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Fn aE On < i “ . 5 a *.. > 0210.(Rev. 2013-62) i \ Unbearable “Untouchables — By Richard Starnes — ? . - Wears : NEW YORK, March 13—Giving aid and %~* comfort to tough Tony Anas a ‘ Jittle out of my line, but any sane person is obliged to make common cauge with him in his campaign to drive “ ntouchables” , off television. ‘ - Tony is a New York dockside labor boss | - With a history of violence and a reputation ; .for orneriness, On his side one must observe . that wishy-washy chaps seldom thrive in his - rugged racket and, moreover, for all the he? pious allegations of wrong-doing lodged . against him over the years, Mr. A. has a- remarkable record for staying out of jail. . Anyway, tough Tony is out of sorts with “The Untouch- : bles” because it persists in portraying gangsters of Italia “gescent. Tony is of Italian descent himself and, of cours has been shown how he is sensitive to the hoodlum bit. mesa Tony says his International Longshoremen’'s Associatio will boycott the products of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. unless its “Untouchables” ménds its ways. The dock-wallop- ers have no right to use their waterfront labor monopoly to blacklist a television show or anything else, of course, but heaven knows “The Untouchables” is a frightful affront to | civilized souls everywhere. Ordinary common decency de- : mands that it be turned off, one way or the other. My quarrel with the show isn’t based on the ancestry of the gangsters it celebrates. I don’t even know if they've given Italians a monopoly on hoodlum roles, as Mr. A. charges. ; One But this is a side issue. The real offense of “The Un- touchables” is the awful sadism and violence that is its stock . in trade. One night recently, Chip, who is 12, asked per- ; mission to stay up later than usual to watch the show. .I | knew, in a vague sort of way, that “The Untouchables” was ; a gangster series but Chip is wise and level-he: Gof - S2SY4 NOT RECORDED “ 117 MAR 31 190: . Z - . Set tbh oe at te om ad — G2APR 41961 © - TT. , mati Conrad h7 = 1, .DeLoac & j “Evans Ya Malone sen avel Trotter W.C. Sul Tele Room Y qn — The Washington Post and. Times Herald The Washington Daily nowstdad. The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune —_______ New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wail Street Joumal Dat TAMARA 3.1861. 22