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Tm a il at ie ce ee ata soe! Te cen a cr Me alten athe antennal mnt nett aint ak katte arbre atin nines Bt Tolson | ei 2.4 OPTIONAL POEM NO. 10 oe, , : . . fr es - , Ry an ; ; al : Mohr Pd : o. UNITED STATES COV ENT | ‘ 7) Parsons ~~ Af emorandum Na caehen — Callahan uire go: Mr. ns pare: January 15, 1960 Rye sumjecr =» TEBNOTTOUCHABLES® - _ fe — SDEsILU PRODUCTIONS... ,.-09-. 0 Fo _~ JANUARY. 14,1960 ___ The Basti ps roduction of The Untouchables" as. shown last night at 9:30 p. m. was entitled "The Noise of Death." The program was monitored by ° Special Agent 7 The general theme of the program concerned a Mafia leader named: Joe Bucco who had outlived his usefulness to the Mafia. The story showed how his ~ assistant Gradually usurped his authority. v Eliot Ness and his men called “The Untouchables" entered the story as Prohibition Agents and thereafter attempted to obtain the identity of the Mafia . leaders in order to break their hold on the Italian element. Mae a eed ; The Mafia eliminates the cousin of Bucco's wife in a typical Mafia slaying. The fact that Bucco is not notified prior to the slaying provides his first — indication that his position with the Mafia was weakening. His assistant shortly. thereafter makes it clear that he has been selected to take over. . , The program then portrays the general rule of the Mafia for the élimination of an undesirable which is to first "wine and dine" the victim and then shopt pt nim. Bucco is given a final party and is thereafter killed by the Mafia. . — Though he promised Ness that a gold key he would give Ness after } | his death ‘would provide most revealing information, Ness learns that the record of Bucco's voice contained in the locked cabinet opened with the key provided no - _ information. The program ended c on this a ae . cd Eos ¥ zt ~ [a There was no mention of the pF? I7-