Evening star., 1943-04-09
1ripp Pledges Aid
OF Newspapermen 10
New War Loan Drive
Head Of Press Group
Finds Industry Ready
For National Campaign
By the Associated Press.

~ eiS acSOSidtCu fIcSe.
Frank E. Tripp, chairman of the
Allied Newspaper Council, today as
serted that Americas newspaper
men-remembering that their own
heritage was bought with sweat,
blood and tears"-are marshaled on
the home front lines, ready ito help
their Government borrow 13 billion
lighting dollars from Americans
from every station of life"
"They await the zero hour on
April IL to strike blow for their own
preservation as we'll as the preser-
vation Of all human rights" Mr..
Iripp said in outlining plans for
press participation in the Treasury's
second war loan campaign, slated TO
start Monday.
Press Joins Front Line.
His statement follows:
"NeWspapermen of the country 20
Into battle on April 18th on the
home front to help their Govern
ment borrow 13 billion fighting dol
lars from Americans from every sta
ton of life.
newspapers in every section
newspapers with small circulations
and newspapers with large circula-
tlons in point of number of sub
scrlbers, but all equally great in the
service Of their country in an hour
OF need-are listed in the front
lines. They await the zero hour on
April II to strike blow for their
own preservation as we'll as the
preservation of all human rights.
Millions upon millions of lines of
advertising space and countless mil
lions OF lines of editorial space will
spill forth the messages of the second
war loan appeal with the force and
roar of Niagara
There are certain truths we, as
neWspapermen, know about this ter
rible war. These truths inspire us
to do our duty in this second war
loan campaign.
"Hitlerism has ravaged and
thrown into the worlds cutters the
free voice of free information. If
any vestige of Hitlerism were to
triumph out of the war, American
newspapers, greatest and most inde-
pendent in the history of mankind,
would be sucked into the sewers.
Newspapermen Defend Heritage.
"Newspapermen would not be
worth their salt if they did not fight
with all their souls and might and
skill and courage to defend their
heritage.
THE heritage of American news
papermen was bought with sweat,
blood and tears. Once this country
had an underground press as Europe
has it today. Once we had our
presses smashed and our editors
murdered because newspapers dared
to fight for the truth.
I'm this war newspapermen are
living up to the grandest traditions
OF free press. They are dying on
the battlefield and on the seas.
Can We whose duty and lot in
this war is to man the presses at
home do less than to attempt to
match the record of these true SOL
diers of the press?
The Allied Newspaper Council, OF
which I have the honor of being
chairman, was formed in answer to
the appeal of Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, jr, for an
all-out contribution by newspapers
daily and weekly. 1t has placed the
problem of publicizing the second
War loan campaign squarely up to
the individual publishers and editors.
The response has been heartening.
Il am sure that every reader of
newspaper in America will know why
the Government is asking for this
loan of s13oOo,OOo,o00 and what is
expected of each citizen during the
drive. OF course, in order to do
this, your newspaper must do its
part. In the manner in which the
appeal is presented by each news
paper and the response of its adver-
tisers and subscribers we will have
a moving national picture of the pa
triotism, resourcefulness and the in
genuity of a free press freely acting
to aid a free government"