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. Loa te MARTIN JONES “TELEVISION” NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC, Ratia city NEW YORR Ciacire 7.8300 fates ee ee i re. Kleanor Roosevelt ss agust 4, 1542 “le « gentoting Gramatizations of historical inoddents ‘ éapic r sa n Aner Pppre. To show pon oer orale ) C8, present-day Hani pesecoetiona. he seript openeda= Or Waa supposed to open=- sith a drasatization of sone modern, and coaparatively recent, incident. a second progran, aocerdin LY, Opened with a - 4 : ceenatiention of « ahip leaving Lisbon vith Anerigan baling repatriated fros Euro;.e. A reporter in the’ | scene had the toliowiss Shae fo z saoodby Portdgale.. — : ecm Bia Wie Soe emphasiat ote eae you Gernanye= until we oowe _dack and kick the te oft youl” fi Yor which I vas. . severely Seneured Ma ehzon, "eho told ne to leave the scriptwriting to others. . “ Contrary to all radio usage the Program ‘Dapartamt 1a the coasting radio usegee tne @equenceson this eooond P progran, The sctore selected were very Dad. subsequent complaint was e to ur, Menser, he “and Heleon denied that I had previously beon in- structed that X was not to do the casting. — while the program was wel) received tho prees, ; Holeon and Menger against criticized if nore lessly~. Nolgon called me in, wanted to know why I was having . Seo mioh troudle,® said the progran wae “terrible,® aid not wanton oto. z agree. Nelcon then. | raat*® that I had detter write hin a senorandua” e effact that th: shor wae a0 bade in writing ana other wayse— it was sincply inpeseible %o prow . duce (with the inference that 4% would be advigable | ,.%0 take £¢ eff the air), I did not a memorendun, but did infora Dr. &ngoll's office. The third progran vas written to open with a m0 boy by the Haste (see $3 “above}. But when the “eoript renched ny ceok, this episode, tegother with ali the modern references, bad been deloted—— wlth en obvious: oes effect on the propaganda value. a of the fro . * a g! oe + Pa Re oo A "y “a Pad Aa Bie ea