Evening star., 1945-03-06

trolled raG1o propaganda OF both
Germany and Japan with the free
press and radio principles of the
United States, Col. E. M. Kirby,
chief of the radio section of the
War Department Office Of Public
Relations, last night scoffed at
enemy propagandists saying ''the
inevitable facts of war are catching
up with them"
1--WE now are witnessing the fan
tastic end-resut of a policy of
public and official lying" he told
the Board of Trade during a radio
night program at the Mayfiower
Hotel
Where is the Luftwaffe Herr
Goering said would forever blank
out the skies to enemy planes over
the Reich?" he asked.
What has DR.. Goebbels to say
tonight from the ashes of the ghost
city of Berlin?
$50 Sorry, Please"
"And to the Jap government
official who last week apologized to
his Emperor for carelessness on the
part of the army and navy for not
preventing damage to his property
and danger to his person, we
might suggest, sir, that more such
so-sorry-please apologies are in
order-the B-29s are coming again,
and planes from the Navy have
some nice calling cards to drop. to
remind you that we have not for
gotten Pearl Harbor."
BY contrast with the enemies
radio policies, Col. Kirby pointed
to the facilities set up by both the
Army and Navy to provide for the
American people at home, through
official channels and by independent
newscasters and war correspondents,
the true picture of the war.
I'm this country" he declared,
your Army is the servant of the
people, not its master. Your Army
knows that the public has a right
to be informed of the facts of war
for which it is providing its sons
and daughters, its works and saw
ings. Your Army knows that the
American people are entitled to the
facts of war. as covered by free
press and radio"
Radio Value at Front.
Col Kirby praised radio for
strengthening both the fighting
front and the home front. From a
morale point of view for the troops,
he said radio is the next best thing
to letter from home"
He described the far-hung Sunday
Army Hour, recorded broadcasts sent
to local stations for home town
listening, and the appeal of music,
which he characterized as the COM
mon denominator of all people"
What American radio means to
the development of Allied accord,
and later to international goodwill
and understanding, "he conjec-
tured," is almost beyond compre-
hension"
1--WE all subscribe to commercial
radio which," he said. provides the
incentive to give radio audiences
what they want to hear-and cor
respondingly, economic penalties to
those who fail to provide what is
wanted"
On recommendation of the Budg-
ct Committee, of which B. NJ Nc
Kelway, first vice president of the
board is chairman, the membership
dues were increased from $12 to SIS
for an individual, and firm dues
were increased from $24 to $50.
Warren r. Forster, chairman of
the Welfare Committee, told of a
study of welfare needs of the Dis
trict now under way.
George E. Keneipp, chairman Of
the Public Schools Committee, re-
ported that II subcommittee were
studying several problems of the
school system.
A variety program was presented
through cooperation of Washing
tons radio stations. In a stWRC
Warcast," of the record, three NBC
commentators engaged in round
table discussion of the current situ-
alton. Richard Hardness took up
the home front; Morgan Beatty an
alyzed the war situation, and Left
Ed discussed foreign affairs.
Radio station officials through
whose cooperation the radio pro-
gram was developed were introduced
as follows: Kenneth H. Berkeley,
manager of WMAL, and Ben
Strouse. WWDC; Merle E. Jones,