Good morning. On behalf of Shirley and the rest of the Wershba family here today, thank you all for being here. And to everyone from CBS News, we have gathered to honor one of the most important people in our organization, and one of the finest men ever to walk our halls, Joe Wershba. Joe had many talents, but above all, he was a true writer. He was a master of understatement, something that became part of the CBS style. Still, when it comes to his contribution, there is no way to overstate it. Joe was one of the founding fathers of CBS News and one of the original producers of 60 Minutes. Everyone in our organization should know what Joe and Shirley did with Murrow and the team that stood up to McCarthy. Without their courage, this country might have taken a very different path. They put themselves on the line to report the truth. They did not hold back, even when the odds were against them, including pressure from the forces we know can sometimes be the strongest of all, the ones ins...
