NAEB Newsletter (June 1952)

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- 2 - Committee Set Up to Administer the Grant At its Colunbus meeting the NAEB Board of Directors accepted the grant and appointed the following committee to work with the Executive Director in administering its John Dunn (Director WNAD, University of Oklahoma), chairman; Waldo Abbot (Director WUOM, University of Michigan); Edward Wegener (Production Director, WOI-TV, Iowa State College). The Board instructed the committee to invite proposals from any and all interested educational institutions* It also said: "Although a single institution might re¬ ceive two grants—one- for radio and one for television production—if there were enough promising applicants the committee should make only one grant to an insti¬ tution. - NAEB ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT REPORT The following programzeport is made by William Harley, Coordinator, Adult Education Project* Jefferson Series: Scripts five, six, and seven ("The Democrat aid the Communist," "Light aid Liberty" and "Jefferson and Respbnsibility of Public Office") have been completed by Writer Milton Geiger* He is now working to couple te two more by the time Claude Rains returns from London at the end of the month when it is hoped four programs can be taped imr®diately* USSR Series; "The Music and the Dream” (Communism^ pitch to' the Asians) and "Terror As a System of Power" (the police state) have been produced* Scripts for the other three full hour documentary dramas have received final approval and are to be pro¬ duced as quicklyas possible. All consultants have pronounced themselves well pleased with the scripts of their programs* C. Dale Fuller, project director, couple ted his services on May 15, taking a position with Radio Free Europe* * Ways of Mankind; The first three programs were produced in the studios of the CBC m Toronto May 7-9; scripts fey Lister Sinclair, production by Andrew Allan, com¬ mentary by Goldschmidt* Some who have read the Language script feel it is one of the best educational radio scripts they've ever seen: the production in no way lets it down. The next production session was scheduled for the middle of June. Discussion Shows jfo'fe rna 'fci on al Series; A meeting was held in New York recently with representatives of the CBC and BBC regarding international broadcast cooperation* Outcome; agree¬ ment to do a series of three ^-minute discussions on foreign policy with each country responsible for one program. Feed Back Project; Ralph Tangney of the Lowell Shop has been hired to direct this experiment* He is now preparing a prospectus to submit to Prof. Robert Merton (Columbia), our consultant. Communications Series; Mrs. Waiter Johnson of the Chicago Round Table has been engaged part time to supervise this project, which will attempt to produce 1*0 - 50 quarter-hour talks by the best people in industry and education on "Television and Radio for a Free Society*" Harold Lasswell (Yale) has agreed to serve as consultant* — „ Zoj£ es . from.Europe; Milton Mayer, director, is already hard at work lining up inter¬ viewees and making contacts* UNESCO is giving him all possible assistance and, in¬ deed, has even loaned him an excellent portable recording machine*