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Show J Page Two FRIDAY, APRIL 1 1, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES $eliind tlie leadlined penetration of the Afro-Asia- n world? In bringing stability to the Middle East? In "selling" the Eisenhower Doctrine? What has it been able to do to counter Russia's own growing trade-ai- d offers at the same time we are threatening to cut both? How can propaganda counter growing Soviet cultural exchanges with which she is penetrating the un-committed areas when we are engaging in greater trade and cultural exchanges ourselves? How is U. S. propoganda blunt-ing Khrushchev's use of the U.S. business recession to argue the stability of Communism? On March 5th, this columnist warned that "U. S. arms aid was being used to kill some of our best allies." The disturbing truth of that is now being seen in In-donesia, Cuba, Tunisia and Al-geria. How can these people, supporting popular revolts, feel close to Washington when we compromise their hopes and our support of democracy with op-pressors on whom we are forced to depend as our best allies? Did U. S. propaganda or policy do anything to encourage the Hun-garian people ever to attempt to revolt against Moscow again? There is much that a thoua- - ful, bold, wel-advise- d, consist propaganda program can do and must do if we are to win the cold war for men's minds. Spe-cific means are not so easy as it sounds and yet, not so difficult either. All that's needed is the same all-o- ut effort that is en-abling us to overcome the Soviet space missiles lead. And an over-hauling of U.S. propaganda poli-cies, as well as many of our poli-cies affecting propoganda, is now admittedly overdue. IL President Eisenhower said in answer to a question at his last news conference before spend-ing Easter at his Gettysburg farm, that something should be done about overhauling, coordi-nating and strengthening this country's propaganda program. But so far, the administration hasn't been able to announce any thing earth shaking on that. However, it's an open secret in Washington that Congress, the White House, State Department and other interested parties are thoroughly the U. S. propaganda policies and that a shake up is in the works by the time George Allen, Director of the United States Information Agency, appears before Congress to request a substantial increase in propaganda appropriations. Like a disturbing radioactive cloud, deep-seate- d criticism of this country's propaganda poli-cies has been gathering in Wash-ington and throughout the Free World. Secretary of State Dulles only served to confuse our propa-ganda aims at a recent news conference. He did state for the record that the President rejected a "too phony" an offer similar to the Russian's bombshell proposal to suspend, not end, the atomic tests. But the explanation met a cool reception. That the Russian offer may be as phony as the proverbial three dollar bill, being insincerely made after Moscow completed its own A tests and before we begin ours, is not the point. What is, is that Moscow has been able to make admitted, tremendous pro-paganda capital, especially in the pivotal uncommitted areas of the world, by posing as an apostle of peace. The fact that has really dis-turbed more than a dozen key U. S. Senators and half the U. S. House of Representatives, is that Khruschev's propaganda in proposing a suspension of atomic tests is only incidental to criti-cism of our overall propaganda policies. For it is a fact that Moscow has been able, repeat-edly, to embarrass the West as often in a whole host of other instances, as it is now doing to us on the issue of atomic tests. Russia is certainly playing on the world's fear of the bombs by rattling it to her cold war .ad-vantage and to our discomfort. But what is most disturbing is a recollection of a continuing series of recent propaganda de-feats. Recent U. S. space achieve-ments have not nearly been put up as much as the Russian Sput-niks. Most Afro-Asia- ns who now know about the Sputniks, do not even know about the artificial U. S. moons. Has U. S. propaganda been any more successful in countering the continual Russian calls for a "meeting at the summit?" Are we having any more luck in countering Russia's play on the fear of a rearmed, reunified Ger-many to stall the build up of the West Germans in NATO? At the same time, hasn't Russia been enormously successful in stirring up discontent in Ade-nauer's regime by offering Ger-man reunification on Moscow's terms? Was U.S. propoganda any bet-ter able to counter the manner in which Moscow twisted the Hungarian rebellion and even the Korean war and phony Red Chinese "germ warfare" charge to her own advantage? How successful has U. S. pro-paganda been in countering Red M; . conduct- - Irtrix. 11 i 01 Utah Education TV Launches Heart Series What causes the heart to beat for a lifetime? How basic research seeks to solve this mystery which has fas-cinated medical science for ages was described this week on the first program in a unique new education television series "De-cision for Research." The series will be telecast on Station KUED, Channel 7 at 9:30 p.m., Mondays, the Heart Association announced. The series, first of its kind, will consist of 13 weekly half hour programs designed to help in-terest young people in research as an answer to the present lack of scientific manpower. The programs are being presented by NBC-T-V and the American Heart Association and its affiliates in cooperation with the Educational Television and Radio Center. Partially assisted by a grant from E. R. Squibb and Sons, a division of the 01inf Mathieson Chemical Corporation, the series will acquaint high school and col-lege students with the nature of research as actually conducted by leading cardiovascular inves-tigators in their laboratories. The initial program in this series, entitled "The Mysterious Pulse," took viewers into the laboratories of Dr. Charles Koss-ma- n, an authority in the field of the heart's electricity. Dr. Kossman, associate profes-sor of medicine of the New York University College of Medicine, holds a grant in aid from the American Heart Association for research into the electrical as-pects of the heart muscle at the cell level. Arthur M. Newlee, chief avia-tion electronics technician, USN. son of Mrs. Grace L. Newlee of 1477 So. 15th East, completed a correspondence course in auto ; mechanics recently through the Armed Forces Institute at Madi-- ! son. He is now serving at the j Naval Air Station, Hutchinson, Kansas. ' mk' code ; lElRQS EiSht Yean Rich Sociably Mild. Here's a whiskey so mild and No-- 245 agreeable, sipping is a pleasure a whiskey so luxurious, it compares a only with the finest of champagne. You may have tasted bourbon in Code j your time you've never tasted bourbon like this. Enjoy it tonight! No. 246 g Pint '! ftfijRBrjNs Melrose Straight Bourbon Whiskey 8 Years Old. 80 Proof. Melrose Distillers Co.. N. Y. Foundation Says Utah Prepared For Unemployment 0 "Utah's unemployment system appears to be in good shape to meet the increased de-mands made upon it during the present recessionary period," ac-cording to a study just completed by Utah Foundation, the private governmental research organiza-tion. The balance in the Utah un-employment reserve fund, which amounted to $40 million on De-cember 31, 1957, was equal to' 8.9 per cent of the total wages a subject to the Utah unemploy-ment tax during the 1957 fiscal year. For the United States as a whole, the year end reserve bal-ances averaged 7.6 per cent of fiscal 1957 taxable wages. Utah's unemployment system more than "paid its own way" during 1957. Unemployment benefits disbursed last year to-taled approximately $5.0 mil-lion. Taxes collected from Utah employers were equal to nearly $5.9 million. In addition, the balance in the unemployment re-serve fund earned $973 thousand in interest during the year. Thus income to finance the Utah benefit program ex-ceeded disbursements by more than $1.8 million in 1957. Foundation analysts point out that the average employer tax rate in Utah during 1957 was 1.3 per cent of taxable wages, the same as the national average. The benefit cost ratio (benefit payments as a percent of taxable wages), however, was 1.1 in Utah compared with 1.3 per cent for the nation as a whole. |