Evening star., 1952-06-01
Voice Should Give Ul
Tone Of Rich UncIe,'
McCarran Cautions

Of Nevada, said last night the
State Departments overseas in
formation programs should drop
''the superior. almost patronizing
tones of q rich and moral uncle
addressing poor relatives"
Instead, efforts to win friends
through psychological warfare
should center on "a fighting policy
aimed at "the soonest possible col
lapse Of the Red, hierarchy" he
said.
The Nevadan's statements ac-
companied release Of a booklet
summarizing the status Of the
Voice of America and other de-
partment information projects.
The summary. prepared by the
State Department. took the form
Of replies to Is questions asked
last September by Senator Nc
Carran. He got the answers last
February, and had the pamphlet
compiled. The Senator heads an
APPROPRIATIONS subcommittee
handling Safe Department funds.
Denies Allegations.
The department took strong
issue with allegations in some Of
the questions. It denied, in one
instance that feeling against this
country is growing in the Philip
pines. saying:
1.-THE inroads of Communist
propaganda in the Philippines
have been check and minimized
in the past six months to a year
through positive actions taken by
the United States Government
and the effective work Of the
USIE UNITED States Information
and Education Program.)"
The department contended
many Of its projects are aimed
specifically at destroying conf
dence in the Soviet Union and
in Communism generally. They
also are aimed, it said, at build
ing confidence among foreign
peoples in their own ability tol
improve living conditions through
democratic means
However, it warned there is no
fast way to Offset Moscow's tech
pique of the big lie." which con-
lends international Communism
stands for freedom for escape
from exploitation and for anti
colonialism."
Some Shortcomings.
The department also challenged
implications that the USIE has
failed to get across American in
tentions to the people Of India
and Iran. But it conceded there
are admitted shortcomings" in
the programs. It explained:
I'VE have yet to convince Indian
leadership and peoples that the
policies we have adopted in Asia
are in all cases wise and best
calculated to achieve our objec-
tiyes, which are fundamentally
the same as those of India.
I'VE have not completely des-
troyed the hard-dying stereotype
Of western imperialism as applied
to the United States. and have not
fully convinced India that Soviet
imperialism is the true and deeply
real threat over India today"
But it said both are failures
OF degree, not Of direction"
In the case Of Iran, the depart
ment said, there is disappointment
at not getting more economic and
military aid. This is due partly to
"the disparity" in aid to Iran and
Greece and Turkey, the depart
ment said.
Our Ideas, Their Terms.
State Department officials con-
tended also that they make every
effort to translate American ideas
into the terms of foreign peoples.
Senator McCarran. however,
urged that the programs, es-
pecially in Iron Curtain areas, "be
directed to their interests, their
self-esteem. their hopes for the
future"
I'm Russia" he declared, I'VE
ought constantly, to remind the
masses of the people Of their long
struggle for freedom and justice.
We should quote to them not from
our Washington and Lincoln and
Jefferson. but from their Herzen