Evening star., 1939-12-08
Radio Propaganda
To Americas Called
A Magnificent Show
6. W. U. PorIey Told
Of BeIIigerents' Efforts
By N. B. C.. Official

A National Broadcasting Co
spokesman last night showed the
final session of George Washington
Universitys american con.
ference why some Latin Americans
,, may listen to German and British
programs instead of those from this
country.
Guy C. Hickok, director of N. B
C.'s short-wave programs, told the
group in the United States Cham
ber of Commerce he was sure those
who tuned in on German short
wave broadcasts had heard pro-
grams start-and he turned on a
heavy Teutonic accent:
"Ve will now give you the laydest
rebords from the British le-fac-
tories" or "the British ministry OF
Mis-I beg your pardon-of infor-
nation revealed today
Shifting quickly to a British ac-
cent with the assistance of a cold
| Mr.. Hickok then gave a sample OF
what. the Latin American might
ptck up from the British shortwave:
1--WE will now entertain you with
a few readings from 'Mein Kampf
When you tell a lie, says Hitler, tell
big one, because if 1t is big enough
people will believe you. They will say
he would never dare make that as
sertion if it were not So
"A Magnificent Show" =.
The two countries, Mr.. Hickok said,
are putting on such magnificent
show that it is hard to believe the
Latin American people could want
to hear news broadcasts from North
American stations. He added, how
ever, that full and unbiased news re-
ports were the one type of broadcast
North America could provide Latin
America better than any other coun-
try and that this fact was appre-
ciated by Latin American peoples
from the letters they wrote in.
The speaker said the only way to
win over Latin American listeners
was to give them what they want in
the way of programs in their own
language and when they want it.
Don't brag to them and don't sur
felt them with music from military
bands, he warned.
Mr.. Hickok told of a program
planned earlier to introduce the
States of the union to the republic
to the south. He said it was con-
templated playing State songs and
telling something about the history
of the States.
Later he related, I'VE discovered
that is States had the same State
song and that it was an old German
air called o Tannenbaum, o Tan
nenbaum.' And then we realized
that the listeners might have their
own ideas about our acquisition of
States like Texas, Arizona and Cali
fornia."
He ended up, he said, by broad
casting the care which is being
taken of the old Spanish missions
and other landmarks in those States.
"Glad We Stole It,"
when it was over" he said, II
think we made some listeners glad
we stole that part of the country"
The United States, he said, broad
casts more to Latin America in the
Latin American tongue than Ger
many, Italy, France, Japan and
Great Britain put together. In a
dozen Brazilian cities, he said, some
one has provided public loudspeakers
for the populace to hear.
The sessions were sponsored by
the Inter- American Center of the
university under. George Rowland
Cox. The panel consisted of Profs.
Elmer Louis Kayser and Wood Gray
Of the university and Joshua Evans,
jr., vice president of the Hamilton
National Bank. Prof. Alan T. Del
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