1956 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1956.

[edit] Journalism Awards

Public Service:
- Watsonville Register-Pajaronian for courageous exposure of corruption in public office, which led to the resignation of a district attorney and the conviction of one of his associates.
Local Reporting, Edition Time:
- Lee Hills of the Detroit Free Press for his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the United Auto Workers' negotiations with Ford and General Motors for a guaranteed annual wage.
Local Reporting, No Edition Time:
- Arthur Daley of The New York Times, for his outstanding coverage and commentary on the world of sports in his daily column, Sports of the Times.
National Reporting:
- Charles L. Bartlett of the Chattanooga Times, for his original disclosures that led to the resignation of Harold E. Talbott as Secretary of the Air Force.
International Reporting:
- William Randolph Hearst, Jr., J. Kingsbury-Smith and Frank Conniff of International News Service, for a series of exclusive interviews with the leaders of the Soviet Union.
Editorial Writing:
- Lauren K. Soth of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, for the editorial inviting a farm delegation from the Soviet Union to visit Iowa, which led directly to the Russian farm visit to the U.S.
Editorial Cartooning:
- Robert York of The Louisville Times, for his cartoon, Achilles showing a bulging figure of American prosperity tapering to a weak heel labeled Farm Prices.
Photography:
- Staff of the New York Daily News, for its consistently excellent news picture coverage in 1955, an outstanding example of which is its photo, Bomber Crashes in Street.