PIRAKI

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21745, 30 March 1936, Page 7

PIRAKI

TO THE EDITOB OF THX PBE93. Sir, —Your correspondent. W- A' Taylor, is to be commended for his insistence on historical accuracy in newspaper correspondence and m radio broadcasts. This is especially important in broadcasting, where no one has a right of reply, and where the speaker is assumed to be an ex-

pert. No historian is omiscient or infallible. He should therefore be careful to verify all statements embodied in radio talks. In matters doubtful or disputed, dogmatism should be avoided. Listeners should never be led to a point where they will inevitably draw a wrong conclusion. For lack of clear statement in a recent radio talk many listeners drew an ob-

vious but entirely erroneous inference as to which religious body inaugurated missionary work at two Sotun Island Gentries in 1840. The value of historical broadcasts lies in accurate statement and unambiguous speech. This matter is important because of the prospect that from now until 1940 historical talks will happily figure increasingly In broadcast programmes. Yours, etc., T M. FISHER. March 28. 1936.