THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1954
TV Censorship
Berated by FCC
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (/P) —The Federal Commuications Commission took the position today
it would be “dangerous” and undemocratic for the government to censor television. shows.
FCC member Rosel H. Hyde submitted that view, on behalf of the commission, to a Senate sub
committee seeking . to determine whether- TV crime shows "increase juvenile delinquency. Earlier,
the subcommittee lieard:
1. A witness protest that TV
Progress Mode
For German
Sovereignty
PARIS, Oct. 20 The Big
Three Western powers made prog
ress tonight toward giving sover
eignty back to West Germany,
but faced a menacing deadlock
between Germany and France
over the Saar. Optimism express
ed yesterday was tempered sharp
ly.
The old French-German dispute
over the future of the Saar was
only one of two major problems
facing the Western nations. gath
ering here in increasing numbers
to work out progressively - the
accords which they, hope will
make ' the West a solid bloc
against Communist aggression.
Besides the ; Saar, there arose
again the problem of how to con
trol the amount of arms which
West Germany will have, or will
be able to make, once she. be
comes a nation allied in friend
ship with her former enemies of
the West and free in almost every
sense of the word.
Ministers of the four powers
met for two hours. in the late
afternoon to act on more than 100
pages of intricate text designed
to make West Germany free, only
not quite. The meeting was held
at the Paris headquarters of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion.
“Solutions were proposed for
the few remaining issues,” said a
brief communique. “The experts
were asked to, modify the texts
accordingly for resubmission, to
the four ministers Oct. 21.” That’s
tomorrow.
The sight of four Western pow
ers—West Germany, France, Brit
ain and the United States—-sitting
together, was something new in
the NATO conference halls.
Attorney Flares Up
In Sheppard Trial
• CLEVELAND, Oct. 20 (£>)—Defense Atty. William J. Corrigan
blew up in court today at the murder trial of Dr. Samuel H. Shep
pard. He roared at the top of his voice: “I know they’re going to
bring Susan Hayes into this courtroom.” ' ;
‘‘l know what evidence they have,” shouted Corrigan as he
waved toward the state’s side of the counsel table. “I know how
Susan Hayes has been blasted in
the, papers ”
Corrigan Refuses
Then Corrigan angrily refused
to question. a prospective juror
any further and allowed him to
be seated as 'the sixth juror.
Mrs. Anna W. Foote, housewife
and mother of five children, was
accepted as the seventh juror just
before the trial ended for the day.
She was the third woman ac
cepted.
Seating of the seventh juror be
fore the overnight recess raised
the possibility, a full panel might
be obtained before the ehd of the
wek. One was chosen Monday,
two yesterday and, four today.
Sheppard, 30-year-old osteo
path, is on trial for his life. The
state accuses him of beating his
wife MarilyrV, 31, to death last
July 4. He denies the slaying. He
said his wife was the victim of a
bushy haired intruder, ■■ who
knocked him out when. he came
to her aid. Mrs. Sheppard was
four months pregnant. They had
a son, six.
Stale Claims
The state claims the. slaying fol
lowed by four months a love af
fair between the handsome Shep
pard and Miss Hayes, 24, a one
time aide in the same hospital
with him.
Earlier in the day the defense
was pouring “mental poison” into the minds of children.
2. Two television executives
contend adventure and crime pro
grams have nothing to do with
juvenile delinquency.
"Mental Poison"
Mrs. Clara. Logan of Los Ange
les, president of the National
Assn, for Better Radio and Tele
vision, said “mental poison”
came from TV crime programs
and that nothing but television
“could accomplish such a satura
tion of violence.”
She saw -no need for govern
ment censorship, but said parents
who feel some programs are. hurt
ing their chilren can withhold
their support from broadcasters
and sponsors of- the programs.
Robert H. Hinckley, a vice pres
ident of the American Broadcast
ing Co., said:
“I would like to state with great
conviction that I do not believe
television is anything remotely
approaching a factor in our prob
lem.”
Miss Grace Johnson, in charge
of judging and editing ABC pro
gram scripts, -said she believes
the western and adventure stories
on TV may even help to prevent
some delinquency among chil
dren.
Such shows, she said, “serve as
a. release - for their hostility and
aggressiveness which without an
escape might manifest itself, in
physical violence.”
Hyde Testifies
Hyde testified: “We cannot
agree with those critics of radio
and television who believe, how
ever sincerely, that the only way
tofsecure the highest quality pro
gram service is to provide a group
of government officials with a
blue, pencil.
‘-‘We believe that it would be
dangerous, as well as contrary to
our democratic concepts, for a few
officials in .Washington ... to
have such power.”
Miss Enid Love, said:
-'“I must stress that no one in
Great Britain has ever seriously
contended that TV or radio by it
self can either cause or cure ju
venile delinquency.”
Police Fine Mundt
On Speeding Charge
SOUTH SIOUX FALLS, S.D.,
Oct. 20 (TP)—Sen. Karl E. Mundt
(R-SD), chairman of the recent
McCarthy-Army hearings; appear
ed before a small town justice of
the peace today and was fined
$2O for speeding.
The senator pleaded guilty be
fore Justice ,of the Peace Harley
Barber to. a charge of exceeding
the speed limit through a 15-mile
an-hour school zone.
won a minor and shortlived vic
tory by getting, onto the record a
juror’s opinion of Miss Hayes’ in
volvement in the case;
Dr. Michael Latzanich
Chiropodist - Foot Specialist
announces the opening of his office for the practice
of chiropody and foot orthopedics
at
306 SOUTH ATHERTON STREET
State College Phone ADams 7-3503
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Queen EUzabeth
Knights Eden
LONDON, Oct. 20 ,(£>)—Queen
Elizabeth, II Knighted Anthony
Eden today. The 57-year-old for
eign .secretary, kneeling before
his young sovereign, became a
Knight of . the _
Garter—thehig)
est order of Bri
ish chivalry—i
the touch of
'golden sword..
“Arise, Sir Ai
thony,” Eli z i
beth said.
The 15-minui
surprise ceremi
ny at Buckinj
ham Palace d(
lighted both Ed
en’s co 1 leagues
in Prime Minis
ter Churchill’s Conservative gov
ernment and the opposition La
borites.
- A short time later Eden flew
in a Royal Air Force transport
plane to Paris for talks aimed to
restore West Germany’s sover
eignty and add German units to
the West’s defenses.
Eden is only the seventh com
moner to be made a Knight of
the Garter since 1700. He and
April 24, 1953;
are the only living common mem
bers of the order.
43,000 on Strike
Walkouts Spread
To Southampton
LONDON, Oct. 20 (TP) —Britain’s creeping paralysis of waterfront
strikes spread today to the great Atlantic terminus of Southampton,
where the liners Queen Elizabeth and America prepared to sail on
the tide for New York.
‘ Some' 2000 dockers at Southampton pulled a snap walkout today
even though they had voted at a mass meeting last night against
joining in ; sympathy with the
strikes Which have crippled other
major British ports.
Even as Workers loading cargo
and stores aboard the 83,000-ton
Cunard liner dropped their tools,
Queen Mother Elizabeth boarded
the world’s biggest ship for her
visit to America.
Queen's Luggage
Non-striking stevedores carried
the Queen’s luggage aboard.
More than 43,000 of the island
kingdom’s 76,000 - dock . workers
now are on strike. The 17-day
walkout threatens the nation’s
food supplies. Unless there is a
break within a week the govern
ment plans to call out troops to
handle rotting foodstuffs on more
than 200 idled ships.
Cabinet Meets
Prime Minister Winston Chur
.chill met with his Cabinet again
today and heard Labor Minister
Sir Walter Monckton outline the
mounting seriousness of the
strike’s efect.
Between 126 to 140 million dol
lars worth of imports were de
layed, as were between 84 and 98
million dollars, of exports.-In all,
between 210 and 238 million dol
lars worth of cargoes ; were
Elisabeth II
World Peace Goal
Nearer —Eisenhower
NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (JP) —President Eisenhower declared to
night his administration “has come far” toward winning a lasting
world peace. But he pledged that the free world’s “awesome” mili
tary might always will be ready to deal with Communist aggression.
The President said he is aware “the road ahead is long and
difficult, but we shall continue to
press on toward our goal”
-In a nationwide television and
radio address prepared for deliv
ery at a Hotel Sheraton-Aster din
ner commemorating the 300th an
niversary of Jewish life in the
United States, Eisenhower spoke
of the free world’s might in this
way:
“In the diversities of freedom
are a tremendous might—a might
which the imposed system of com
munism can never match.”
White House
The White' House termed the
President’s address “nonpolitical,”
but the timing of it served to re
call former President Truman’s
attack last Saturday night on the
Eisenhower administration’s han
dling of foreign policy.
Truman called then for election
of a Democratic-controlled Con
gress Nov. 2 to put an end to what
he called a Republican spectacle
of “blunder after blunder” in for
eign affairs.
Picking a world peace theme,
the President declared:
Pursuit of Peace
“The. pursuit of peace is at once
our religious obligation and our
national policy. Peace in freedom
—where all men dwell in security
—is the ideal toward which our
foreign policy is directed.”
The President told his audience
that standing in the way of en
during peace, “the principle and
continuing factor is the presist
ently. aggressive design of Mos
cow and Peiping which shows no
evidence. ,of genuine change de
spite their professed desire to re
lax tensions and to preserve
peace.”
blocked.
The strike—termed Communist
inspired and “useless sacrifice” by
leaders of the huge Transport and
General Workers Union and by
the Trade Union Congress, Brit
ain’s central labor union, began
17 days ago over the dock work
ers’ demand that overtime be vol
untary rather than compulsory.
"ROVAL AFRICAN ”
RIFLES"
Louis Hayward
Veronica Hurst
d open
' m 1 8 ■ 6 P.M.
J. Arthur Rank Presents
"BRIEF ENCOUNTER”
Celia Johnson
Trevor Howard
Post Office
Simplifies Rules
In New Manual
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TP)—
The Post Office Department, in a
sweeping overhaul of its rules,
today made public a new Postal
Manual, which it said was strip
ped of “booby-trap regulations
folklore and dubious advice.”
Postmaster General Summer
field said the booklet, in prelim
inary form, brings together in 268
pages “public-interest material
formerly scattered through pub
lications with more than 4000
pages of close print,” and he
added:
Simple English
“We have also restored the use
of simple English.”
The publication is being distri
buted to major users of the mails
for suggestions before being final
ized on Nov. 20 as the official
guide for mail operations.
The announcement said it had
junked an interpretation of an
1879 ■ law defining second class
mail. This ruled out publications
printed on unconventional papers,,
such as translucent, foil or cer
tain acetate materials.
Other Changes
Here are some other changes:
Dependents of servicemen trans
ferred from one duty station to
another will have all of their mail,
including parcel post, forwarded
to the new address without ad
ditional postage charges. The old
regulations provided only for for
warding first class mail and other
mail addressed individually to the
serviceman himself.
| Overseas parcel post rates have
been reduced, to greatly simpli
fied tables showing acceptable
weights, sizes and rates.
Mean Lives After Fall
info Open Coos Pit
HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 20 (£>)—
Joseph Debias, of Tresckow, rolled
and fell 140 feet to the bottom of
a hard coal open-pit stripping op
eration near Jeddo today and lived
to tell about it. .
The shovel operator dropped his
huge bucket into the pit and De
bias was able to clamber in to be
hoisted to the surface.
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