PRESS IN WARTIME
"PAPER MUST COME OUT." LONDON, April 11. Mr J. H. Brebnet, ueputy-Director of Nevt's and Press Relations in the Department of Information, in a speech at the Authors' Club, gave to the Press the slogan "The paper must come out." He said that the absence of newspapers would stimulate rumours and undermine morale. "The Press is one of the largest British industries." he said. "It is valued at £53.000.000. exceeding .shipbuilding and the iron and steel industries. It is the expression of liberty, without which Britons cannot live."'
Mr Brebner added: "The Press dailv has recorded deeds of heroism, but it lifts not told of the heroic "actions of reporters and photographers in risking their lives for news, or of men driving news vans through the blitz."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 126, 29 April 1941, Page 4
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