The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-09-17

81 mander-tn-chlef. Under dlfferent lead
ership its potentials have been sub
verted
The broadcasts are made daily, re-
layed by the British Broadcasting
Company Some effort at objectivity
is made by the British, according to
informed Slavs. That can't be said
to be a feature of the American
broadcasts.
Under present direction the Voice
of America wages a constant prop
uganda battle against the govern
ments and people of central and east
ern Europe Two devices are used:
One is by quoting from reactionary
and uniformed American newspa-
pers, the second is by the commenta-
tor technique.
GoEBBELS OUR TEACHER -.
The line is typically Goebbels, in
fact one Bulgar told me he's convinced
the late nazi propaganda chief was the
3 teacher.
Voice of America makes no pre-
tense at pointing out the good fea-
lures of the new democracies. Con-
WINGED that you win friends and in
fluence people by shaping them in
the face instead of patting them on
the back, it is stoniIy silent about
the social advances being made, the
enlightenment through mass educa-
ton, the efforts of the people to
raise their standard of living.
Like the proverbial stuck phono-
graph needle, it harps anti-commu-
nism. anti-communism, anti-commu-
nism Some of the broadcasts are
ceyerly done. some are rankly stupid.
All are aimed at creating divisions
within the populations, tanning pref
udices against the Left leadership,
preying upon ignorance to gain sup
port for the Rightists.
If the Soviet Union were to set
no a powerful station in Mexico
and start broadcasting to United
States in the English language
every seIf-righteous defender of
free enterprise democracy would
yell to high heaven. II Soviet
commentator called the U. S. gov
eminent hanuman politicians, gang
sters and murderers, Americans
would hardly appreciate it. Ger
tainIy they would not say it tended
to develop good will between USA
and UssR.
The Voice of America gloats over
its ability to carry such language
over the air. For instance, on jan
uary 81 it broadcast the following
quotation from an editorial in the
Washington Star: I'm eastern Europe
is only brutal terror carried through
by hangmen politicians, gangsters
and murderers skilled to perfection.
The formula of Dimitrov is the Com
munist formula or slogan of Death to
freedom all over the world"
Goebbels could not have done bet
When Professor Nicholas Dolap-
chiev and George Yurukov resigned
as ambassadors in London and Brus-
sells, the Voice of America called
them courageous patriots, worthy
sons of Bulgaria" 1t did not explain
their backgrounds, did not mention
that Dolapchiev had been prominent
in the political circle of King Boris
who signed a document giving 10000
Jews into German hands, then re-
negged because of popular resent
ment against the order.
HOW TO WIN FRIENDS (O
AND -.
On February 6, the intrepid COM
mentator for Voice of America, ANA
lying the new Fatherland Front
program, said, Safeguarding Bull
garia's national independence and
sovereignty and territorial integrity!
Isn't that mockery of the most
sacred feelings of the Bulgarian peo-
pie? This promise for safeguarding
Bulgaria's independence was given
by those who have already trans
ferred their country into Soviet
colony. Does the former Soviet citi-
zen Dimitrov consider that he can