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Show $eliind tlie leadlined penetration of the Afro-Asian 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-aid 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 uncommitted un-committed areas when we are engaging in greater trade and cultural exchanges ourselves? How is U. S. propoganda blunting 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 Indonesia, In-donesia, Cuba, Tunisia and Algeria. Al-geria. How can these people, supporting popular revolts, feel close to Washington when we compromise their hopes and our support of democracy with oppressors op-pressors on whom we are forced to depend as our best allies? Did U. S. propaganda or policy do anything to encourage the Hungarian Hun-garian people ever to attempt to revolt against Moscow again? There is much that a thoua- ful, bold, wel-advised, consist propaganda program can do and must do if we are to win the cold war for men's minds. Specific Spe-cific means are not so easy as it sounds and yet, not so difficult either. All that's needed is the same all-out effort that is enabling en-abling us to overcome the Soviet space missiles lead. And an overhauling over-hauling of U.S. propaganda policies, poli-cies, as well as many of our policies poli-cies affecting propoganda, is now admittedly overdue. IL President Eisenhower said in answer to a question at his last news conference before spending spend-ing Easter at his Gettysburg farm, that something should be done about overhauling, coordinating 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 re-examining 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-seated criticism of this country's propaganda policies poli-cies has been gathering in Washington Wash-ington and throughout the Free World. Secretary of State Dulles only served to confuse our propaganda 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 propaganda pro-paganda capital, especially in the pivotal uncommitted areas of the world, by posing as an apostle of peace. The fact that has really disturbed 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 criticism criti-cism of our overall propaganda policies. For it is a fact that Moscow has been able, repeatedly, 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 .advantage .ad-vantage and to our discomfort. But what is most disturbing is a recollection of a continuing series of recent propaganda defeats. de-feats. Recent U. S. space achievements achieve-ments have not nearly been put up as much as the Russian Sputniks. Sput-niks. Most Afro-Asians 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 Germany 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 Adenauer's Ade-nauer's regime by offering German Ger-man reunification on Moscow's terms? Was U.S. propoganda any better 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. propaganda pro-paganda been in countering Red |