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Autumn issues of American periodicals touched the problems of journalism at several points. The professional magazines were not alone in reciting the story of the revival of the French press after liberation from the Nazi yoke. The policy of licensing newspapers and exerting censorship over them raised doubts of the postwar freedom of the press in liberated countries. Non-professional journals, as well as the trade press, stressed these developments. The strong numerical and editorial support given to the presidential candidacy of Thomas E. Dewey by daily newspapers and Northern weeklies created a debate on the "prestige position" of the press in the 1944 campaign. Editor & Publisher denied that the press has lost influence. A few of the quality group magazines took up the cudgels in an attempt to prove the contrary. Much attention was given to proposals for an international agreement that would keep the worldwide news channels free and give American reporters abroad easy access to news sources. Radio spokesmen in their trade journals claimed credit for improvement in the coverage of war news in the various combat theatres. F. E. M.

The press and radio received their most difficult assignment of World War II when American, British, and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6. A large number of articles listed in this bibliography described how the twin problems of censorship and news coverage were overcome. Results of readership surveys conducted by newspapers and radio chains provoked interest and also argument. Increasing interest was noted in the position of the newspaper both at home and abroad in the building of the civilization to follow the war. F. E. M.

The Associated Press case went to the U. S. Supreme Court during the current quarter. Arguments were not expected to be heard before the October term. The perennial issue of press freedom achieved the dignity of a "commission investigation" on grant given by Henry Luce of Time-Life-Fortune. The inquiry will be directed by President Hutching of Chicago. The War Labor Board ruled that the Guild's membership maintenance did not endanger the first amendment to the Constitution. Articles on the press and the war reflected the pre-invasion expectancy. Television came in for a new round of interest. F. E. M.

"PROFESSIONAL journals and general periodicals in August, September and October evidenced unusual interest in the decision of the Federal Court in the Southern District of New York in the action brought against the Associated Press by the Department of Justice for alleged violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. Policies and organization of the federal information and propaganda agencies commanded attention also, although the spate of articles in this area diminished following the Congressional appropriations hearings in the spring and early summer. A glance through the citations in this bibliography will reveal the preoccupation of newspapers and periodicals over news print shortages. Professional journals called attention to the further invasion of the retail advertising field by radio. The editor of this bibliography is now aided in its compilation by Professor Floyd K. Baskette of the Department of Journalism, Emory University. F.E.M.