This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National 1942: Louis Stark of The New York Times for his distinguished reporting of important labor stories during the year. 1943: No award given 1944: Dewey L. Fleming of The Baltimore Sun For his distinguished reporting during the year 1943. 1945: James Reston of The New York Times for his news dispatches and interpretive articles on the Dumbarton Oaks security conference. 1946: Edward A. Harris of St. Louis Post-Dispatch for his articles on the Tidewater Oil situation which contributed to the nationwide opposition to the appointment and confirmation of Edwin W. Pauley as Undersecretary of the Navy. 1947: Edward T. Folliard of The Washington Post for his series of articles published during 1946 on the Columbians, Inc. List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting 1948: Bert Andrews, New York Herald Tribune, "for his articles on 'A State Department Security Case' published in I947." 1948: Nat S. Finney, Minneapolis Tribune, "for his stories on the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the ordinary affairs of federal civilian agencies in peacetime." 1949: C. P. Trussell, New York Times, "for consistent excellence covering the national scene from Washington." 1950: Edwin O. Guthman, The Seattle Times, "for his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor Melvin Rader, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school." 1951: no award made 1952: Anthony Leviero, New York Times, "for his exclusive article of April 21, 1951, disclosing the record of conversations between President Truman and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island in their conference of October 1950." 1953: Don Whitehead, Associated Press, "for his article called 'The Great Deception', dealing with the intricate arrangements by which the safety of President-elect Eisenhower was guarded en route from Morningside Heights in New York to Korea." 1954: Richard Wilson, the Des Moines Register, "for his exclusive publication of the FBI Report to the White House in the Harry Dexter White case before it was laid before the Senate by J. Edgar Hoover." 1955: Anthony Lewis of Washington Daily News, "for publishing a series of articles which were adjudged directly responsible