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(4IH.3J61 <br />n, With ", R<. <br /> Or""M: <br /> (l) lnlb~ hw..<>I <br /> lire M.do.n <br /> trll'>ut.........._ 11:"000 31.1.000 (..ll.llIO) <br /> '" ....t1...~lukan <br /> part ""ha <br /> ".1tsDfth, <br /> ". Grllfld. <br /> ,n"}"Jt_1O (6lAll)>) <br /> ~Iatam"'..).. , 'W..DOO <br /> - <br /> ToW... .. ;1,l.,OOO :M.OOO il,8:II.111ll) <br /> nlf!~~.. ...u.... l-u.\n' O,IOO,(Ul) <br /> <br />'The .",,u""'l1h" ""ot""llhotlt" lntht Zbtlldinp <br />aft obvlawlr"""I\CI&Illorl.. <br /> <br />The Voice of AmericlI Abroad <br /> <br />EX-rE!'o;SION OF RE!o.tARKS <br />"' <br /> <br />HON, JOSEPH E, TALBOT <br /> <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 <br /> <br />" <br /> <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 <br /> <br />'00 <br />