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pana: Toth we ota atu Radio and Television: pe ed 3 ables’ - «The Untouch Phony Is Rogers’ Wo By Lawrence Laurent -. WE STILL haven't heard the last word of the com- . plaints about “The Untouch- ables.” In one of his last ‘acts as At- - ’ torney Gen- . eral, William 4 Pp. Rogers : decided a re- eent — pro- gram: “was. .phony as the payola quiz shows.” Under dis- - cussion were the two epi- sodes of “The Big Train,” a hoodium-giorifying ver- sion out of never-never land, . about the transfer of mob- ster Al Capone from the At- lanta, Ga., Federal Pris Alcatraz prison. “Theft Un. : fopspables or of ABC'TV, “p - Lauren esilu Productions) de- 1 ” ' as catering to Capone’s whims. In one scene a prison offi- cial accepted a bribe. In an- other a prison guard need- Jessly gunned down an in- mate., . In a letter to Sen. Andrew ¥. Schoeppel (R-Kans.), Rog- -ers wrote: “The program... seems to, like payola and the quiz shows, another ex- ample of broadcasters fail- ing to fulfill their duties as trustees for the public ... 1 ROGERS apparently * agrees with professional re- viewers that the semi-docu-- mentary format of “The Un- *touchables” should impose -Testrictions on the produc-_ ers. Rogers pointed out that the show gives the impres-. sion of being a portrayal of actual events. The program uses actual names of per- sons, but the plots are cre- . ated by highly imaginative, ‘if irresponsible, writers. - . First criticism of “The Big Train” came from James Vv. “6S FEB 10 g01 © ok ant inne ite nnutiot Parone nS g ” rc ~ bed eters ot nga te Beitnett-tifector of the Fed- eral Bureau of Prisons. Ben-. nett has promised a protest to the Federal Comniunica- tions Commission when ‘the license of ten TV stations comes up for renewal. - Rogers said that neither he nor Bennett is trying to censor broadcasts but that they object to this “distorted portrayal” and its possible. adverse effects on the prison | system. . Schoeppel is the senior Re- publican member of the Sen- ate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, which passes on appoint- ments to the FCC and which oversees FCC policies. CHS NEWS correspondent Howard Kingsbury Smith created an excellent study of “The Keeper of the Rules: Congressman Smith and the - New Frontier” on this week’s “CBS Reports.” ° Rep. Howard Worth Smith (D-Va.) was pictured as wit- ty, thoughtful, forceful, shrewd and unalterably op- posed to virtually every lib- eral promise in the Demo- cratic platform. ©- ... Rep. Smith’s views moved Fred Danzig of United Press International. to conclude: “If he was any more nega- tive, he’d be a TV reviewer.” The program had a special | - epmanatnameealt ‘emertee NOT 117 FEB 9 1961 For newsworthiness, coming right after the decision of the Democratic Caucus- to add two members to the Rules Committee. This is_ supposed to shatter the power of a conservative co- alition which has rum the Rules Committee. : Reporter Smith is not r lated to Rep. Smith. RECORDED Tela. Hocm..-- i eic. Ingran--.— t Miss Gandy--— ’ The Washington Post andl. Times Herald The Washington Daily News - The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune —— New York Journal-Americen — New York M::tor New York Daily News ———~— New York Post The New York Times ——.— The Worker —___- + The New Leader ———————-— The Wall Street Joumal ___- Dete _____