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Henry Paynter of OWI, trying to see Major General Frank R. McCoy, head of the trial commission, went to the floor where the trial was to be held. He was brushed off. He could not even get a message to the General. When Attorney General Biddle, on behalf of Elmer Davis, sent a note saying that Paynter wished to see the General, McCoy did not deign to answer. A second note from the Attorney General brought a terse answer: the General had nothing...
...Elmer Davis, to save the prestige of OWI from total destruction, had to go to Franklin Roosevelt. There he and the Secretary of War argued whether it was democratic to keep any more of a trial secret than national safety required. In the end the President of the U.S. solemnly handed down a compromise...
...OWI will clear and coordinate all Government projects relating significantly to the war for radio broadcasts, motion pictures, posters, advertising...
...OWI will take charge of official news disseminated overseas, except in Central & South America (Nelson Rockefeller's bailiwick...
...carry out OWI's job of clearing and coordinating official war information, Director Davis set up a working organization, with the help of a crack Washington administrator, Milton Stover Eisenhower (brother of the U.S. Army Commander in the European theater...