The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Way TO Defeat Toialiiarian
Poison in America Outlined
Method Is Offered by Writer 10
Offset Propaganda Of the Axis

eorner were kesflaE : kesty
r~trest - .eca - 10 spstlixht
- rus.lcits -. tarse4 e
ihena.
They sl~a showed that s1rh
foreign erosdss-ts reach
srasIp q Hnn=resasrs. hundreds
II thousands - furelEn-horn Amer
leans whe cannot ~ effectively
reached ~ ether channels II eam-
Fnunlestien.
What = needed ard wanted Il
~ effective uss - such broad
casts for pro democracy werk.
Thus the Maaslnl society has 70
Gently shsred such = program.
which has been offered over WHOM
n New yerk Recordings have
been made available 10 other sta
tons mo Department 81 Justice
i At the present engaged n max.
Ing ia striking series a. bread
esstsI I'm an American avail
able IN Italian and German. Many
outstanding persons ~ nnque~tsnn-
cd loyalty 70 democracy and its
ideals have participated IN the
series
Naeh msre % thl. seFt 20
thing nerds q Ne asae. AmrFi-
ga firms vita bu<ine-. Iater- ;
e.t. smaag ferclka language
Kraup~ - the great fns-s een-
sumption advertiser. 90 SOAP.
Es., breakfast fsed.. snd -
forth - rhsula make n fheir
business n give really sheaKhs-
fsi stfensiss 10 The p.-~shsii-
sses 81 usiiisiaE their prams-
tieasl WORK sienK this llss.
Some striking beginnings have
been made In tho field az soap
opera Because the stations carry
ing foreign language breakfasts
are usually small. they have IN
watch their pennies and find u
difficult 10 dsvots much time 10
sustaining programs Of purely pub.
nc interest
N. 81 the same time. III d.
partment az Justices Nssie.-
atty unif and the Federal
Communications COMMISSIONS
Mentioning service continue en
the alert. our concern evcr
ferciEn-ianEuaEe breadca-ss n
domestic origin nrea not esss=e
%. % demand their discontinue
ance.
There has. however. cropped up
a new device which may not be %
easily dealt with. An outfit which
calls itself The Almanac Music
Co. Inc. mas Recently brought out
a series II photograph records.
called Songs for John Doe "
These recordings are distributed
under the tnnocuous appeal: sing
out for eeAee." Yet they are
strictly abversive and illegal.
Sung 10 such familiar tunes ~
gBilly Boy. they rldieule the
American defense effort. dsmoe-
racy, and the army.
Whether Communist or Maj H.
naneed. their general spirit IL well
indicated BY the following sample;
4 FoR eoSsrHffTroN
it's & for transcription. ana c fsf
C fes iaasefip,ioa and c fef Capitol
NJ { Tor me csnrrs. that passed
that noidamnsd bill
Another song is called "Piow
Under: its the first one. and 20
guess they liked II best The first
verse runs.
nsmsmbrr shen the AAA
Killed = miliioa hess ast1
Instead ~ hsns n's men tgday--
Flos the faurth one UNDER
ries undfr. plos under
bofs
And the lasl one
Nsw the psllilsinss rant.
a h.,'s as bsitst thsa = s"sisa
sai - ~. here 10 "a, 100 cana
rior The fourth ons nndssi
The three records sell for me
dollar and you are asked 10 play
them IN your homs play them in
your union hali. take them hack %
your people.
Probably soms Of these songs
fan under The criminal provisions
~ the Selectivs Service Act. and
10 that extent II IL q matter for
the Attorney General. hut you
never can handle situations Of this
kind democratleaIIy BY mere sup
preston. Unlsss civic groups ana
individuals viii make = determined
effort to e9untsraet such appeals
~ equally effective methods. demo
cratic morale viii decline.
A variety ~ organizations
has be~a doing = splendid Isb
here.
Station VIVA out In Wisconsin
has been prosecuting a dramatic
pro-dsm0crsey serial on civil nb.
critics showing The deeper issues
IN the fight Tor freedom IN superb
u ahion. B9f perhaps the most re-
narkasls achievement In this field
has been the series u radio
dramas which Ths Frss Company.
under the aoi~ ehaifmanahip n
lanes BoY1. mas been presenting
Besides Boyd saroyan. Sherwood.
Bsnst. Wsliss. Connolly. nseI<ish.
Maxwell ard Sherwood Anderson.
Paul Greer. ard Walter v c1ark
have been the writers 10 far aaso-
eiated with the series. Thsy ere
narysis of genuine pfo-dsmOcrneT