Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 0C D. C., FRIDAY, 'TOBER 29, 1937. CHLOREN'S RADID PROCRANS HT F. C. C. Studies Protests of Parents Against “Blood- curdling Hours.” Recurrent protests against blood- curdling radio dramas “for children,” which parents, educators and psy- chiatrists have been voicing for sev- eral years may stir the Federal Com- munications Commission to action toon, it was learned today. yet taken cognizance of the matter and members did not want to pre- dict what might or could be .done, the latest sheaf of protesting letters is receiving careful consideration. A recent discussion of the matter in & New York newspaper brought to the office of Commissioner George Henry Payne a fresh batch of letters from various States denouncing the murders, battles and eeriness still pervading many of the radio serials designed primarily. for children. Frank R. McNinch, new chairman of the commission, formerly head of | the Federal Power Commission, was | reported making a close study of pro- | grams in general. Thus far he has taken no action. Since his recent transfer to the communications com- mission, Mr. McNinch has shown a disposition to take a firm hold of the helm. Would Avoid Censorship. Sources close to the commissioners said they wanted to avoid any appear- ance of censorship, but would like to correct certain tendencies of the radio. | | | out that some of the children's pro- grams had been improved greatly | since The Evening Star aroused a ago by directing attention to still room for a lot of improvement, he admitted. | Judging from the new letters on file in Commissioner Payne's office, boys and girls still cry in their sleep from nightmarish echoes of the scenes of terror and violence they have heard described so faithfully on the family | | radio & few hours before. | Tuning out these program sppai~ | | ently is not such & simple maiter. H. L. Beede of Fort Lee, N. J., wrote | the commission: par- ticularly at dinner time, between | making ‘dead-end’ children out of An official at the commission pointed | | storm of protest two and a half years | | the | | type of drama with which “the kid-| | dles” were being regaled. There is| Although the commission has not ' | “Every evening is a battle, adults and child minds. You just cannot be arbitrary and overbearing | about the situation. The majority of | the time we shut the radio off from 5 until 9 o'clock, but at times it gets to the point of discontinuing its use entirely. We do not even listen to| programs we ordinarily would be in- terested in ourselves. What is the result? If our daughter, age 10, listens to the programs, and if they are of the usual type, we go through a period of high excitement and nerves. If we forbid certain programs, she wants | to know how she is any different from | other children. ‘They are the chil-| dren’s programs.’” Makes Children Nervous. Robert A. Troutman of New York said his small daughter benmel “almost a nervous wreck” from list- ening to children’s programs. ©O. H. Ungemach of Philadelphia | wrote: “Not only does the absolute venom which is offered the youth of our country today crowd off the air some really enlightening or edifying pro- | grams, but it pollutes the minds of | the children to such an extent that | their play lie becomes an embryo | crime life.” | “The programs of today,” warned Mrs. G. Garibaldi of New York, “are | | blood and thunder programs that not { and animals and many more interest- | our youth™ Gomer Joseph of Wilkes Barre, Pa., | urged the commission to prohibit “the | only upset children but parents as well.” He added that he believed these stories had “a tendency to create and increase the crime wave of this country.” An end to “the blood-curdling bunk | that has our children’s ears cleaved to radio sets” was urged by Joseph | J. Healy of New York. Gertrude J. Bernstein, also of New York, asked: “Why not put on travel stories, children’s music hours, talks of birds ing programs that children would | enjoy?” Commisisoner Payne has described | some of the present pPrograms as “bloodcurdling” and “nightmarish.” TAX CHANGE URGED Representative Randolph Opposes Capital Gains Levy. ELKINS, W. 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