Show 2 MORE ORE PUBLICITY HElD NEED OF i lEAGUE I I position p Taken All Councils 1 v Should Sit Habitually in Public 0 NEW Nw YORK Feb 20 By the Associated Asso- Asso Plans Press Plans for better publicity public public- i ity are are under consideration by the league eague of nations The leagues league's news bur bureau au today received from Genoa a from the leagues league's council embodying a memorandum regarding publicity prepared by Wilson Harris London newspaper man and president of the International Association of Journalists accredited to the league of nations It Is necessary said the memorandum memorandum dum that the league should persistently persistently persistently persist persist- cultivate what may be termed active and passive publicity by passive passive pas pas- sive publicity being ld the mere elimination of secrecy and by active publicity tho taking of definite measures to secure the worldwide dissemination dissemination dis dis- of information of Import import- ance It Is of is-of of the highest Importance that the league council should sit habitually habitual habitual- ly In fn public Only the adoption adoption tion of that principle can secure the regular attendance at council meetings of j Journalists from such centers as London Paris and Rome It has to be remembered that what j I Interests the public Is active controversy controversy controversy contro contro- versy not merely a dry exposition of of view but the sharp unstudied unstudied unstudied un un- un- un studied expressions of differences of opinion Consequently sessions of the council If reports of them are to en engage engage engage en- en gage popular Interest must avoid the appearances of having been staged and must be public even where there Is risk of the unexpected It Is the unexpected unexpected unexpected that stimulates public Interest The memorandum urged that In the case of private sessions full and lucid should be Issued adding that those of or the committee of the recent re reI recent re- re cent Washington conference were good I exam examples les |