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Show U . S . Joins World - Wide Propaganda Drive ; Broadcasters Fight Government , Controlr Control " ' ' r " Charge of Censorship CensorshipFollows CensorshipFollows CensorshipFollows Follows New FCC FCCRegulation FCCRegulation FCCRegulation Regulation . By JEROME JEROMC ARNOLDReleased ARNOLDReleased ARNOLD ARNOLDReleased ( Released by Western Weslern Ncwtpaptr Newspaper Union ) ) Twenty years ago the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States officially diS diScarded discarded discarded carded its weapon of propa propa- propaganda propaganda propaganda - ganda , war enforced , and set setabout setabout setabout about reviving a true democ democ- democracy democracy democracy - be befree befree befree racy m In which there should free speech , , a free press and andno andno andno no holds barredIn barredIn barred barredIn In the years that passed passedother passedother passedother other nations found free ex- ex expressIOns expressions ex expressions - pressions of opinion a handi handI- handIcap handicap handicap - cap Dictators arose wIth wIthspecIal withspecial withspecial specIal rows to hoe in whIch whIchpart whichpart whichpart part truths were more effec effec- effectIve effective effective - tive than whole ones , both for forborne forhome forhome borne home consumption and abroad Ra Radlo Radio Radio dlo dio soared into being the mIghtIest mIghtIestmodern mightiestmodern mightiestmodern modern Instrument of propaganda propagandaSoon propagandaSoon propagandaSoon Soon the world s ether was torn by byfiery byfiery byfiery fiery cross currents Fascist agamst against agamstCommunIst againstCommunist againstCommunist CommunIst , , dictator against agamst democ democracy democracy democracy democracyMore racy racyMore More specifically spe"lfically spelfically spenifically " Germany Italy Italyand Italyand Italyand and Japan are now directing prop propa propaganda propaganda a aganda ganda via short wave to Latm Latin LatmAmerIca LatinAmerica LatinAmerica AmerIca the continent contment which the theUmtcd theUnited theUnited Umtcd United States promised to protect protectin protectm m in its historic hlstonc Monroe doctrine doctrme Dlc Die Dlcta Dietators Dietators ta tators tors are viemg vlemg for political polJtlcal cul cultural cultural cultural tural and economic supremacy on onthe onthe onthe the world s last unexploitcd unexploltcd unexploited frontIerPropaganda frontierPropaganda frontier frontierPropaganda Propaganda Forces CensorshIpPropaganda CensorshipPropaganda Censorship CensorshipPropaganda Propaganda s most alarming alarmmg qual qualIty quality quality Ity is that it spreads like hke a cancer cancerforcmg cancerforcing cancerforcing forcmg forcing innocent nations to launch launchcounter launchcounter launchcounter counter campaigns for self protec protectIon protection protection tIon In turn these counter cam campalgns campaigns campaigns palgns paigns may grow until nations dlc die dlctate dietate dietate tate what their radio stations and andnewspapers andnewspapers andnewspapers newspapers tell foreign natIons natIonsThat nationsThat nationsThat That is censorship a suppression of offree offree offree free speech and free pressThIs pressThis press pressThis This subject is 1s pertinent pertment today be because because because cause the United Umted States has begun begunactIve begunactive begunactive actIve participation in m the modern modernWorld modernWorld modernWorld World war of cropaganda iropaganda propaganda a parbcl partici parbclpatIon participation participation patIon started voluntar voluntarily y several severalyears severalyears severalyears years ago by independent mdependent radio or orgaDlzatlons organizations organizations gaDlzatlons ganizations but now under mcreas increas mcreasmg increasing mcreasing mg ing surve surveillance lance from WashmgtonTills WashingtonThis Washington Washmgton WashingtonThis This Tills surveillance has reached reachedsuch reachedsuch reachedsuch such heights that the much mahgned maligned mahgnedfederal malignedfederal malignedfederal federal communications commISSIon commISSIonrecently commissionrecently commissionrecently recently issued an unprecedented or order order order der to 14 mternatlOnalstations internationalstations international mternatlOnal stations stations"hlch stationswhich stationswhich "hlch hlch which " broadcast by short wave waveprmclpally waveprincipally waveprincipally prmclpally principally to Lat n America The Theorder Theorder Theorder order demanded that after next No November November November vember 1 all foreign broadcasts broadcastsmust broadcastsmust broadcastsmust must promote international good goodwill goodwill goodwill will understanding understandmg and co opera operatIon operation operation tIon It further stated that when whenrepresentatives whenrepresentatives whenrepresentatives representatives of these stations ap appear appear appear pear before FCC for annual renewal renewalof renewalof of licenses lJcenses they must show tl1elr their tl1elrprograms theirprograms theirprograms programs have reflected the cuI cul cuIture culture culture ture of this countryBroadcasters countryBroadcasters country countryBroadcasters Broadcasters ComplamTb1s ComplainThis Complam Complain ComplamThis This Tb1s complained complamed President Ne Nevllle Neville Neville vllle ville Miller of the National Assocla Associa AssoclatIon Association Association tIon of Broadcasters is as censorshIp censorshIpbecause censorshipbecause censorshipbecause because it would for e example , < ample re reqUIre require require qUIre a licensee hcensee to suppress spokes spokesmen spokesmen spokesmen men for minority mlnonty groups it if either the thehcensee thelicensee thelicensee hcensee licensee or the commission beheved believed behevedtheir believedtheir believedtheir their views would not promote m in mternatIonal international mternational ternatIonal good will understandmg understanding understandmgand understandingand understandingand and co operation . . . _ _ _ " " ,2 2 , ,2F f 9 / ,2r r f F , / / p / / . 'I I ' .J1r J1r . 44 1 4 4I i tl I l li li i i s sA sI sI A I I l I I I t J Jy Ji JIJ $ y i t tII IJ II IIf f r tt ( 4 , t tfl fl / q qf f t ' & xF 9r"1 9r1 " L:7I L7I : X # 4 4DIRECTING DIRECTING A MESSAGE-Radio MESSAGE Radio - operator selectmg selecting dtrec- dtrec duee- duee dtrectlOnal dueetional - - tlOnal tional tlOnalantennas tionalantennas antennas at the ColumbIa Broadcastmg Broadcasting system.s systems system's . ' mterna- mterna interna- interna mternatlOnal international - tlOnal tional tlOnalstatlOn tionalstation statlOn station W2 W2JiE E These antennas enaCJle enable the broadcaster to toconcentrate I Iconcentrate concentrate the statlOn's statlOns station's stations ' power many in any gwen given dlrechon direction dlrechonI I Whether the order will be rescmd rescind rescmded rescinded rescinded ed is problematical but meanwhIle meanwhilethe the United States is actively partlcl partici partlclpatmg participating participatmg patmg pating m in the propaganda war At AtWashmgton AtWashington AtWashington Washmgton Washington the state department departmenthas has opened its new division of cul cultural cultural cultural tural relations under direction of ofDr ofDr ofDr Dr Ben HI M Chernngton Cherrmgton Cherrington former formerchazrman formerchairman formerchairman chazrman chairman of international relatIons relatIonsat relationsat at the University Umverslty of o1 Denver ThIs ThIsoffice Thisoffice Thisoffice office maintaining mamtammg a small person personnel personnel personnel nel was W2S created by agreement With WithLatm withLatin withLatin Latm Latin American Amencan republics repubhcs at the theBuenos theBuenos theBuenos Buenos Aires conference in m 1936 As Asthe Asthe Asthe the offic ofpic al United Umted States agency co cooperatmg cooperating cooperating operatmg operating with schools professional professionalorgaDlzatIons professionalorganizations professionalorganizations orgaDlzatIons organizations and radio groups m in madvancmg inadvancing madvancing advancmg advancing American Amencan cultural cuUural tIes tIeswIth tieswith tieswith wIth foreign foreign nations Dr Cherrmg Cherring Cherrmgton Cherrington Chernngton ton s office has announced it will willill willin willin ill in no way seek to control their ac actl acti acti tl ti ities Ihes He was assured by Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary tary of State Cordell Hull that the theUn theUn theUn Un ted States w will l make no effort eITort to toforce toforce toforce force ideologies down the throats of ofhsteners oflisteners oflisteners hsteners listeners in m 1n other nations that he hewould hewould hewould would proceed along democratIc democratIclmes democraticlines democraticlines lmes lines m in keeping keepmg with democratic tra tradItlOn tradition tradition dItlOn dition and precedentsCites precedents precedentsCites Cites Respect tor for U S RadIoThIs RadioThis Radio RadioThis This however does not conform conformwIth conformwith conformwith wIth the interpretation mterpretatlon Mr Miller Millerplaces Millerplaces Millerplaces places on the new FCC ruling rulmg In a aworld aworld aworld world of propaganda the radio offi ofi officlal oficial official clal cial has found th s to be trueFreedom trueFreedom true trueFreedom Freedom of speech as an mtegral integral mtegralpart integralpart integralpart part of the culture of this country countrynot countrynot countrynot not only is a cherished chenshed tradition but buta buta a living hvmg reality reahty We are advised by several licensees hcensees of mternational international mternationalbroadcast internationalbroadcast internationalbroadcast broadcast stations that foreign lis listeners listeners hsteners teners rely upon stations in the Umt Unit Umtcd United United cd ed States as a source for unbIased unbIasedand unbiasedand unbiasedand and uncensored news of the world worldThIs worldThis worldThis ThIs reliance rehance is as based upon the fact factthat factthat factthat that these listeners l1steners know that in m the theUmted theUnited thaUnited Umted United States there is no govern government government government ment supervision or control over the thematter thematter thamatter matter to be broadcast We feel feelthat feelthat feelthat that the confidence that has been de developed developed developed veloped m in the independent mdependent opera operabons operations operations bons tions of American Amencan short wave sta statlons stations stations tlons tions will be destroyed when it be becomes becomes becomes comes known that an agency of the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government has laid down re requzrements requuements requirements quzrements quuements to control the program programcontent programcontent programcontent content of these statIonsThe stationsThe stations stationsThe The most effective way to devel deveI develop deveIop develop op and foster international mternatlonal good will willby willby willby by the United Umted States is to aVOId aVOIdcopymg avoidcopying avoidcopying copymg copying the tactics of totahtarlan totalitarian totahtarlangovernments totalitariangovernments totalitariangovernments governments who supervise and dl di dlrect direel direel rect reel all broadcasting broadcastmg broadcastingU broadcastmgU U S Broadcasters Successful SuccessfulPrivately SuccessfulPrivately Pnvately Privately sponsored American Amencan sta statIons stations stations tIons have thus far been very suc sue successful suecessful suecessful cessful in m winning wlnnmg listeners hsteners abroad abroadThis abroadThis abroadThis This was revelled reve'lled revealed ' before the FCC FCCby FCCby FCCby by Frank E Mason director of ill 1n illternatIonal 1nternational international ternatIonal programs for the Nation National Nationa.1 Nationa1 011 al . Broadcasting Broadcastmg company durmg during durmghearmgs duringhearings duringhearings hearmgs hearings probably intended mtended to de determme determine determine termme termine the advlsab advisability lty of an offi ofli officlal oflicial official clal cial government sponsored mterna interna mternatIonal international mtemational tIonal broadcasting broadcastmg systemFour systemFour system systemFour Four principal prmclpal corporations are arenow arenow arenow now engaged in m this work the Na Nabonal National National bonal tional Broadcasting Broadcastmg company Co Columbla Columbsa Columbia lumbla lumbsa Broadcasting Broadcastmg system Gen General General General eral Electric Electnc company and Westmg Westing Westmghouse Westinghouse Westinghouse house Electric company Together Togetherthey Togetherthey Togetherthey they sent more than 400 hours of o1 ofmatenal o1material ofmaterial matenal material each week by short wave waveabout waveabout waveabout about 75 per cent of which is aImed aImedat aimedat aimedat at South America Amenca Th s is as also the theprmclpal theprincipal theprincipal prmclpal principal objective of German and andItahan andItalian andItalian Itahan Italian broadcasts whose receptIon receptIonhas receptionhas receptionhas has been abetted not only by nar narrow narrow narrow row broadcast beams but by low lowpnced lowpriced lowpriced pnced priced short wave receivers sold to toSouth toSouth toSouth South American Amencan listeners hsteners andlocked andlocked and andlocked locked on the wave lengths of cer certa certo certa ta to n European Europcan statIOnsYankee stationsYankee stations stationsYankee Yankee mgenu illgenu ingenu ty coupled wl1h with wl1hunrestrIcted withunrestricted withunrestricted unrestrIcted fieedom fleedom of broadcast broadcasthas broadcasthas broadcasthas has outmancuvered outmaneuvered that kept ra radlo radio radio dlo dio of dictator nations nltlons : it If Mr Ma Mason Mason Mason son s test mony is as any indicat mdlcat 011 on 011Observers onObservers onObservers Observers sent a abroad Jroad discovered discoveredthzt discoveredthat discoveredthat thzt that : Japanese Ital an and German Germanshort Germanshort Germanshort short wave offerings offermgs were prmclpal principal ly principally prmclpally in those respective languages and andnot andnot andnot not easily understood by South SouthAmerIcan SouthAmerican SouthAmerican AmerIcan hstenersAmerIcan listenersAmerican listeners hsteners listenersAmerican American broadcasters OVf overcame overcameth > rcame rcameth th s obvious mistake by transmIttmg transmitting transmIttmgpractIcally transmittingpractically transmittingpractically practIcally all their programs m 1n PortuGuese mPortuguese 1nPortuguese and Spanish SpaDlsh The mall mail mallresponse mailresponse mailresponse response from such nations as BIa BIazll Biazil Biazil zll zil has been tremendousSeekmg tremendousSeeking tremendous tremendousSeeking Seeking Seekmg to improve their servIces servIcesall servicesall servicesall all American broadcasters are ex expand expand expand pand ng short w wave ve facilities NBC NBChas has jumped from 63 to 112 hOl.rs hOlrs hours hoursa hOl.rsa . a week General Electric has been beenoperatmg beenoperating beenoperating operatmg operating two stations stntIons at Schenec ady tady Schenectady and has just opened a third on on.Treasure onTreasure .Treasure Treasure on.Treasure onTreasure . island at the San Francis Francisco co fair grounds Watching Watchmg their ma mail mailresponse mailresponse response these stations stntions have made madesuch madesuch madesuch such improvements as General Elec Electries Electrle Electric trle tric s narrow beam transmIssIon transmissionsystem system whereby two separate separatebeams indwestern 1ndwestern zndwestern beams are aimed at the eastern 1nd znd ' western AmericaNews portions of South AmerIca News broadcasts have increased been in creased until many stations broad broadcast cast hourThe bullet ns every hour The |