Evening star., 1945-02-19
| Free News Leaders
Get Awards al Dinner
In Honor Of WiIIkie
BY the Associated Press.

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NEW YORK. Feb. l9.-Develop-
ment of free communications as an
instrument for building free world
was discussed last night by leaders
OF the press, radio and motion pic
ltures at a 'tOne World dinner in
honor Of the late Wendell l.. Willkie.
| The American Nobel Center, which
sponsored the dinner, presented
awards to executives in these three
fields whose work was held to have
strengthened international under
standing. z" They were:
| Kent Cooper. executive director OF
the Associated Press, for efforts to-
ward "free and untrammeled flow
of news between nations" In "cru-
SADIE which began 80 years ago"
Sarnoff Given Award.
Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff. presi-
dent of the Radio Corp. Of America,
as "an early believer" in the inn
portance of radio as a cultural and
educational medium.
Daryl F. Zanuck, vice president
of the Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Corp, for major part in bringing
the film industry toward awarenS s
of its esponsibilities to the NatEn
and the world
The press award was accepted for
Mr.. Cooper by Lloyd Stratton, sec
retary of the Associated Press, who
declared American newspapers and
news agencies had "a trust never
before given to lead by example" in
the establishment of world press
freedom. \
1.-The newspapers of enemy-occu-
pied parts of the world need factual
news-first and foremost" Mr. STRAIT
ton said. "Only by furnishing that
news and realistically supporting the
agency or newspaper that sincerely
desires freely to collect and print
factual news can the undertaking
to which we are devoted have a rea-
sonable chance of success"
Predicts World Television.
In accepting the radio award,
Gen. Sarnof said, Let there be no
doubt that the world will eventually
have international television."
Nations will then see themselves
as others see them," he added, "for
the world is destined to go sight
seeing by radio. People everywhere
will understand, as never before,
how freedom functions in democ-
racies."
Spyros P. Skouras, Twentieth
Century-Fox president, accepted the
award on behalf of Mr.. Zanuck.
Il believe in the free flow of mo-
tion pictures into and out of our
country. without barriers and re-
strictions," Mr.. Skouras said. 1T is
economically sound and information
ally good, and the world will soon
learn that what is internationally
good is economically sound"
News Available for All.
| Mr.. SUatton read a message from
Mr.. Cooper which asserted that
people everywhere must be granted
the right to know" and that this
can be accomplished if information
and news is made available to all,
regardless of political ideology or
form of government"
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin OF
Connecticut, said Mr.. Willkie "ap-
preciated as no other American OF
his time that the strength Of our
institutions and the increase Of our
national wealth were inter-
twined inextricably with our rela-
tionships with the rest of the
world"
by our fight for freedom in the
world he said. I'VE have added
immeasurably to our reservoir OF
good will everywhere. And good
will among men and nations Is
needed to establish and maintain
the lasting peace symbolized in the
ideal of One World"