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...Polk felt it necessary to make clear that he had no political aims in mind in wanting to go to Greece, and was interested in tracking down his brother's murderers, whoever they might be, in order to prevent other reporters from being intimidated by the threat of personal violence. He felt that since his brother's murder, most American newsmen in Greece have ceased to report news that any political faction might dislike, for fear that their sources, or they themselves, might be killed in retaliation...
...make clear this stand and to refute Lindley, William Polk had to find a sounding board. He chose the Progressive Party and Henry Wallace, a choice which today he admits was his "worst mistake." As a result, Wallace got up at his now famous press conference during the Progressive Party's Philadelphia convention and implied to the assembled newsmen that they should be ashamed of themselves for not risking their necks to get news as George Polk had done. Hence instead of getting across the point William Polk had wanted emphasized, that Lindley's action was, he believed, motivated...
...William Polk has had to face two other hurdles: money and Harvard University's rules. The first problem arose because, inexperienced in money raising, he did not apply to the Bureau of Internal Revenue for tax exempt status for gifts until his drive for funds was well under way; by the time he did apply, red tape would have kept him from getting approval until well after the time it would be useful. Failure to get the tax exempt status for gifts for a non-profit purpose cost him many contributions. Moreover, despite donations from the Harvard Liberal Union...
Twice the Greek Government has announced that it has found George Polk's slayers. The first time their announcement fell through. Then, on October 17, the Government accused four men of the murder...
...four are: Adam Mouzenides, member of the central committee of the Greek Communist Party who Communists claim was killed in action a month before Polk's murder while the Government claims he is still alive in Commun...