Editorial Note

On June 30 the Senate adopted a resolution creating a special subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee charged with examining the overseas information programs of the United States. The subcommittee was composed of Senators Fulbright (chairman), Gillette, Benton, Wiley, Hickenlooper, and Mundt. The subcommittee submitted an interim report (83d Congress, Senate Report No. 30) on January 30, 1953, urging that United States overseas information services and programs as well as those of private agencies be strengthened.