Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-10 | Page 9 | Mae West's 'Adam and Eve' Not Naughty, Says NBC Head

Mae West's Adam damand and Eve Eye Not Naughty Says NBC Head HOLLYWOOD Feb 10 UP UPI UP- UP t I Mae West's Adam and Eve broadcast broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast was described as not as UP-j UP bad badas as it sounded in hi the newspapers today by Major Lenox R. R Lohr Lohra president of National Broadcasting company Despite the hubbub the skit provoked provoked pro pro- yoked only 1400 letters letters of them favorable to Miss West he said The newspapers rs he asserted merely took a few letters received in protest and built them into a wide nation-wide scandal Sometimes the company receives letters after a broadcast so the 1400 were were a drop in the bucket The recent skit drew a wave of criticism on religious grounds Major Majot Ma Ma- jor jot Lohrs Lohr's company and the adver- adver Using firm responsible for the skit skit apologized They blamed Mi Miss i iVest's West's Vests inflection in broadcasting broadcaster a supposedly innocent script She insisted that the whole thing zt atari atari- rl ed because most of a midwestern college student body stayed aWay away from vespers to listen in