Mr. ROONEY. There is a requested increase in this item of $230,520 over the amount set forth as the 1951 estimate. This is one of the items wherein the 1952 base is set up on a base amount of employees not in accordance with the appropriation granted last year. Is that

correct?

Mr. HULTEN. I believe so, sir.

Mr. ROONEY. You have an increase requested here for travel. How much are the New York and Washington trips under this travel item? Mr. HULTEN. Cost of transportation is $30 per trip with per diem varying from 2 and 3 days and so forth.

Mr. ROONEY. It is now 25 minutes to 5. We shall recess until 10 o'clock in the morning.

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1951.

Mr. FLOOD. Mr. Preston.

Mr. PRESTON. Your request is for an increase of 35.8 man-years? Mr. HULTEN. Yes.

Mr. WILBER. No new positions.

Mr. PRESTON. The lapses are taken into account?

Mr. WILBER. Yes, sir.

Mr. HULTEN. Employment for the same number of people.

SUPERVISION OF NEW YORK OPERATIONS

Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Hulten, in the investigation which has been previously discussed in the committee, some observation was made with reference to the number of times that you visited New York to look into the operations of the New York end of the Information and Education Office. Do you feel that you have made an adequate number of trips there to keep a watchful eye on the operation?

Mr. HULTEN. I believe in answer to a direct question, since I have been in the office a little more than a year, I have made about 20 trips. There were times when I would have liked to make trips more often. Mr. Kohler comes down every week and we are able to have conferences. I will not say that is everything I would like to do, but it is all that I have been able to get away. That would be about once every 2 weeks.

COOPERATION WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

Mr. PRESTON. On page 697 of the justifications, under "Other contractual services," the estimate for 1952 is $25,000, and you say: These funds will be used to give limited financial assistance in nonprofit organizations, or projects to utilize advertising programs, customer contracts, and other facilities of private enterprise in furthering the objectives of the program.

Just what does that language mean?

Mr. HULTEN. Mr. Preston, as you know, included in my office is the private-enterprise cooperation unit, with offices being developed not only in Washington and New York but also in San Francisco, New Orleans, and Chicago. Those new offices were discussed with the committee at the time of the supplemental last fall.

We have found by having a limited number of funds at our disposal it permits us to work with private groups in putting out booklets, such as suggestions which can be given to overseas advertisers to include certain of the Government's message in their overseas advertising. We have also put out certain publications, suggestions to letter writers, which are being distributed.

We are also getting out a particular suggestion to overseas travelers as to how to behave overseas; how to act as ambassadors of America. That will probably be distributed through the travel agencies of this country. That is the kind of thing.

It is a limited amount of money. In most cases they participate and provide part of the cost of these types of projects.

Mr. BARRETT. You might care to look over some of these samples of the kind of private-enterprise projects we have. We would be delighted to have this entered into the record, if it is desired.

It

is a list of some of the private-enterprise projects in which the State Department and private groups are working together. We feel that is one of the most important fields of exploitation at this time. Mr. PRESTON. We will insert them in the record at this point. (The list referred to is as follows:)

Toledo Blade..

Full page ad in Paris Herald Tribune and Blade requesting ideas for private enterprise cooperation. Group tour of Egyptians to United States.

Town Meeting of the Air.
United States Steel, Ford, Standard Quantities of free pamphlets and booklets.
Oil, etc.

Various magazines.

Vision magazine.

Publish announcements urging readers to send copies abroad to
USIE libraries.
Spanish language, Time-Life type magazine for Latin America.

Advised on content and other angles.

Cooperated in making arrangements.

Initiated and negotiated aggrements. Distribute through USIS

New magazines regularly being contacted and enrolled.
Advised and assisted publishers in getting under way.

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Cooperating in developing ideas.
Working out details of operation.

Undertaken at our suggestion.

Making necessary arrangements, securing clearances, etc.
Continuing advice and assistance.
Cooperating closely on all details.

Getting suitable messages prepared and continuing develop arrange-
Suggested projects and cooperating closely.