America at war! (1941–) – Part 3

In Washington –
U.S. protests sent to Britain on news leaks

State Department answers Dewey


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Dewey reiterates charge

New York (UP) –
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, replying to a charge by Secretary of State Cordell Hull that he was “100% wrong” in accusing the administration of inducing the British to censor news for the U.S. contended today that “the record speaks for itself.”

The New York Governor said yesterday:

American correspondents’ stories, especially diplomatic stories, have been repeatedly withheld.

Mr. Dewey, here to vote in the state primary election, declined to discuss further Mr. Hull’s assertion made in Washington Monday, and declared that, “I am not going to get into a public debate with Mr. Hull.