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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nARRYS NARA\nThe Committee also agreed that it would certainly be desirable to have\nlocal groups who would undertake to finance advertisements in newspapers in\ntheir regions, particularly in country districts, in order to create further\ninterest in the Marshall Plan. The question of organizing a committee of\nfarm leaders from Des Moines was also discussed and it was agreed that Mr.\nTerrell should be asked to handle this matter. Mr. Fox, who had already\ncorresponded with Mr. Terrell about such a committee, undertook to explore\nthis matter further and to try to secure the formation of a committee shortly.\nIn the course of its discussion of the need for concentration in cer-\ntain areas, the Committee requested that it be furnished with a report as\nto the members of Congress whose attitude might be affected by Committee\nactivities and also of those areas in the country where public opinion was\npresently adverse. It was agreed that such a report should be made to the\nnext meeting of the Committee.\nExecutive Director's Report:\nMr. Ferguson described to the Committee certain publications which were\nnow in preparation; such as a question and answer booklet and a booklet ex-\nplaining the Committee - its functions and objectives -- and also added that\nwork had begun on a pamphlet for distribution in existing organizations suggest-\ning how their local chapters could work in behalf of the Marshall Plan in\ntheir own communities.\nMr. Ferguson also mentioned that a number of organizations were anxious\nto work with the Committee in reaching the foreign language press and radio.\nHe explained that this would probably involve the expenditure of some of the\nCommittee's funds. Several members of the Committee believed this possibility\nwas worth pursuing and Mr. Ferguson was authorized to discuss the matter fur-\nther and see what kind of program could be undertaken and what expenses were\ninvolved.\nReport by Mr. Read:\nMr. Read reported to the Committee his conversation during the morning\nwith Mr. Carey, who had Just returned from a W.F.T.U. meeting in Europe.\nMr. Read explained that the Russians had announced that they expected to use\nthe W.F.T.U. to smash the Marshall Plan, and that Mr. Carey had succeeded\n(with a number of other nations of Western Europe) in placing on the agenda a\ndeclaration supporting the reconstruction of the European economies. In\neffect, he succeeded in preventing the W.F.T.U. from being used to carry\non the Soviet attack on the Marshall Plan.\nCampaign Report:\nMr. Oram described the present campaign which the Committee had under-\ntaken in seeking to raise funds, and said that he believed that the most\nuseful approach was to seek additional members from business and other seg-\nments of American life on the National Council. He believed that the Com-\nmittee should not try to spread its activities too widely, but should attempt\nto use its members from time to time and to work largely through other exist-\ning organizations. The Committee agreed with Mr. Oram's approach and author-\nized him to proceed along those lines with the understanding that the matter\nwould be discussed again at a meeting in the near future."
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