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Syndicate SyndicateWNU SyndicateW -WNU WNU -W W - l1J Features FeaturesI I _ I Ill Illr IllI I r Illlit lit ' _ w r- r rt - - / - C _ t \ - 1 . i iII II IIy y _ , e I IA I II ' A New MexIco boy of o f 15 got hs his , mOlher mother 10 to kan lean over Ihe the ball I t Jb ib 10 to look lookdown lookdown I down Ihe the dra I for somell sometl somellmg sometlrag mg rag II 11 IIen 11en en cracked her o over er the head 1 1By By KATHLEEN NORRISI NORRIS I I " ' T T SEEMS to me that it 1t ISabout isabout is IT I | about time " wntes writes writesMary wntesMary writesJL Mary Pierce from Mm Mmneapol1s Mmneapolis Mmneapolis ' , of ofAmerIca ofAmerica ofAmerica neapol1s neapolis , , for the mothers AmerIca to do somethmg something somethmgI somethmgabout somethingabout somethingabout I about the crime wave on the theI theradio theradio I radIO The late afternoon afternoonhours afternoonhours . hours and early evening evemng hours hoursI hoursare hoursare hoursare are the times when our chll chllI chlldren chlldren children I dren are free to listen to air airI airprograms airprograms I I programs , and those are the thetImes thetimes thetimes tImes when crimes cnmes of every everydescrIptIon everydescription everydescription descrIptIon are e exploited .ploIted ploIted > . and arid andrea aridfeatured andfeatured rea featured tured rough and vulgar vulgarvOices vulgarvoices vulgarvoices vOices sound through my myI myhouse myhouse myhouse house , and my children are areprepared areprepared areprepared I prepared to chatter eagerly eagerlyof of fashions in ill m which pOIsons pOIsonscan poisonscan poisonscan can be administered admmlstered mur murders murders murders ders concealed hes lIes and theft theftused theftused theftused used to further this purpose purposeor or that thatThe The other night her letter con continues continues continues tinues my husband who is a pro professor professor prolessor fessor of English Engl1sh and I settled our ourselves ourselves ourselves selves to listen IJsten to the program our ourtwo ourtwo ourtwo two sons so much enjoy The boys boysare boysare boysare are 8 and 11 We heard not one but butseven butseven butseven seven crime stories in a smgle single smgleafternoon singleafternoon singleafternoon afternoon and evening evenmg The whmmg whining whmmgvOIces whiningvoices whiningvoices vOIces of underworld women the theviolent theviolent theviolent violent threats of profess onal anal gang gangsters gangsters gangsters sters the , argot of criminals crlmmals all allthese allthese allthese these were poured forth in lD a flood floodSeveral floodSeveral floodSeveral Several of the sleuths who solved solvedsuch solvedsuch solvedsuch such puerile and childish cruldlsh mysteries mysteriesas as were concocted for these pro programs programs programs grams were accompanied accomparued by theirdelicate thelf their thelfdelicate theirdelicate delicate refined sweethearts or orwIves orwives orwives wIves who casually joked over the themurderers themurderers themurderers murderers who tell fell dead or wound wounded wounded wounded ed over their feet and commented commentedwItt commentedWitt commentedwitt wItt ly to such victims as were des destIDed destined destmed tIDed tined for the electric chair Pirates Piratesrobbers Piratesrobbers Piratesrobbers robbers prostitutes thugs gun gunmen gunmen gunmen men vile schemers ot of all sorts per personalized personalized personallzed sonalized these dramas the Ian lan Ianguage language language guage was almost all vulgar abbre abbrevl'ltlons abbreviations abbrevntions vl'ltlons vlltlons viations ' or those phrases now so sod sod sod d smally familiar to us all stick stickem stickem stickem em up-come up come up - come clean-sing-get clean sing get cleansinggetyourself clean - sing smg - get getyourself getyourself yourself a mouthpiece mouthpieceA A \ Movement I\lovement I lovement Has Bas BegunSurely BegunSurely Begun BegunSurely Surely Mrs Pierce goes on onall onall onall all this must be having havmg an eff effect effectupon effectupon ct upon our ch Idren Why accustom accustomthem accustomthem accustomthem them to gentle voices all day long longcorrect longcorrect longcorrect correct their grammar even try to tomst torust tomst mst rust 11 into mto them some ot of the rudl rudi rudlments rudimeats rudiments ments meats of moral and self controlled controlled1 1 v ng and then fill their minds mmds and andsouls andsouls andsouls souls just before bedtime with the thegroans thegroans thegroans groans of the tortured the suspense suspenseof of danger the cruelt es of crime crimeand crimeand crimeand and the rattle of gunfire ? ' ' ' Can we do doanytlJ.mg doanything doanything anytlJ.mg anytlJmg anything . about it and . what v.hat vhat can we wedo wedo wedof wedofYes do ? ' Yes we can do something somethmg about aboutit aboutit it I say m In answer A movement Is Isalready isalready isalready already on toot foot to curb this danger dangerots danger01 dangerat and andv andw andw at ots s excess of sensationalism sensatJonal1sm v w . th your help and the help of your yourclub yourclub yourclub club and church it may well gain a aI avaluable avaluable avaluable valuable Importance ' within 'Mthm Mthm the next nextfew nextfew nextfew I few months Something Somethmg was done to toclean toclean toclean clean up the movies some years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago it 1t wasn t done completely but butno butno , no human effort cffort ever is JS 100 per cent centsuccessful centsuccessful centsuccessful successful To control the radlo radio radlosituation radiosituation radiosituation situation will be simpler because becausewe becausewe becausewe we can decline declme to buy the products productsthat productsthat productsthat that are at present actually contrlb contrib contrlbutmg contributing contnbuting utmg uting to the delinquency of our ourchlldren ourchildren ourchildren ourchildrenForbid chlldren children chlldrenForbid childrenForbid Forbid the rh rhildren dren to use the theradio theradio theradio radio sounds reasonable IIdVJce advice IIdVJceBut adviceBut adviceBut But it Isn t For many of these pro programs programs programs grams are especially designed for forchildren forchildren forchildren children the products they adver adverUse advertine advertise Use tine are to be used by children and andIn andin andIn In children s a hours of leisure it Jt Is Isonly isonly Isonly only fair that they should be able to tolook tolook tolook look to the radio tor for entertainment entertainmentThey entertainmentThey entertainmentThey They might well look to it for much muchmore muchmore muchmore more they might well be helpedand helped helpedand helpedand and inspired msplred by it But if Jf that Is Islookmg islooking Islooking lookmg looking too far ahead and too hope hopefully hopefully hopefully fully at lit least we may Insist that thatThaf 1 1I 1e 1v I e v ) Thaf Tbai dtlwous dlwroui , five ytar-oU ytar oU ye.anold yeanold . - sirl girl EVIL ON THE AIRThe AIR AIRThe The Tbe radio ts IS a great avenue avenueof avenueo avenueof of ofcom11lU1llCat,01 fcommunication o f communication com11lU1llCat,01 com11lU1llCat01 , ' , , as every everybody everybody everybody body knows It is a marvelousinstrument marvelousinstrument marvelous marvelousmsrument ms/rument ms rument instrument / ofeducation of education newsentertainment news newsbltertamment newsentertainment bltertamment entertainment culture Vnfortunately U On Onf Onortunatelj " f fortlmatel ortunatelj ortunateljit ) it is also a source sourceof sourceof sourceof of ofeVil evil Lurid detective story storyprograms storyprograms programs rograms are doing d011lg extetlSlve extensive extetlSlveharm extensiveharm extensiveharm harm to the impressionableminds Impresslollable impressionable Impresslollablemmds impressionableminds mmds minds of ofchIldren children Many recent re recent rerent cent rent crimes crzmes hate been beell traced traceddirectly traceddirectly traceddirectly directly to incidents 11lcldents drama dramatlzed dramatired dramatized tlzed tired tlzedon tiredon on the airA airA air airA A situation situatson similar smular to 10 Ihe the IhemOVies themovies themovies mOVies , , before the Legion of ofDecency ofDecency ofDecency Decency stepped11l steppedin stepped in 11l has devel developed develoiled developed oped oiled opedon oiledon on the radio rado , Viciouscriminals VICtOUS Vicious VICtOUScrrmmals Viciouscriminals crrmmals criminals are ortrayedalmost portrayedalmost portrayed ortrayed almost almostas as heroes Vile Vtle deeds are the thebasts thebasis thebasis basts basis ofevery fevery o of f every plot pIal and ami the theconversation theconversation theconversation conversation is coarse slang slangand slangand slangand and the tbe toughargot tough argot of the theunderworld theunderworld theunderworld underworld Even though Ihe the Ihecrtmmals thecriminals thecriminals crtmmals criminals alwas always ) endup end up dead deador deador deador or in 111 jail fall , , the lesson lessoll thaicrIme thattrine that thai thatcnm cnm crIme trine does not pay ' ' is some somehow somehow somehow how lost on Otl many ) young OUllg ls lit lsteners littesters Itstoners , teners testers They hear , , too how howstupId howstupid howstupid stupId , the police pO/ICe pO ICe / are , , com corn compared cornpared cornpared pared pmatedetective prnatedetectIve pruatedetective to some flashy prnate pruate detectIve who solves the case caseIn casein casein In a flffy jiffy ] iffy This sort sorl ofeduca of educa educalion educatron education lion tron does not make for good goodCttlzwshtp goodcitizenship goodcitizenship Cttlzwshtp citizenship , , certainly certamly certainlyA certamlyA A mother asks arks Miss Noms Norris Nomswhal Norriswhat Nomswhat whal what can be done about aboul Ihese these IheseCNme thesecrime thesecrime CNme crime programs Miss bliss Norris Norrisreplzes Norrisreplies Nornsreplies replzes replies that Ihal an organzzatloll organization has organizationhas organzzatlollhas been formed to 10 combatlhls combatlhlseVIl combat this thisevil thisevil eVIl If IfII fit I f it II can call attract atlract enough enoughmembers enoughmembers enoughmembers members , , it II can change Ihe the Ihekmd thekind thekind kmd kind kmdof kindof beingbroadcast bemgbroadcast broadcast broadcastthe beingbroadcastthe ofslorses ofstories of stones slorses stories that Ihat are bemg being the crime crlII1e school doesn t open up as assoon assoon assoon soon as the regular school closes closesand closesand closesand and the small receptive minds mmds and andsouls andsouls andsouls souls don t plun plunge e into the under underworld underworld underworld world for an hour or two every everywght everynight everynight wght night of their theJr IJvesEVJdence livesEvidence lives IJves livesEvidence Evidence EVJdence of Damage DamageI I U 11 ll tell you how he poisoned her hersaid hersaid hersaid said saida a seven year old boy to me meenthusIastically meenthusiastically meenthusiastically enthusIastically a few months agoShe agoShe ago agoShe She useter take aspirin tablets tabletssee tabletssee tabletssee see ? ' ' ' So he Just- Just lust- lust Justt lustAnd ] ust - t ' ' ' And just that one man kJlled killed kJlledfour killedfour killedfour four ot of them and the pohce pollee police couldn t tget tget tget get a clue a demure little llttIe girl re remarked remarked remarked marked They tied her and theytold they theytold theytold told her they were going gomg to kill her herland herand herand and my little llttle sister Joan got crymg crying cryingin crymgIn land In the n ght about JtTwo itTwo it Jt itTwo Two Portland girls of 12 went Into intoa a " drugstore last December and andI andtried andtried I trJed tried to buy strychnine strychnme They didn t tget tget tget get it Jt and they didnt didn dldn t want v . , ant it Jt but butthey butthey butthey they . thought tlJ.ought tlJought It would be fun to try tryand tryand tryand and perhaps to have to sign in the thedruggJst thedruggist thedruggist druggJst druggist s book . . . A boy of 15 m In New NewMexIco NewMexico NewMexico MexIco got his rus mother to lean over overthe overthe overthe the bathtub and look down the dram drain dramfor drainfor drainfor for something somethmg cracking crackmg her over overthe overthe overthe the head when he got her Into that thatpositIon thatposition thatposition positIon because he had heard of ofthIS ofthis ofthis thIS particular parhcular method metlJ.od metlJod methodIt metlJ.odIf methodIf . It If giving glvmg them helpful and con constructlve construetive constructive structlve struetive and moral thoughts really reallyis reallyis reallyis is good for the rising rlsmg generahon generation generahonthen generationthen generationthen then supplanting supplantmg these with a fa famil familParity familianty mil miliarlty iarlty Parity with the lowest lowcst and most mostdangerous mostdangerous mostdangerous dangerous characters and sltua srtua sltuatlons srtuatrons situations tlons trons imaginable Jmagmable just lust as truly IS ISbad isbad isbad bad It is as If it you gave that dell deli dellcious delicious dehcious cious five year old girl her supper supperof supperof supperof of spinach spmach , , , milk ginger gmger cookJes cookies cookJesand cookiesand cookiesand and followed it with lobster new newburg newburg newburg burg cocktails and a dash of eya cya eyanlde cyanide cyanide nlde nide of potassium potassJUm potassiumIf potassJUmIf If you re Interested write to MrsCharles Mrs MrsCharles MrsCharles Charles Hartigan 1063 Thomas Jef Jefferson Jefferson Jetterson ferson street Washington Washmgton 7 D C Cand Cand Cand and ask a < ; k for information Informahon as to what whatis IS being done about this danger |