No Common Ground Exists In American
And Russian News Ideas, Says Gilmore
By EDDIE GILMORE
NKW YOIIK, Juiit. 7 (API
The buHlu cimi'i-ptlmia n( free
prriw hi mi illffcri'iit In KukhIu
ml In Ihn United Sliitcn tluit
It In rxtrcini-ly (llfdi'iill to wo
how uny UK i ct'iiK'iit prtwntly
run lip ri'iii'hi'il on lliiii iiiiratlun
wllliln II, e Unlti-d Natiunn, or
elarwhi-ra.
Tlio two countries nre piiKO
purl on tlx very (Icllnlllon of
whut U newii. l,i-l mIoiih how to
priwnt It, or wluil clue to do
unniit It.
Muny (lefrndrra of llio AnicT
Irmi pri'M villi II, iiliiim with lliu
IlrillMi riHn, tin- (rci-Ht In the
world. Muny o( tlicn,. miino per
"nil will ui'Kiui 1 1 111 1 tlu pri-iia
l not fire lit nil in llui Soviet
Union.
I'coplp In Hip Soviet Union
KPiiprully urittip Unit tho U. S.
ond thn British preaa work
uifiiliiKt the In-lit inti-reala of the
pt-oplc of tho world.
Definition) Dlff.r
liolh conntrlt'ji, of rniirm-, huvo
a wholly different definition of
a free pro.
"Your press," a Kuaalun mild
to mo not Innif uko, "ulwuyi
iiM-ini aa If It'a tryliiK to enter
tuln, amuso or thork It rend
er, not to Instruct, Inform unci
Kiildn thi-m thn rlKlit wny."
1 onketl If ho were referrlnK
to pdllorlnla or newa coluinna.
"Ni-wa columns," he aaid with
enipluuila,
"Ciuldu tho reader' mind tho
rliflit way In a newa column?"
I naked, "Wo eertiilnly don't
try to do Ihla. Wo almply try
to preai-nt tho fncla mid lei the
render find hla way Unit ! If
lu-'a lookliiK for wuy."
I remember an oi-cualon ilur
lull Uni wur un Aim-rlcun corre
apondent In Moai-ow criticised
a Itiissliui Journalist for not bo
hiK objective uhout the wur Slid
CJermuny.
"OhJi-elivt-V" sneered the Rus
almi, "A Journalist who la ob
jective in time of war Ix trult
or to hla country."
Differences Enumerated
Hero urc aomo of tho great
(inferences between Kuaalan and
AmericiM newspapers aiide
from tile obvloua one of public
ownership mid direction:
The Russians don't believe In
Ctibllnhiim ni-wa ubout cventa
efore they hnppen. Tho fact
Unit the hltf three muy have,
uureed to hold a meeting la not
newa until there la un official
announcement. In the U. S., a
jilory of audi a meeting ahead
of time la acoop for the new-,
man who wrote it and of Inter
cat to tho newapupcr reader.
The Runalana don't believe 1
criino la newa except a report
of the trial and penalty aa a
mean of teaching that crime
doesn't pay.
In Ruiiaiu a train wreck, a
building burning, a ahip ainking,
in not newa except when it
happen on a big icale abroad.
The private live of promi
nent peraonalltiea aro not newa
and the Ituaaiuna cun't under
ilnnd why they ahould be.
Tho Ituaaiana cannot under
aland the explanation that a
paper' acceptance of an adver
tiaement doea not give tho ad
vertiaer a voice In the paper.
Claahea of personalities at in
ter national meetlnga are not
newa to Ituaaiana.
Beginning to End
The Kuaalan writer writes hla
atory on the assumption that it
la going to be read from begin
ning to end, and generally la.
Ho think It' idiotic to put all
tha new in the first puragraph.
For one thing, he reasons, it
encourage! people to read no
further. The Ruaalan newspaperman
seldom If ever qucationa the de
cisions or policies of hla coun
try' leader, Ho believe they
are better equipped than he la
to handle auch matter. He may
raise the ink on his paper with
a cuHtlxutlon of aomo farm fore
man who la lazy, or some fac
tory director who i behind In
his work, or i not providing
the kind of facilitie and con
ditions his workers need and
want, but he won't criticize or
complain about the system un
der which tho foreman or di
rector works.
To a Ruaalan, society newa,
or personal news I so amuaing
as presented by American news
papers that I've frequently acen
Hussinna laughing to aide-aching
enthusiasm at the account of a
wedding.
The Russians have a low
opinion of most American news
papers, their publishers, editors
and writers. They clasa aome of
the most severe enemies of the
USSR in this group.
Tho American newsman In
Russia that Is, In the mass I
not thought of too highly by the
Russians.
A rather high Soviet official
once said to a member of the
stute department who had
brought him a particular prob
lem concerning a representative
of the Amcricun press In Mos
cow: "My friend, you and I are too
busy to waste time on neurotics."
An American newsman's Job
I difficult, and often an un
pleasant one in Russia. At the
same time, the job of handling
these newsmen is Just as hard,
and unpleaaant to the Ruaslana.
The Husaiana do have stan
dards of hospitality, of course,
and a newsman in the Soviet
Union is not only a newsman,
but a guest. He get the best
the Russians have to offer in
many material ways like food,
clothes and liVing conditions.
On the other hand he doesn't
always get what he want in
the way of news.
hisai.d a news, aimut ratu, o.
raiDAT, Jan , isia, rase Tare.
The handling of Russian news
In Russia is, the Russians be
lieve very emphatically, purely
a Russian matter.
They bitterly resent interfer
ence or suggestions from abroad.
They do not like to be told how
to conduct their affairs, or to
be criticized about the way they
do it.
The Russians are convinced
their way is the best way, the
only way, and there is not the
slightest indication that they are
going to change their mind.
Any suggestions by the United
Nations is likely to be met with
rebuff or ignored. The Russian
leaders insist their press Is free
and they want to keep it that
way.
(Editor' note: The foregoing
concludes a series of four articles
by Eddy Gilmore, recently re
turned from five years as Asso
ciated Press correspondent in
Moscow.)
Floyd Gilmore
Dies In Tucson
Floyd Gilmore, a former resi
dent of Klamath Falls, passed
away "Juno 2 In Tucson, Ariz.
The Gilmore family for a num
ber of years lived at Hornbrook,
Calif.
Funeral services will be held
at the Methodist church Satur
day at 2 p. m. in Hornbrook,
Calif. Intaj-ment will follow In
the family plot in the Hornbrook
cemetery. He Is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Thelma Gilmore, two
sons, Jimmy and David, all of
Klumath Falls; three brothers,
Henry of Redding, Calif., Joe
and Elmer of Klamath Fall; hi
grandmother, Mrs. Rose Ampter,
and one aunt, Lena Burgges of
Hornbrook.
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