14 APRIL 1950, Page 4

The Director of the Bureau of Current Affairs, defending his

organisation against the charge of pro-Soviet bias, states that out of 185 handbooks, pamphlets, &c., published in a period of nearly three years, 182 said nothing about Soviet Russia. That in itself might be interpreted, if not as pro-Soviet bias, at any rate as charitable intention. But what kind of contribution is made to the discussion of current affairs by a body which mentions Russia in three out of 185 publications ? * * * *