Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-02
Your Press in Action

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EWSPAPFR readers have noted many times during
N the present war that the names of ne"sfafefheH'
reporters and photographers often well known to them'
The authoritative and informative trade publication
Editor and Publisher has compiled some interesting
and startling facts about this phase OF the war
There are about $50 accredited neWspapermeh no"
serving abroad with the American armed forces reports
the magazine and of this number at least oo nave oee"
TEN ~ these mon arc dead 26 have been wounded,
% are captiyos and two are missing ,sooso
The others have been victims OF accidents or disease
which Ii4l p-LllsIer- With good 1eason lnGludes
in the permanent record because they are properly con-
sdered press casualties
ONCE this discoses casualties among newspapermen
y Of nearly 20 per out of the total in service and
the proportion of casualties the armed services Is less
than per cent the sacrifices and hazards attending 'he
gathering of news are emphasized
The American reading public will not fail to see IN
this new proof OF the efficiency and courage ana OF the
LOYALTY and great value. of the American press.
The most casual reader understands that the great
volume of adequate and authoritative war news assembled
BY newspapers represents enormous cost ana effort
or course the vast ma iorty Of American newspaper
readers are nacasua readers Intelligent and
thorough readers and accustomed to having adequate
news coveragc of important events ana INSIST on
having II.
the tremendous cost time and resources required to
sustain the fronts of the war but APPRECIATES It,
THE further evidence now at hand that the COST of
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significance 10 the press free institution serving free
people.
In this war obviously the free American press is
making the greatest contribution terms of service to
the essential fund of public knowledge and information
about the
And in addition, the free American press is making
its greatest sacrifice to preserve a free country
This is in keeping with the best traditions OF the
press.
In all the wars in which American fighting men have
participated, and especially in abroad, American
newspapermen have shared their difficulties and dangers
in order to keep the people at home informed about the
progress of conflict about the heroic deeds OF gallant
men about their hardshps and needs
TN ALL wars, newspapermen among the casualties
i This is exception, as we now have learned, and
in fact is being conducted completely and faithfully
in the tradition of the press is being fought success
fully and glorously the tradition of the armed forces
The American people should reflect upon this in their
appraisal of the press institution both worthy
of them and essential to them.
THE people often hear misrepresentation and dispar
agements of the press, usually by politicians and
inconvenience and frequently of embarrassment
and exposure.
But the American press has proved itself in this war
to be free and loyal institution rendering its best serv
ices under all the conditions of sacrifice and peril
counered by fighting eXpendlng its own resources
to maintain those vital servcesand eXpendng the very
lives of competent and brave to maintain them.
The war has barred many truths to the American
people but few truths essential to the enlightened
freedom of the people themselves than that revealing the
contributions of free press to a free nation.