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...CURT E. FORSTMANN...
...relationship between the U.S. press and radio rated a curt British glance last week. In the BBC Quarterly, BBC Publicity Director Kenneth Adam observed smugly that "the 25-year relationship between broadcasting and the press in Great Britain has not been complicated, as it has in the U.S., by competition for the attention of the advertisers." Despite this, he was forced to admit that, even in Britain, press-radio relations were not exactly ticketyboo. There is, he conceded, "a rivalry over the supply of news to the public...
Specifically aimed at halting the spread of printed propaganda and the swift distribution of liquid encouragement to voters, the curt regulation draws too fine a line between distasteful electioneering and the honest efforts of candidates to get their ideas before the student body. In their attempt to keep election campaigns within reasonable bounds, the Committee faces the possibility of smothering all attempts at popularizing elections. Freshmen forced to rely on the dope sheets posted in the Union will find their knowledge of the candidates inadequate for intelligent voting. If the Council expects to capitalize on the current interest in extra...
...pressroom the tourists saw big banners, bearing such slogans as "The Socialist obligation of the five-year plan is to do the best you can." One was more curt: "Get the paper out on time...
...Japanese take the word "dear" literally, even at the start of a letter. Last week General MacArthur took care to begin his letter to Japan's Premier with a curt "Mr. Prime Minister...