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Anetra atte on : & 0-19 (Rev. 2-13-61) 4 | ‘ive Produces. 7 | Agrees to Cut | ‘Italian Names ! NEW YORK, -Mareh 17 Jof “TheQ{ Untouchables,” and pu] “Ttalian-American i 1ounced today a tiriendly. agreement had been reached providing a limit :on use of Italian names for jhoodlums on the ABC-TV pro- gram and a bigger role for an ‘Italian detective. The agreement resulted, ifrom protests by Italian- ‘American groups against the Juse of fictional Italian names :on the program. The protest- jers have picketed the program and declared a boycott of the products of one of the spon- sors, Liggett & Myers, who subsequently dropped sponsor- ship of the show. Anaz, president of Desilu Productions, met with Surro- gate S. Samuel Di Falco, na- tional chairman of the Na- | tional Italian-American | League to Combat Defamation, jand former Supreme Court ‘Justice. Ferdinand Pecora, ‘chairman of the league's ad- visory committee. . i The points agreed upon in-| cluded: | | © “The Untouchables” will! not give fictional Italian! names to any characters ini ‘future productions. *’ More importance will be given to the law-enforcing role of the Italian detective, Nick Rossi, who is Eliot Ness’ right- hand man in the TV series. { © Arnaz gave full recogni- tion to the fact.that there are many judges, prosecutors, mayors, governors, legislators oh . and other public officers : throughout the some why who are ian origit———" we * — as AySA rs, ™~ . ; i acc bate la at arts sl aubatiinraistih tien ¢ And tenn bitumen wien eRe ee ae we nen ee nine a Nth alien Sakis Lim eine cMneiataissiiat. je ee dete - $f - 525U9 — a ed ee . oNOT RECORDED |. s-<, 17 Wak 27 1961 . The New Leader = | & ”. t Belmont Callahan The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News __ 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 Wall Street Joumal Foy