Evening star., 1948-05-28

excerpts on the Senate floor, involv-
ing many States.
President Truman, in announcing
his own investigation to reporters
yesterday, said he wanted to find
out who was at fault. But he noted
the programs were not handled by
the State Department.
Mr. Allen, in letter made public
yesterday, likewise pointed this out
He said that the particular broad
casts now under fire did not carry
the name Voice of America, the
official Government radio signature
but were sent out under the name
of NBC alone.
He said I'VE all make mistakes, -
but he added that the department
is now renegotiating the contracts
with private broadcasters to avoid
any repetition by setting up stronger
control and supervision machinery
But the statement failed to satisfy
the angry members of Congress.
Senator Smith, Republican. of
New Jersey, who read the letter to
the Senate, said it did not excuse
the State Department.
Probers' Groups May Combine.
Senator Smith was named to head
the Senate inquiry to be conducted
by the Foreign Relations Committee.
following a Senate vote yesterday
which resulted in the assignment
of the probe to that committee.
However, the Expenditures Sub
committee headed by Senator Fer
euson, Republican, of Michigan, the
Republican, top investigator. also
is at work on its own and Senator
Smith indicated last night that the
two groups would join forces.
Meanwhile, pieces of the story
behind the broadcasts began to fall
into place as more and more be-
came known of their history.
From Havana, Cuba, Mr.. Borgia S
immediate superior at NBC, Alberto
Gandero, said the broadcasts were
real service to the country" add
ing:
1T appears obvious that isolated
sentences we're taken from them
which do not reflect the true spirit
of the broadcasts." "
Mr.. Borgia said he was told by
Mr.. Gandero exactly what to put in
the scripts.
Il didn't even sign them because
didn't believe what was in them"
he said i'll a telephone interview.
NBC refused any further COM
ment on the ruckus. But William
F. Brooks, NBC vice president
in charge of news and interna-
tional relations, came to Washing
ton. He conferred privately with
William C. Rogers, chief counsel of
the Ferguson committee.
Senator Capehart produced let
ter from Mr. Borgia, written earlier
this year after one broadcast men
toned "feathered and naked girls
cavorting in wyoming.
The letter, written to Representa-
tive Tabei, Republican, of New York,
said in part: Il do not blame you
for not liking it. Of all concerned,
I was the only one who protested.
Mr.. Borgia named Stanley Rich
ardson, NBC official, as supervisor
in charge OF the programs.
Mr., Borgia. in describing how the
scripts were prepared, said he did
not write all of them, but did pre-
pare five or six. He described the
formal of the show this way:
Two boys from Latin America
we're represented as touring the
United States, accompanied by a
guide. The boys asked questions,
many of them based on criticisms
of this country which they had
heard at home. The guide replied,
setting them straight.
For instance" Mr.. Borgia said
in Alabama, the boys might say
We hear the Negroes here all are
mistreated.' The guide would tell
them this is not true and point to
the things that were being done
for Negroes in the State"
! Most of the quotations which
aroused Senate wrath, the writer