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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Topeka, Kansas, on Oct. 6, Republican presidential nominee Alf M. Landon accused the New Deal administration, specifically WPA head Harry Hopkins, of censoring news sources by restricting access to public relief records and payrolls, calling it equivalent to direct news censorship.
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And That Is Equally As Bad As Censorship of Actual News, Candidate Emphasizes
ACCUSATIONS LAID ON HARRY HOPKINS
Charges WPA Administrator Has Closed Records to Newspapers in Effort To Get at Cost Records and Payrolls; Says It Is Legitimate for Newspapers
Topeka, Kans., Oct. 6.-(AP)-Governor Alf M. Landon said today the New Deal was employing "censorship of the source of news", which he said was "just as bad as the censorship of news" itself.
"Harry L. Hopkins has shut off the source of news," the presidential nominee added, to a press conference, in reply to questions concerning the WPA administrator's statement that relief records were "open to anybody who has a legitimate reason to see them."
Landon said he thought WPA cost records and payrolls "is a public business," and the information should be
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made available to any newspaper.
"I view newspaper publicity as a legitimate purpose," the Republican candidate said. "All public records of any kind or description should be open to the newspapers.
"It doesn't make any difference whether or not it should be during a campaign. Censorship of the source of news is just as bad as censorship of the news."
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Governor Alf M. Landon accused the New Deal of employing censorship of the source of news, stating it is just as bad as censorship of news itself. He charged that WPA administrator Harry L. Hopkins has shut off access to relief records, cost records, and payrolls, despite Hopkins' statement that they are open to those with legitimate reasons. Landon asserted that such information is public business and should be available to newspapers regardless of the campaign period.