Evening star., 1938-11-20
Reich Agents Gull US. Papers
For News Concerning Nazis
Telesrams Warn Berlin of Articles That Might
Offend Ministry Before Editions
Arrive in Germany
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By Junius B. Wood.

B. Wood.
these days, we Of the radio and press
understand them-successes have been
won for our side. Think Of the Rhine
land occupation! Think of the rewin-
ming of the heights (Saar) across the
German River. Think of Austria!
Think of Sudetenland
Chatter Like Mad.
"The others radio tations)-Strass-
burg. Zurich. Basil. Luxemburg, Mae
hrish- h-Ostrau-chatter like mad, stories
from 1000 and one nights mixed with
hand-picked facts, in standard pattern
to leave a plausible fairy tale in naive
brains. Often they accomplish what
they undertake-to make the faint
hearted more faint-hearted and to in
spire the doubling with the troublesome
doubt Why don't newspapers in Ger
many tell us that?'
I'VE will rest our latest political Incl
dent: Godesberg! How the devil him.
self has boasted from heaven of his
nightly lies about Godesberg. Mote
1Ilc SCC1uo oOlllC W1ldV USAuAoASN
on the celestial inhabitants) Many
brave German has thrown away his
newspaper and searched vainly for the
text of the memorandum. For the first
time "a hours later, he can pick it out
and then certainly must be sure: The
others have again fbbed beyond measure
as matter of habit
The situation of these critical days,
looking at it as news-poor, was that the
people abroad knew more than their
governments, and that is rotten. Our
broad masses must postpone their news
hunger for hours and days. For that
they must have confidence that the
Fuehrer and his people were better in
the picture than the other side and that
always was good and true-the result has
taught that!
Must Show Outer Discipline.
Also we learn from this happening.
When high demands are raised again in
the future on our national discipline, we
must keep straight face and show the
same pure outer discipline as that held
in the past Weeks-thanks to five years
of Nazi educational etforts-without
rattling any questions. The Fuehrer we'll
understood that. 1t also is necessary
that we lack understanding of things
until the right time comes to know what
is worth while.
And so we build together Press and
radio in Nazi Germany are tools in the
service OF the people like the army and
trade. The Fuehrer orders when and in
what circle we will be united. Success
then comes for the true believers in the
German people"
The public may have only a primitive
idea of the rest of the world, but it be-
heves what it is told because it always
is told the same thing. sat across a
table from young man in brown uni
form, in his late 20s, but raised on this
hand-picked news.
Germany is the biggest country in the
world" he informed me. ITALY is the
second biggest America and all other
nations will disappear and Germany and
Italy will have the world"
ncports NdOleu from New York.
NEW YORK-Representat of the
Deutsche Notwithstanding the official
German News Service, and other agents
read daily "a good many" American
newspapers, according to a spokesman
for the New York branch of the organ
ization. and cable a summary of their
comments on German affairs to the
press section of the ministry for public
enlightenment and propaganda at
Berlin.
Besides all of New York's and Wash
ington'S newspapers, the spokesman said,
the Nachrichtenburo reads dailies pub
lished in key cities of the East South
and Middle West. To the digest of their
opinions on Germany are added reports
sent in by branch Offices or representa-
tives at West Coast cities like Los Angeles
and San Francisco, he declared.
His organization keeps a current file
of a cross-section of representative
American newspapers, the Nachrichten-
buro man said, and the daily cable re-
port contains, therefore, the essence of
American public opinion" He declined
to name papers which his service consid-
ers representative of American thought,
remarking that that was matter he
would rather not be quoted on.
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