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handling. the. Eddie Cantor script contacted Mr. Ellsworth of our Tele. Room --- Bos Angeles Office on May 9,.1945 and advised. that they were... iiss fess "working on the script for the broadcast that evening which ~ | ce vdeet dst tester amin cach ivav ate wat aetel dealt with. the work-of the Bureau. Mr, Ellsworth stated that. . “he understood.the script would be built around the Director having a sent Sddie Cantor a.Special Agent badge and made. him an honorary... -..- oa ~ Pursuant to my instructions, Mr. Ellsworth advised them that. this was. dbjecttonable tnasmuch as. we had numerous requests for :- honorary badges which policy and the law would not permit. It was pointed out that should such a reference be made on Cantor's broadcast. we would possibly receive many more requests and individuals who were - assisting us from day to day would misconstrue and misunderstand such references and would not be able to figure out why they too did not receive honorary badges. Mr. Fllsworth was also instructed to obtain a copy of the script so that we could make any other necessary sug- gestions. He was not able to get the script until approzrimately three hours before the broadcast started. He telephoned it in and sugges=— tions were made just before 7:00 p.m. for certatn changes to elininate references to our having furnished Cantor a badge, to eliminate ref= . erences to our handling black market matters, a reference to the - use-of third degree and sinilar abjectionable passages. It was under- ... stood that Young and Rubicam were very receptive to these suggestions i :.. end. necessary changes were made so that the broadcast was ftnally veces ca ab enn co ven ances © ent etnies imahe! aon mates Aetna Stn amen 5 PaO mene ane aera satisfactory. «| , ¥ Tk YD aniallle jibe dnisibhda binicd S i S SQMAY 231945 4% | ee ere reat ee geen censor