Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-07
PRIVATE CENSORS
STIR RADIO BOARD
Stations Inviting Public Con-
troll of Programs,
CeIIer Claims.

Additional specific cases of censor
ship by broadcasting stations, which
he says have shocked us out of our
usual complacency," are cited by Rep
resentative Emanuel Celler of New
York as horrible examples that indi-
cate the possible need of a public
radio censor. Mr.. Celler has long
been hot on the trail of the broad
casters who refuse liberal discussions.
and asserts in a statement he has pre-
pared that many stations are inviting
Federal control of their programs I'M
less they change their tactics.
These instances are cited:
81. A Smith College professor was
compelled to delete part of his ad-
dress in criticism Of the Government
in it's Near East policy.
So. The General Electric Co. re
fused De Valera to broadcast from
KOA, at Denver because portions of
his talk were anti-British.
"3. Norman Hapgood was refused
the opportunity of replying to William
j. Burns.
Il. Mrs. Mary II. Ford recently
spoke at a dinner given as tareWeIl
to Mile Gade Corson, who departed
for Europe to swim the English Chan-
mel again, Mrs. Ford expressed her
ioiced that she came from Denmark,
a country of peace. The speaker then
made a pacificist argument against
war. To her discontinue, VIGIL then
cut her off from the radio audience.
The station managers explained that
while he believed in free speech, he
hushed her talk because, he said, 1t
was not an appropriate time for such
remarks.
as. WEAF was deferred from
broadcasting the play Spread Eagle.
VIGIL likewise failed to broadcast II
after. it had agreed to do so. Thus
the producers of this play were denied
a medium of advertising that is open
to other producers.
SO. 1t was censored by station
manager at WEAF and prevented in
a speech on George Washington to
quote Mark Twain's facetious remark
that he Mark Twain) was better
man that Washington because WASH
ington could not tell a lie, but ne
Mark Twain could, but would not
In other petty ways my speech was
tempered with and changed.
A new series of concerts by the
Eveready Orchestra, stresslng the
presence of the saXophone in modern
orchestration tendencies, will be IN
troduced tonight as feature OF the
Eveready Hour, which NRC VIII
broadcast from to O'Clock. Bar
bara MaureI, contralto, who has sung
her wav into the hearts of countless
radio listeners, will be the vocal so
loist of the new program.
The instrumental novelty OF the
Eyeready program will be medley |
of Irish reels for four saXophoneS'
three violins and two trombones.
Other selections include ketelbeys
BELLS Across the Meadow" Ay, Ay, |
Ay." a Mexican folk song, and gems |
from Victor Herberts 'Sweethearts."
1.-The Lee Resolution" an incident |
little known to the casual student of |
American history, will serve as the |
foundation for tonight's episode of |
"Great Moments in History" to be |
broadcast at 7:30 o'clock. The drama. |
tization of this incident is appropriate, |
as the current year marks the 15lSt |
anniversary of the introduction of the |
resolution before the Continental Con- |
gress by Richard Henry Lee.
The popular piano Twins" Lester |
Place and Robert PasocellO, will make |
their fourth appearance at $50 O'Clock. |
Other features include the .Coca-Cola |
Girl. the weekly entertainment of the |
Radio Cavalcade ana concerts Dy the |
Hofbrau and Mayflower Orchestras.
The first episode in "The Passion of |
Jesus-the Last Supper" sung by /
the Thompson Singers, is the prin- |
cipal attraction scheduled tonight by |
WMAL.
There are a number Of other mu-
sical attractions on WMAL'S pro- |
gram, Including selections by the I'm
perial Quartet, a recital by Donald
Brown, pianist, and popular songs by
Phil Hayden and Les" Colvin.
Favorable reception conditions pre-
vailed again last night, and dialers
had little difficulty in bringing in sta
tions east of the Mississippi with fair
volume and clarity. Static was prev
alent, but it's rumblings were not Wig
orous enough to interfere with the in
coming signals.
In the North, WHAZ, at Troy,
seemed to dominate the wave lengths,
it's signals being strong at all times.
WRVA, Richmond, Va, was the
South's '1oud-speaker." This station
came through with unusual volume.