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Both the aims and the recipients of American propaganda in Germany and Austria differ from those in France and Italy, where the State Department is concerned primarily with selling America and American good works in competition with Communists. The problem is far more complex in the occupied countries, where the U.S. is more involved with influencing a whole way of life toward democracy. The first element in this change must be respect. America has acheived this for its material accomplishments, but our propaganda has not demonstrated the worth and vitality of democratic--and more specifically, American--culture...
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 puzzle altogether. Quoting Grace again, "The most effective method of establishing a society based on the democratic ideal is to abandon the use of the term as such, and, by practice and precept, lead the German people to accept this ideal...
...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 have attracted individuals of higher prestige and greater vision. Few of the personnel in the ISD have been able to convince the Germans or the Austrians that our victory resulted as much from the vitality of a way of life as from material superiority...
Georgetown's attack was led by a pair of fast forwards, Tommy O'Keefe and John Brown. The Hoyas played a tight defense, and held the quintet to the lowest score it has made so far this year. The Varsity Summary: G F P Gabler 1 1 3 Crosby 4 0 8 Rockwell 3 2 8 Smith 4 2 10 Stevenson 0 1 1 Prior 2 1 5 Hickey 2 0 4 Covey 2 1 5 Murphy 2 1 5 Stiles...
Barbara Stauwyek does an excellent job as the soft-hearted gold digger. Needless to say, eventually she really falls for the guy. No one will mind this, however, because it's just more comic material for Preston Sturges to work with. There's no "hoke" in "The Lady Eve." Far from...