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TO: NAEE'ers - 6 - TM E SEC R E TA RY '5 PAGE FROM: Radio City, New York Did you ever hear of the Commission on Freedom of the Press? Did you know that the Commission has been at work on a general report on mass communications — newspapers, radio, motion pictures, magazine and books; The Commission of 13 was headed by Dr. Robert M. Hutchins. The Commission and its staff has been studying, interviewing people and holding information meetings. Their report is a miust for everyone in radio and especially those interested in educational institutions and educational radio. The report is an answer to some of the issues that have com.e up in recent weeks. The first suggestion is, 'HTi: RLCCM®ND THAT NCN-PRCFIT INSTITUTICNS HELP SUPPLY VARIETY, QUANTITY, AND QUALITY CF...SERVICE REQUIRED BY THE AMERICAN PECPIl,." 2- ® indicated our belief that the agencies of mass communi¬ cation have a responsibility to the public like that of educa¬ tional institutions. Re now wish to add that educational insti¬ tutions have a responsibility to the public to use the instruments employed by the agencies of mass communications...But the non-profit corporation does not exist for the purpose of making profits. It is peculiarly able to enlist the cooperation of all who are in¬ terested in the cultural development of the country. Hence it can render those services which commercial enterprise cannot offer on a profit-making basis. <1 !^ ’’It can restore an element of diversity to the information and dis¬ cussion reaching the public by organizing the demand for good things and by putting out good things itself. A chain of libraries, schools, colleges, and universities, together with the various religious organizations, could establish the documentary film in mass communica¬ tion. A chain of educational FM stations could put before the public the best thought of America and could make many present radio pro- grams look as silly as they are, ..Ve cannot believe that non-profit institutions will continue to fail to grasp the opportunity they have before them...,It has always been clear that, as working hours diminished and leisure increased, a responsibility devolved upon educators to help people make wise use of their leisure. Now a new urgency is added to this duty. The world seems on the brink of suicide, and the ultimate catastrophe can be avoided only if the adult citizens of today can learn how-to live together in peace. It will not be enough to educate the rising generation; the time is too short.,..It is fortunate that, as their task has grown greater and more pressing, technology has given them new instruments of incredible range and power." As against this, how insignificant are the current charges against educational radio — 1-The California broadcasters who still advance the arguments of 25 years ago 2-In a sense, it is also an answer to ideas advanced recently by a trans¬ mitter manufacturer for cheap transmitters, with very little power, allocating to the college educational stations an area of five or six miles for their coverage. Some people just refuse to learn. March 31, 1947 Morris S. Novik Executive Secretary