EUGENE MEYER

(Eugene Isaac Meyer)


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Eugene Meyer

This paper does not wish to damage the dignity of the President of the United States.
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A reporter had uncovered the fact the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was having an affair with Lucy Mercer. The publisher explained why the Washington Post would not print the story.

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Eugene Meyer
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Eugene Meyer
  • Born: October 31, 1875
  • Died: July 17, 1959
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Biography

Eugene Isaac Meyer was an American financier, public official, and newspaper publisher. He published The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, and the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. He served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1930 to 1933 and was the first President of the World Bank Group.