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No. 4 -- 1 303 •~o rth w ast e rn Univ ersity L ibr ary THE WORKS PROGRAM -- Works Progre ss Admi nistration For Immediate Rel ease , Sa tur d3y, Sep temoer 5, 19 36 Fargo Forum Withdraws Faked Picture Charge. On August 27, the Fargo, N. D., Forum frontpaged, in a spe cial edition, a photograph of cattle gr a zing on the State Capitol grounds at Bismarck , N.D., t ake n by a Work s Pro gre ss Administra tion photo gr apher, and distributed through WPA headquart ers in Wa shingto n , with t he charge t hat the p icture wa s f ake d. On Sep t ember 2 , under the cap tion 11 It Is An Hone st Picture , 11 the Forum r e- produce s the Sta t e C~p itol gr a zing picture , and says: "The picture of the s e cows was not, a s the Fargo Forum b eli eve d and sa id whe n it fir s t branded t his shot as a f ake d p icture of the drought, superimpo se d on a p ictur e of the C~pi tol it se lf. 11 It is an ho ne s t p ictur e , 11 - - - - 0 - - - - Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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