TEXAS NEWSPAPER OPINION: I.

This article focuses on the analysis of editorials on national and international affairs published in ten newspapers in the state of Texas. The ten papers chosen appear to be the dominant metropolitan newspaper influences of Texas. The sample covers editorials published from early September through December 15, 1945, together with some fifty additional editorials published between December 11 and December 31, 1945. One paper, the Dallas Times Herald, showed greatest concern for national and international issues. The Times Herald's greatest interest was community affairs. While the Dallas Morning News and the Houston Post were primarily interested in national and international problems, they also allocated a high number of editorials to local activities. The San Antonio Light had no editorials on local or state matters, 1036 editorials covered the national scene. However, since many of these editorials discussed more than one subject, 1838 topic references were noted. Texas editorials carried 381 references to phases of organized labor and industrial strife. All except the Houston Post published a total of 60 editorials blaming labor, primarily, for the strike epidemic. The Post's editorials, while usually anti-labor, took no position in this regard. Ten papers published 103 editorials urging some form of legislation.