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The following reply to James Agate’s proposal was given in the next issue of the "Radio Times" by Peter Bax, producer of the Brains Trust: [N your last issue James Agate made the proposal that "whoever is to answer first shall have had notice of the question, after which the others may, if they desire, volunteer such impromptu opinions as seem to them to have value." It is an interesting proposal, but I would point out to Mr. Agate that, in The Open Question something like this has already been tried. It was found that, with preknowledge, the members tended to go far too much into detail and the result was, to say the least of it, boring. There are, after all, many opportunities for eminent persons to put forward their considered views over the air. Of course, as Dr. Joad said in a recent Trust session, "It really depends on what you think the Brains Trust is for." If you are looking for straight answers to questions of fact, the Brains Trust is not for you. These are supplied in many broadcast talks by experts during the week, and also in Your Questions Answered. If, on the other hand, you like stimulating conversation between interesting people, then I hope you (and Mr. Agate) will continue to tune in at 8.15 on Tuesday evenings." ~
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 260, 16 June 1944, Page 17
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