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<br />The Voice of AmericlI Abroad
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<br />EX-rE!'o;SION OF RE!o.tARKS
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<br />HON, JOSEPH E, TALBOT
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<br />0,. CONNJX:'T!C1.1T
<br />IX T1!E BOt-'SI!: OP REPRC>E,....-rAm"ES
<br />Wcdnt'.sdav. N()t.'ember 7, 1945
<br />Mr. TALBOT. Mr. Speaker. under
<br />lea\'e to extend my remarks in the REC.
<br />OlD. I include the following address by
<br />the Honorable WJlllam Benton, Asslstant
<br />Sf>cretary of State In Charlie of Public
<br />Mairs. before the Herald Tribune
<br />_~~~llind ballroom, Waldorf-Astona
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<br />Hotel. New York City, Tuesday. October
<br />30,1945:
<br />The Voice 01 America La " volet with 10.000
<br />t.ong\l". It ,. all that the pwple of other
<br />lands be"T about US and all that tbey read
<br />"oout \1.1, It l.a the A:nr-rlclln movie. th""
<br />.~.. and the Am..rlcan 01'. and tourlllu they
<br />meet.
<br />I am glad w.. Aml'rlcalUl sp"llk with 10.000
<br />,"olel's. Some crIll"" would can It a confu.
<br />alon of vole..". Eut It 18 the democratic wfi.y
<br />ot peOplH speakmg to peoples, Tht' al~r.
<br />naILv", "'''y-th.. lIngle volce--ls the way ot
<br />Cl'nsorahlp and of m1nlatrlea of prop&ganda.
<br />My theme tonIght la that the poople ot
<br />the Unltfi:! Stat..... throuj;'h their Govern-
<br />ment lInd their Stat.. DeplU"tment, have a
<br />v,tal natlonallntuest In the VOice of Ame-r-
<br />Ie.., TheIr natlonal ~urtty may be at !ltake
<br />If thll vole. III Inadequate or distorted-I!
<br />11 falll to repre....nt UI With reasonahle full-
<br />ne.sa and falrnl"SO aa \II. r.ally are. our hlll-
<br />tory and oW' culture, our fauUa I!U1rl our
<br />feaA. our hopes and our ,mbltton. tor our
<br />d,macraUc prac........" and our free lKlClety.
<br />Today. 38 ahort_wave radio tranllmlttera,
<br />operatlng allover the world \1IIder the dln"c-
<br />tlon of our Oovernml"nt. are known to mll-
<br />Itona In AIils. Alrlca. and Euro~ by the nam.,
<br />the Voice of AmerICa. Jle~ 15 ..n example
<br />of the new role ot Government. The Vol<;.ll
<br />of AmerIca radio prograInJI lIupplement and
<br />help to clarify the mesa.age of Amerka'. 10,000
<br />tongu.... Funher. th..y reaoh \'R.~t areM of
<br />th.. world which otn..n.<tJ... would b.. com-
<br />pl.t..ly .hut all from Amulcll"
<br />TIwr.. ar.. p..opl.. In Ieel..nd. In Cl:ltna. Iran,
<br />th.. Argentine and the B..lkan&-mllllonll af
<br />ordinary people all over the world who llaten
<br />eagerly for Am..rlcs"s voice. During th.. war
<br />theM: Voice ot America broadealita went out
<br />ovtf th.. sir evrry dl'.Y In the y..ar In 40 lan-
<br />guag.s, Today. In the backwlllh of the war
<br />they !to out tn 18 languages. They give peo-
<br />ple In foreign laod. atra1snt, Impartial newa
<br />from AmtflCII. 11''''' In th..lT own lanlUagl'll,
<br />newa untalntl'd by epeelal pleading or by
<br />propagands"
<br />Th.. radio Voice of Am.rlca wal developed
<br />1n W.,. by the Qov..mment. Now before. the
<br />American peopl.. and th.. Congre64 ta th..
<br />brORd .nd Inclusive que.tlon: "What rol..
<br />ohall the Government play In America:. voice
<br />lIbroad In pea~eUme?"
<br />III It eoough, In the rapidly contracting
<br />world or today, fOJ our people and oW' Gov.
<br />ernment to be presented to the people. of the
<br />world as .. giant, compl.tely "QUipped ~1th
<br />battl<'J6hlps, e.uperlortftsae3, and atomIc
<br />bomba. but voleel_ eJtcept fot diplomatiC
<br />n:cblll'lg.a and \h.. erratic lnterplllY of prlVfllte
<br />oommunlcatlon?
<br />There I~ on.. bul.e. tor Jud@:lng the tuture
<br />lntormatlon polley of the Governm..nt abroad
<br />upan whlcb "... can all agr~.
<br />lJofos ane:>:pllndf<1 pellCl>tlme role for Gov-
<br />ernment h..lp u. to acbleve national ae_
<br />curlty? r.. It worth whUe d.llberately to u-
<br />plaln ounelvea to th.. re..t of the world? COO'll
<br />thU help gtve u. willing and trlendly allle&,
<br />In tlmea ot crbes a.a Wfl'U a.a III !WIlC.? Ie
<br />Ilndentandlngalsoarorce? lan"tlttheklnd
<br />of loree we pr..rer? 8up~ W" had to ch(l(l6lO
<br />txotw~n t....o Illveatmenu In 6eCurity_be_
<br />t\ll~n a year's eo6t of the radio Voice of
<br />Am~rica. and Ita rough equl"a.t..nt. a year'a
<br />coat of operating one bllottleshlp In a ll.eet ot
<br />battleship.?
<br />Th...... are new qUel;tlona for America.
<br />'lb.}' w!ll be d.batf<1 In the ne:>:t few we...lta
<br />and ov..r the reaMS to come. BatUelIhlpa ue
<br />th" traditional eymboi& ot our aecu:rlty. But
<br />to .po!slr. to the other peuplea of the world
<br />about America-to apea.lr. through lSUch new
<br />and mlraculotU channels as ahort-wave ra-
<br />dlo---t.o Hek &ocurHy through undentandlng
<br />nUher Ihan througb terce-that Ia a new rola
<br />for our Govl'lnment.
<br />In the o'eld of ahort-wave radlo belU1led
<br />abroad. ~'e ha.fl' not Yilt dKlde<l bow be.tt
<br />to operate or manage OJ eontrol; .....e only
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