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*Dr. Littl« ... pointed out th« iaportanca to th« public 

 of receiving a balanced presentation of all the facts and 

 underscored the need for editorial responsibility in 

 handling stories that rouse unwarranted fears." (p. i) 



The next day, on July 18, Dr. Little net with OeWitt 

 Wallace, the editor of Reader's Digest. At this meeting: 



"Dr. Little stressed the importance of the public not 

 being stampeded into undue fears and the great 

 responsibility held by major publications to keep the 

 public adequately informed so that they would not tend to 

 over-simplify the problem and expect a "push-button 

 answer" to problems so complex as cancer and heart 

 disease." (p. 2) 



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