Show i Vies With Hitler's Smooth Propaganda By TRUDI l NEW YORK Sept 3 Wide World World World-A A little German corporal said after the defeat of 1918 Propaganda lost this war fO for forus us It shall not happen again agam The German corporal was Hitler H His is the theory that propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda is not only the communication communication of c j Second carefully culled i i news and words A Article I e designed for deI deI deIn de- de I In Torino Series m mora o 0 r a 1 n m series but that it is a military weapon He used it as asa asa asa a camouflage tactic when he focused attention on the Balkans before he marched into the low countries He used it as a blockade maneuver maneuver maneuver ma ma- when with when with America still neutral and Britain suing for her favorable opinion opinion opinion-he he helped keep England out of the lowlands lowlands lowlands low low- lands until he could get there by trumpeting England intentions intentions intentions to invade Uses Over Over and Over He used it as a fright device in the case of secret weapons He used it effectively to promote promote promote pro pro- mote bloodless capitulations That is one kind of ganda Hitler's kind And how remunerative it has been for him to date all the world knows Itis It Itis Itis is turned out by an incredibly well organized word mill mm that has thorough coordination with the military branches German issue from one headquarters and before before before be be- fore they are issued at all military military military mili mili- tary and propaganda men to together together together to- to gether are able to analyze fictionalize fictionalize fictionalize fic fic- or create them The propaganda men dont don't have to tomake tomake tomake make the best of what the various various various vari vari- ous military headquarters say after the gets into print Against this super super smooth smooth mechanism United States short short- wave radio has gone to war Its methods and tactics are very different The United States wave short-wave men have reasons for the tactics they em em- ploy Psychological Weapon So long as United States forces are not on the continent they are more concerned with propaganda as a psychological weapon rather than as a military weapon Their work is directed at the people of enemy lands and the occupied countries Their aim aimis is to bring despair to the first hope to the latter Almost uniform procedure over the 14 great wave short-wave transmitters directed at en enemy enemy- my- my dominated people is a program combining 15 minutes of news and 15 minutes of editorials and news features Uniform belief among the big stations and the government agency is that news and editorials editorials editorials edi edi- must be kept separate Truth in the news they believe is the biggest drawing card for listeners abroad because Europeans Europeans Euro Euro- Europeans are sick and tired of propaganda Says Elmer Davis director of the office of war information Democracies have a good story to tell and they ought to tell 1 it t. t 0 W I is telling it and will tell it in increasing volume as our foreign service expands The news we broadcast overseas is supplemented in allied and neutral countries by general background information distributed distributed distributed by our outposts in London Berne Stockholm Cairo Ankara Ankara Ankara An An- kara New Delhi etc We Stick to Truth We stick to the truth for we believe the truth is on our side To enemy countries we broadcast news of the war American production production production pro pro- etc Again Again the truth with only such omissions as acl actual actual ac ac- military security may demand demand demand de de- de- de mand but that news in tion and emphasis is adjusted to the particular interests of enemy peoples so as to produce the psychological effect most conducive to our victory Propaganda only really enters enters enters en- en the programs when the broadcaster gets to his 15 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes of editorial Even then it itis itis itis is a once once over lightly form of propaganda as the Germans know it Sample America can and will beat Germany arid and her axis partners in this war and this victory will not be achieved by nazi methods of big talk lying and cruelty but by a clean fought honest matter of fact combat This was the way which in the first world war sufficed to bring Germany down this too will be the way which will suffice in this war Treatment in broadcasts di directed directed directed di- di at Germany is to separate Germans from nazis Attacks are directed at officialdom and over-lords over and the people are identified as s the long suffering Our two main aims says Ernest Noth of NBC are to encourage a split between the nazi party and the German people people people peo peo- and to convince the German people that in the case of defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat there is not going to be a super Method for Italians Treatment in dealing with Italy is to denounce the nazis who now dominate a country that is rightfully Italian Treatment for France is to send as much encouraging news as possible To talk of the second front not in threatening terms as it would be directed at Germany but in terms of hope for liberation of the French American short wave radio is definitely working according to toa toa toa a pattern and plan But is it the most effective plan Perhaps for today today but but some forward looking short wave experts experts experts ex ex- ex- ex already are advancing theories for a more total form of radio warfare One of the most articulate is European schooled Charles J. J Rolo Rob whose first hand experience experience experience exper exper- at the Princeton listening center led him to write last winters winter's winters winter's winters winter's win win- ter's book Radio Goes to War His basic argument at variance variance vari van ance with present practice is to combine propaganda and news news and he begins with a rebuttal of the belief that the No 1 drawing card for European audiences is truth Specific Measures He advocates specific measures measures measures mea mea- We should reiterate day in inAnd inand inand and day out not that we are winning the war which the enemy does not believe but that Germany cannot win it That short of an allied victory he has nothing to hope for but a war war without end We must tie in the items we report with our long term ob ob- This is Mr Rold's Rold s reason reason reason rea rea- son for wishing to combine news and editorials By such a method he believes we can admit defeats defeats defeats de de- de- de feats which we must admit and most effectively minimize them In a 1000 different programs a week the artillery of American propaganda fires at the enemy We can not always know the most effective ammunition because because because be be- cause we can not always know our hits but in these ways and andI others a great many young men are working and experimenting I to find the most effective bombs for the mind |