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Show Senator Wallace Dennett throws support behind Radio Free Europe funding Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, R-Utah, today said it .would Ibe a "tragic and shortsighted mistake" mis-take" not to continue funding (Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe, and joined , in co-sponsoring co-sponsoring a resolution throwing throw-ing congressional support behind be-hind .the two' radio networks. Both houses of Congress have passed authorization bills to help fund the networks. net-works. However, differences in the Senate and House Mils have yet to 'be resolved and threaten to destroy the networks. Sen. iBennett said, "Radio Lilberty provides a voice of hope to millions of persons in the Soviet Union. Radio Free Europe likewise continues contin-ues to give hope to millions of listeners in East Europe, and provides them with factual fact-ual information about the free world that Is otherwise" una-vailable una-vailable through local government-controlled media." The resolution co-sponsored by Sen. Bennett puts the Senate Sen-ate on record in expressing "its continued appreciation of the, valuable work being performed per-formed toy the personnel" of the two networks, and "its intention in-tention to provide adequate support while the methods for future support are carefully care-fully examined within the framework of United States foreign policy Objectives." Sen. IBennett joins Sens. Charles H. Percy, R-Ill., and Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn., in co-sponsoring the resolution. resolu-tion. - |