Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-25
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
Pegier

Nt@Olhf INTO tne plan OF inc
L Communists In the east to
take to the radio openly with
their propaganda, eventually
with television, has led to some
interesting incidental informa-
ton.
William S. Gailmore, "a years
old. weight 200 pounds. mar
ried, the father of one child. II
a news commentator for the
Electronics Corp. of America on
New York station WIZ of the
Blue network, from HOS to
Ills three nights a week, and
a sustaining commentator EN-.
ployed by the network, itself,
two nights week.
After Jan. Electronics viii
take over the other two nights
and be his sponsor five nights a
week.
Gailmore's name formerly was
William Margolis.
He dropped his old name and
devised the new one by a re-
arrangement of the same letters
after he had pleaded guilty In
the court of general sessions,
New York, on March %, 1899,
TO a charge Of grand larceny in
the first degree.
His crime was the theft of an
automobile and he confessed
that he had actually stolen five
cars and had been caught on
two occasions prior to the theft
which brought the indictment
but had paid of the victims and
escaped further trouble.
Psychiatrists examined Mar
COILS and on the strength Of
their recommendations he was
placed or probation and went to
an institution for treatment.
He Is still on probation and
will be until next May.
CAILMORE insists that he il
" not a Communist, although
he habituaiiy associates with
members Of extreme left wing
organizations and, like all
avowed Communists these days,
uses democracy as though IL
were synonymous with the Rus
sian system and fiercely attacks
fascism, but not communism
The terms Fascist" and
"fascism," incidentally. are ap-
piled TO many individuals who
only oppose elements OF the
Roosevelt domestic political and
economic revolution and TO
their program and beliefs which
such Americans, on their part,
describe as "Americanism."
Until about four months ago,
Gailmore's predecessor in the
same spot on the Blue network
was George Reedy, an old-line
American with long experience
as newspaper reporter who
was hit in the knee by a dunn
dunn bullet while serving with
the Sixth Field Artillery of the
First Division in France in
the First World War and lost
a leg.
Mr.. Reedy wears the Purple
Heart.
He has son in the army who
quit the press galleries in the
capitol In Washington to be-
come pilot of a bomber.
The son is no longer a pilot
however, having been reassigned
because of defective vision, but
Is still in the army.
4 BOUT a week before Call
"A more went 10 work on the
Blue network, Ed Noble and
Chester Laroche, two Of the
chief executives OF the company.
were told of Gailmore's peculiar
emphasis and distinctions in his
treatment Of the news and given
some OF the background OF the
Electronics Cor lion Of
America.
Nevertheless. the deal went
through and Gailmore has been
performing regularly.
The network takes the Do
sition that opinion is desirable
In comment on the meaning OF
the news and that interference
beyond a very uncertain point
by the network is a violation Of
the freedom of the air.
The executives of the network
say Gailmore submits his copy
and commercials in advance OF
delivery and that so far all have
been "clean."
On the other hand, however,
they admit that two OF the
most violent exhorters and
propagandists of the air, both
employed on their chain. often
violate truth and attack in.
viduals unjustly and insist that
they can do nothing about IL
because these individuals are
more powerful. through their
rating. than the chain itself.
They conceive that. although
Gailmore is cooperative and
biddable now, he might, in time,
become dictatorial and preach
his political views openly in
the guise Of legitimate COM
ment.
The president OF Electronics
Corporation of mericais
Samuel j. Novick of New York,
who was the subject of a lauda-
tory feature article Of two
pages in the magazine section
OF the Worker, the Communist
publication, on Dec. 10.
He has shown great interest
In Russia and in organizations
favored by the Communists and