Evening star., 1951-07-20
On the Air
| TV May Get
| Kefuuver
Book
By Harry Macarthur

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The man who made televisior
famous may have a show of hi!
own in the not too distant future
IABC, especially now that it il
American Broadcasting- Unitee
Paramount, Inc, is not aiming
to let the battle for televisior
talent and material be a two-way
affair between CHS and NBC. tt:
in there pitching. too.
The man ABC-TV wants as 9
television star now is Sen. Estes
Kefauver, who helped televisior
assume some aspects of adult.
hood during the telecasts of the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee. when he was its chairman
The vehicle would be the Senator'S
book now being serialized in The
Star, Crime in America" which
was one of the results of the COM
mittee's hearings.
The project still is in the dis
cussion stage, but it seems to be
definite that ABC-TV has optioned
the book and is planning a series
of television programs based on
its contents.
Senator Kefauver has been ap-
preached to act as a host on the
program, either live or by film.
depending on the press of his
other business. The Senator,
whose major concern right now is
achieving a stronger union be-
tween the free democratic nations,
agreed to do the program pro-
vided his fees be turned over to
the Cordell Hull Foundation for
International Education.
At the time of writing, Senator
Kefauver had had no further word
from the network on the planned
Crime in America" series. It is
not likely. however. that there
would be any hitch in the arrang-
ing to turn over the Senator's
talent fee" to the Cordell Hull
foundation. It is quite probable
that the fall schedule at ABC-TV
will find a regular niche for the
man who helped television attract
those sensational daytime audi
ences several weeks back.
Week End Guests.
Saturday: Washington's Rob-
erto Amigos Rumba Band, on
THE Paul Whiteman TV Teen
Club" (WMAL-TV-8 p.m.)
Wally Cox, Valerie Belts and
Hazel Scott, helping salute
Greenwich Village, on Faye Emer-
sons Wonderful Town" (WTOP-
TV-9 pmD :. Ethel Waters and
Alan Dale, on Songs for
Sale" (WTOP-TV-10 p.m0. >.
Luis Qunitannela, Ambassador
from Mexico, on "Chronoscope'
(WTOP-TV-11 pm.
Sunday: John Kieran, conduct
ing a visit to the National Gallery
of Art. on Treasures of Amer.
lea" (WNBW-5::30 p.m)
Philip Reed, defending males or
Leave 1t to the Girls" CWNBW-
7 p.m0 Singer Lima Romay
on Summertime Revue" (WMAI,
TV-7 p.m) Ambassador
Wellington Koo, on Meet tn,
Press" (WNBW-7:30 p.m.)
Lady Iris Mountbatten and Car.
toonist Ham Fisher, on "Gt
Lucky" (WTOP-TV-7:30 PM
-. Robert Merrill and Jane Nor.
gan, on Toast of the Town
(WTOP-TV-8 PM :. Violinist
Fredell Lack, on Recital Hall
| (WNBW-8:30 p.m0 Mar.
garet Whiting, Roland Young ans
Dorothy Jarnac. on Cues
House" (WTOP-TV-9 pm.)
Olive Deering and William Price
in Pretend I'm a Stranger" or
I"Television Playhouse" (WNBW-
8 p.mo June Lockhart anc
Lon McAllister, on Celebrity
Time" (WTOP-TV-10 p.m.).
Monday: Frank Albertson, OF
Hollywood Screen Test" CWMAL
ITV-7:30 p.mD Clare Luce
Philip Reed and Donald Briggs, il
I"Of Unsound Mind" on "Camee
Theater" (WNBW-8 p.m9
Pamela Britton. Andrea King, Gie
Young and Sonny Tufts, on Pan.
tomime Quiz" (WTOP-TV-8 pm
Rise Stevens, on Voice of Fire
stone" (WRC, WNBW-s:30 pm
|. Denise Alexander, Margaret
Hayes and John O'Hare, in "Zere
Hour" on Lights Out" (WNBW
- p.m0 :. Nina Foch and John
Baragrey, in "In Hiding" or
Somerset Vaughan Theater'
(WNBW-9:30 p.m.) Hails
Stoddard and Dick Foran, in
AASAAO4O, OAA 0u4lI1lCI 41lCdICI
(WTOP-TV-10 p.m.0 Sena-
tor Blair Moody, Nancy Chaffee
and Mel Allen, on who Said
That?" (WNBW-10:30 pm.
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Forums and Discussion: Rep
resentative Charles Howell, Rep
resentative Richard Simpson
Louis j. Walinsky and Charles
Slight, jr.; Should Congress Pass
a Federal Sales Tax?" COpen
Hearing" WTOP-TV-Sunday, 6
p.mD :. Senator John M. But
Ter and Senator Thomas r. Un-
derwood, Should We Accept a
Korean Truce at the 38th Paral-
lel?" Peoples Platform" WTOP-
TV-Sunday. $50 PM ...J. v.
Sidney. DR.. Ore Woods and DR..
A. c. Ivy. Would There Be Panic
if Atom Bombs Fell on This Coun-
try?" ("American Inventory, F"
WNBW-Sunday, 8 PM
Senator Paul Douglas and Senator
Robert Taft, "America's Role in