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people will be ready and willing to
sustain such a total cold war ef-
fort-or in Mr.. Acheson's phrase,
total diplomacy'-only as the ma
ture of the struggle is truly and
fully stated" he added.
Mr.. Drummond said that polit-
ically communism was being
forced on the defensive in Western
Europe and that the tonic of Tito's
independence in Yugoslavia was
tending to spread to neighboring
unist-dominated peoples.
He told the editors that the
greatest danger prevailed in Ger
many.
Psychological Battlefield.
while the Western Allies are
acting to give Western Germany
freedom and independence, Mos
COW is acting to fasten the So
Wet police state upon the Eastern
zone" he said. Germany is the
major psychological battlefield on
which this deadly struggle be-
tween the slave world and the
free will be determined.
In my Judgment we are not
yet eXerting a total cold war ef-
fort equal to winning it," he
concluded.
Mr.. Bingham spoke in detail of
the problems in France.
"Of course, as everybody knows,
country where people have food
and work and hope for the future
is a country where communism
loses it's power" he declared.
That is the inevitable result of
French recovery. But the pri-
mary purpose is to make France
strong. If we succeed we will
thereby make communism weaker,
but the job of helping France get
back to her feet would be we'll
worth doing if communism did
not exist or if Soviet Russia were
friendly state"
He reported that one building
in every % was demolished in
France and that the job of restor-
alton was slow.
Industrial Production Rises.
/ He reported that French indus
trial production now was running
30 per cent ahead of 1888.
Failure to recover spells mis-
cry, chaos and the triumph of
communism in Europe" he said
Who can fail to see that the next
step might we'll be war, and a
war which the United States
would not be certain to win?
The free press of America can
give the American people the vital
knowledge necessary for them to
make a free choice on this vital
subject"
In addition to Mr.. Young, the
following officers were chosen:
Alexander F. Jones of the Syra-
cuse Herald and Wright Bryan of
the Atlanta Journal were named
first and second vice presidents,
respectively.
Kenneth Mcdonald of the Des
Moines Register Tribune was
elected secretary and L. R. Blanch-
ard of the Gannett Newspapers,
Rochester, N. Y, treasurer.
New Board of Directors.
The following were elected to
4 three-year terms on the Board of
Directors:
Mr.. Jones, James S. Pope of the
Louisville Courier journal, Gideon
Seymour of the Minneapolis Star
and Tribune and J. Donald Fer
guson of the Milwaukee Journal.
Mr.. McKelway also becomes an ex
officio member of the board for
three years.
i William R. Mathews of the Ari-
zona Daily Star. Tucson, was
elected to the board for a one
year term.
4 Adoption of resolutions and a
committee report on proposed
limitation of the society's men,
bership we're scheduled for the
final business session this after
noon.
The session yesterday ranged
from treatment of the secrecy
policy" covering atomic informa-
ton to a panel discussion of the
coverage of news in Washington.
4 Speak on d. c. Coverage.
Speaking on Washington COW
erage were w. L. Beale, jr., Asso.
ciated Press bureau chief; Ray
mond P. Brandt. st. Louis Post
Dispatch; Arthur Krock. New
York Times, and Walter Trojan,
Chicago Tribune. Frank Ahlgren,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
acted as chairman.
irresponsible and pseudo"
reporting on the scene and unin-
formed editorial writing by some
newspapers throughout the coun-
try, Mr. Brandt said. make some
qualified men unwilling to take
Government positions.
He also listed other reasons, in
cluding "the Truman Administra-
ton relying sometimes on
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