Stands Among The World's Most Stands Among The ... - Index of

so-called Press freedom at their annual meeting of the French Journalists Organisation, on February
8th, 1937."
"One should never forget the regrettable effects of false reports, which might threaten that
international harmony among the nations, for which one should work more than ever, and jeopardize
the peace desired by all."
THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER
"At a lunch of the Foreign Press Association in Paris, the French Foreign Minister, M. Delbos,
recently spoke against the custom of issuing false or unfair reports, stating that the common duty of
the Press in all lands was to allay the fever which had arisen. The Press would have, he continued, to
do more for the reconciliation of their nations than their separation."
THE CZECH PRESIDENT
"According to the Prague Press of April 21st 1935, the Czech President Benesch asked whether it
was possible to overlook the fact that the moral state of or generation was being ruined by the
revolutionary, demagogic, immoral, corruptible, sensational, etc. points of view and aims which
guided the Press."
THE IRISH PRESIDENT
"In an address before the Irish branch of the Institute of Journalists, President deValera asked whether
the freedom of the Press should or should not be restricted. He said that the expression 'freedom of
the Press' must have a reasonable explanation, and might not be regarded as meaning power without
responsibility.... the nation would have to be protected against the abuse of the influence of the Press."
ADOLF HITLER
"I should be happy if all belonged to the kind who serve their people by preparing the way for truth.
One saying may also be quoted, which also applies to the correspondent abroad: 'Respect everyone's
country, but love your own.'
THE PRESS SAYS
"In 1913, the American journalist, John Swinton, stated at the Annual Meeting of the American Press
Association that there was no independent Press in America, apart from the papers in small provincial
towns. He went on to say that the fact was known to everyone, but that no one dared to express an
opinion about it, while it would never appear in print if he did. The man who was mad enough to
write his own personal opinion would soon be out on the street. A New York journalist had to lie and
to sit at the feet of Mammon. He had to sell himself and his nation for the sake of his daily bread.
The speaker concluded by referring to journalists as the tools and vassals of the rich who sat behind
the scenes and pulled the strings. The time and talents of journalists belonged to them, and Press men
were mental prostitutes." - Dr. Otto Dietrich, The Press and World Politics
"A New York firm of publishers recently brought out a book entitled, The Washington
Correspondent, in which some extremely interesting statements appeared. The author records the
answers to a questionnaire placed before several hundred journalists. The question of how far the
72