Evening star., 1949-05-22

ssfurw. Shsch hAs not takrn
formal csgnsEAgse~ o. tae Fvp@sA.
Also sAld t}ar pgaetgcr wRs Fses sn
common under psws soeas adnsln-
lsiFAI&o;aA
NJ laeeirf waS KAkcc shx
ssssar nsa ssneu acre listed Ss
highway neSsx taees e}eTks en IRE
payroll records arsEsrs hss saEcr.
vision. although snsne SaAd tlsry
do ether Npes 81 Nngk
He SAsd the pgacIASe s AsFn43av
10 one IN Ire psss, otENcs ioc
instance lots a llasvs there
aege oo ogcngugs Ia ane slaNslrea-
ton under y vhiSa they were nigvd.
~ they Wegv pul ln another de-
paTtmeni hr added
The Wofk didn't correspond 10
The title therefore But II made
no difference a. ios'g - they
did the Nork for which they were
assigned
The States attorney gensral
and chief iaw enforcement ogScsr,
Ivan Elliott. y Democrat whn tcak
once In January. said after tive
reports were published that he
had the matter under eonsldsEa-
tion He added
4 am making q study oi the
list, but no one has approached
me 10 do anything about Agseciile
cases" Later. on MAY Is, he said
i stlll have the matter ubdrr
conf liberation II the time comes
when ! am convinced Shoald
take some action. Siil act
The Post Dispatch and Daily
News reports Of April IL acre car
RED by The Associated Press on
It's national meas wires on ApIu
q. after newspapers outaade IL
i!nois asked the A T ior the
story. Later stories. including one
which named three Albany neas-
paperncn as being on Ihs Nw
York State payroll, sere also car.
ried by the A p In oil cases.
the reports included comment
from the newspspermen who were
named.
The United Press said the first
story II carried Was the announce
ment of the resignation Of ths
Danvilie men by 0annett ns~s-
paper headquarters in Rochester
May 10.
The International News Service
said IL had made no exhaustive
cheek OF its flies. but ore Of ns
responsible editors said the nrEs
story he could recall wak also the
Rochester announcement. May 10.
| Criticism in Editorials
! The delay In transmission OF ths
reports by the wire services and
the further delay or failure hy
some newspapers 20 publish the
reports after they were received.
resulted In criticisfn.
The Washington Post said that
at best this looks like Grass indif-
ference TO a particularly iuiey bit
OF news. at worst II looks like a
cover-up of scandal within the
family
The Post Dispatch said that
with the blow caused By this
Washington Post editorial the
conspiracy OF silence cracked vide
open" II added, This il a
shameful chapter in American
Journalism. and the failure Of the
press nationally TO take II up IL .
second blot
The Daily News Said We de-
pIore the initial hesitation Of The
major news service 10 put tha
story OF The editorial payrollsrs
on the wire. We deplors The fsl-
ure OF some papers 10 print ths
story when the news services be-
la,ediy did get around 70 H." The
Daily News has lis own wire seTH-
ice TO othsT United States nswa"
papers and II carried the payroll
story for the first time on May z.
The Evening Star said edito-
rally that "wheihes PLANNED or
not treierring 20 the Abaence al
immediate publicity, the perform
ance Was one for The press 10 be
ashamed Of Ths Star coniiI1-
ued. in reference 10 The prarties
OF newspapermsn holding State
| jobs, that ''it is . practice
that ought 10 be stamped out
wherever il exists. and the news
papers ought TO take the Lead In
seeing 10 II that the practice 10
exposed and sradicatrd -
/ The California Newspaper Pub
/ fishers Association aaid In . reso-
/ luton that neither the majority
/ Of the newspapers nof the ma lor
wire services In tiIs ARIA gave adj
cuzte coverage 20 TIE incidents
/ following the disclosurs" and that
/ the association condemns the
withholding Of such information
from the public
Prediction Story
/ The Milwaukee Journal Kasd in
a May / news EtoTy: One reason
/ the people Of nlinoiA have bern 10
little aroused BY tts stencil Ia that
most Of thesn haven't sTsn heard
about IT, Whether ts . case of
glass houses or sour grapes. Or
something else. The press a ths
State has been strangely slos and
Indifferent about telling ia people
/ Just what has b@en EoanE on,
Aside from the Daily aewa.
none Of the major Chicago dailiss
carried the payroll stories about
the newKrnen, T1se Sun Times
mentioned The ease In an editorial
commenting on the State budget.
The Pest -Dsspateh carried
story last fail. o few days before
the election. saying thai tiae man.
aging editor and rrpHt<T on ots@
Springfield daily weYs Oh the stats
payroll 81 clerks Harris kald ne
dropped the matter tssen because
o. the press os other stories,
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