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    "ocrText": "-2-\nPARAYS TRUMAN NARA\nMr. Ferguson brought up the problem of the Lobbying Act which arises again in\nconnection with the field personnel. Mr. Ferguson discussed the legal questions\nwith Donald Hiss in Mr. Acheson's office who feels that if it could be contended\nthat the field personnel were simply out to stimulate interest and discussions\nthey would not have to register. On the other hand if they are not registered and\nshould get into any difficulty it might prove to be a serious problem. Mr. Hiss\nthinks it is a policy that the Committee should decide. There are now three people\nregistered under the Lobbying Act, and if the field personnel are added we will\nhave nine individuals on the rolls registered under the Act.\nIt was decided that it would be the safer course. to have the field personnel re-\ngistered, but we should keep the number down to a minimum.\nReport on Publicity\nMiss Mandigo and Mrs. Dowd reported that the text for the first article in the\ncountry newspapers has been prepared and will be mailed out next week to about\n1200 newspapers. It contains a brief story on the Marshall Plan and a picture of\nMr. Stimson will go along with each mat. It has been decided to use mats rather\nthan the boiler plate because the mats will be faster.\nMr. Ferguson reported on the progress of the broadcasts by bipartisan teams. We\nare still working with ABC but they continue to be reluctant unless it is a debate\nrather than a discussion. It was generally agreed that because of the time\nelement we should go ahead and make the recordings ourselves and get them in the\nhands of local stations. Mr. Stein reported that they are moving ahead at their\nend and have a script pretty well completed. It is in the form of discussion\nwith questions and answers and when it is completed they will get the senators\nsigned up and go ahead.\nThe possibility of a 2-column debate in the newspapers discussed at the last\nmeeting has been investigated by Miss Mardigo. There has been very little interest\ndisplayed on either side. The News does not want to present our side and the\nWorld Telegram is not interested in presenting the opposition.\nJudge Patterson asked if there had been any success in publicizing the Simpson\narticle. Mr. Ferguson reported that it had been turned down by all the magazines\nto which it had been submitted. It is to appear in the Commercial & Financial\nChronicle on February 5, but this paper has a small circulation.\nGov. Lehman referred at this point to a suggestion he had made at the last meeting\nthat instead of spending money on expensive pamphlets the Committee get five or\nsix outstanding men like Stimson, Patterson, Vandenberg, Dean Acheson and others\nto go on the air. even if we have to pay for the radio time. Gov. Lehman feels\nthat the Committee has not yet made a definite impact on the public. He thinks we\nwill have to take a more aggressive stand and tell people precisely what the\nCommittee wants and why. He made the suggestion that we sound out Mr. Stimson\nand perhaps arrange a broadcast from his home if necessary. Failing Mr. Stimson\nhe suggested that Judge Patterson come out and set forth in unmistable terms\nwhat we want, the reasons we advocate $6.8 billion and let people know we are\nreally a fighting committee. It was decided that Judge Patterson or Mr. Page\nwill write Mr. Stimson suggesting that the time may come very shortly when a\nshort broadcast by him would be very effective."
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