Dorothy Thompson

On Monday afternoon, the 20th of this month, the American Information Office held a press conference and a cocktail party for the Lebanese press in honor of Dorothy Thompson, the well-known American journalist and writer, who is at present visiting the Arab countries to study the condition of the refugees and to correspond for the American newspapers and magazines on the affairs of this Arab East. She has been sent for this purpose by the International Relief Committee.

Dorothy Thompson is visiting the Arab lands for the second time, having paid her first visit in 1945. She has a 'column' carried by dozens of the great newspapers in America, besides her abundant articles, which reach millions of readers. She is considered one of the most successful journalists in America, and her writings have an influence in the directing of public opinion.