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8/26/41
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Two more names were mentioned in connection mth the PCC Commissionership vacancy Clifford Durr, assistant general consul of the Deconstruction Finance Committee and former Representative Charles 'v/est of Ohio, Both are active New Dealers but Durr, who hails from Alabama and is a brother-in-law of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, is said to have turned down a previous offer to the FCC, stating at that time that he preferred to remain v/ith the RPC, Mr. Durr is 42 years old and has strong political backing.
President Roosevelt has been trying to find a place for ex-Congressman West, who for a time served as a V/hite Rouse secre¬ tary incognito, but didn^t make a success of it. Later Hr, Roose¬ velt named him for a railroad inquiry commission, but withdrew the nomination in the face of Senate opposition,
A story that the President v/il hold off naming the nev/
FCC Commissioner until he can revamp the entire Coimnission has been heard on Capitol Hill,
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PCC LISTRITS TO FOREIGN PROPAGMDA IN BARNBST
For the first time in history the United States Govern¬ ment, through special national defense units of tlie Federal Com¬ munications Commission, is officially “listening in'* and dissecting foreign short-wave broadcasts. The Commission lias just given out a detailed explanation of this work.
The Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service is now actively translating, transcribing, analyzing, and reporting on from 600,000 to 900,000 words transmitted daily by foreign broadcast stations tliroughout the entire world as recorded by the Commission’s National Defense Operations Sections,
Working in tliree shifts of eight hours each, a special force of teclmlcians, translators, analysts, and other experts is keeping abreast of all international broadcasts which emanate outside of this country, 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week.
Speeches, newscasts, and entertainment to the inclusion of some musical programs, are carefully v^atched for intelligence and trends, which are reported iimuediately to Governraent officials responsible for counter -propaganda or other action, if necessary. The PCC statement continues, in parts
"For obvious reasons, the reports of die Foreign Broad¬ cast ilonitoring Service are confidential.
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