European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Corner of the Library and Reading room at the new America House in the Library contains volumes of which one third Are in the German open in 4 the doors continued from Page i Defeated people is no Small but there Are increasing signs that it is Suc recently in three newly elected City Council members came to the America House librarian and frankly admitted they had to Conception of How democratic Council should be the librarian with several fat volumes on the councilmen returned several Lateran told uie librarian they bad mimeographed certain sections of the Book and distributed them to the Council As a they were confident the books had Laid the groundwork for a democratic in the British zone City of not Long a German asked an America House librarian for guidance on a controversial the librarian furnished him with an armful of books representing a shades of opinion on the subject soon the befuddled raised in system in which he was told flatly was right and what was whirled and moaned to the librarian am than these books All give different answers Howaro i to is right ithe librarian told him to take the books Home study them carefully and make up his own this incident was cited by Max m chief of the Hico education and cultural relations As a major Victory for the feel we have achieved a measure of Success if we develop a few open the America House at Munich boasts Large collection of musical Kimental we dont want the germans to copy us like Mon we merely ask that they learn a Little from what we have to give them and adapt it to their own this has been one of the programs guiding Aims since its modest be ginning at bad Homburg on july when a Library of 700 Well thumbed from surplus army was opened for now the average Library in each of the 26 America houses numbers about ranging from recent fiction to highly technical scientific in there Are 107 american Reading rooms in smaller German they serve As Branch libraries for the America soon 20 flashy new trying phonograph and re cording apparatus and motion picture carry the program to the smallest four or five new America houses also Are being some of these will be in the French zone the standing invitation to the As expressed by is come As do what you wish and return if you feel like it if s All Money for the program is not part of the occupation the taxpayer foots the Many leery of High pressure programs after the bilious tirades of Goebbels rid other regarded the houses As another propaganda but the programs gradual ascent to a respected Community asset has practically erased this Early mistrust attendance at the c e n t e r s has now risen to More than visitors not a few enthusiastic Habi tues who first came houses just get v a major problem has reach across Section of the German the program primarily tends to attract intellectuals and not the this is especially True in such University cities As Heidelberg and where the houses even photostat the latest technical articles on scientific subjects for mass classroom use by students arid the language difficulty at first proved to be a major stumbling Block to reach ing the average but America House libraries Are now buying increasing numbers of German language including some German printed in which have not re appeared on the Market since the Success of the libraries is one of the brightest pages of the Usis in this America houses Are creating quite an upheaval in German Kimental he explained that the libraries of the open Aholt readers Are free to prowl about the Bob stacks arid is face their own they May ask the librarian to suggest readers Are not permitted to get near Helves in the vaults of tradition which Are German to get a Reader must know its title and and give this information to Hie who then fetches the Kimental termed this a discrimination of the finest Oil against the average Reader under the German might never the existence of a Book which would be of help to the american open shelf along with its Decimal system of Cata has hit German Library traditions with the Impact of a citizens of in even went on a readers strike recently against the local close shelf Hen the reconstructed Darmstadt Library opens it will be the first major one in Germany to adopt the open shelf and Decimal sys Public libraries in the Wurtem Ber Baden towns of bad Mergentheim and Leonberg have adopted the american we dont want to be a typical Kimental we want to be go along with the the America houses strive constantly to integrate themselves in the Community life by aiding German schools and civic groups with Book Loans and serving discussion forums for airing local in the smaller the House is often a local cultural Center with its own Little theater group and programs Are slanted to Aid the the worker and the professional Man in their daily popular and technical magazines mirroring All phases of life and thought offer ideas to German perhaps this Community integration has reached its highest Peak in Bremen hew America located in the Glocke which also houses the German Community their facilities complement each and a visitor to one can reach the other simply by opening a America House officials Are currently engaged in a drive to boost american participation in their a they Are looking for occupation personnel to participate in discussion telling germans of their daily lives or former jobs in the in addition to setting up Tours by out standing musicians and the houses also sponsor talks by germans just Back from a visit to the Linder the Hico Exchange what they have to and with the germans better than what any american could Kimental pointed out the Usis centers Are individual in with each fashioned to meet the heeds of its houses in centers Are heavily stocked with technical articles and the new Bookmobiles wont carry any of Gertrude steins esoteric or weighty tomes on atomic on the visits to Rural one of the most strategic Amer Ica houses is the one in focal Point of the cold signify Here represents a balanced Cross Section of the German a special feature at the Berlin which has proved highly is its newsreel show six times daily for East zone or East sector the shows Are designed especially to present unbiased newsreels to East residents who cannot afford to attend West sector movies on their Low Eastmark the which seats is packed at every this is the Only Usis program in Ger Many which requires an admission ticket East sector or East zone identification the Unsung heroes of the program Are the America House All americans who supervise a staff composed mostly of the directors Are the ringmaster of the never ceasing round of activities designed to sow the seeds of democracy in they must be combination Diplomat Community press librarian and linguist Many Are Community workers in the and some have undergone special state depart men training for foreign they have left few stones unturned in their efforts to help the German people educate themselves about the German visitors to the America House in Stuttgart look Over current late of most stateside magazines available to America House the Staw