Democracies Must Find Wise Way To Deal
Current, Strong Soviet Propaganda Machine
By DeWitt John
In The Christian Science Monitor
One of the long-range problems of
building a peaceful world is that ol
dealing wisely with the current pro
gram of the Soviet propaganda ma
chine.
Herein lies a problem for peace be
cause (1) all Soviet propaganda
broadly follows a single, official
"party line;" (2) it comprises vir
tually the only information available
to most Russians, and (3) it presents
what can only be described as a
distorted caricature picture of the
outside world, effect of which is to
stir suspicion and not to promote un
derstanding.
Little children, young people, and
adults?all the 200,000,000 people in
the Soviet Union?are being indoctri
nated deeply and incessantly with
this distorted portrayal of other
countries through press, radio, film,
books, plays, schools, lectures. The
question unavoidably arises as to
how deep in Soviet thinking may be
the resulting fear, suspicion, and re
sentment, in the crucial years ahead.
The question arises, also, whether
it is possible to establish a stable
world order on a basis other than
mutual understanding between the
Russian and American peoples?
Few informed observers believe the
Kremlin has geared its postwar pro
paganda machine to a program of
distortion and vituperation for the
deliberate purpose of making war, as
did the Nazi leadership in Germany.
On the contrary, most authorities
judge that the Kremlin is seeking to
unify its people, to smother opposi
tion, to prepare its people defensive
ly for any possible emergencies in
a world of "encircling" capitalist
powers, and to gain bargaining ad
vantage. '
That is an important distinction:
Present-day Russia does not want
war. But this f^ctr does not wholly
neutralize the destructive, divisive
implications of a propaganda pro
gram which is tending to widen a
psychological gulf between the Rus
sians and other countries.
Pioneer Pravda, Russian children's
newspaper, said on the anniversary
of Thomas A. Edison recently that
Edison "was ready to invent deadly
weapons because of his love for
America," adding: '."Thus capitalism
corrupts and diverts into improper
channels the military genius of a
:i
Thus the deep humaaiterlanlsm
this greet inventive genius is ignored.
Attention of the Russian children it
directed away from the Americas
inventor's uplifting and liberating
contribution to humanity, and from
the benevolence of his personal cha
racter. Such interpretations hardly
could help future citisens sad lead
ers of Russia to understand the
United States.
Speaking to grownups, the Soviet
Government newspaper Izvestia re
cently asserted that Canada was
turning over territory and its army
to the United States "in preparation
for an aggression."
No voice was raised in
press .to counteract this charge of ag
gressive intentions. The
people heard no balancing evidence,
no counter facts that United States
Canadian plans might be purely de
fensive. On the contrary,
newpapers for months have
serting that the United States, es
pecially the Republican Party as rep
resented by Senator Arthur V(
burg, is advocating "a consistent,
frank program of imperialist expan
sion."
Soviet reports on economic condi
tions in the United States likewise
bear little more than an incidental
relation to the facts. Yuri Zhukov,
Pravda correspondent, recently re
ported from New York: "The wages
of the laboring people do not even
provide a living minimum. Eighty
per cent of the workers of the U. S.
A. don't have a living minimum."
Such Russian statements concern
ing the United States, Canada, Great
Britain, and their various interests
and activities the world over can be
duplicated almost ad infinitum.
Equally slanted information fills the
Russian bill of fare concerning the
rest of Europe and Asia, including
the satellite countries within the Sov
iet orbit?as witness Ilya Ehren
berg's recent pook "European Cross
road," on the Balkans. * .
But- to deplore such statements is
not enough, dealing wisely with Sov
iet propaganda is the challenge.
Perhaps the most effective possible
measure would be for the United
States to reach a general settlement
with the Soviet Union, disposing of
major outstanding questions includ
ing that of propaganda warfare. Ef
forts of American diplomacy to ac
complish* such a settlement need to be
citiaens out
the information
oI the State Department,
daily radipcasts to
a of a picture
Soviet Onion, te
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not curtailment is
ed in m
ance of a strong, vigorous, balanced
policy. The United
cannot afford the luxury of
disunity.
That current Soviet propaganda is
batablB. It hesdly could be consider
ed a pillar of lasting world peace.
But the very beet answer is a strong,
sound, and vipomas democratic so
ciety In the nations of the western
world?a democracy in the Occident
which works promptly, works well,
and works permanently.
Potato Harvest Will
Start June
Raleigh, May 22?Digging of early
mmmesdal Irish potatoes is dxpect
sd to begin the week of June 2, ac
cording to the State Agriculture De
partment, which also reports that the
map has been damaged to some ex
bent by the cool, dry weather which
prevailed over meet of North Caro
lina during April and the first two
weeks of May.
Other truck crops made good re
coveries during the first two weeks
in April, during which the weather
was alternately warm and cool with
more than adequate moisture in most
mas. Previous unfavorable weath
er had set the crops back somewhat.
The snapbean crop was reported to
he up if all areas and making normal
growth. Harvest in the Sampson,
Wayne, Duplin and Pender area is
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' CREDITORS
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brix of the Estate of Carl W. Black
weed, late of Pitt County, North Ca
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expected to begin Monday. In the
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here the young plants suffered light
cold damage earlier in the spring,
the harvest'will begin about June 1.
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Winston-Salem, May 22?"Songs in
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words by Paul Green, Pulitzer prize
winner, and original music by Dr.
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Salem college and nationally known
aa a composer, will be broadcast in
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| from 5:15 to 5:45, Saturday after
noon, May SI.
The cantata, written especially for
the 175th anniversary celebration of
Salem college and based on the ex
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Moravian * settlers from Bohemia,
will be officially premiered at Rey
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the broadcast. Approximately 275
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with Paul Peterson, Winston-Salem
soloist, and the augmented Piedmont
Festival orchestra will be used.
The presentation will open formal
ly the Piedmont Festival of Art and
Music, a week long annual Spring
event in this tobacco capital of the
world. In Reynolds auditorium will
be a children's concert, an opera on
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