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I have gone into this because it touches on, I guess, the toughest and most difficult problem in the management of a paper, at least insofar as the editorial side is concerned. Obviously the editorial side is certainly the most difficult problem in the newspaper profession. And it wouldn't arise at all if the paper were of a different caliber, and if the publisher merely said, “This is to be done,” and it were done.

I might say that in the Hearst press this is the policy. In fact, I pointed this out in more than one of my discussions with Mr. Sulzberger. I said, “You certainly can't put yourself in the position of the days of Hearst.” And he agreed strongly that of course he was not going to put himself in such a position.

You mentioned the supersonic planes -

That's a pretty long statement, I think, but it represents something that I think is fairly important.

You mentioned the supersonic plane, which is, on the one hand, an issue which probably involves a lot of technical consideration, and then on the other, a completely political situation of choosing of a presidential candidate. Are there middle rank things where this question arises? You mentioned your working relationship, and those before you, where obviously the political orientation seemed to mesh almost perfectly-that there is a switch in political orientation which will tend to bring up questions in the middle ground, more political than the supersonic plane, but considerably less than the presidential situation?