Lowell Mellett (1886 - 1960) was a journalist best known for supervising the series Why We Fight during World War 2.
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As editor at the Washington Daily News he clashed with the chain's management over FDR's court-packing plan; immediately upon his resignation in 1937, FDR telephoned him to recruit his services.
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FDR, in appointing Mellet to head the BMP, wrote “The American motion picture is one of the most effective mediums in informing and entertaining our citizens. The motion picture must remain free in so far as national security will permit. I want no censorship of the motion picture.” The BMP's most successful project was Why We Fight.
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