Transcript of Hughes' taped interviews with McCormick, 1950

A July 22, 1950 memo from Frank Hughes to managing editor J. Loy ("Pat") Maloney states that after publication of Prejudice and the Press, Colonel McCormick gave Hughes a new assignment, that of writing a biography of McCormick. Hughes brought together material previously assembled by others who had worked on such a project, including Judge Julius Minor, friend and associate of McCormick; Clifford Raymond, Tribune editorial writer; and Alex Small, foreign correspondent. He began his assignment by taping an interview with the publisher in August, 1950. It appears, however, that as Hughes became more and more involved in his investigative reporting, the project fell by the wayside. A typescript of his taped interview with Colonel McCormick is included in this material, though the tape itself is missing. His widow advised the Tribune Company Archives that she had no knowledge of its whereabouts.