Sprague Blames Press
For Hostility Toward UN
Attitude of some members of
it ■ American press is spreading
b utility toward the United Na
ti Mis, Charles A. Sprague, former
U 3. delegate to the U. N. and
mr of the Oregon Statesman,
t..*ii Oregon newspapermen and
vi r.tors Friday afternoon.
Speaking in the Dads' Lounge,
the former Oregon governor point
e out that members of the press
i> all nations must guard against
ancient" antagonism toward pub
L officials and governing bodies.
‘ The United Nations is an in
•sl lament of worldwide arbitration
o> disputes. The resolutions are of
qi rstionable force, but never
ti eless, the U.N. does a great deal
1 prevent settlement of disputes
b force," Sprague said in de
f ding the U.N. against criticisms
it has received.
Outined AVork
He outined the work of the U.
U convention on freedom of in
formation in promoting a free
D >w of information throughout
t! .c world —
‘It wasn’t until recent years
thD. the U.S. has backed the move
to get a freer flow of news work
wot Id,"
ing' throughout the
Sprague said. Ho explained this
was largely because the American
press was already free and un
restricted. Therefore it didn't feel
the need for a convention on free
dom of information.
Has ‘Inferiority Complex'
‘‘The press of small nations —
Guatemala, for example—has an
‘inferiority complex.’ ” Sprague
said, “because all they can do is
use the news pumped in by large
news gathering organizations.”
Because of their greater need
for a turn to press'freedom, small
nations and countries with a re
strained press have been, in fact,
more interested in taking up the
U.N. convention on freedom of in
formation. than has been the Unit
ed States. Sprague added.
He told how he defended the
American press against strong
criticism by Russian delegates in
U.N. discussions. Urging strong
support by the U.S. press for the
convention of freedom of informa
tion, Sprague lauded other U.N.
accomplishments in promoting the !
humanitarian, social and economic
welfare of needy people.
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Dutch Newsman
Criticizes Play
Of Foreign News
“With foreign news published in
the American press, the value of
sensationalism seems to predoni
inate,” criticized Jerome R. Held
ring, chief of The Netherlands in
formation center in the U. S.
Speaking Friday on “How U.S.
Papers Handle Foreign News,"
Heldring cited an example of this ;
sensationalism dealing with his
own country.
Stories of the recent flood in
Holland received wide coverage in
the American press, while the fact
that Holland had recovered suffi
ciently from the war to get along
without additional foreign aid was j
generally ignored by the press, he :
said.
“Little incentive is given the I
American repprter to fight for a
story,” said Heldring. This is be- j
cause almost everywhere he is
welcomed by foreign statesmen •
who don’t even grant interviews
to newspapermen of their own
country, he said.
Other "pitfalls” listed by Held-;
ring that confront the American
correspondent abroad are too high
salaries and too little knowledge
of foreign languages.
Panel Discusses Press
At State Conference
A panel of eight people repre
senting as many walks of life told
| the Oregon Press conference Fri
day how the readers see the Ore
gon press. The panel, which
spends, on th average, 87 minutes
a day reading newspapers, gave
delegates their views on advertis
ing, sensationalism and honesty in
the Oregon press.
Moderated by Charle s T.
Duncan, associate professor of
journalism, the panel consisted of
a student, educator, housewife, re-1
tailer, public official, labor leader,
professional man and a farmer.
The panel members were not
identified by name, hometown, or
by the papers they read.
The panel agreed that Oregon
papers were “good" and the pro
fessional man said that nothing
he had seen in the east duplicated
Oregon papers in the service of
reporting the news.
On the subject of crime news in
papers, the panel gave a divided
opinion. Some thought there was
not "too much" crime news, while
other members said there was and
that it was "played up” too much.
The housewife advanced the the
ory that perhaps the crime news
"helps keep parents aware of their
responsibilities to their children.”
The panel agreed there is “loo
much" advertising in the papers,
but also recognized the fact that
“newspapers have to live, too.’’
Most members expressed com*
plete confidence in the ads, but tho
retailer, speaking as an advertiser,
said in order to make the good:!
as atttraetive as possible, "adver
tisers tend to stretch the truth a
little.”
Ex-Dean Comments
Upon Experiences
Many chuckles for the younger
members of the audience and a
few memories of the past years in
tin' newspaper field for the older
listeners were provided Friday
morning by George Turnbull, for*
mer clean of the journalism school
and now of the Albany Democrat*
Herald.
Turnbull had many amusing
comments on his experiences dur
ing thi> past 50 years while work
ing on newspapers. He told of the
times he had setting six point
type by hand and the days when
the advertising and news stories
could hardly be told apart on page
one.
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