U.S. News
Celebrating 75 Years of U.S. News
May 6, 2008, at 12:00 a.m.
Celebrating 75 Years of U.S. News
Newsmakers: In Their Own Words
The best first drafts of history are often those written by the newsmakers themselves, in their own unfiltered words. From the pages of past issues of U.S. News, here are 20 interviews with presidents, world leaders, artists, and other opinion leaders.
1930s
MAY 13-20, 1933. The United States News first appeared as a weekly publication in May 1933. The broadsheet noted its mission as "A Record of Every Day's Activity of the Government of the United States" and examined President Franklin D. Roosevelt's $3.3 billion public-works program. "Restoration of purchasing power … will prove such an irresistible stimulus to business that manufacturers will be forced to step up their production to meet the demand."
AUGUST 13, 1934. Beginning in February 1934, The United States News inaugurated early version of what would become a trademark item for the publication: the Pictogram. Illustrating the top story in this issue from August, the paper outlined a long list of policy items awaiting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's attention after returning from vacation.
JULY 22, 1935. The United States News discussed the booming soft drink and fruit juice industry in a post-Prohibition market. "Marked improvements in the methods of preservation and distribution of fruit juices, however, are believed to have been responsible for most of the increases in sales of these products."
JUNE 15, 1936. Attempting to explain a massive bonus authorized by Congress for World War I veterans, The United States News demonstrated that "two billion dollars laid side by side would reach twice around the world." A modest redesign introduced a more modern nameplate set in a sans-serif type.
JUNE 14, 1937. The United States News reported the Norris-Rankin Conservation Authorities bill, a massive water- and power-management proposal. "The bill, if adopted in the present form, blankets the country with seven regional planning authorities – seven 'TVA's."
DECEMBER 27, 1938. The United States News looked back on the events of 1938 and offered reasons for "Thankfullness." "This has been a year of bountiful harvests, assuring plenty. Banks hold twenty-three and three-quarter billions of dollars in savings deposits. And a special reason for cheer and thankfulness is the fact that the nation's health has never been so good."
JANUARY 16, 1939. The United States News reported on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's efforts to shape the nation's defense forces. "The President's message to Congress on national defense urges the Army and Navy be given funds enough so that their present combined force of 4300 planes may be swelled to more than 8500 planes. Such a flying armada, the President says, would be the bare minimum necessary to protect the American mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone."
1940s
1950s
MARCH 17, 1950. Just months prior to North Korea's invasion of South Korea, U.S. News & World Report outlined how the defense costs are shared within NATO. The magazine stated that "Military costs in United States are almost three times as heavy as in all West Europe combined."
DECEMBER 28, 1951. U.S. News & World Report wrote about the amount of money to be spent on arms in the years ahead. " … at least 139 billion dollars more will be spent for arms than has been spent since the program of rearmament began … .That is big money by any standard."
DECEMBER 26, 1952. U.S. News & World Report answered the question, What Is McCarthyism? "To some it's the fight for America. To others it's character assassination. Whoever is right, it packs a potent political punch that cannot be brushed aside."
AUGUST 14, 1953. U.S. News & World Report explained how food could help the United States win the Cold War. "In East Berlin, a tiny point of contact between the Communist world and the non-Communist world, when the surpluses of America were introduced to the hunger of the Communist Empire, the results proved sensational. Here, for the first time, the non-Communist side gained the offensive in the Cold War without half trying."
"MARCH 26, 1954. U.S. News & World Report described economic depression in the Communist empire. "People throughout the Communist Empire are ill-nourished, ill-clad, ill-housed. In the satellites, they are obviously restless. Prosperity is not to be found anywhere within the Communist realm."
MAY 20, 1955. U.S. News & World Report released the longest interview ever granted by the head of the Spanish government, General Franco. The interview was given with USN&WR Editor David Lawrence. Franco did not wish to review the transcript of the interview, as was customarily done. "I think I have said just what I wished to say and, because you are an honorable man, I know you will present accurately what I have said."(Credit: Black Star)"
OCTOBER 12, 1956. U.S. News & World Report questioned why the stock market was shaky in a time of booming business. "At the moment, they (investors) see the Federal Reserve Board trying to slow down the boom, they wonder about the outcome of the election in November, and they are concerned about unsettled conditions in the world."
AUGUST 2, 1957. U.S. News & World Report wrote about a campaign to make Americans more physically fit. "After hearing the report comparing American youths to those of Europe, President Eisenhower told those present that he was 'shocked.' Now he is putting his personal influence and the power of the White House behind a move to find out what is wrong with American youth and what needs to be done to correct it."
JANUARY 17, 1958. U.S. News & World Report interviewed top space scientists on the possible gains of going to the moon. "Man, on the moon, will unlock a storehouse of scientific knowledge … .A manned satellite, circling the Earth, can come in five years … .Military value of conquering the moon cannot be measured yet."
MARCH 23, 1959. U.S. News & World Report studied how American trends are seen all over the world. "Regional editors for U.S. News & World Report, stationed abroad, now find that American ways of buying and selling, American habits in eating and dressing are being widely accepted and imitated. The same is not true of Soviet manners and customs."
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
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