Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-03-04

the experiment paid,
from the standpoint of all concerned
including the peoples of tn e
countries involved. On the average
the United States puts out one dol
lar for each three dollars spent
by the other countries. In 1913
Latin American countries were ex-
pending 100000. In 1913 they in
vested $1,178,O 900.
The countries in which the
stations are located, an official
of the department explained,
supplies ''land, buildings, as
sociate technicians, office and
service personnel, equipment
and supplies available within
the country, and funds for op-
Grating expenses" The United
States supplies the ''know-how"
and the specialized equipment
necessary.
The plan pays out. the depart
ment explains, this way. Assistance
In raising crops such as cocoa, cof-
fee, certain fibres, medical plants,
tea and rubber, has increased the
revenue from them. They are prod
ucts in demand in this country,
we don't or can't raise. The dol
lars they earn are turned into
many manufactured products which
these countries purchase from us.
In the last special report issued
by the American military govern
ment on the Licensed Press of Ger
many, we have an example of an
other type of experience which the
United States has had in attempting
to provide the "know-how' for
foreign nation.
Some of the seeds which
have been planted and which
it is hoped will grow, thanks
to the application of American
techniques, are those which
should produce a free and
democratic press in Germany.
1t would be somewhat rash to
try to teach the Germans all about
the publishing business. After all
Gutenberg, who invented printing,
was German, and ever since his
time the Germans have taken the
lead in many of the mechanical
processes connected with the pub
fishing business. But when the
American occupation forces moved
in, there was nothing that resem-
bled free press in Germany, and
if there had been it hardly could
have flourished under the conditions
which then existed. Even today the
best we can expect is a "nearly
free press" and that is what it
admittedly is.
In the United States zone and in
Berlin there are now Sc newspapers
licensed by the United States. These
papers own a cooperatively-orer
ated news agency. These publica-
tions are not. and never have been,
"pre-censored." They are care
fully read by the military govern
ment officials, and some have been
suspended, after warning. But
these occasions have been few.
The mission of the military gov
eminent in the field of the press,
as planned and applied to date, has
for its first point:
"TO help demncratically-
minded and trustworthy Ger
man publishers and editors to
build an objective. free. demo-
cratic press in the U. S. Zone
in Germany and to prevent
the resurgence of Nazism, mil
itarism, racism, pan-German-
ism, or natiOnalism in the news
paper and news agency field"
The special report explains that
controls which were imposed when
the papers were first established
in order to conserve scarce mater
ials, supplies, and equipment and in
order to train editors. publishers,
and journalists in the tradition of
a democratic, free press have been
progressively lifted so that for two
years at least the U. S. zone has
had NEARLY" free press. The
eventual goal has been from the
start an absolutely free press to the
extent that this condition obtains
in the United States and Great Brit