Tell The People No 19: Edward R. Murrow interview

Tell The People No 19: Edward R. Murrow interview; ENGLAND: London: INT Edward R. Murrow (American broadcast journalist) interview SOT, cutaways to Robin Day RD: I remember how in the states you used to end your radio news cast everyday with a proverb or a quotation which you call "a word for today" - do you have a word for us today? EM: Well I have one that I've never had the courage to use in the states Robin, because you were referring earlier to my prejudices / this is a letter that came in to the President of my company near the end of the war - written with great vigour and much underlining / And it said "dear sir I am not one of the many who believe that your Chief European correspondent Edward R Murrow accepts money from the British - I think it is much worse I think he likes them!" / And I had to write back and say "Dear Madame, you are right on both counts" both laugh SOT