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A Statement of the National Council of Women of the U. S. Presented at the Federal Communications Commission Hearings on TV and Radio, Washington, D. C., Monday, December 7, 1959 In response to the invitation of the Federal Communi-cations Commission, the National Council appeared to offer suggestions for future broadcast programming. The Council is a non-political council of local, state, and na tional organizations and of indi vidual women of all races, class es and creeds, reaching 3TA mil lion women in the United States. The National Council of Wom en of the U. |S. has an Executive Committee as its governing body and 15 standing committees head ed by experts in Education, Child Welfare, Health, Fine Arts, etc., exchange information with relat ed committees in the 43 other Councils and arrange workshops and study conferences. The Council believes that wom en have a responsible role to play in their own communities and that they should be informed about domestic affairs and inter national issues in order to contri bute to essential world under standing. In other words, its basic purpose is to advance the free way of life. When the officers of the Na tional Council of Women receiv ed the invitation to appear before the Federal Communications Commission, they immediately communicated the request to all 24 constituent organizations, seeking their approval and sug gestions. This approval was promptly given. Specific Recommendations 1. We urge the networks, indi vidual stations, producers and sponsors to cut to a minimum, if not eliminate, the present large proportion of programs depicting violence, murder, drunkenness, and crime. We call for a complete re-eva- luation of all programs. The following are the few speci fic suggestions for program con tent drawn from recommenda tions received from constituent organizations of the National Council of Women of the United States. 1. Programs that express the values of the free way of life. 2. Programs descriptive of the natural beauties of the United States. 3. Stories of great teachers, and of religious and other leaders, who have made positive contribu tions to the betterment of our so ciety and thought. 4. More programs giving the ethnic and cultural background of the various minority groups mak ing up the American community, through folk lore, music, dance, etc. 5. Colorful and significant events in American history. 6. An increase in all types of cultural programs: Museums, Op eras and concert hall performanc es, Classic and contemporary dra ma, Dance, The Graphic Arts, Historic and architecturally in terested buildings, Teaching of all subjects for all ages, Series on foreign mores designed to help in ternational understanding and to prepare Americans for travelling abroad. 7. Programs of social impor tance, i.e., city planning, health, welfare, designed to stimulate ac tion. UKRAINIAN DESIGNS On the cover of OUR LIFE are published, from time to time, col orful designs originating in dif- eferent parts of Ukraine, that have been collected with love and understanding, because of the great variety of colors and em broidering techniques. Last month we started a new series of these designs collected from the region of Kiev, the capi tal of Ukraine, by Mrs. Ludmila Demydenko. As a young girl she studied at the Construction In stitute in Kiev. At that time she worked voluntarily in the muse ums there, and found many em broideries that interested her, in their richness and variety of color and design. Her studies of folk construction art, in the Institute, gave her a new idea of folk orna ment ; and she began to study and collect embroideries herself. Her present collection is large, and Mrs. Ludmila Dem ydenko’s folk art designs come from shirts as above. represents many different areas of Ukraine. Fifteen pages of these from the region of Kiev will be published on the covers of OUR LIFE. With her husband and two daughters, Alla 12, and Olga 7 years old, Mrs. Demydenko now lives in Rochester, N. Y. As a graduate architect her diploma from Ukraine gained her recogni tion in the U.S.A. She is now working in the school construc tion department in Rochester. Ukrainian embroidery, and its many techniques are her special interest. She is also an accom plished knitter. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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