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...Collingwood was so flattered by his award last week that he was unable to utter an appropriate "thanks." Probably the world's youngest (26) warcaster today, he had the distinction of having won radio's top prize at the beginning of his career. CBS's Ed Murrow hired the Peabody-winner in London two years...
Several other big-name voices will be heard, among them Edward R. Murrow, CBS London commentator, and Harold Laski, well-known British socialist and former instructor at Harvard. The unrehearsed discussion will open a series of Network exclusives in the Boston area, which are to include talks by Jan Masaryk, and other outstanding European statesmen on post-war problems...
...talking last week. CBS's dark, thin Larry Lesueur, 33, rolled into Russia via Archangel a year ago. Onetime United Press reporter, he had covered the R.A.F. in France from war's outbreak through Dunkirk, the London blitz as apprentice to CBS's Edward R. Murrow. In talking about Russian radio Lesueur told a lot about Russia...
When war came in 1939, CBS was probably the network best prepared to cover it, with Edward R. Murrow ready in London, William L. Shirer in Berlin, and other good men on call in many capitals. But as the war wore on, many CBS correspondents came home to cash in on books and lecture trips. The Government paid the network a costly compliment by requisitioning its top commentator, Elmer Davis. Meanwhile NBC quietly cut away some deadwood and built its foreign roundups to a point where they were as good...
Whatever was wrong with the people's attitude toward the war, it was apparent that the attitude of their critics was not going to help them figure out the war for themselves. Said Edward Murrow: "Somehow, it's impossible to escape the conclusion that we do not yet understand the dominant position of the United States in world affairs. We have not yet acquired the habit of world leadership. Some of us are reluctant to accept the greatness that has been thrust upon us, but we have no choice...