Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-26
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BY WILLIAM II. STRINGER

WaShington.-Thr glubai tclctypc
of war which hitchcd continent Ia
continent for the instant message of
battlc--may yet be transformed into
an Garth girdng system serving the
United Nations i'll peace.
/ That is To say: \ plan is being
quietly maturcd under United Ma
! tons aSpiccS TO provide for this
/ hopeful world organization its own
communications and broadcaSting
network spanning the earth. Tho
/ plan is being developed under au-
thority of Secretary-Gcncral Trygr
Lie, and the three architects of the
blucprinting committee are Gen.
Frank +. Stoner. who managed the
United States War Departments far
reaching globcl Accommodation
:. kaGan. Chief Signal Officer of the
Free French III Africa. and Il Meth
crlandcr. Mr.. Van DIESEL.
Men long have dreamed of 4
Global communications network knit
ting together men and nations.
spreading knowledge. rendering
more efficient the daily Interchange
of diplomacy and negotiation. en-
harCIn" the broadcast of world con-
:crCnccS and deliberations. Il is to-
ward these splendid objcctivcS that
TINS planning is going forward I'M
der the Bureau OF Information of the
United Nations.
We hardly realize II. but thanks
Ia wartime advances i'll ClCCtriuics
ana communications, mankind now
mas the tools which, if properly us
cd. Will enable any individual i'll any
hamlet Cn earth Ia talk by radio or
converse by tclctypc with any in
olNidual III any other hamlet. The
nope Is that the United Nations mas
serve as the OrganIZatiunal device
which Will bring such marvcls Ia
pass.
1t is realized. OF course. that tn
spread " information and cn!icht-.
eminent Is not always welcomed on
Garth, but the intention is 10 pro-
coed slowly. honestly. thCughtfull;..
step by step, toward i great achieve
NCNt.
Primarily. OF course. the s,o5a.
network would be the instrumcl.
end servant of the United Nations
Use would be made of radio ;c,r-
printers. OF facsimile. of voice trans
mission. ana byoadcaStmg. The sam.
!adiu transmission can now h" made
tu accommodate al three. Tn. global
network would be al the service pr
individual diplomats of the Security
council and Assembly. al such Unit
81 Nations organizations - In.
Social and Economic Council. of at
i!!Iat"d organizations such as the
Food and Agricultural Organization.
suppos" II could transmit financial
data FOR tn" World Bank and Inter-
national Monetary Fund.
Dozens "i uses for such 4 network
leap 10 thought. y diplomat could
use lis Voice transmission OF tclcty:y
,U comic! with his home government.
SC!a!nb,cr' devices could ass,u.
"crvvy. y treaty o. agreement t.
ScthCr with maps OF photographs
could be speedily sped 10 the home
:"rclGn Once tor examination. by
Use If facsimile. Mic:oiilm would IL
available tOr recording wsCrC Gcslr-
cd. The United Nation, would make
available daily weather reports. co..
ordnatmg Global weather data. and
| form warnings where necessary.
As ior broadCaStluC. daily new
casts would be made and open con-
terence sessions could 60 on tho an
but the /. n network would dI..
tnctly not be a device by whrcn
either the Western Powers or Rus.
-" would beam controversial brnau.
oasis at each other. Individual mem
Der nations would be at liberty 10
DICE up-Ur not To pick up-;h.
!adI"caStS from the United Nation.
central transmlttcr (for transmission
on their own stations. Agreement
among the Big Three as To tho twp,
ana power of broadcaStlnG permit
ted would doubtless be necessary.
Today. each SIZablc nation has IT.,
own foreign and domestic broadcasty.
.omctmcs highly natiOnnliS,ic and
propagandlzCd. Each has its own
communication system. Some of then.
Outmoded, inaccurate. Snailslow: So
low that international deliberations
arc delayed by transmission trou-
blcS.
The planning is only beginning,
When completed, plans must be an.
proved by high authority. The way
IS long. Yet the idea that the Unit
ed Nations should have its ofn corr
munIC"tIon and international net.
York seems so natural. and the DOS
"Ioi!i,IcS of increased knowledge and
cooperation among peoples loom 81
orcathtaklrg. that eventually this
program seems bound TO succeed -.
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