Evening star., 1954-04-23
BY Gornett D. Homer
Stor Stcff corresnondenf

NEW YORK, April 23.-PreS-
ident Eisenhower sees a free and
full flow of information in
truthful perspective" to all peo-
Piles around the globe as the
worlds big need for averting an
"age of atomic hysteria and hor-
ror" and achieving instead a Co
operative peace"
He stressed this need in calling
on American newspapers and
other news media last night to
take the lead in a crusade
against what he called the ma
lignant germs of misunderstand-
ing" fed by ignorance and
poisonous" Soviet propaganda.
The President spoke to the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association at a dinner spon-
sored by it's Bureau Of Advertis-
ing at the Waldorf Astoria Ho-
tel here. His address was tele-
vised and broadcast nationally.
The publishers wound up their
annual convention by electing
Richard w. Slocum, executive
vice president of the Philadel-
phia Bulletin, as president. He
succeeds George c. Biggers.
president of the Atlanta Journal
and Constitution.
Urges "CO-operative Peace"
''If this is not the age Of
atomic hysteria and horror" the
President declared in his ad-
dress, 1--WE must make it the
age of international understand
ing and cooperative peace"
To meet the "ever-present
reality of aggressive threat" from
Soviet communism, he called on
all Americans to be "so1idly
united" behind two basic pol
icies - the strengthening of
America and the devotion of that
strength to building cooperative
peace.
In emphasizing the need for
domestic unity. Gen. Eisenhower
said this does not require rigid
conformity ito every doctrine
or position Of a particular po-
litical figure" but does require
common devotion to the cardi-
nal principles of our free sys-
tenn and a common deter
mination to cooperate unreserv-
edly in striving toward our truly
important goals"
Balanced Presentation"
He asserted that domestic
unity and international under
standing alike depend upon what
he called balanced presenta-
ton" of the news as well as its
free flow.
Developing this theme in a
way that could be construed as
indicating concern over the
amount of public attention be-
ing given the conflict between
Senator Mccarthy and the
Army, the President said:
IF the day ever comes when
personal conflicts are more sig
nificant than honest debate on
great policy, then the flame of
freedom will flicker low indeed" !"
Telling the newspaper pub
fishers that constructive use"
of the right Of freedom Of ex-
preston is "a stern duty" in
the circumstances Of today,
Gen. Eisenhower diSclaimed any
attempt to tell you how to run
your business" Nevertheless, he
did not hesitate to outline some
of the things he would like to
see in American newspapers.
He urged that the press "give
emphasis to the things that
unite the American people equal
to that it gives to the things
that divide them"
And he suggested that edi-
tors give as much attention to
developing reader understand
ing" Of the news as they do to
reader interest"
Gives Example.
In this connection, he declared
that IF proposed laws and poll
cies are described as mere bat
tie grounds on which individuals
or parties seeking political pow
er suffer defeat or achieve vic
tory, then indeed Is the Amer
lean system distorted for us and
for the world"
He also called for more news
paper stories from abroad that
tell Americans something "about
the man in the street" in foreign
countries to aid in developing the
international understanding es-
sential for a cooperative peace.
The President said he was sure
that the free press in all free
countries has made real progress