Show Less TV Violence Television networks are at last stirring to reduce the outpouring outpouring outpouring out out- pouring of violence on American American American Amer Amer- ican television screens vio lence so overdone ministers psychiatrists and sociologists sociologists' have charged it is contributing I ing to juvenile delinquency and j the rapidly rising US U.S. crime rate CBS SAYS it is now screening screening screening screen screen- ing all non news programs and that much violence has al already already already al- al ready been eliminated from its programs The CBS position position i tion was r rev revealed e v e a l led e d in a are I response response re re- to protesting Baptist church leaders I ABC says its program officials offs offs-l have been ordered to i de-i emphasize violence THE MERE fact that many European countries b ban a n so many American i ion o p n I shows because of excessive brutality sadism and violence is proof that commercial television television television tele- tele i vision must be policed for this this' i weakness I In this country all 13 VHF channels are allocated to commercial commercial com com- mercial interests none to the I public interest i o 0 u s sly 1 y t i isome some partisan non-partisan noncommercial noncommercial non com i mercial board or group acting j in the publics public's interest though not a group censor-group has been needed from the beginning to guard against certain excessive excessive sive forms of exploitation I of the public for profit |