Cheaper, Swifter

Citizens of the U. S. and Japan viewed with keenly awakened interest last week the possibility that the press rate between the U. S. and Japan may soon be reduced from 27c a word to lOc a word through the efforts of the United Press Associations cooperating with the Radio Corporation of America.

Mr. K. A. Bickel, President of the United Press, called attention to the fact that ten years ago, when the press rate between Manhattan and Buenos Aires was 22c a word, the United Press carried an average of only 300 words a day to South America, whereas at the present rate of lOc a word it carries over 7,000 words a day. Should the Japanese Government ratify an agreement recently placed before it by the officials of the Radio Corporation of America the volume of news carried will almost certainly double many times. Since one of the chief obstacles to U. S.-Japanese accord has been the lack of mutual understanding fostered by the absence of cheap and-rapid intercommunication, the progress of this development is eagerly awaited.