Westbrook Pegler of the New York World-Telegram
For his articles on scandals in the ranks of organized labor, which led to the exposure and conviction of George Scalise, a labor racketeer.
The Jury
The Jury
J.S. Hamilton
Winners in Reporting
S. Burton Heath of the New York World-Telegram
For his expose of the frauds perpetrated by Federal Judge Martin T. Manton, who resigned and was tried and imprisoned.
Thomas Lunsford Stokes of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
For his series of articles on alleged intimidation of workers for the Works Progress Administration in Pennsylvania and Kentucky during an election. The articles were published in The New York World-Telegram.
Raymond Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For his series of articles, supported by photostats of the essential documents, exposing the one-time membership of Associate Justice Hugo L. Black in the Ku Klux Klan.
John J. O'Neill of the New York Herald Tribune, William L. Laurence of The New York Times, Howard W. Blakeslee of Associated Press, Gobind Behari Lal of the Universal Service and David Dietz of Scripps-Howard
For their coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University.
1941 Prize Winners
No author named
For the public educational value of its foreign news report, exemplified by its scope, by excellence of writing and presentation and supplementary background information, illustration, and interpretation.
Group Award
In place of an individual Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Advisory Board that a bronze plaque or scroll be designed and executed to recognize and symbolize the public services and the individual achievements of American news reporters in the war zones of Europe, Asia and Africa from the beginning of the present war.