As subsequently printed and disseminated by the
Office of War Information (OWI), the pamphlet swiftly became the first skirmish in a pitched ideological battle within the new information agency.
For example, when the
Office of War Information in 1943 printed up what Hart calls a "fulsome booklet" about "The Life of Franklin Roosevelt" to promote American ideology abroad, the result was a brutal domestic political backlash, as conservatives criticized the president for using taxpayer dollars to print re-election campaign literature.
There is room for literature too, although not much and mainly from the war years: a prologue discusses Thomas Wolfe and two of the twelve chapters examine texts constructed by the
Office of War Information and the Frank Capra/War Department films, Why We Fight; Hitchcock's Lifeboat and Paramount Pictures' The Hitler Gang each receive five pages of focused treatment in other chapters.
Likewise, it is not clear why the author did not consult the records of the
Office of War Information and the War Advertising Council, especially because he claims that the latter "became a significant presence in wartime advertising whose importance cannot be overestimated" (29).
In the spring of 1942 American publishers formed the Council on Books in Wartime, whose chairman invented a catchy slogan, 'Books are weapons in the war of ideas', subsequently taken up by the government's propaganda arm, the
Office of War Information (OWI), and given wide currency by President Roosevelt.
During World War II, Olson worked in the
Office of War Information, then in Roosevelt's 1944 re-election campaign.
from the
Office of War Information to the Office of Strategic Services
Dutch wants to be part of combat and resents his uncle Roy's use of national connections to have him assigned to the
Office of War Information in Hollywood after boot camp.
During the war Bess worked for the
Office of War Information (OWI), in the library of the Music Department, which furnished recordings for radio broadcasts around the world.
using the neutrality of Sweden and Switzerland to deliver the message) and "was issued as propaganda through the
Office of War information." Truman's citation of newspaper editorials does not serve as proof of the "prompt rejection" of the ultimatum by the Japanese rulers, or "that the reaction of the Japanese government was entirely different from what Radio Tokyo had reported" as the government was divided as how to approach the issue.
using the neutrality of Sweden and Switzerland to deliver the message) and "was issued as propaganda through the
Office of War information."Aa Truman's citation of newspaper editorials does not serve as proof of the "prompt rejection" of the ultimatum by the Japanese rulers, or "that the reaction of the Japanese government was entirely different from what Radio Tokyo had reported" as the government was divided as how to approach the issue.AaRather, the Japanese reception was to reserve comment on the ultimatum, "that the Japanese government suspended judgment on the Potsdam ultimatum."Aa
By midyear, four fellows had left to join the war effort: one was drafted, one succumbed to pressure from his editors to return to UPI, and two joined the
Office of War Information.
