The Prime Minister has congratulated the Institute of Journalists on the Jubilee anniversary of its incorporation by Royal Charter which occurred recently, "During the last 50 years," writes Mr. Chamberlain, "the Institute has played an important part in promoting the interests of journalists and journalism."
The President of the Institute, Mr. Philip Verstone, in an interview said that the past half-century's history of the Institute was full of efforts to enable the journalist to give the public the service it must have from a newspaper and to ensure that the journalist, in so doing, receives similar respect.
"It is not difficult to see," he continued, "from the principles laid down 50 years ago, that the members of the Institute had every opportunity to improve their status and their conditions of employment. Of that they made excellent use.
"There is no Government Department which now feels it can serve the country without the assistance of the Press, and one of the remarkable features is the very careful selection which has been made for the right Press officer for the Press Department attached to each Ministry.
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