
education OF the public in foreign
affairs to ensure peace and security
to the Nation. Mr.. Davis declared
that II the Nation wasted one more
opportunity offered it by victory in
war, the advance of modern tech
nology may never permit us an
other"
He asserted that the proper func-
ton of reporters were to give the
public the facts which they can
form an intelligent opinion, and he
paid tribute to the quality OF Amer
lean press and radio reporting Of
military operations and international
politics as superb"
Mr.. Davis said that in the post
war world "a heavy responsibility
will lie on the free press and free
radio of the United States" in the
event that some foreign nations
place their eWs-disseminating
agencies under government control.
Keener Insight Demanded.
Under such circumstances. he
said, ito avert grave damage to
the national interest In competition
with the controlled news services of
other nations" American news edi-
tors may be obliged 70 exercise "a
greater vigilance. keener intelli-
2ence and a more alert solicitude for
the national welfare. than has ever
been demanded Of them in the
past
Mr. Davis suggested that 1T will
be the responsibility OF American
news services dealing with the rest
of the world to present a balanced
picture of American life, with faults
candidly included, but not distorted
out of proportion to please CUSTOM
ers whose public prefers to think
Of us as q land Of cowboys, multi
millionaires and gansters."
Earlier the guild. in convention.
had unanimously adopted a resolu-
ton urging President Roosevelt to
veto the Connally- Harness anti
strike bill on the ground that 1T
would place organized labor in a
legal strait jacket"
Secs Hitler Doomed.
The Axis nations have reached a
realization that they cannot win an
Affirmative and positive victory. Mr..
Davis said earlier today in an inter-
view. He predicted that when
Hitler's people feel that he Is a