PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MAY 19, 1947 "Too Bad You Ain't The Voice Of Snowy-Suds" Kansan Comments Foreign Broadcasts Should Be Retained On May 5 the appropriations committee of the house of representatives killed the state department's request for 31 million dollars to continue its foreign broadcasts. Unless some other action is taken, the Voice of America will have to cease operating June 30. When the committee rejected the state department's request for funds it gave various reasons. Representative Taber said that many of the programs were "silly" and that they have not given a true picture of America. He has said that the programs were nearly all slanted to present the side of the administration and of organized labor, with business and the Republican party being largely shunned. being largely Opponents of the programs have also charged that some of those in charge are subversive and are purposefully distorting the picture of conditions in this country. The Republican effort to trim the President's budget has also been a factor in cutting off the funds. And finally the committee has pointed out that there is no congressional approval for the programs and therefore congress could not allocate funds for their continuance. Action has been taken by one representative to rule out this last argument. Representative Mundt, a Republican from South Dakota, has introduced a bill which would give the Voice of America legal status and open the way for appropriations needed to continue the broadcasts. Representative Mundt's bill has seven main provisions. 2. Exchange of students and educational data with other countries based on reciprocal agreements. 1. Short-wave broadcasts, such as the "Voice of America." 3. Loan of American officials other than military, as advisors to foreign countries requesting them. 4. Establishment of American information centers abroad. 5. Publication abroad of magazines and periodicals "telling the true American story." 6. A news service to foreign papers and radio stations unable to obtain regular American commercial services. 7. Tours in America of foreign government officials and educational, scientific, cultural, and commercial leaders for on-the-spot studies of American activities. This bill appears to be a step in the right direction. The present attitude of some representatives to kill outright something that is based on a sound principle just because it has some flaws is a negative approach which will accomplish no real good. The broadcasts are being heard and are of interest to people abroad. This is shown by the fact that the office of international information and cultural relations has received 140 thousand foreign letters in the past 14 months. These letters cover a wide variety of subjects and each one is answered. The good will that is being built up by these broadcasts and answers to foreign letters is shown by one letter writer. "It's hard for you in America to appreciate how much it means in Europe today to get a letter from America—and an official letter, at that." At the present time the future of the Voice of America and other state department information agencies is certainly in doubt. It will take some vigorous action to get a new lease on life for the programs from this congress. The present attitude of the house appropriations committee is much like that of a man with an earache. Instead of getting the car treated, he cuts his head off. Correct the flaws in the Voice of America, but keep it on the air. Dear Editor- With Hoover it was "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." With Truman it's "a used car in every lot and a veteran in every garage." Dean Henry Werner made a worthwhile suggestion at an A. S. C. meeting recently. He recommended that University smokers be given a five-hour course in "Cigaret Butt Disposal I." I would like to point out to K. U. baseball fans that two experienced baseball players were refused uniforms and are consequently not playing with the team. Players Denied Uniforms, Says Senior Both of these players played with the St. Louis Municipal league, and one of them had considerable experience playing with a team in the armed forces. These two players are Negroes and possibly this is why they are not on the team. However, anyone who has seen the K. U. team in action knows that the team could use experienced players, regardless of their race or color. Lately, there's been much talk about adding prestige to the conference. Is this the method we select, using teams that are easily beaten? Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a non-intellectual who is not exactly a university-enlightened social thinker, recently signed Jackie Robinson, a Negro, to play baseball for the Dodgers. He signed Robinson not because Rickey is a crusader for social progress, but because he recognized a valuable player when he saw one. Can we afford to do less? Wilson Branch College Senior (Editor's Note; Coach Vie Bradford has told the editor of the University Daily Kansan that no students were denied suits or otherwise restricted from trying out for the baseball team. Coach Bradford states that all candidates were given a fair and impartial chance to demonstrate their abilities for three weeks. At the end of three weeks of practice the squad was cut to 30 men in order to be able to develop a team and give proper attention to its training. He said that ability was the only basis used in cutting the squad. "Any player that really demonstrated the ability we need for conference competition stayed on the squad," said Mr. Bradford.) Vital, interesting positions with top American firms in foreign countries are available to college trained men and women. These positions present an opportunity for an excellent future in many fields, technical and otherwise, with high remunerations. The "Foreign Research Register," a classified directory of over 300 outstanding American companies employing college graduates in foreign positions, is now available. Containing full information as to how and where to make contacts, it points the way to thousands of opportunities. Send for it now. One dollar, in currency or money order. FOREIGN JOBS Thomas Plans Convention Research Associates The Rev. Winburn Thomas, executive secretary of the Student Volunteer commission, visited the University Wednesday and Thursday to make arrangements for a national convention of the Student Volunteer movement to be held during the Christmas holidays next year. P. O. Box 9383, Philadelphia 39, Pa. The Great Valleau controls the sub- conscious mind. "We were impressed by what can be done with the Sub- conscious mind by someone who under- stands it thoroughly." 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