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12 A THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE Radio USSR Liberty Despite Reaches Millions in Jamming Attempts (Editor's Note: Tho follow ' Ing diipalch on Radio Liberty . was written for UPI by J. Spencer Gray, editor and pub lisher of The Herald of West chester, White Plains, N.Y., following an on-the-spot in spection. By J. SPENCER GRAY (Written for UPI) Munich, Germany - fUPD Through the long hours of the night I watched the "couriers of democracy" relent 1 e s s 1 y carrying on their tasks. They are the newcasters, the special guests from a wide array of professions, the writers' and the technicians who comprise Task Force Ra dio Liberty - as vital a force as any which fights for the West in the Cold War. Twenty -four hours a day Radio Liberty is on the air, broadcasting to untold mil lions within the Soviet Union - the only contact for most Russians with the world of truth and fact. From London, Paris, New Delhi, Rome, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong and major news centers, the uncensorcd stories of international devel opments In all areas arc beam ed to every part of the Soviet Union. Angered and embittered at the success of Radio Liberty in reaching within their bor ders, Soviet bosses have order ed their technicians to step up their efforts to jam the broad casts from the West. But technology and the laws of physics are on the side of the West, and despite the best efforts of the frustrated Com m u n I s t s, the truth gets through. Is Radio Liberty worth the vast effort contributed by thousands of dedicated fight ers for democracy? Audience Increasing There is clear evidence that Radio Liberty's ai'Jicnce has been increasing steadily ever since this privately - financed undertaking was launched March 1, 1853. Letters spirited out of the Soviet Union under hazardous circumstances attest to the cruciul role being played by the remarkable radio net work. I did not appreciate what a fabulous undertaking Radio Liberty really is until I spent several days observing Its operations - from sub-surfucc library to control tower top - at the Radio Liberty nerve center, housed in an old air port building on the outskirts of Munich. I watched with amazement as a long succession of special ly trained technicians, re searchers and broadcasters, as well as leaders in the worlds of statesmanship, scholarship and culture, worked at the controls and took their places before the Radio Liberty microphones in Munich to carefully direct the messages through the Iron Curtain into Small Worlds Around Us By .Lynn M. Watkins (Register and Tribune syndicate 1081) We're 'Stuck' With Our World And Should Take Cb of It The rabbit in the bram bles, the bird in the bush and the fish in the lake, along with the rest of us, occupy a tiny space on this earth. Human-like, we often get to thinking we own the whole "she-bang." Of course, in one small sense, we do and in spite of what you might selfishly think, every .living bird, fish, mammal and mollusk "owns" some little part of it, too. We, the humans, arp responsible for them, but we arc all tem porary tenants. The world does not actually belong to us -it belongs to the future. Regardless of your residen cy in your home, whether or not you own it free and clear, doesn't change the status of the land on which it rests. The fields the farmer plows may be in the farmer's name, but he, too, is custodian of it for a tittle while. After he and the heirs have occu pied it, It will still bo there waiting for the future. No Right So we who occupy it now have no moral right to de stroy it even if we could. It and the resources it contains or shelters should remain. We should consider those who arc to occupy It tomorrow or the day after. . World population inside of 50 years will be double what it is now. It's going to be a lit tle crowded. All those folks will want to see a bird or a squirrel, or want to catch a fish or walk in a woodland. Sort of pathetic that so many of us go blandly about our petty affairs, trusting that everything is going to be all right. Too many of us are too willing to believe that Bclcnce will take care of everything From Man? One man, who Jumped to a wrong conclusion, recently said there Is little point in con serving our present forests, for he had read that Mars was heavily forested, and soon space-cargo ships could bring in all the limber wc would need. Wc could Just as well cut down all the limber and make room for shopping cen ters, parking meters and sub divisions. Of course, the man was stupid, but there arc many who would like to believe that mankind will soon es tablish himself to some de gree in Mars, Venus, or some other celestial body. But wc Sound Waves May Stop Mine Disasters St. Louis (Science Service) The U.S. Bureau of Mines is experimenting with sound waves to prevent mining dis asters, Charles E. Morgan Jr. and Thomas C Miller re ported here. The sound waves would probe through coal mine roofs. seeking hidden weaknesses that m I ght cause . cave Ins. Preliminary experiments have been highly successful, and a compact portable trans mitter for beaming sound waves is now being built In the Bureau of Mines laboratory are "stuck" here whether wc like it or not, and the human race, as well as all those little things under our control will have to be satisfied with our world just as it is. We couldn't live anywhere else. The earth is pathetically small now, but it's all wc have, and all we'll ever have. So pretty soon now we'd bet ter begin seriously to take care of it along with all the little things that live here with us. We don't OWN any of it. It, and all of them, be long to the future. every section of the Soviet Union. Radio Liberty broadcasts world news 332 times daily, with never a sign-off period in 17 different languages. ranging from Byelorussian to Ukrainian to the non-Slavic languages, and on 19 different frequencies. In addition, Radio Liberty gives persons of many pro fessions and points of view an opportunity to make their views known inside the Soviet Union through interviews, talks, and discussion pro grams. The words and voices of statesmen, labor leaders, writers, scientists and artists arc regularly broadcast by Radio Liberty as part of its presentation of life outside the Soviet Union. Among the guests have been Raymond Aron, Pearl Buck the late Albert Camus, Roger Duchet, Hugh Gaitskcll, Her bert Hoover, former Vice President Richard M. Nixon Gregor Piatigorsky, Eleanor Roosevelt, Igor Sikorsky and Stephen Spender. Interview subjects carried by Radio Liberty have ranged from entertainers Louis Arm strong and Yul Brynncr, to pianist Van Cliburn, to Ameri can Sen. Hiram Fong of Ha waii, to philosopher Jacques Marilain. Each of those interviewed has had an important purpose to serve: By bringing their thoughts and opinions to Ra dio Liberty listeners - many of whom are opinion-makers within the Soviet Union, they have helped maintain a fcee flow of information and ideas into the Communist nation. No party or government is represented by Radio Liberty. It does not urge its listeners to any course of disobedience or violence. It merely suggests alterna tive ways of life and institu tions which exist in other na tions within the framework of democracy. 252 Hours Daily From its transmitters in Eu rope and on Formosa, Radio Liberty broadcasts a total of 252 hours daily. No other radio network out side the USSR reaches all the major peoples of the Soviet Union in their own languages. Moreover, Radio Liberty speaks with an authentic voice. Half of Its broadcasting staff is made up of men and women who have themselves flUuW TlCm, amain inn fled Soviet oppression. They understand conditions within the Communist police state, they know the fears and aspir ations of their fellow coun trymen. Besides Soviet emigre writers, poets, economists, his torians, scientists and former military personnel, the Radio Liberty staff includes people of 19 nationalities from all over the world. The emigre staff Is a verit able "Who's Who" of former Soviet officials, professional men and cultural leaders - Razhden Arscnidze, former minister of justice in Georgia; Ivan Bahriany, Ukrainian author; George Denicke, form erly a professor at the Uni versity of Moscow; Prof. George V. Stackleberg, a lead ing orientalist; Boris Zaitseff, former chairman of the Union of Moscow Writers, and Veil Zunnun, former news director for Tashkent Radio. The Soviet government has above five times as many jam ming stations on Radio Liber ty frequencies as Radio Liber ty has transmitters to send out its programs. ; Directional Aerials But jamming is largely over come by directional aerials, plus the fact the characteris tics of shortwave propagation make it impossible to drown out freedom's voice complete ly. In fact, the reception in most areas to which Radio Liberty broadcasts is good Numerous prominent Amer icans are among those who lend financial and other sup port to Radio Liberty. The American Committee for Liberation, (ACL), which sponsors Ttadio Liberty, is headed by Howland H. Sar gcant, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for public affairs. Trustees of the ACL include Reginald T. Townsend; Mrs Oscar Ahlgrcn, former presi dent of the American Feder ation pf Women's Clubs; H. J Heinz II; W. H. Chamberlin author of "The Russian Revo lution;" J. Peter Grace Jr. Henry. V. Poor; Dr. John W Studebacker; former Gov. 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