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Jo>eph C. Grew*
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John C. Hu^ha
CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIM COMMIirlK
Whitnej H.
PRESIDENT
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YICI-rAEUDEXT
Spencer Phenix
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Theodore C- Aujuiline
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MEMBERS
ClarenceJeoekPace AJe.vander Frank Alcchul Laird Bell
A. A. Berte. Jr. Franeii Diddle Roberr Wood.obert F. BradfordA-
Jame. B. Carer Ho.-ard M. Chapin
Harry Woodburn Chaw
Luciui D. Clay
William L. Clayion
aarfc M. CliSord
Cecil B. DeMill<
Fitok R. Denton
William J. Donovan
Mark F. Ethridge
James A. Farley
Juliu* Fleiiehmann
Henry Ford, II
Virginia CCharle> R. Hook
Palmer Hoyt
Paul Kenan
Henry R, Lvce Jo.eph V. McKcc Web Maddox
H. B. Miller
Frederick Oibom Arthur W. Page Georee N. Shutter John A. SiHey Spyro. Skourit Cnarlet M. SpoftW Oiarlei P. Taft H. Gregory Thomai Levering Tyioo OcWin Wall.ee . W.tcr H. Wheeler. Jr. Cbarle> E. Wfljonuiacey Wrl-ht Darryl Zinuek
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Ur. Allen V.treet, M. IT. flashington,.
Dear Mr. Dulles :
It gives oe pleasure to send you herewith the President's Report for thoovering the operations of the National Coccitteeree Europe.
As you2 ess an Important year for your Coffraittee,ake this opportunity toAdmiral Miller oo its accomplishments under his leadership.
As bisssure you that your officers and staff vill continue to strive to improve the effectiveness end quality of this vital undertaking.
I hopeay have the pleasure of seeing you personally before tooime goes by.
Sincerely yours,
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President
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
NATlONAL COMMITTEEREE EUROPE,h Street. New. Y.
OFFICERS
JOSEPH C. GREW, Chairmen of theCACKSON. Vce-Chairmen of the Boa'd JOHN C. HUGHES. Chairmen, becatiwe Committee H.ILLER. Prewfent FREOERtC R. 0OLBEARE.SPENCER PHENIX. Vice-fWdent and Treeiurer THEODORE C. AUGUSTINE. Secretary end AiiiiW
DIRECTORS
A. Berte, J'. Ho-ard M. Chepin bciuiay. Ddbeerehmann Joteph C. Grew John C. Hughei
C. D. Jacbon H.Ser Arthur W. Page Spencer Fheftii George N. Shn'erM. Spofford H. Gregory Thome i
L Adcoci Raymond Pace Aieiander Frank AMchtrl Laird Bel A. A. eerie. Jr. Frencii Riddle Robert Woodi Wis Robert F. Bradford Harry A. Suflit JemeJarey Ho-ard M. Che pin Harry Woodburn Choi* Lucnrt D. CUyL Clayton Oert M. Clifford Cecil B. DoMJUe Frank R. Denlon Frederic R. Oolbeere William J. Donovan.. Fariey Julim ReiKhrnaiw Henry Ford II Virginia C. GWertleeve
Jotepfi C. GrewR. Hookoytughet C. D. Jacbon hWry R. Luce Jouph V. McKee Web Maddox H. B. Malar Frederick Of born Arthur W. Page Spencer eorqe N. Shvn'er Johney Spyro* Siooret Cherlw M. Spofiord Charte* P. Tefl levering Tyton DeWiH Wallace Abbort Wathbom W. W. Wayriaa Weltwr H. WKeeler. Jr.lhon Mrt Oulncy Wright Carry! Zanjck
of December II,
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEEREE EUROPE. INC.:
I9S2 has been or. important year it this great struggle for (he minds ol men.
With the growth of WtiU'D strength endlemng of *l! freeto the true nature of me Soviet conspiracy, therevidence thatinitiativethe cold war ii increasingly possinc. into the herds of me free -orid.
19S? haswth of tho free world's power ond deter minotion to resist Soviet encroachment, end to tale positive measures to stop it. In this same measure the wort of NCFE became moreet faith in the earnest purpose of the free world grow among the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe both a' home end abroad.
The2 hat alioigrWficent year of growth (or the various activities of the National Com nv Maeree Europe.
from its smoB but ambitiousadio Free Europe he* grown toransmitters in service at the endeven languages are now broadcast to sii satellite countriesaily program outputours. Ouring the year the volume of incoming information about conditions in the captive countries greweily rote of eight milEon words. Over foor hundred publication! from behind me Iron Curtain are received and analysed daily.2 exile student* of the Free Europe Univertity in bile hove more then doubled,otal.
This report covers the various branches of NCFE's many-sided activities, all of which bear witness to the energy with which your Committee hat functioned.
The2 has seen another phase in the development of the Nationel Committeeree Europe. This is. perhaps, of greaterthan physical growth, though not so reedily iteted in measurable terms. It hasear in whrch various brenches of our octrvities -ere consolidated and integratedore smoothly functioning unit. It is only natural that rapid growthew organisation ii accompanied by some "gro-inglthough the various deportments have from the beginning functioned weft, major emphasis during the2 was placed on coordination of the partsingle more closely-knit learn.
The quarry of programs has been constantly revised and improved. We have new evidence from behind the Iron Curtain of theof our operations: (a) me programs of Radio Free Europe ere ftril-
incj the target country rogimet with such effective re is that thoit fctut^ to male syifemetic refutations through theireu b Radio Free Europe ubfic
ttatementi by's of the tetelite governments; (c| the fear erf such broadcasts ii so great that the Soviet* have erected hundred* of jamming stations in an effort to leap the truth from reaching thepeoples.
The -or* of the Notional Committeeree Europe is centeredajor divisions:
Division of Exile Relation) [or National Councils Division) Radio Free Europe Division of In teee cruel Ceoperetion Raiearch and Publications Service Crusade tor Freedom. Inc.operate corporation) General Administration These divisions ere dosciibed in detail in the following pages.
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ADIO Freo Europe continued to eipend its technical facilities duringEven qreefer emphasis.wai pieced on improving the collection end evaluation of Information, program lechniquei. ond the preparation of longer term cempaign ploni andn order to melnfei'n RFE's established position in the captive countries in the face of Increasing Sovietaetion. Informationnd evaluation received major emphew. Skilled correspondents -ere employed.methods of interrogation produced ample end accurate materielestfy in. created program schedule. Improvemenh in moni toring satellite redio stations and in using this material were made to heighten the effects of Radio free Europe programs.
In the pest year the Ptemmg Section has devoted considerable efforts to integrate further the police* for Radio Free Europe broadcasts. Deify Guidances have beeninto comprehensive analyses ofbehind the Iron Curtain, whichore accurate rnterpre-ration of these evanh in the light of Radio Free Europeeview of broadcast scripts coven the ^paneled Munich output end assists in checking on the psychological warfare content of broedcesti. Moreover, itasis for planning improved techniques. The Planning Section hat continued its effort* to determine points ofin the target areas, and has prepared special guidances and campaign! to eiploit the weaknesses eipoied by the enemy. It alsoits study of fundamental psychological problemi relating to our target eree.
Redio Freeed theIotal broadcasting time ofoun per dey. This had increased by2oun daily. Tha increased hours of programming to these countries, however, does not alone tell the full story. During theFE added one trensmlrter loo Hungary, 'our to Poland, end two (or programming to Romania. Bulgaria end Abenie. In addition, the number of retey transmitters we* increased from two to
The importance of our operation in Portugal increased greatlyn addition to the one transmitter erected near Liiboneven more SO Kw short-wave transmitters -ere pu* into operotion et thai loeetion during the pest yeer.
CHRONOLOGICAL REPORT OF RFE TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
JanuaryKw SVV Transmittern airn3f Studio Building comploted in Munich.
SO Kw SW Transmittern airn Lisbon.
SO Kw SW Transmittern air FebruarynControl installation completed in the Munich
studios.
Housing Project completed.
5f Studio Building completed in Munich.
otal0 square feet of office and studio and floor space. Complete automatic telephone exchange and switchboard facilities for expandedin operation.
SeptemberAntenna System completed end tunedI.
tudiosontrol Rooms in Munich Shidio Bunding,ola! oftudios endontrol Rooms, plus Master Control in operation.
ommemoratingortuguesededicated.w SW Transmittersn Lisbon. Installation completed end on eir.
Decemberadditional relay transmitters installed in HoUirchen. bringing total of relay transmitters to six. InKw SW Transmitter No.nstallation completed and on air0 Kw SWNo.nstallation completed and on air25.
DIVISION OF EXILE RELATIONS
USING the pet*th*of bile Relations has continued to encou'coe the formation of constructive end forwerd-locling lead-erihip among citiiens of tho Central and Eastern European countries now In exile In the free world. The DnnVion facilitated the eetiviry of exile groupsoGricel nature, advising, consulting with, and assisting these groups so that their work might be useful in accomplishing the goals of the National Committeeree Europe.
TKe Di.-is.on continued to work win the et'ablished nationalf eailes. as wall as with thote international groups whose activity contributes to the eitaWshment of future understanding among theand Eestem European peoples. The terminerion of the work of the International Refugee Organisation and the reiJtant growing feeling of abandonment on the pert of the refugees
mode of refugee assistance work being performed in Europe by eiile organisations with which the Division is in contact.lan was adopted to developational basis self-help projects directed towerd the maintenance end ronung of morale among the breed meises of Iron Curtain refugees in Europe. This program wei worked out in coordination with all private end public agencies interested in the refugee problem end is designed tounction not et present pe no-mod by any other agency or authority in this field.
Similarly, the need for developing leadership among the younger potential leader* in eille SOSM recognised by the Division.tudy of the situation of the Trade Union Movement in Exile, efter consultation with experienced American academic authorities, the Divisioneadership training program to acquaint potential eiile trode union Seeder* with the developments of the Western end, particularly, theTrade Union Movement.
Two public event* involving political es.le* from Iron Curtain countries were of more then routine interest and Importance in the development of the political warfore offemive against Eastern Europe. In January.the Central and Eastern European Conferance of the European Movement -as held in Undon. Tha Division of Exile Relet.onswith the orgeniiers of the Conference, end assisted in theof eaile leader* from the United States. The Conference, in which leading Western European statesmen took port in en unofficial COpecity. resultedesolution stating that "no arrangement between the Western power* and tho Soviet Union can leadrue and lasting
peoce which accepts th* continued enslavement of the peoples ofandhis powerful -eswqe of hop*er world was carried to the enslaved countries through Recto Free Europe and brought forth angry protests from the satelCte regimes.
On the anniversary of the signing of the Virginia Bill of Rights.leaden from Central end Eastern Europe gathered at Wifliemsburg. Virginia. They stated that the people of Control end Eastern Europe, once free, would join in the formationnited Stoles of Europe. They further pledged "to ansure that, once these (human) rights end principles ore embodied in the new constitutions of ou' peoples, they shell be safeguarded end respected, for the common good of European cavitation, end for th* cultural heritage of mankind."
With the essistance of tha Division, th* ei lo notional andorganisations were more end more able to bring the problems of their countries to the attention of the free world. Demonstrations, con-ferences, and congresses wero held commemorating patriotic festivols or important historical events such os the fifth anniversary of tho hanging of tne Bulgarian martyr, Nikola Petkov; the commemoration of theof St. Stephen In Hungary needy ten centuries ego: end theDay of the off-invaded end courageous AJfeonJan notion.
A number of thecommittees presented important testimony to the United Notions Ad Hoc Committee on Forced Labor concerning th* violofion of human rights in their countries. After preliminary hearings in New Yort. these committees were summoned to Geneva to present further vital testimony in the causa of Ireadom. Thus, the inhuman moss deportation of people from Hungary and Romania, os well as the crimes of genocide committed against the peoples of the Baltic States.eiposeO to the eyes of th* world.
Throughout th* year th* Division of tail* Relations has continued it* efforts, by deepening its personal contacts end understanding of the people end fheir problems, to establish and maintain harmony within the exile world. It has striven to strengthen the solidarity between the enslaved nations and th* West, and to develop mutual trust and confidencethe free world and those who hove ffed from Communist tyranny In order to carry on their fight abroad.
DIVISION OF INTELLECTUAL COOPERATION
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HE Mid-European Studies Center conducts two important projects in cooperation with the Library of Congress in Washington, in addition to its basic work carried on in New York. In the course of the year, both from the standpoint of physical space and that of operations, thiswas completely reorganised and its staff problems satisfactorily solved.
The two projects shared with the Library of Cong-ess areuropean La- Project and (b) the East European Accessions List.hese projects are fundamental research. In the case of the Accessions List, th* NCFE Research and Publications Department has available to it within forty eigh- hours the huge volume of printed material which regJarfynto the Library of Congresside variety of sources behind the Iron Curtain.
Research visitor* to the Mid-European Studies Center haveto such en eitent that the space available isproving in-adequate.
also conducts the following projects: (a) East European[formerly tho Da nub Ianb) Teitbook Project;ducation Program; and |dj Young bile Scholarship Program.
On* aspect of th* reorganisation of MESC has been the separation of those exiles qualified to do research from those who, in the past, were afforded financial support for political or other reasonsno return to th* Committee.
Another fe*ture of th* reorganisation of th* Inquiry istr*Kie-tion of policy planningpecial group headed by Professor James T. ShotweH. With him are: Or. Adolf A. Berle. Jr. Dr. Arnold J. Zurcher of the Sloan Foundation. Dr. Cyril Black of Princeton University. Or. Philip Moscly end Or. Herts Neumann of the Russian Institute at Columbia Uni-versify. Dr. Arnold Wolfen ofveptity. Dr. FetiVs Gross of Ne-Yotk University. Mr. Frederic R. Dolbeere and Dr. Levering Tyson of th* National Committeeree Europe.
This group providesogical organisation of inquiry, esasroup of men who ere thoroughly familiarup-to-the-minute developments in that region which might lead toward federation. This Board reviews progress made on work It has set up for the Inquiry end recommends personnel qualified to carry out the various units of th* over-aB program.
Many organisation) already have utilised the product of the Inquiry.
In view of the valuable results the Inquiry has produced and the evidence of Its procticol usefulness, the Policy Board is considering to wfwit extent I've Inquiry should sail Its sights on attaining fada-ation for Eastern Europe and -hat pert federation of this area might play In European unity.
When the Allies moved In on collapsed Germany tSey found noavailable except those that the Neils had imposed on the German schools. Tha repreienfe'ives of the West -ere faced rrnmediotely with the stupendous tosk of providing accurate and objective academic moteriels. Toimilar situation upon liberation of the satellite nations, the Mid-European Studies Center has undertaken (a) to accumulate as many pre-totalitarian texts as can be secured so that duplicates may bein en emergency, and (b) to prepare other and up-to-date volumes (hat can be made available to the liberated areathe time comes.
If is -eSoonnected with NCFE that one of the important, if not the most important targets in the over-al Kremlin program is the mind of youth. It seems entirely logical that et least some counlerbeia nee Is en Intelligent item in the prog-em of the National Committee. W* hove approached this challenge In two -ays.
On this side of the Atlantic we have sought out young exile scholars resident in this countryIntellectual attainments were of such caliber that the Committee could assist in their education. In the first year, fifteen of these young scholars were on Our rods. The large numbers and high qualify of tha applicants lor support led to an Increase to forty stu-dents the following yeer.2 program enrolled approximatelyents.
During the Christinas holidayonvention of these exiled scholars -os held in New York City for the purpose of discussingThe assembly was divided into nine committees which discussed such topics os; foreign policy, armed forces, toxafion. development of economic resources, use of industrial copecity. agricultural production and distribution, foreign trade, cultural and political minorities, and civil rights.
In Strasbourg. France, more thenhundred young exiles from the captive countries hove been assembled at the Free Europe University In Exile. For coch of these, the Committee provides housing subsistence and en a'owarce for clothing and incidentals. On the educational side, theprovides instruction in the regular departments ofUniversity of Strasbourg as well as Instruction in what is known es the East European Seminar. This dass Is designed to perpetuate in the minds of these young people the traditions and history of their native lands. This port of the program Is conducted by eslle teochors.
Successes and failures have been recorded in the operation of FEUE. It has been demonstrated that young people from ail the Ian satellite countries can live together in amity and accord. In itself this is aachievement. Problems can be listed In such areas as: leek of interpretation of the East European mind (understandable on the port of Americaneedell-defined programeminar to cover the whola area of Eastern Europe: end not enough appreciation of the diniculty of Operoling on French territory with its rigid Gallictraditions. Moreover, with the actual center of authority,and otherwise, four thousand miles from tha scene of operations, problems arise. There is little doubt that ail these conditions can be ameliorated sufficiently quietly to enable the University to fulfill theenvisioned for It,
One of the chief divisional concerns is to meie sure that its products will be useful to the National Committea, to research organizations both public end private, and to universities and colleges. Its value rests mainly in two areas; first, the usefulness which it con no- contribute In carrying on the fight against the Kremlin; and second, the contributions that it can mote in maintaining the cultures of the captive countries while they are under totalitarian domination.
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HEesearch and Publicatiooi Service was given the function of assembling, enetyiing and distributing in useful form af available information about the target area. To this end, ten research dells, composed of eiilei from each of the satellite states, work inwith an American editorial staff.
he Rasea-eh end Publication Service hasontinuing rate of eipension of its information services to Red* Free Europe programming, planning, and policy. This eipension is reflected in its information publications, its reference activities, special reports,loser working relationship with radio desks.
Tha Division also eipended its sources of information to the point where an average of slightly over eighton words per day are received in one form or enother from the captive ante.ery smalof this total can be put to practical use since most of it consist* of repetitious propagonda. But. by piecing together items fromewspapers and periodicals analysed daily, with refugee reports, or monitoredragment of information con be eveluatod and integroted into the Overe3 partem of knowledge about the target area. There are still considerable leaks in the Iron Curtain, for the readme Is unable to reach its subjects by press or radio without also reaching NCFE.
An important additional source of information was tapped duringthrough the reorganijallon of the Division's Washington staff.the Library of Congress, this office has immediate access tobooks and publications received by the Fast Europeanfrom the Soviet area each year.those pages which
contain significant information, micro Urns them in duplicate, sends one copy to Munich end the other to the New York dews. Through the faciC-ties thus made available by the Library, jt has been possible for the Committee to procure rapidly valuable Information unobtainable from any other source. During four months of0 microfilms were processed for use.
The rnformetion accumulated from ell these sources is used both withm the Committee, primarily by RFE. ond in publications distributed outside. The former action takes the form of daily contacts between the RFE and RPSdesks. These meetings are supplemented by special reports and studies on topics relevant to current racfio campaigns. Of paramount ve'ue to the prog/em desks ere the RPS fits, which contain entems on virtually ell aspects of the Communist "occupation."
Besides Ih* regulor information and research functions of th*editing and printing of Committee publications, such osthe Struggle for freedom"olumes of Th* BlockAttacks Against
Ouring the yearonoo-di-eted Iron Curteln News Program based upon three categories of activity.
om Behind the Iron Curtain and other research publ>ce-tions. In2 the-MO* of the Committee's English-language monthly mogeiino was made available to representatives of the press and other media, to universities, churches, libraries and research centersm learning mora about "Communism iny the end of the year the magaone's circulation hod grown0 copies which were Distributed toations in the free world. Intudies were distributed to specialists on Central end Eastern
Press end media confetti. As the Committee's activities hovemore widely known, the requests from newspapers, radio andstations for information about the forget area has increasedMaterial -sustreling the pfighfhas been supplied by this Divisionegular basis to el the major network* end meny hundreds of the lending newspapers. During the Sandyor instance, tho mflui of requests for information made it necessary to operaleound-the-clock basis over weekends. In addition, speciel services era provided groups such as th* labor and religious press. Foreekly column describing labor conditions in the captive countries Is carried by ISO tradeStcefionsombined ci-culofion ofilon.
National language bulletins. To provide elite groups and fhe emigre press with accurate information about conditions In theiregaiir-ss in each of Ih* languages of the captive countries eramonthly. Thes* bulletins provide the only source of accurate informetSon about their homelends available to ei'le groupsn the tra* world.
Finely, two ir.tang.ble but insportenl rsssufts of ther's work may be noted, first, close working coope-a'ion between thes American staff ond the rationalhIity. Second, to en increasing ertent matters pertaining to the Soviet area wore analysed and interpreted nottrictly notional basis but from th* view-point of the enslaved aree as a
I9S2 CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM REPORT
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h* Crusade for Freedom earned forward the fund-raising and publicity program of the two previous yean. The nation-wide acceptance of fha Outoda wai estremely sotisfactory considering national tnferesf in other topics such as the election.
Owethe national election, the Crusade campaign opened later 'nan usual on November II. It openeda tour-ru-twoA broadcast 'm which Presidentelect Dwight D. Eisenhower and Governor Ac/Laiparticipated. The majority of the stales opened their Crusade fund-railing campaigns at that time, although approximately twenty states delayed their drives to avoid conflicting with local charity or other drives.
2 Crusade campaign was keyedewFreedom-gram. This message of hope to peoole behind the Iron Certain wasto be broadcast to the captive notions by Radio Free Europe. The desire of the American people to bring moral ond spiritual help to their fe'bwmen behind the Iron Curtain wai underestimated and. as thisii written,0 Freedomgrems have been printed and distributed, on request, tr-oughout the nation. Many cities established Fteedomo/om Centers as focal points in their local CnVes.
New highs were achieved In press, feature services, radio andThe Crusade provided stele committeesreis book which met with wide acceptance. This was supplemented bytories designed to be used on the state or local level. Without the splendidfromogowves. radio end television, and the Advertising Council, such thorough publicity would not have beenCur profound gratitude to them is hereby acknowledged.
Emphasis was placed upon nationally syndicated feature services.itoriel end pictures were distributedeventeen week period.
Major networks generously provided vpo' announcements, specialand guest appearances for Cnrsede. both national andurvey of their frequency indicates that radio stations broadcast enofrusade spot announcements each week during the drive.
National headquarters serviced requests for the ten-minuterusade Report" byrints throughout the country.ere sent to television stations where 'hey -e't widely used.
Approilmatelytiles andnown leaden and Crusade ofticiols participated in special events and public meetings in neariy every state. Appearances arranged through the Spooler'i Bureau were heavily concentrated upon metropolitan areas.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
MARCHr. C. D. Jedson revered from th* Presidency.
8fl office he held during th* year he -el on' obsence from Fortune. He -el efee*ed Vice-Chairmen of the Board of Directorsceed Mr.. Poole, who resigned f'om that office on Marchr. Jackson was succeeded as Preiident by the writer of this report.
Minutes recording the appreciation of the Board for Mr. Poole's long and devo'ed service ware embossedcroll which was presented to Mr. Poole. In the death of Mr. Poole on Septemberhelost one of itsoyal friend,ire/ess worker. Minutes recording the Board's sense of loss were adopted on September2 and sent to Mrs. Pool* with an eipression of theympathy.
fficers end directors were as fo-ows:
Mr. Spencere-President of th* Committee, who had been serving as Acting Treasurer, wes elected Treasurer. Mr. Ftenl AJtichul resigned from the Board of Directors in January. On Februaryhe Board of Directors was enlarged to fifteen and the thenvacancies war* filled by the election of Messrs. Julius Heischmann. Georq* N. Shus'or, Howard M. Chepin. Charles M. SpofTord. andr. Zimmerman resigned in October.
In addition to the foregoing changes the Committe* lost two members by death duringr. Robert P. Patterson end WiKem Green,ben B. Robertson endewelected -ere Messrs. CherWs F_ WHson and Henry Ford II.
Th* Committee's ne- officesh Street hav. proved adequate for ih requirements during the year under review. There has been no significant change in the number of administrative employees.
Personnel operet'ioni during the yeer emphesiied the development of Improved selection processes -ilh greater emphasis on basic qualifications, skillspecialist was appointed Assistant Director with specific responsibility for recruitment, end he has been able to ecceierafe procurement of individuals with speci*liied skills forvarious divisions of the Committee. Improvement in th* office men-egemenf area resulted from the addition of an eiperiencedomplementary steff.
A survey of salary structure wasout and necessary edjuslments madeiew to danda rotation of job classifications end salary rates.
Rata raviaw methods were adopted for merit increases and principlespromotion and
In the area a' employeeacation plan wai adopted on Januarypeciai features of which provide to* home leave of ove'^eai employees, and maternityGroup life insurance0 berte'rh wai eiter^ed to cover a9 employees,roupurgical and medical imurance plan wai adopted. In view of the eiter.uV- travel involved in the Commiliee'l work, travel accidentsupplemented by theft inwrance, hai been provided for elwho travel on Commirfee business.
Recogniii-ig the many difficulties experiencedmmigrationounselling service to aid them was set up.employees holding quota visas which require them to come to New York for immigration processing are now returned promptly, usually within ten days, to their itations. at extensive savings in costs and program time.
CONCLUSION
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CCOMFTJSHMENTS suchhose describedhii report can ba brought about only through tha inspired efforts of dedicated people. Space does not permit namingmell fraction of those whose work has made this organization possible. In closing,ant to record personal end official thanks to the following groups and individuals:
To every man, woman and child among theillion who hove given moral or financial support to the Crusade for Freedom: to those who signed the Freedom Scrolls or Freedomgrems.
To every volunteer worker for 'he Crusade for Freedom throughout (he length and breadth of ma United States of America.
To every church, every school, every labor union, every service organization or club, whose members hove given us backing, official or unofficial.
To all of those in the great profession of corruriunicetlngthe columnists, the feature writers, the cartoonists, the editors, the owners of newspapers; to the great radio chains and the men operoting small stations; to the commentators, the announcers, ond those who write or produce radio end television shows; to the great public Figures and the bit actors, the property men and others in radio and television who ore responsible for the immense becking given to the Crusade for Freedom.
To those foundations and corporations which have generously given funds to support the work of this Committee. Particular mention should be made of those who have donated, with the help of the ActVertising Council, radio time or newspaper space dedicated to the Crusade for Freedom.
To our many friends in universities, foundations, and otherwhose research and advice hove given us guidance.
To the many friendly people who have given us moral support or valuable information.
To the exiles from the enslaved countries, whose inspiration end first-hand knowledge of the Iron Curtain countries have been among our greatest assets.
To afl of those dedicated employees in each branch of activity of the National Committeeree Europe.
To the heroic people behind the Iron Curtain who listen to Radio Freespirit is unconquerable.
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