rOWH MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Oct. 12, 1944
FREE PRESS BEST
PEACE INSURANCE,
GREY TELLS CLUB
Kiwanians Hear Mail Tribune
Ad Manager on Newspa
per's Part in Civilization.
Declaring that "lasting peace
mid freedom of the press are
Inseparable", and that a free
press has been and is today
Britain and America's great
"secret weapon," Herb Grey,
advertising manager of the Mail
Tribune, addressed the Medford
Klwanis club yesterday on the
growth of the newspaper indus
try from before the birth of
Christ to modern times.
Acting President Joe E. Ear
ley presented the speaker with
. a citation for the Mail Tribune
from Klwanis International and
the Medford Kiwanis club in ap
preciation for the service news
papers have rendered the na
tion during the critical war
years. A similar citation is be
ing presented each newspaper
In cities where Kiwanis clubs
are established.
Can Avert War
Reminding his listeners that
world suicide would be the in
evitable results of continued
and increasingly destructive
wars. Grey stated that wars can
be averted with careful long
range planning if the people
who do the fighting and dying
know what's going on and
quoted Lord Rothermere, pub
lisher of the London Daily
Mail, who recently said "A free
press Is apparently a greater
deterrent to the making of war
than anything that can be laid
down In treaties, and when the
reconstruction of the world
takes place, I hope the minis
ters of the crown will do their
best to see that a free press once
more comes about In every coun
try In the world".
Grey traced the history of
the freedom of the press In this
country, stating that it began
more than 240 years ago when
the refugee editor, Peter Zen
ger, was defended by Andrew
Hamilton In a history-making
suit. "Since that time, newspa
pers have been the greatest sin
gle factor in sustaining the in
dividual thoughts and actions of
our people", the speaker said.
He reviewed briefly early his
tory of publishing and printing
and told of the great invention
Of movable type in the ISth
renttiry and added "The Magna
Carta and the printing business
were the real foundations of de
mocracy and our present way of
life."
Early Censorship
Press censorship began In
Eland, In 1530, Grey said, and
ho tiv?n reviewed historic events
of the past decade in relation
to the press, beginning with
Hitler's complete control of
German newspapers, the efforts
of the Fifth Column In France
and the "divide and conquer"
technique which led to the fall
of France. These tactics accom
plished Utile In this country,
Grey declarrd. because of the
wisdom and foresight of the
American patriots who wrote
the Four Freedoms Into the Bill
of Rights.
To give his audience true
pirture of the term, "American
press". Grey quoted figures
showing that there are 2,043
daily newspapers, 13,4.r8 week
ly, semi-weekly and tri weekly
papers and the daily circulation
of the daily newspaper alone in
the United Press is more than
44 000.000.
Discussing the so-called "con
trolled" press, the speaker said
that newspapers are nut con
trolled by big business nor by
economical or politirnl factions,
but by the people. "Newspapers
imply cannot exist without the
approval and support of the
people, their readers," he said.
"Publishers of America's 15,000
newspapers are individuals, and
their editorial columns reflect
their personal views. Owner
ship is so widely diffused that
domination of policies or
thought would be utterly Im
possible. The press would be no
more controlled than the doe
tors, the automobile dealers or
lawyers could be controlled."
Ads Don't Control
Grey further declared that
advertisers do not control the
press because smart business
men use newspapers and other
media to sell goods and when
the policies of any publication
are dictated from the "counting
rooms", the readers quickly
sense it and circulation falls off.
Discussing advertising, Grey re
minded his listeners that "a free
press unit must be a solvent
press" and that advertising was
therefore very important. He
said that advertising had raised
the standards of American liv
ing and that advertising had
brought more people . more
things and better things for less
money.
Speaking of threats to free
dom of the press, Grey said that
newspapermen for the most
part realize that liberty can be
maintained only by those who
willingly accept the discipline
of social control, that American
newspapers are now operating
under a voluntary censorship
plan and that the press had
kept its trusfwell.
Much of the early censorship
in the present war. Grey de
clared, was stupid, but said
since the establishment of the
OWI, the situation was much
improved. Propaganda, the
speaker said, is much like
champagne and "the quickest
way to let it gel flat js to ex
pose it to the air." He paid
tribute to the many war corre
spondents and said they were
making a magnificent record in
supplying war news to the
American public.
Newt Needed
In closing Mr. Grey quoted
from Waiter S. Rogers, chief of
the division of foreign press
cable on the committee of pub
lic information for the Ver
sailles Treaty conferences and
that Rogers' document, in the
hands of President Wilson at the
time, might well have saved, a
world from its present horror.
Rogers' paper set forth the im
portance of equal use of world
communications by all nations
and said "inadequate facilities
and high rates leave a situation
where the press of many parts
of the world remains provincial
and easy victims to the propa
gandist. If statesmanship has
the vision and the organized
ability, the most widely separ
ated communities can be made
neighbors, trading with each
other, Interested In each other,
understanding each other and
learning from each other."
A new member, Kenneth
Grant, chief controller of the
Medford airport control tower,
was introduced by Mr. Earley.
JOHN FORREST MOORE
SUCCUMBS AT HOME
John Forrest Moore passed
away at his home on Spring
street Thursday morning at the
age of 75. He had been a resi
dent of this community for the
past 34 years.
Arrangements are In care of
Conger-Morris chapel,
BOOT NETSTROUT
Northampton, Mass. (U.R)
While emptying out his high tdp
boots which were filled with
water when ho accidentally step
ped Into a Imlo in the river, Jack
Clifford of Northampton heard
a splash and found a wriggling
7!i inch trout.
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Ex-Cop Designs Billyclub
To Flash .Red, Green Lights
By Charles Hull
UP Staff Correspondent
St. Louis, Mo. (U.R) A police
man's billyclub, long associated
with producing stars and flash
ing lights before the eyes of re
calcitrant prisoners, soon may
come with red and green lights
as standard equipment.
Yes, the patrolman's - night
stick is being modernized. A bil
lyclub designed by John Carten,
former member of the St. Louis
police department, has a flash
light in the handle and green and
red electric bulbs in the busi
ness end."
Carten's contribution to police
pyrotechnics, although designed
primarily for peace officers, is
being considered by the army
military police board for possible
use by MP'S.
The new billy weighs 20
ounces, Carten says, and is made
of black plastic material, which
the inventor asserts is as hard as
a billiard ball. The nightstick is
17'4 inches long and two Inches
in diameter. It also sports a slot
for the officer's whistle and his
call box key.
"After the war It may be pos
sible to install a tiny radio re
ceiver in it," Carten says, adding
however, he thinks the club too
small for a two-way communi
cation outfit.
The retired St. "Louis detec
tive had some difficulty in ar
ranging his red and green billy
club lights so they would be
helpful in directing traffic, but
still wouldn't be seen from fhe
air during blackouts.
The problem was solved by
setting the bulbs far down In the
nightstick and covering them
with colored plastic lenses, held
in position by springs allowing
the lenses to recede when the
policeman needs the stick as a
weapon.
With Carten's Ingenious billy
club, an officer would have both
nightstick and flashlight in one
hand, leaving the other free to
handle a gun.
The new-type billyclub has
been tentatively approved, Its in
ventor reports, by members of
the military police board at Fort
Custer, Mich. Final decision on
Its adoption by MP's must come
from Washington, however.
CZECHS LIBERATE
T
London", Oct. 12 (U.R) The
Czechoslovak gov ernmentin
exile announced tonight that
Czechoslovak troops fought their
way through the Dukla Pass in
the Carpathians and liberated
tneir iirsx noineiana viubbb,
Vyssikormarnik, on Oct. 6.
The announcement said the
first Czechoslovak army corps
formed on soviet soil forced the
Dukla Pass from the Krosno area
of Poland and drove on more
than a mile to capture the vil
lage. The Czechoslovaks suffered
"very heavy" losses in driving
through the pass, the 'overnment
reported.
When Lt.-Gen. Patton's lrori
fisted Third Army made its spec
tacular drive down the Nor
mandy peninsula and later roll
ed into Paris, some of the ord
nance tanks covered more than
600 miles in two weeks an
average of over 40 miles a day.
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