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Edward T. Folliard

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wrote in an editorial: "Broadly speaking, good newspaper reporters tend to fall into one of three categories – those whose primary value lies in their ability to uncover important news; those whose value lies primarily in their skill in writing the news, and finally those who have a special aptitude
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publisher, to investigate the group. For the articles, Folliard spent a week in Atlanta interviewing the group's leaders, attending their mass meetings, and listening to their "tirades against Negroes, Jews, the Communists, the rich, and newspaper editors who don't share their views on 'Anglo-Saxon
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Mr. Chambers, in the hearings on Capitol Hill, you said over and over again that you served in the Communist Party with Alger Hiss. Your remarks down there were privileged. That is to say, you were protected from lawsuits. Hiss has now challenged you to make the same charge publicly. He says
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dinner, the former president declined the invitation because he did not want to encounter another invited guest, then Vice President Richard M. Nixon, who had publicly called Truman a traitor. It was Folliard to whom Truman wrote explaining his refusal to come, and it was Folliard who somehow
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Mr. Chambers, to go back to that opening question, you accepted Alger Hiss' challenge and publicly said that he had been at least a member of the Communist Party. Does that mean that you are now prepared to go into Court and answer a suit for slander or
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in 1966 but continued writing for the newspaper "well into the 1970s." Among his post-retirement articles were "reminiscences of major events that he had helped to record for history – the attack on Pearl Harbor and White House reaction to it, the
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Hiss did sue Chambers, a month later. However, by year-end 1948, the U.S. Department of Justice had indicted Hiss on two counts of perjury. In January 1950, after a second trial, Hiss received a guilty verdict on both counts and went to prison.
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obituary, Folliard "refused to observe margins or to triple space his copy," turning in "some of the 'dirtiest' copy," typed "on an ancient typewriter, long in disrepair, that he insisted on using." He also "refused to part with his antique,
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for interpreting the news, that is, for discerning and clarifying the meaning that underlies the superficial facts. Mr. Folliard is one of those rare and invaluable journalists who combines in themselves all three gifts."
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In 1949 he was sent to New York to interview various gangsters for a series headlined "American Tygoons." After it appeared in about 80 newspapers, his interviewees were called to testify before a
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In 1937, Folliard reported on the existence of a secret Soviet camp in upstate New York where members of the U.S. Navy were being trained to spread Communist doctrine among their fellow seamen.
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voice out over the air and held a crowd of 75,000 enthralled," wrote Folliard. "It was one of the largest assemblages Washington had seen since Lindbergh came back from Paris in '27."
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until his retirement in 1967, and continuing to contribute occasional articles to the paper thereafter. The Post's online archives contain over 5000 articles under Folliard's byline.
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were all available, Folliard explained that as in 1940, "the Republicans now see a popular Democrat in the White House and doubt whether any of their pros can dislodge him."
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He was interested in journalism from an early age. He later said, "The newspaper bug got me and it got me bad. It devoured me!" At the age of 17 he went to work as a
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declaring that while the Japan situation was "threatening," diplomacy was still underway. He went to Europe in late 1944, reported on the war. He was a
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that if you do, he will test your veracity by filing a suit for slander or libel. Are you willing to say now that Alger Hiss is or ever was a Communist?
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began with Roosevelt," FDR in fact "never lost a Southern state in an election." Civil rights, he maintained, actually began with Truman, who "started
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In 1971 he was one of 12 correspondents named charter members of the Hall of Fame established by the Washington Professional chapter of
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Folliard's friendships with Truman and Eisenhower lasted after their presidencies. In 1969, Nixon invited Folliard to come with him on
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for Telegraphic Reporting (National) for a series of articles published during the previous year about the Columbians, Inc., a
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in 1923, doing general assignments as well as reporting on the police, local politics, and national politics. His earliest
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The Pulitzer Prize archive : a history and anthology of award-winning materials in journalism, letters, and arts
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at the time. Folliard did go to the White House, but spoke not with Early but with presidential aide Matt Connelly.
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for distinguished Washington reporting during the year 1958. The award was for a story about gas bill lobby funds.
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Mr. Chambers, does that mean that you’re now prepared to go into court and answer to a suit for slander or libel?
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He was married to Helen Liston Folliard. They had a son, Michael, and a daughter, Nancy O'Mahony. He was a
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In 1955, Folliard stayed with Eisenhower for seven weeks during his recovery from a heart attack in Denver.
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Knowing Folliard was a Catholic, President Truman arranged for him to receive a rosary blessed by
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honored war correspondents, including Folliard, at an event in Washington, on November 23, 1946.
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In addition to covering the presidency, Folliard also reported on many major news events such as
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in November 1962. In answer to the question of why the GOP would "choose a novice" when Nixon,
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In 1940, he went on a 7,000 mile tour of U.S. bases in the Caribbean. He felt embarrassed on
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Folliard reported on the 1963 White House ceremony in which Sir Winston Churchill was awarded
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made the arrangements, and Folliard accompanied the painting across the Atlantic aboard the
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who was hiding whiskey in bushes near the White House. He witnessed the execution of
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by President Nixon as one of seven persons whom Nixon called "giants of journalism".
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culture.'" The members of the group, he wrote, "dress and swagger in the manner of
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Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National from 1942–1947
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from 1941 to the autumn of 1944, at which time he was sent to Europe to cover
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had refused to permit the black opera singer to perform at its auditorium,
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CHAMBERS: I do not think that Mr. Hiss will sue me for slander or libel.
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His parents had immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland. He grew up in the
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He had been asked by Philip Graham, who by then had become the
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of Winston Churchill and summit conferences of world leaders."
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In 1927, he covered Lindbergh's return from Paris. During the
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in the armed services," thus alienating many southern whites.
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persuaded Truman to change his mind and attend the dinner.
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Folliard played a key role in the famous incident when his
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I do not think Mr. Hiss will sue me for slander or libel.
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Folliard, third from the left in this image, accepts the
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He pursued the issue doggedly throughout the episode:
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Award for human interest and interpretive reporting.
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"Marian Anderson stood on the steps of the 2337:Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting winners 1490: 874:. When he won the prize, the editors of the 808:, Folliard suggested the idea of sending the 501:Folliard was in the motorcade in Dallas when 423:got wind of it and reported on it, whereupon 8: 1029: 1027: 352:He began covering the presidency during the 1124:. Washington, D.C.: John F. Kennedy Library 1119:"Edward T. Folliard Oral History Interview" 608:. He traveled in the U.S. and Canada with 1497: 1483: 1475: 1312: 1310: 696:, Folliard also wrote on occasion for the 606:kidnapper and killer of the Lindbergh baby 551:Alger Hiss was a Communist and may be now. 206:, which was presented to him by President 29: 18: 1201: 1199: 999: 997: 995: 993: 991: 989: 987: 985: 653:, because a piece by him appeared in the 281:. He also served as a correspondent for 183:. 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(26 November 1976). 632:Daughters of the American Revolution 482:about the presidential prospects of 453:"I was never on intimate terms with 445:When Truman was invited to the 1956 321:were on articles about the cinema. 1452:Reistrup, J.V. (31 October 2010). 1323:. München u.a.: Saur. p. 33. 1237:"MTP Transcript for April 8, 2007" 475:In March 1962, Folliard wrote for 287:before leaving the Navy in 1919." 14: 2317:20th-century American journalists 2312:Journalists from Washington, D.C. 1117:McHugh, William (30 March 1967). 1065:Hess, Jerry N. (20 August 1970). 692:In addition to reporting for the 379:Folliard was especially close to 262:for the Washington bureau of the 1585: 1578: 1419:Shafer, Jack (31 October 2014). 1317:Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich (1987). 882:In 1959, he won the 15th annual 200:Telegraphic Reporting (National) 137:Michael Folliard, Nancy O'Mahony 733:He retired officially from the 538:open through to January 1950: 2327:American political journalists 884:Raymond Clapper Memorial Award 642:yesterday, sent her matchless 1: 898:Presidential Medal of Freedom 756:of Washington D.C., 1928-1968 665:, crossed the Rhine with the 470:honorary American citizenship 328:in 1932. 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Charles Lindbergh
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European battlefronts
POW camps
1947 Pulitzer Prize
Telegraphic Reporting (National)
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