For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, published in a daily newspaper in the United States, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Des Moines Register & Tribune , by Richard Wilson
For his exclusive publication of the FBI Report to the White House in the Harry Dexter White case before it was laid before the Senate by J. Edgar Hoover.
The Jury
The Jury
George A. Benson
H.D. Paulson
Winners in National Reporting
Don Whitehead
For his article called "The Great Deception," dealing with the intricate arrangements by which the safety of President-elect Eisenhower was guarded enroute from Morningside Heights in New York to Korea.
Anthony Leviero
For his exclusive article of April 21, 1951, disclosing the record of conversations between President Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island in their conference of October, 1950.
Edwin O. Guthman
For his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor Melvin Rader, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school.
1954 Prize Winners
Herbert L. Block (Herblock)
For a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, "You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph."
Don Murray
For a series of editorials on the "New Look" in National Defense which won wide attention for their analysis of changes in American military policy.