Newsday (
Garden City, New York), for its expose of New York State's race track scandals and labor racketeering, which led to the extortion indictment, guilty plea and imprisonment of
William C. DeKoning, Sr., New York labor racketeer.
Don Murray of the Boston Herald, for a series of editorials on the New Look in National Defense which won wide attention for their analysis of changes in American military policy.
Herbert L. Block (
Herblock) of The Washington Post & Washington Times-Herald, for a cartoon depicting the robed figure of Death saying to Stalin after he died, You Were Always A Great Friend of Mine, Joseph.
Concerto For Two Pianos and Orchestra by
Quincy Porter (
American Composers Alliance). First performed by the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, March 17, 1954. This was one of the works commissioned under a grant of the
Rockefeller Foundation for new American compositions for orchestra, or soloists and orchestra.