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High spot of the convention, however, was Saturday's meeting with Russian journalists, Ilya Ehrenburg and Konstantin Simonov, currently touring the United States as a sort of two-man information team. The Niemans took advantage of their trade: what started as an after-dinner speech turned gradually into a mass press conference...
...visit of two of Russia's outstanding journalists, Ilya Ehrenburg and Konstantin Simonov, will highlight today the first reunion of newspapermen who have held or now hold Nieman Fellowships at the University. A series of programs for the Fellows extends from yesterday afternoon through tomorrow...
...Ehrenburg and Simonov will meet President Conant this morning and will be great speakers at a Faculty Club luncheon. At a mass breakfast tomorrow the Fellows will make plans for the foundation of a permanent Nieman Fellows' club...
Just Supposing. Robert Glass, son of Virginia's Senator Carter Glass and editor of the Lynchburg News, tossed them a tough one: would any Russian newsman have the right to write an article demanding Stalin's removal? Ehrenburg coolly sidestepped, punctuating his reply with quick gestures of his small hands: "Categorically no! I must say that different peoples must understand the psychology of other people. . . . Sometimes people are uncertain...
...editors chuckled at this smooth doubletalk. Cracked Chairman Erwin D. ("Spike") Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor: "Newspapermen the world over are very much alike." Ehrenburg shot him a grateful grin, while the interpreter hastened to finish translating Ehrenburg's previous remarks: "We know that when the Germans were on the outskirts of the city, Stalin stayed in Moscow. Stalin is dear to our hearts. . . ." Suggested Canham: would the visitors like to ask a few questions for a change? Gracefully, Ilya Ehrenburg declined...