Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

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set up a committee of five dis
interested persons whose sole
duty is to insure that voing
shares of the Post will be trans
ferred only to someone who,
in the committees Judgment,
will continue to publish the
Post las an independent news
paper dedicated to the welfare
of the community and the ma
ton in keeping with the prin-
ciples Of a free press"
Sought Home Rule
During his II years at the
Post, Mr.. Graham took an ac-
tive interest in its editorial
policies. Among his continuing
battles were those for home
rule for the District Of Column
bia and reform OF the laws
governing political campaign
expenditures.
Although generally Demo-
cratic in his political views,
Mr.. Graham supported Gen.
Eisenhower for the Presidency
in 1852. He kept the Post Of
ficially uncommitted to either
presidential candidate in 1860,
but repeatedly tried TO persuade
other publishers to come out for
the Kennedy Johnson ticket.
Mr.. Graham's voice was
raised in finn opposition to
the late Senator Joseph Nc
Carthy in the early l950s when
the Wisconsin Republicans
political power had succeeded
in driving most critics to cover.
In a luncheon speech in May
1858, when Senator Mccarthy
was at the peak of his influence,
Mr.. Graham told an audience
of Washington clubwomen that
the Senator was "a man of
savage ability and primitive
shrewdness." whose big lie"
technique made Nazi propa-
ganda chief Joseph Goebbels
''look like an amateur"
Senator Mccarthy responded
with a demand that the Post
office investigate cost of giving
second-class mailing privileges
to the Communist Daily Work.
er and the Post, which he called
"a paper typical Of those that
feel freedom of the press means
freedom to deliberately lie and
to twist and distort facts"
IF Senator Mccarthy would
close his mouth long enough to
read a little American history, d"
Mr.. Graham retorted, she
might discover that he is
ignorant about the meaning of
freedom of the press"
Mr.. Graham was active in a
variety of public ventures. In
addition to his former post with
the Communications Satellite
Corporation, he was a director
of the National Press Building
Corp; the Advertising Council
Inc. and the American Council
to Improve Our Neighborhoods.
He was also a trustee of the
Committee for Economic Devel-
opment, the University of
Chicago. George Washington
University and RAND Corp.
He was. q member of the Ma
tional Press Club, Metropolitan
Club and Burning Tree Club.
More Tributes Paid
Senate Majority Leader
Mansfield said he was "ex-
tremely sorry" to hear of Mr..
Graham's death, and praised
him as a man "of brilliant in
tellect who did much for the
welfare of our country"
House Speaker Mccormack
said Mr.. Graham was "a great
American and a great leader
in progressive thought and
action that was in the best IN
terest Of our country; he will
be missed"
Newbold Moves, editor of
The Star, made this statement
at his vacation home in Sor-
rento, Me-:
phil Graham was an en-
ergetic, fair competitor and his
influence was for everything
that is good in the newspaper
business. That influence might
have been very wide If he had
lived to realize his full poten-
tial. His loss is a tragedy for
the profession. To his family
and his colleagues, we at The
Star extend our sincerest SYM
pathy."
j. Yves Gallagher, general
manager Of the Associated
Press, said, 1.-THE untimely and