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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Enormous sums have been appropriated for the task, and anyone working with private information outfits can only be appalled at the extravagance of the operation. The State Department supports Information Centers throughout Germany and Austria, most of which have large libraries of books on American subjects. Periodically they send out...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

But in spite of the outlay, the Information program has not overcome hostility toward the Occupation or the United States. The failure represents no lack of effort or want of size. Quality of personnel and production have weakened the undertaking. Unlike the French, who from the start have spent a...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

There has been far too much talking about democracy in Germany and Austria by Americans in uniform. The more perceptive Germans and Austrians realize that armies are everywhere the same, but the mass of people, failing to find a difference between a democratic and a totalitarian army, give up the...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

In this sense, private organizations working for cultural exchange have had far more success, a fact recognized by both the Army and the State Department. Unavoidably, government connection puts all work of the ISD at a disadvantage from the start. But further, private organizations have generally operated more understandingly and...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Francis F. Chen '50 has been awarded a Radio Corporation of America scholarship, it was announced yesterday.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chen '50 Is Winner of RCA Scholarship, $600 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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