Evening star., 1938-12-02
Road 10 Freedom
Series Over WMAL
Backed by Research
Program Tomorrow to
lnitiote Stories of
Struggle for Rights

Weeks of tireless writing and
research by radio continuity
writer and . Georgetown University
professor were required to complete
Road to Freedom" a series of 13
historical episodes, the first of which
will be presented at $50 pm. To-
morrow over WMAL.
With historical figures serving as
. background, the common man and
his struggle for human rights will
feature the l3 programs to be pre-
sented by The Star in cooperation
with the Civic Theater and George
town University.
To assure historical accuracy in
the dramatic presentation of the
series, the writer, Charles Dillon,
has collaborated with DR.. James
T. Lowe of Georgetown University,
who heads the research work on the
series. Provided with DR.. loves
material, MIR. Dillon puts It into
Continuity form before returning it
to, DR.. Lowe for inspection. DR..
Lowe turns the script over to a
specialist in the particular field with
which the script is concerned for
close scrutiny. If corrections are
pecessary the script Is returned to
Mr.. Dillon for revision until it finally
teaches point of perfection.
Heads Red Cross Radio.
= Now In charge of radio work for
the American Red Cross, Mr.. Dillon
entered stage and radio work IN
1923 when he helped to establish the
Little Theater of St. Louis, later
directed by F. Cowles Strickland,
present director of the Washington
Civic Theater. Later Mr.. Dillon
worked with the Goodman Theater
group In Chicago and the Globe
Elizabethan Repertory Theater In
the Chicago, San Diego, Dallas and
Cleveland ExpOsitions. He was later
assistant director of the Dallas Little
Theater, finally joining the Red
Gross organization in Washington
IN 1887. Since then he has written
numerous radio programs carried
over national hook-ups.
70 DR.. Lowe in directing the research
for Road to Freedom" says that
he Is on familiar ground, since the
work involves much of the subject
matter that he has been teaching
during the past FIVE years at
Georgetown University. DR.. Lowe
teaches courses on the history Of
the American Constitution, the for
eign relations of the United States
and on international law.
Our primary object" DR.. Lowe
said, has been to make the work
accurate as well as interesting. The
material is easily available but to
put it in fictional form and yet re-
tam historical accuracy demands q
great deal of effort"
Wide Range Of Subjects.
Declaring that the subjects COW
cred in Road to Freedom" embrace
such a wide range, DR.. Lowe said
that for this reason he turns each
script over to a specialist in the
particular field.
After attending the Universities
Of Florida and Michigan, Dr.. Lowe
was graduated from Georgetown in
1893, and also obtained graduate
degrees from the university. Award
ed a Carnegie fellowship in inter-
national law in 1888, he spent q
year studying in Europe.
Tomorrow evenings program viii
be centered about the Cromwell
revolution in England from 1912
to 164e, when the people were strug-
Cling with the monarchy over the
question Of the divine right Of
kings. The December 10 episode
will depict the campaign for the
Bill Of Rights tn the American Con.
stitution. On the following week,
the II Civic Theater players who
will make up the cast in the series
win portray Joan of Arc and her
role in the breakup Of an oppres-
sive feudal system. On Christmas
Eve, the program will dramatize
the struggle Of the Christians for
religious freedom in Rome during
the time Of st. Peter and the Chris
tian philosophy of the supremacy of
the human personality. On New
Year Eve the subject will be the
coming Of democracy to Mexico
with the overthrow of Maximiuian
and the growing strength of the
Monroe Doctrine.
A musical background will be pro-
vided by 10-piece orchestra di-
rected by Fritz Balzer.
Bill Coyle, radio director of The
Star, will announce the programs
and supervise the series.