◆ SpookStack

MARTIN JONES HTELEVISION” NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. RADIO CITY ~ NEw YORK Ciretce 7.83900 Cat. 198 Auzust i, lo“c Dear kre. Roosscvelt: As you know, whon the National Brozdcastine Compsny wire tasily olininated’ its television progrons tovard the midile of way, I was tronsferred fron tht departaont into radio protuction peebace ay ay inok of radio experience, I waco imacdinotoly put in . charge of DC's noat isportant *educational*® progran, fiends of the Free.® Thies programe 2 weekly eaturge= bad deen eqnceived ov over a period of months y Or. angel. fomer ost 00h Of Yale by a group of his educational colleagues, Rot “enly wna tt fo'be be brondoast nationally in the United States, bat | it was to be re-brosdoast throu;hout Goith Anerica, Canate, etc, : eee VT ee Fe 8 8 abe Bee et ae eo - | eee - re ee — |= the prograz tints wos HBC's stellar item in the field of pantie. setvioce.* (As you realizes, a radio atation in order to eting franchise must devote a certain portion het air tine to *public service* programs. ) nies... Ftom the progran’s inception, howevere= ani I wish to Int out that i¢ had ite prenieré on June 27th un¢er ny circect- . Teneo it wae sudjected to sueéh a series of subtic and inelicicoun .. 2y damaging events that I waa compelied to susreot Celiber:te - @abotage, Hers are sozne ezarpl ost _ de Zt Le custozary, when 4 rontaent personality ‘spenke over the "united States radio from else.~ ‘where in the Henisphere, to feed hie poscssge into the networr by talepbone. Yet on our dedicatory progtan, when we picked up Nexioo Gity for an . addfeas by the Mexionn Kinister of Forsi¢en Affrirs, 3 fouid to my distress that inexplicably, he om was to de heard over chortevave, In oonecquent the radio cudience had to listen to al-oot six ninutes of unintelligible static. I doubt that many failed to tune gut the prograa Long: before tho statio canned. / The progran inmodintely cane in for a barrage of unreasonin.: critictan fron tha Programa Depo rtaente= Ain tha porrone of Ur, Nelson, Prog yan Mand ks and ir, O. be enger, Vioo-Prosiient in Charge o Producticn. I asy * mracsoning"® because the * aedt= oatory propras consisted solely of adireesea by | “Hlemisphero statenen. Nelson ona inenger apparently - Just did not like tha spesohes, " . Be The pattem of the PROgTUDS sion ‘foltowes “as —