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They acted as though they had a right and as though it mattered that they should know what was happening before it happened, what was being thought of before it was determined, and their right was to cross-example high officers of government about matters which haven't even happened or been decided. They established that as a right in their own minds.

They never thought they had a right to interview the President before Roosevelt, never even thought of it before that time. The people like Oulihan and Frank Simonds had occasionally in times past - very occasionally - had an opportunity to have a prearranged interview with the President alone. When I say prearranged, the general subject matter and the general questions to be asked were submitted in advance. The President practically made a statement to them and they asked no impertinent questions.

That's the way it always used to work and that's the way it ought to work now. The press has no right to pick the mind of a high public officer and to pick the mind of a Congressman. Congressman are altogether too ready to blow their tops and to say things. They are always giving off something or other. Well, that's their own lookout, but I don't think the press has a right to stand him up in a corner and force into a position where he either looks silly for not answering, or is put down as a gruff,