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Show 21 DESERET NEWS, Monday, June 12, 1972 Propaganda: 'Cold War c- - 1- - Relic ' IV Weapon Of Truth? or 1- -. Bv PETER BENCHLEY Newsweek Feature Set weed cr to r. Every year. American taxpayers jpend more than 8200 million for a prod- -' a product they seldom, if ever see uct whose effects are impossible to assess accurately and a product ovet which they have virtually no control. The product is propaganda official If e e h States propaganda beamed through several media to scores of countries around the globe, enunciating the American hue. dnectly and indirectly. subtly and openly, on every lskup Imted Jr ie ie iU If imaginable. Ostensibly, the U.S. propaganda arm operates to tell America's story abroad, and in simpler times that was a modest enough and logical enough goal. But nowadays with the country in turmoil and consensus on anything almost nonexistent. criticism of the propaganda machine is mounting. Some critics disagree with what the I'.S. is saying about itself abroad: others want to diffuse the responsibility for conveying that message: and still others believe that in an era of growing detente ith the Communist countries, propa- in e r. u I ,t na in the words of ganda programs are -Sen. J. William Fulbrlght cold war relies" that should be discontinued alto- P r gether. In recent months, the primary target cf the critics has been the United States Information Agency, which employs S.S77 people and operates, among other things, a film division, hundreds of libraries around the world, the Voice of America and a magazine called America Illustated." (I I .Earlier this spring, the Senate ForRelations Committee, of which eign Fulhright is chairman, voted to cut President Nixon's budget request for the ISIA from $200 million to S154 million a slash that would have meant the firing cf more than 2.000 persons and the effective emasculation of the Voice of America. The vote was meant as a slap at the President, who had refused to let I'SIA I g rJ director & r Frank Shakespeare proride the committee with certain documents the agency's future plans. It was a show of Congressional pique at the President's adamant and ongoing refusal to give the Senate a greater voice in duna that it was withdrawn aftei a iev public showings abroad. But when USIA films steer relatively dear of politics, they can be first-ratdocumentaries about life m America. "An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer.'' for example, is a lovely, grace-tu- l and moving film about the late Nobel decisions. The money was later restored to the I'SIA budget by a ' ote of the full Senate. but the battle over the uses and abuses of propaganda shows no signs ef abating. In Apnt, for instance, conservative Sen. James Buckley of New York broadcast a I'SIA film on Russia's 1968 inva-o- f Czechoslovakia on a television show theoretically in defiance of a law that prohibits the I'SIA from allowing its goods to be shown to the domestic market. Supporters of the broadcast claimed that the film, called simply "Czechoslovakia: 1968." was certainly worthy. After all i! had won an Academy Award. Furthermore, they said. Amen- - Sail lofce City, Utah g novelist. And some of the other I'SIA efforts are equally honest and professional. "America Illustrated" is studiously uneontroversial largely because if it weren't. Poland and thr Soviet Union, the countries that accept the magazine as part of a cultural-exchang- e program, most probably wouldn't allow it to be distributed. USIA exhibits, especially the ones that feature U.S. consumer goods, are universally popular. And the music programs on the Voice of America are not only well received but are often as good as. if not hettpr than, the radio fare to Americans at home. The VOA is one of three radio outlets Frank Shakespeare directs far-fluUnited States Information Agency's efforts that broadcast in 33 languages for 1.409 to tell world about America. hours every week. (Soviet radio propagandists, by contrast, push their mettage around the world in 84 languages for On a worldwide scale, the U.S. ganda. of course, is to win friends for to have adopted a less aggresthe U.S. How well it is succeeding vanes 1,900 hours a week.) It beams a steady attitude in its sive. less paternalist from country to country, and the overall diet of music, news, analysis and comto the it is indistinct is is trying to imwhile it and people approach picture generally mentary, it carries nowhere near the No propaganda eftort can overcome press. Ideological platitudes have given Amencan policy decisions regarded as wav to basic collaboration and communiweight of the overseas service of the cation. hostile by a foreign country. Even since British Br'oadcstmg Corp. the ISIA lias More importantly, the war last winter, for The two other radio organizations to a realistic shown a USIA stance from the U.S.'s the willingness paint operating separately example, are Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberhas made the job of USIA officials in portrait of several of America's less India an exercise in futility. sightly blemishes. Foreign editors and ty. which broadcast news of the Soviet-blo- c And since the abiupt change in U.S. countries to the citizens of those government officials are given fully paid relations with mainland China, the peocountries. "If we hear anything about trips to the U.S. and spared none of the events in this country." Russian novelist ple on Taiwan have been less than regrimmer aspects of American life. And in many countries. USIA officials .Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said in Moscow ceptive to U.S. propaganda. are conducting seminars on how to avoid But in most of the world's less exploin April, "it's through Radio Liberty." the repetition of America's mistakes, Until last year, the I'.S. government sive spots, the L'SIA is usually well tried to maintain the fiction that Radio teaching courses in traffic management regarded, if lor nothing but its objectivitand ofiering reams of information on Free Europe and Radio Libery were fiyvarious forms of pollution. "The Americans generally push their nanced solely by private contributions, The propagandists apparently believe own line but they always tell the truth." while in fact they were bankrolled by in a new approach: that sharing our the Central Intelligence Agency. Now says the editor of an Ethiopian paper. and the lessons we have "The Russians are both programs are surviving liars. And mistakes barely learned from them can be as valuable on stopgap Congressional binding. they pay to get items m our press, someas boasting about our successes. The basic purpose of all this propa- thing an American would never do." "The Americans generally push their own line, but they always tell the . seem.--recentl- truth " says an Ethiopian editor. "The Russians are liars." inof-lensi- out-and-o- ut cans should be permitted to see what they're paying all that money for. Critics claimed that the film was simplistic, occasionally misrepresentational and larded with gratuitous bias. And. they insisted. the lS. public should not be subjected to administration propaganda presented as fact - on issues that are complex and controversial. heavy-hande- anti-Sovi- The Czechoslovakia You may write fo Do II Man, Box 1257 Prie-winnin- .n 4 SVBAPsl e foreign-polic- y . DO-I- T film is only one that has raised the hackles of politicians who complain that the administration is using taxpayers' money to stump lor its own programs abroad. Another was "Vietnam: Vietnam!." a $230,009 venture produced and directed d in by John Ford that was so its defense of the I.S. effort in Indo- one-side- n r i r By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor lr e ' MUSICAL WHIRL - The Utah SUMMER SOUNDS annual Music Teachers Association's state convention will feature, in addition to internationally acclaimed pianist Ruth Slenczynska. several of Utah's e i j r s -- f ) most prominent i teachers and t per- formers. Such as? Such as: Kathryn Kienke. violinist, who has earned a Miss Slencynska couple of degrees irom Juilliard. and who has studied with as many celebrated master violinists as any Utan violinist in our history. Kathrvn is returning from New York and will conduct the string session. June 27. trom p.m. m the piano studio. Dr. Robert Cundick. Tabernacle organist will conduct the organist session in the Tabernacle June 23 irom 3:30 to 5 i "Fairy tales I Fairy tales! Why can't you forget you're politician and tell it like it is." r a i i By ALAN DEAN Copley News Service A plan BUCHAREST. ROMANIA . by European Common Market members to seat their commission at the proposed European security conference irks Hie . Romanians, who fear it w ill lead to a demand for representation of . Soviet ; .Comecon. the. Warsaw Pact's economic v - - .atm. ' Such 1 a move by Moscow would give c the conference the character officials here want to avoid. bloc-tc-blo- One of the basic reasons for Romanian support for a European security conference, say informed Bucharest sources, has been to bring about a forum in which each participating state could air its own views. Bloc representation by Comecon, it is feared, would stifle dissent by East European conferees and aid Russia in pressuring its satellites into a Joint negotiating position reflecting solely Moscow Interests. Diplomatic sources here believe the Romanians had intended to use the con- to attack the Brezhnev Doctrine of "limited sovereignty for Socialist States." This was the doctrine used by Moscow to justify the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia m 1968. Since then, the Romanians have considered themselves under the threat of a similar ference as a platform Soviet-le- f J clampdown. that the Russians intend to Signs demand a Ccmecon seat at any Europe- an security conterence were evident in an article in the Moscow daily. Pravda. recently. The official Soviet daily stated that recognition of Comecon bv Euro-$- , .mart is a precondition of normal rela-f- 1 tions between the two economic blocs. d by Ulysses Kay: and Schumann's "Symphonic Etudes." Opus 13. - APPOGGIATt'RAS Onward and upward with the arts. In this week's listing of the top 200 selling albums. No. 199 is the Bonzo Dog Band playing "Let's Make Up & Be Friendly." and No. 200 is the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conduct-- ! by Zubin Mehta, in a performance of Holst's "The Planets" . . . Los Angeles will be host for educators and patrons of the arts for the national toward Euro-mais currently being mapped out in Eastern Europe under Soviet direction. The result will naturally mean a more centralized and integrated Warsaw Pact economy. This gives rise to a second Romanian apprehension that even closer integration of Comecon would impede the country's chances of , broadening bilateral trading links with the West, and obstruct Romania's own economic interests. Bucharest's economic policy toward the West over recent years has brought considerable dlvidens to Romania in terms of both trade and cooperation between the state and private Western inA joint Comecon policy rt dustries. p.m. Dr. Newell Weight, chairman of the music department at the University of Utah and one of the state's finest choral conductors, will direct the 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. session for voice teachers June 29 in Hie piano studio. Mrs. Beulah Ford will lead a discussion on the UMTA "new student achievement program." from 1 to 2:30 p.m. June 28. The convention will begin its activities June 25 and conclude June 30. The annual convention banquet will be held June 28 in the Deseret Inn from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Miss Slenczynska's recital will open the convention June 23 in the Art & .Architecture Center Auditorium, at 8:15 p.m. Her program will include: "Prelude dance.-painting- and drama By GEORGE C. THOSTESOX. M.D. Dear Dr. Thosleson: I suffered a heart attack a year and a half ago. was in the hospital under oxygen for a week, and on complete bed rest at home for six weeks. Recently ny left arm has been aching a lot. and the arm and hand appear swollen. Now my doctor says I had a myocardial infarction, and that the swelling is the same syndrome which very often accompanies this. Will you explain just what a myrfear-dia- l infarction is. and what is this synMrs. T.L. drome he is talking about? teries) and a portion of the heart muscle was deprived of its blood supply. "Myocardial" refers to the heart muscle. "Infarction" means that part of the muscle was damaged. A "syndrome" is a pattern of sympin this case the aching of your toms arm. You doubtless have what is com-- , monly referred to as the "sbou'der-arsyndrome." which is not unusual following a heart attack, although it isn't something that necessarily happens. It apparently is a nerve reflex problem. The damage to the heart muscle is reflected as discomfort in tha left shoulder and arm. A myocardial infarction is a heart Often simple aspirin helps this. That, attack, just a different term for the' same thing. A brpnch of the artery serv- of course, has nothing to do with such ing the heart muscle became plugged other medication as the doctor pres(usually due to hardening of the ar cribes for your heart. Solon, Shipping Firms Trade Favors By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON For years. Rep. has held the purse John Rooney. strings of four federal departments with the tight clutch of - a miser. The highest oi the State. Justice and Commerce Departments must go through Rooney's potentates- w ringer before they can get any funds out of Con- gress. Even Supreme Court justices must step down irom their lofty perches and come before Rooney's House appropriations sub- - WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUN- . " or1 . committee, hat in hand. But the crusty old curmudgeon miraculously is transformed into old Saint Nick himself when the special pleaders seek his favors. He has been a jolly benciactor. for example, of the shipping interests. Rarely has he heid back a dime from the maritime subside program which keeps the shipping companies afloat. In election years, the shippers pay him back, in kind, with financial assistance. For instance, his Washington campaign treasurer this year is Nicholas ior the Pasco, a lobbyist Lines, which received S14 D i million in federal subsidies last year. It has become an election-yea- r ritual for the shipping companies to pass the hat for Rooney. It's too early to trace down all the contributions, but we've located a S230 donation already from Spyros S. Skouras. chairman of Prudential Giace Lines. This company last year collected $40.3 million in federal subsidies. In the past, the shippers' enthusiasm for Rooney has landed them in trouble. The Pacific Far East Lines and Ameri can President Lines have been convicted of making illegal contributions te him irom the:r corporate tills. Other Complaints Just before decoration day I was out on the road going to Mercury, the old ghost town. There is a cemetery up on the hill and I found that the grav es had recently been dug into and there was a coffin showing in one. six feet down. They had just been opened the last little while. I think this is horrible. 1 think something should be done. Dont you? C.H., Salt Lake City. Absolutely. And it's being done. We had the sheriff of Tooele County take a look and he reported that seven graves had been excavated. Arrangements have been made with the Tooele County Road Dept, to properly cover them and restore some semblance of order. Since it is a violation of the law to disturb graves, a patrol car will now check the cemetery and surrounding area cn a regular basis. ACTION REACTION sent an order to Anthony Enterprises, San Francisco, last August. I waited unto November and then wrote them about it. When I didn't hear, I wrote to yon. 1 had just about given up hope that you could dir anything, when I received the order, but with no explanation of the delay. If you are responsible ior this, Ill thank you kindly. If you are not. I'll thank you anyway for all the good you have done for others. Mrs. L.A., Auro1 ra. Firm Changes Mind 1 ordered some rings from the Merlite Industries, Inc., company In N.Y., to sell in this area. When hey arrived I realized they werent what would sell so I scut them hack. They had a money-bacguarantee that if returned in . 30 days theyd refund the money. Then I got a letter saying they wouldnt give me my $27730 because it was my second order and the guarantee applied only to a first order. Cun you help? G.M., Salt Lake City. We wrote to them and emphasized the first order bit. They ignored our inquiry. but we now hear from you that they have sent you a check for $27.50. . . . Tomm Rudd. leading male dancer of Ballet West, will be one of 10 choreographers whose works will be produced by the San Francisco Ballet this summer. A company of 30 dancers will feature the new works as the S.F. Ballet takes up its 1972 summer residency at California State University. San Francisco, beginning July 10. The residency will include a college credit course in ballet appreciation. and open rehearsals for students and the public. Why Should Arm Swell So Long After Attack? 4 Romania Uneasy In Red Embrace convention of the American Council for the Arts in Education (ACAE) June The conference will be titled. "Community Arts and Community Survival." The ACAE is a federation of 22 , rational organizations in music, sculpture, architecture, film 19-2- No. S" by Frank Martin: Haydn's "Sonata in A Flat" (Hob. XVI43): Chopin's "Scherzo B Minor": "Four Inventions" Firm's Reply Hints k Top Talent For Music Meet $ $ But the fines were nothing compared to the whopping subsidies that the two companies squeezed out of the taxpayers. Pacific Far East got $11 million: American President made off with $33 million. 'Second Refund Sent Last February I wrote to you to explain a problem with an order I placed with Packard Shirt Corp., Terre Haute, Ind. I placed this order on Oct. 1, 1971 and it still has not been completed. To date I have received two shirts and approximately five apologies for delays. Not one reason has been given for not receiving my complete order. Have you received any reply from them? D.E., L1L, St. Anthony, Idaho. They didnt reply to our first letter, so we queried them again and they wrote and apologized for the confusion and said you had been issued a refund check for $32.87 for four shirts and one tie. but that if you had not received it to let them know. We did just that and have now been told "To avoid any further I am sending him delay or confusion a refund check for $32.37." We hope you get it this time. ... No Answer At First March 13 I sent $6 to Fosdlck in Meriden, Conn., for two condiCorp., ment sets. I have not received them. B.S.C., Salt Lake City. On They wrote a reply in longhand on our letter saying. "We're in correspondence with this customer." Since this was no answer at all. we contacted you and found out that you had received the sets. Valuable Information . Want some valuable information on home, garden or household? Simple. The Utah State University Extension sometimes better known as Service the County Agents Office, and one of f is Mans most helpful agencies now oftering same. Do-I- They have recently set up an answering By calling this phone service: number, you can get a different message on a different problem every day concerning home, garden or household. You can call at any hour, day or night. One of the informative messages last week was on the Box Elder worm, which has been plaguing Salt Lake residents. The schedule for messages is: garden information, Monday. Wednesday. Friday, Saturday and Sun-- , day; household hints. Tuesday, and ;best food buys' and other consumer information. Thursdays. leaf-roll- raised the Commerce Departments requested appropriation for American. President by 87 million. He said he thought the company Rooney helpfully npeded it. Footnote: Rooneys subcommittee has such povv dr over the government departments that he was able to save Charles Knger from losing his job in tne Small Business Administration. Krieer's wile. Henrietta, subsequently donated 8300 to Rooneys campaign $230 m 1972. in IS7C and another Note: Were sorry me rsamber cf eotfs ond (Editor vok'inn of mail make it Impossible to answer every question. Please, no medical or lead questions. Dont send stomps or selfadtfres$eJ envelopes as answers con only oe qiven in fou column. Only questions of qenerqf Interest will be oi.swered. Give veur ofc dress and telephone number not for ?ublicaiot cot to help Do-Mon help you.) foe 1 d 84.1 10 |