For the best editorial article written during the year, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the writer’s editorial work during the year, $500.
St. Louis Globe Democrat , by Louis LaCoss
For his editorial entitled, "The Low Estate of Public Morals."
The Jury
The Jury
George A. Benson
W.C. Stouffer
Winners in Editorial Writing
William Harry Fitzpatrick
For his series of editorials analyzing and clarifying a very important constitutional issue, which is described by the general heading of the series, "Government by Treaty."
Carl M. Saunders
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Herbert Elliston
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
Virginius Dabney
For distinguished editorial writing during the year.
1952 Prize Winners
Max Kase
For his exclusive exposures of bribery and other forms of corruption in the popular American sport of basketball, which exposures tended to restore confidence in the game's integrity.
No author named
For the news coverage of the great regional flood of 1951 in Kansas and Northwestern Missouri-a distinguished example of editing and reporting that also gave the advance information that achieved the maximum of public protection.