Already so many clever directives have fizzled without followup, that the first reaction to any lofty new initiative is likely to be skepticism. But the word has been given, and at just the right time. We were so preoccupied with rushing headlong into the television business that the country ended up without any cultural standards.
Broadcasts are tongue-tied and stifling.
The window into the world of culture, which the president promised to fling open, no doubt could improve the state of the country. And a point of light appeared anew, a tuning-fork by which to check the purity of life. The word has been given, and now the most important task is to keep it from being forgotten. There are, however, many questions. New philanthropists, devoted to the idea of cultural enlightenment, have still not appeared among us.