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7/12/44
POST-WAR PLANS OFFERED; CARLETON SMITH EXPLAINS NEEDS
Final plans for a series of public service radio programs designed to stimulate post-war planning in the nation’s capital, have been outlined by Carleton D, Smith, General Manager of WRC, Washington,
The educational shows, under the general title of "Tomor¬ row’s Washington", will be presented over WRC in cooperation with the Washington Daily News ( Scripps-Howard) and will cover the major fields of city life and work which research organizations report will be affected most by the anticipated peacetime expansion of the District of Columbia,
Mr, Snith said that in presenting the discussions, the sponsors will work closely with established agencies which have already begun to do valuable research in the local after-war field, particularly the National Committee for Economic Development and the Washington Board of Trade,
There is a real need for knowledge by our metropolitan residents of the plans for their post-war home, said Mr. Snith.
Declaring that even thou^ Washingtonians have no vote,
Mr. Smith pointed out that they still are able to express their views and opinions through a free press and radio and encouraged listeners to submit ideas and comments on any phase of post-war planning in which they are actually engaged or by which they could be affected.
Participating also in the initial program was Fred G-, Macarow, Vice-Chairman of post-war planning groups of both the CED and the Board of Trade, who praised the cooperative effort of WRC and the Daily News. He said that his organizations have compiled a report which definitely indicates the Washington area will have a population of 1,500,CX)0 persons within ten years after the war.
The symposiums will be heard weekly at 8:30 P.M, EWT Thursdays beginning July 20th. Among subjects to be discussed are Public Transit, Housing and Building, Sports, Entertainment, Public Health, Industry, Employment and Communications,
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CITES RECORD TO SHOW INCREASING FDR HOSTILITY TO PRESS
Editor and Publisher for July 8th, conservative and non¬ partisan trade Journal of the newspapers of the country, takes a terrific fall out of President Roosevelt on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Its leading article by Malcdto Johnson, reads in part as follows:
"At this late date, as another election approaches, it is certainly no secret that President Roosevelt’s three terms in the White House have been marked by a growing hostility to the press,
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