Abstract
A marked increase in articles suggesting ways and means for the newspapers to combat growing public criticism of their editorial and business practices through public relations programs was evident during the early months of 1939. The articles followed a series of critical attacks on the press, with Secretary of the Interior Ickes leading the way. The annual meetings of the publishers and editors produced discussions of current newspaper problems. Much interest was noted in the settlement of the Guild strike in Wilkes-Barre and the prosecution of the Guild strike against Hearst in Chicago.
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