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[Press Release For Release on delivery] "WHAT MAKES U.S. FOREIGN POLICY" Address by Senator J. William Fulbright At 10th Anniversary Banquet of The Reporter Magazine Overseas Press Club New York City [Apr. 16, 1959] So many things honored in our time are themselves without honor, that it is all the more pleasurable to join the Overseas Press Club as it gives Max Ascoli the recognition that has long been overdue him. I know that it sounds incongruous to speak of aristocracy in a democracy. Yet in the exact Greek sense of the word — meaning "the best" — it is very much in place to say that the magazine Max Ascoli built in ten short years has been a stronghold of aristocratic values in our society. Every issue of the Reporter does something to restore discussion itself to the democratic process. Every issue re-enacts in language the tremendous fact that the democratic process is a highly exacting, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, but always a supremely demanding experience. I often feel that the contributors to this magazine are regularly summoned by Max Ascoli to take an oath of office, reading to this effect: "I do solemnly swear that in the high cause of democracy, I will uphold, defend and protect the integrity of the word, and that to the best of my ability, I will use words in such ways that they will stand as one with the things they are meant to describe." Max Ascoli has himself said of the Reporter that it was an "experiment in adult journalism". I would add that it is an experiment in "unadulterated journalism". For its bite is a solid one. It has no pets and no client interests. It is known as a liberal magazine.
Object Description
Title | What Makes United States Foreign Policy? |
Abstract | Fulbright speech arguing for the necessity of an informed, non- or un-partisan public debate on foreign policy. Fulbright also notes the erosion of differences between domestic and foreign policy, and how the effects of one impacts the other. |
Creator | Fulbright, J. William |
Date | April 16, 1959 |
Audience of Speech | Overseas Press Club |
Institution Where Speech Was Given | Overseas Press Club |
City and State | New York City, New York |
Subject |
Foreign Policy Domestic Policy International Relations |
Item Location | J. William Fulbright Papers (MS F956 144, Series 72, Box 16, File 11) |
Rights | Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright. |
Digital Publisher | University of Arkansas Libraries |
Series Title | A Calm Voice in a Strident World: Senator J.W. Fulbright Speaks |
Description
Title | What Makes United States Foreign Policy? |
Abstract | Fulbright speech arguing for the necessity of an informed, non- or un-partisan public debate on foreign policy. Fulbright also notes the erosion of differences between domestic and foreign policy, and how the effects of one impacts the other. |
Creator | Fulbright, J. William |
Date | April 16, 1959 |
Audience of Speech | Overseas Press Club |
Institution Where Speech Was Given | Overseas Press Club |
City and State | New York City, New York |
Subject |
Foreign Policy Domestic Policy International Relations |
Transcript | [Press Release For Release on delivery] "WHAT MAKES U.S. FOREIGN POLICY" Address by Senator J. William Fulbright At 10th Anniversary Banquet of The Reporter Magazine Overseas Press Club New York City [Apr. 16, 1959] So many things honored in our time are themselves without honor, that it is all the more pleasurable to join the Overseas Press Club as it gives Max Ascoli the recognition that has long been overdue him. I know that it sounds incongruous to speak of aristocracy in a democracy. Yet in the exact Greek sense of the word — meaning "the best" — it is very much in place to say that the magazine Max Ascoli built in ten short years has been a stronghold of aristocratic values in our society. Every issue of the Reporter does something to restore discussion itself to the democratic process. Every issue re-enacts in language the tremendous fact that the democratic process is a highly exacting, sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic, but always a supremely demanding experience. I often feel that the contributors to this magazine are regularly summoned by Max Ascoli to take an oath of office, reading to this effect: "I do solemnly swear that in the high cause of democracy, I will uphold, defend and protect the integrity of the word, and that to the best of my ability, I will use words in such ways that they will stand as one with the things they are meant to describe." Max Ascoli has himself said of the Reporter that it was an "experiment in adult journalism". I would add that it is an experiment in "unadulterated journalism". For its bite is a solid one. It has no pets and no client interests. It is known as a liberal magazine. |
Item Location | J. William Fulbright Papers (MS F956 144, Series 72, Box 16, File 11) |
Rights | Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright. |
Digital Publisher | University of Arkansas Libraries |
Series Title | A Calm Voice in a Strident World: Senator J.W. Fulbright Speaks |
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