Evening star., 1947-12-14
Eight-Point Program
Of Projects Aims
for Unity

operate in cooperation with librar-
les here and abroad, and will be
self-sufficient, with costs paid by the
participating libraries.
3. For better international under
standing, UNESCO will sponsor in
terchange of students and teachers
between countries and will conduct
seminars on the methods of teach
Ing understanding.
Student Exchange Planned
4. UNEsCO will undertake, on a
large scale, a positive program urg-
Ing mass communications media, in
Guiding radio, motion pictures and
the press, to cooperate in its drive
for closer international understand
ing. Focal point of this program
will be an international ideas bu-
reau," or clearing house, proposed
to the conference by J. B. Priestley.
A main object of UNESCO, DR..
Evans declared, will be to seek an
end to Misrepresentation of foreign
countries and peoples in such media.
American movies in particular, he
asserted, frequently give distorted
impression of both the United States
and other countries. UNESCO will
encourage widespread application of
such self-criticism as is already
practiced to some extent by Holly
wood"
5. An immediate study of the ma
ture and causes of tensions between
nations and races will be under
taken by group of social scientists
as major project for 1948.
6. Obstacles to the free flow of in
formation, including censorship, dis
criminatory communications rates
and other barriers will be studied
with a view to their elimination.
Still ION the boards" according to
DR.. Evans, is the proposal for a
worldwide radio network, to permit
bypassing of national boundaries
The conference determined to act
on this proposal if the United Ma
tions authorities fail to do so.
Hit Information Barriers
Z. Under a decision to undertake
primary responsibility in the U. N.
structure for copyrights, UNESCO
will seek to draw up an international
copyright convention for submission
to the United Nations. Object of
this treaty will be to end long
standing complaints of exploitation
of authors and composers rights in
foreign countries, by establishing
copyright protection.
Overwhelming support, DR.. Evans
reported, greeted his own proposal
that "in all UNESCO committee con-
ferences on the copyright question,
representatives of all interests in
volved-authors, publishers, the pub
lic-be present in order to forestall
differences arising between them
later on and endangering treaty
ratification.
8. UNESCO win work out inter-
national agreements for exchange
of government publications and will
seek to institute an international
photographed system.
To Exchange Writings
Next summer meeting will be
held in Western Europe to foster the
growth of public library systems.
DR.. Evans said Russian dominated
countries will be invited to partici-
pate.
"UNESCO is not intended to pump
out propaganda, or, contrary to
reports, to replace national govern
ment. information services. 1t will
not be large originating agency
for information" he said.
"As its greatest job, it will try to
point out to mass information
media-radio, the press, movies
how to present the facts without
distortion, and then try to persuade
them to do this"
OF primary Importance, UNESCO
officials feel, will be the national
UNESCO commission in each coun-
try which will bring the program
home to its citizens and enlist their
support. Milton Eisenhower, United
States chairman, said more than
300 private organizations in this
country had volunteered support.
He predicted similar success for ma
tional commissions in other coun-
tries.
To some delegates at Mexico City,
the modest s7,682,00 voted for
UNESCO's 1948 budget seemed
hardly enough in the face of it's
giant task, DR.. Evans conceded. The
majority, however, including the
United States which is paying we'll
over half of this sum, favored build
ing more solid structure before
seeking larger amounts.
Delegates at this second confer
ence were well aware that it was
only the start, but they looked for
ward with an earnest hope for
success.
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