Archive Report
Archive Report
Freedom of the Press in the Postwar World
Difficulties experienced in getting news out of eastern Europe, since the end of the war, have sharpened demands in the United States for action to promote worldwide observance of the principles of press freedom. Obstacles put in the way of American press representatives, coupled with distrust of Soviet policies in countries occupied by Russia, led to recent proposals in Congress to attach free-press conditions to distribution of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration supplies purchased with American funds. That move, involving possible denial of relief to starving populations, was condemned as an inappropriate use of the power of the American purse. But Congress may be disposed to insist on free-press requirements in connection with any proposals that ...