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Good Night and Good Luck
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In 1935, Ed Murrow |
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When World War Two broke out... |
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...his voice brought |
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...through his "This Is London" |
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He started with us all... |
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...many of us here tonight, |
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...with the news documentary show, |
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He threw stones at giants. |
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Segregation, exploitation |
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...apartheid, J. Edgar Hoover... |
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...not the least of which, his historical |
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He is the host of our enormously |
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...and tonight he is here |
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...wife, Janet, and all of you |
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...inspired, lectured, and taught. |
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Ladies and gentlemen... |
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...the Radio-Television News Directors' |
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...Mr. Edward R. Murrow. |
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This might just do nobody any good. |
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At the end of this discourse |
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...of fouling |
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...and your organization may be |
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...to heretical |
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But the elaborate structure |
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...advertising agencies, and sponsors |
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It is my desire, if not my duty, |
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...with some candor about what |
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And if what I say is responsible... |
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...I alone am responsible |
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Our history will be |
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And if there are any historians |
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...and there should be preserved... |
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...the kinescopes of one week |
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...they will there find recorded |
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...evidence of decadence, |
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...and insulation from the realities |
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We are currently wealthy, fat, |
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We have a built-in allergy to |
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Our mass media reflect this. |
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But unless we get up off |
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...and recognize |
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...is being used to distract, delude, |
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...then television |
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...those who look at it |
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...may see a totally |
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Millie! Just the person |
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This goes at the top |
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Yes! Give me a half an hour. |
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I may need it |
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- Can I get some coffee first? |
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Morning, Johnny! |
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I have some new notes that go |
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Fred's gonna be in |
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I already put them on his desk. |
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...he doesn't look at the film |
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- Yes. |
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Hey, Joe! Shirley! |
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- What's going on in here? |
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Two attractive people |
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Don't tell Paley, he'll fire me. |
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He'll fire both of us, Shirley. |
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- Rules are made to be broken! |
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Let me see this. |
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- It's simply a loyalty oath. |
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You promise to be a loyal American? |
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I know. All of the reporters |
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Who are you promising this to? |
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Fred signed it. |
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- Murrow signed it? |
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Are you now |
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I thought it was a joke, |
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...on the Attorney General's list |
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- I don't know. |
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What is it really saying? Is it a civil |
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Am I simply stating to CBS |
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- Murrow signed this? |
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- Maybe you should talk to Murrow. |
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If you don't sign this, |
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If I don't sign it, |
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Sign it. |
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Finally we can tell everyone |
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If I could express it |
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...I'd do it in the terms |
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..."Ah, 'tis but a dainty flower |
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"Yes, 'tis but a violet..." |
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"...glistening with dew." |
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"But still in its heart |
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"So in our heart..." |
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"...our love for you..." |
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"...lies unrevealed." |
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I used to... |
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...pride myself on the idea |
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...especially over the past |
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...kicked around, |
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I didn't think that... |
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...I could be... touched very deeply. |
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Okay, that's enough. |
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- It's short. |
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It's 4 minutes, |
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It can't stand alone, but it might be |
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Let's go through this one more time. |
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Yep, got a call from the office |
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...interested in setting up |
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...over the comments |
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Secretary of Agriculture? Good idea! |
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No, it would have to be 2 weeks |
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...depending on Morse's schedule. |
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Let's follow up on that. |
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We're having better luck |
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...than with Mr. Hoover. |
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It may progress better |
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"At home with Ben Franklin. |
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We've got the footage, |
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See if you can contact him and get the |
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Member Delbert Clark? |
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- New York Times? - Yeah. |
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This was yesterday morning, |
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- How old was he? |
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- Home of a friend. |
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Natalie send some flowers |
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Couple things. |
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...involving the constitutionality of a |
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...provides for the deportation |
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...if he becomes a Communist |
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Can you take this? |
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All right. McCarthy interrupting |
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...to take charge of the investigation |
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- Natalie, send some flowers. |
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May I finish? |
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- A real ladies' man! |
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We have no show for Tuesday, fellows. |
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Rob a bank. Mug an old lady. |
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- You look at the Secretary Stevens |
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Watch it all the way to the end, |
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Thank you, John. |
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There's not much there. |
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I can't tie it to the Eisenhower |
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- You ever spend any time in Detroit, |
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There's a story here |
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A kid named Milo Radulovich. |
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- Italian? - Irish. Air Force |
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...read some Serbian newspaper. |
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- Who brought the charges? |
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Charges were in a sealed envelope, |
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- Not even at the hearing? - He was |
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...and told if he wanted |
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...he had to denounce his father |
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- His sister? |
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Let's send Joe and Charlie down there, |
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Is he being brought |
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No. |
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Then it's not McCarthy. |
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Isn't it? |
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Milo Radulovich. |
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What happens to your children... |
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...your 5-year-old and your 5-month-old |
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If I am being judged |
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...are my children going |
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Are they going to be judged |
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Are they going to have to explain |
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...why their father |
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If the thing is let stand |
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...was sent out by the board, |
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...has no end to anybody, |
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Well, that's new. |
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You can't call this |
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The other side's been represented |
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The Air Force |
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So you want to forego the standards |
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...both sides, no commentary. |
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- We all editorialize. - I'm just |
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We're giving them |
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...and we're asking them |
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Frank, hold on. |
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I've searched my conscience. |
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I can't for the life of me |
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I simply cannot accept |
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...two equal and logical sides |
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- Call it editorializing, if you'd like. |
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They'll have equal time |
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Do you understand the position |
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We are all in this together, |
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Do me a favor... |
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...avoid any big speeches about how |
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Please, don't insult me. |
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I have to go back to Mr. Paley |
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...and also have |
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...and I have to tell them that |
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...because of a beef you had |
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- We're not going at McCarthy. |
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Excuse me. Mr. Friendly, |
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- Colonel? - He's in your office. |
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Maybe they liked the transcript, |
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Excuse me. |
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Go after Joe Kennedy. |
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I've got a great story about Hoover. |
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You know how many shows |
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...to make up for this? - And Judy |
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No, no. |
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I'll talk to Mr. Paley. |
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Alcoa won't pay for the ads. |
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And we probably won't either. |
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How much are the ads? |
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- 3,000. |
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He just won't have Christmas presents |
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- He's a Jew. - Don't tell him that, |
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- To be clear, you did speak |
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And we read the transcript. We've not |
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Mack is on a plane from Dexter |
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We'll be going |
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Your show airs tomorrow. How can we |
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...your story in the limited amount |
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With all due respect, you have been |
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...not to approve it. |
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We are going with the story |
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...tried Milo Radulovich |
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...and found him guilty |
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...without his Constitutional rights... |
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...and are claiming |
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Wouldn't you guess that those who have |
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...might have a better idea of what |
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- Who? Who? - Or do you think |
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Who are the people? |
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Do they have an axe to grind? |
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Or you, Colonel Jenkins? Do you know |
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We have been a friend and ally of both |
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The story you are going |
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So before you take any steps |
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...I strongly urge you |
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These are very dangerous waters |
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We have had no hearing at all. |
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In all the 32 years that I have been |
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...I have never witnessed such a farce |
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...as this thing has developed. |
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- Now this whole theory... |
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Tell John I left |
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5 seconds! I got it! Palmer, |
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He's on his way |
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We're gonna have to do |
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Natalie, I need a booth |
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Booth is there, it's already set. |
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We didn't have time |
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That's not what I asked for. |
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It's missing the voice-over |
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There's a commercial in the booth. |
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- 2 minutes to air! - There's not |
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Get him out of the booth! |
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2-and-a-half minutes |
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Keep it down, please. |
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2 minutes to air, fellas. |
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- He's gonna add a joke. |
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Make sure you know that I swap |
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- As long as he talks fast because... |
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We got the film. |
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Will it be ready? |
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You bet. |
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Funny thing, Freddy! |
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Every time you light a cigarette |
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It occurs to me |
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Alcoa, the aluminum company |
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- 10 seconds. |
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Ready on camera 1. |
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5, 4, 3, 2. |
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Pan, camera 1. |
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Good evening. |
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A few weeks ago there occurred a few |
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...about Milo Radulovich... |
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...a lieutenant |
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And, also, something about Air Force |
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...which states that a man |
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...if he has close and continuing |
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...or people believed |
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Lieutenant Radulovich was asked |
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A board was called |
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At the end it was recommended that |
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...although it was also stated |
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...as to the Lieutenant's loyalty. |
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We propose to examine, |
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...the case of Lieutenant Radulovich. |
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Our reporter, Joe Wershba, |
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This is the town of Dexter, Michigan. |
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This statue is at the end |
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What did the General |
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- A Colonel. There were two of them. |
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They weren't too pleased. |
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You're gonna get audited this year. |
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Not me, you. I told them |
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- You always were yellow. |
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In 10 seconds. |
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This is the sister, |
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She neither defends nor explains |
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I feel that my activities, |
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...or my political beliefs |
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Are my children going to be asked |
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Are they going to be judged |
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Are they going to have to explain |
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...why their father |
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I see, absolutely, |
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If the thing is let stand as it, |
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...was sent out by the board |
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...that has no end to anybody, |
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Perhaps you will permit me |
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...because I would like to say |
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We have told the Air Force |
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...for any comments, criticisms, |
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...as to the case of Milo Radulovich. |
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We are unable to judge the charges |
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...because neither we, nor you, |
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...nor the Lieutenant, know what was |
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Was it hearsay, |
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...or hard ascertainable facts that |
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We do not know. |
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We believe the son shall not bear |
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Even though that iniquity be proved |
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But we believe too that this case |
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...for the Armed Forces to communicate |
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...the procedures and regulations |
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...in attempting to protect |
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...and the rights of the individual |
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Whatever happens in this area |
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...between the individual |
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...we will do it ourselves... |
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...it cannot be blamed on Malenkov |
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And, it seems to us, |
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...that this is a subject |
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Good night, and good luck. |
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And we're out. |
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May I tell you something |
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May I tell you something |
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...as a member |
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Based on audience |
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...you are well above average |
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Your interests are wide, |
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...to sports and show business. |
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And you have one characteristic |
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...and that's the fact that you are |
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The makers of Kent considered |
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...when they chose |
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...to tell you about Kent. |
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Of all leading filter cigarettes, |
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If you try Kent with that in mind, |
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...with many other thinking people |
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They find that it makes good sense |
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- Did you get the changes? |
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...on the CBS Television Network. |
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Now back to Ed Murrow. |
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Not since the silent movies |
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...has Hollywood witnessed the sort |
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Each day, oblivious to time, |
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...sightseers head in the direction |
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For there, at the end |
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...and the home Liberace |
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This is the front and nobody knows |
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This is the back of the house |
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- Good evening, Lee. |
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- What are you doing? - I'm dictating |
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...and on my trusty tape recorder here, |
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- It's an inspirational book. |
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Have you given much thought |
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Actually, I've given |
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...but I don't believe in getting married |
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I want to some day |
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...and settle down to what I hope will |
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...by faith |
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I was reading |
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...and she's looking |
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...and I hope she finds him some day. |
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Uh-huh. Lee, thanks very much |
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It's been very pleasant. |
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And will you say good night |
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- I certainly will. |
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- Good night, Ed. |
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Next week, we'll take you |
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...to the house of Mickey Rooney |
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Until then, |
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Good show, Mr. Murrow! |
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Excuse me, Mr. Murrow. |
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Could you take a look at this |
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Thank you. Dr. Stanton |
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- When? |
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I can't. What the hell |
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- I believe he's waiting for you. |
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- Oppenheimer next week. |
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- Hey, Don! |
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You're getting good at this! |
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They're gonna think you like it! |
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Pays the bills. How are you, Don? |
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Ah, it's... |
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...day to day. |
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If she saw how good you look |
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You tell her that |
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- I read the O'Brian piece. |
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I'm a pinko. |
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I'm just waiting for him |
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- Nobody worth their salt reads him. |
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Well, see, I rest my case. |
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- Does Paley read him? |
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Thanks, Ed. |
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I just came by to tell you |
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- Thanks. - How's the fallout? |
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Is this the start? |
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It's just a little poke |
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You let me know if I can help. |
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But you're a pinko. |
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I'll see you. |
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Hey, Joe! What's all this |
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I can't talk to you now. I have |
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What would you say if I told you... |
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...that Murrow was |
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- Uh! Charlie, you wanna... |
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McCarthy going |
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- I have no idea. I don't keep the |
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Have you ever seen any spy films? |
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You're supposed to slip it |
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I didn't know who to give |
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As you can imagine, Fred and I |
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No pun elocuted. |
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- What do you got, Donald? |
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Murrow's been a Communist |
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Member of the International Workers, |
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...and on the Soviet payroll |
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You wanna know |
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Why you'll lose this one? |
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Because everyone in this country... |
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...knows that Ed Murrow |
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Did you know the word "gullible" |
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- Can I give this to him? |
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I think you guys go too far. |
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Well, if it walks like a duck, |
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Yes, Mr. Paley. |
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Right away. |
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No, he hasn't called. |
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Yes, sir, the second he calls. |
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Yes, sir. |
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Mr. Murrow! |
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Mr. Paley will see you now. |
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- Mr. Paley, Mr. Murrow is here. |
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- Hello, Ed. - Bill... |
| 00:31:34 |
How's Janet? |
| 00:31:35 |
- Your son? |
| 00:31:38 |
She's fine. Her fundraiser |
| 00:31:42 |
- Oh! That's why I never plan |
| 00:31:46 |
You'd never know. |
| 00:31:51 |
Reading fiction? |
| 00:31:53 |
I hope so. You tell me. |
| 00:31:56 |
Now we know |
| 00:31:58 |
That's just the first shot. |
| 00:32:01 |
Have you checked your facts? |
| 00:32:06 |
- Bill, it's time. Show our cards. |
| 00:32:10 |
You lose, what happens? |
| 00:32:14 |
I'm responsible for a lot more |
| 00:32:20 |
McCarthy will self-destruct, |
| 00:32:22 |
You said Corporate |
| 00:32:25 |
...and that the News |
| 00:32:27 |
We don't make the news, |
| 00:32:28 |
99% of the time he's wrong about those |
| 00:32:31 |
If he goes too far, |
| 00:32:33 |
...and we will report on that. |
| 00:32:35 |
But he's wrong 100% of the time when |
| 00:32:38 |
And you're trying him in the press? |
| 00:32:39 |
Does he get the right |
| 00:32:41 |
You've decided on this |
| 00:32:44 |
- What I am doing... |
| 00:32:46 |
I put you in your country house, |
| 00:32:50 |
You should have told me about this |
| 00:33:06 |
Everyone of your boys needs to be |
| 00:33:10 |
If Aaron's mother went to a group |
| 00:33:14 |
Hewitt, too. Anyone in that room. |
| 00:33:18 |
...I will cut them loose. Corporate |
| 00:33:22 |
But Editorial will not jeopardize |
| 00:33:26 |
...of the CBS. |
| 00:33:30 |
Yes? |
| 00:33:37 |
Fellas, our next show is gonna be |
| 00:33:41 |
And we're gonna go right at him. |
| 00:33:44 |
I don't need to tell you |
| 00:33:47 |
If we are to do this, Ed and I |
| 00:33:50 |
We need to know, |
| 00:33:52 |
...if any of you have any connection, |
| 00:33:56 |
...if you attended a party, |
| 00:33:58 |
...anything that could compromise this, |
| 00:34:02 |
...because now would be |
| 00:34:10 |
Ed, I think I should excuse myself. |
| 00:34:12 |
Palmer, you kidding? |
| 00:34:15 |
My ex was a... |
| 00:34:18 |
...but she attended meetings. |
| 00:34:21 |
I didn't even really know about it |
| 00:34:24 |
But it was different then. |
| 00:34:29 |
I'm not telling you anything |
| 00:34:32 |
...somebody'll find out. |
| 00:34:35 |
They'll hurt us with it. |
| 00:34:38 |
I should have told you sooner, Ed, |
| 00:34:42 |
Fred. |
| 00:34:46 |
If none of us had ever read |
| 00:34:49 |
...or had a friend |
| 00:34:51 |
...or never joined an organization |
| 00:34:54 |
...we'd all be the kind of people |
| 00:34:59 |
We're gonna go with the story, |
| 00:35:06 |
John! Jesse! |
| 00:35:09 |
Eddie! Palmer! Look at who |
| 00:35:14 |
Okay, fellas, here we go. |
| 00:35:16 |
His own words, |
| 00:35:18 |
...said that he wouldn't remove |
| 00:35:20 |
...who supported a Communist Major. |
| 00:35:24 |
"...you should be removed |
| 00:35:26 |
"Any man who says, 'I will protect |
| 00:35:30 |
"...'who protects Communists', is not |
| 00:35:35 |
Ethically, we're fine. |
| 00:35:37 |
But legally, if we air this, are we |
| 00:35:41 |
- But he chose to read it. |
| 00:35:43 |
- There are other reporters. |
| 00:35:47 |
I'll check with Campbell in Legal. |
| 00:35:48 |
And wait till you hear |
| 00:35:51 |
...scream and cry about our methods... |
| 00:35:54 |
...of trying to drag the truth... |
| 00:35:58 |
...from those who know |
| 00:36:01 |
...who covered up |
| 00:36:04 |
But they say, "Oh..." |
| 00:36:07 |
"...it's all right to uncover them, |
| 00:36:13 |
Did a Civil Liberties Union provide |
| 00:36:18 |
I had many offers of attorneys... |
| 00:36:20 |
...and from the American Civil Liberties |
| 00:36:24 |
...did the Civil Liberties Union |
| 00:36:27 |
- They did supply an attorney. |
| 00:36:30 |
The answer is yes. |
| 00:36:31 |
You know the Civil Liberties Union |
| 00:36:34 |
...as a front for and doing the work |
| 00:36:37 |
Mr. Chairman, this was 1932! |
| 00:36:41 |
I know this was in 1932. |
| 00:36:42 |
Do you know that they since |
| 00:36:44 |
...as a front for and doing the work |
| 00:36:47 |
I do not know |
| 00:36:49 |
- You don't know? |
| 00:36:52 |
All right, Leo. Turn it off. |
| 00:36:53 |
- I need those three cans of Stevens! |
| 00:36:57 |
It would be nice |
| 00:36:59 |
- Did Millie give it to you? |
| 00:37:02 |
- Nobody else, Joe. |
| 00:37:04 |
I'll put it on a kinescope, |
| 00:37:06 |
Palmer, cut it at 2:30. |
| 00:37:07 |
I prefer it one on each end, |
| 00:37:10 |
It'd be more powerful. |
| 00:37:12 |
Joe, file it for me. |
| 00:37:15 |
Are we gonna make it, Fred? |
| 00:37:16 |
We lost the telecine, |
| 00:37:22 |
Did you finish your closing piece? |
| 00:37:25 |
It's Shakespeare. |
| 00:37:28 |
Write your closing. |
| 00:37:58 |
My argument was if you just show |
| 00:38:01 |
...it doesn't make any difference. |
| 00:38:03 |
If you agree with him, |
| 00:38:05 |
If you don't, you'll love it. |
| 00:38:06 |
Maybe they should wait |
| 00:38:08 |
I don't think |
| 00:38:10 |
We've got to hit McCarthy |
| 00:38:14 |
The blue one. They haven't gone |
| 00:38:18 |
Honey, the Alsops and Herb Block... |
| 00:38:21 |
...didn't work for the Institute |
| 00:38:26 |
Then I guess it's time. |
| 00:38:34 |
You worried? |
| 00:38:38 |
I didn't think I was. |
| 00:38:40 |
I don't know why. |
| 00:38:43 |
And I answered the phone, |
| 00:38:46 |
And he asked what was going on |
| 00:38:49 |
And before I answered him, I turned |
| 00:38:55 |
...to see who was listening. |
| 00:38:59 |
Chairman Mao... |
| 00:39:07 |
I'll see you at the office. |
| 00:39:09 |
- Hey, your ring! |
| 00:39:14 |
Name me another wife... |
| 00:39:16 |
...who reminds her husband |
| 00:39:19 |
...before he goes to the office. |
| 00:39:29 |
Excuse me, Mr. Friendly. Mr. Murrow, |
| 00:39:35 |
- Maybe he wants to reimburse us |
| 00:39:39 |
- I would like that! |
| 00:39:41 |
There's a Knickerbocker game tonight. |
| 00:39:45 |
Are you interested? |
| 00:39:47 |
I'm busy bringing down |
| 00:39:50 |
Is that tonight? |
| 00:39:53 |
We're covered, Bill. |
| 00:39:55 |
All right. |
| 00:39:58 |
- I'm with you today, Ed, and I'm |
| 00:40:19 |
Do you know the timing |
| 00:40:23 |
Can we hold all the calls, please? |
| 00:40:25 |
Hold the calls till after the show. |
| 00:40:27 |
- You fellas, awake down there? |
| 00:40:30 |
- Just... what are we? 20? |
| 00:40:49 |
10 seconds. |
| 00:40:54 |
5, 4, 3, 2. |
| 00:41:00 |
And pan, camera one. |
| 00:41:05 |
Because a report on Senator McCarthy |
| 00:41:09 |
...we want to say exactly |
| 00:41:12 |
...and request your permission |
| 00:41:14 |
...whatever remarks Murrow |
| 00:41:17 |
If the Senator feels that we have done |
| 00:41:21 |
...and desires to answer himself... |
| 00:41:24 |
...an opportunity will be afforded him |
| 00:41:27 |
Our working thesis tonight |
| 00:41:30 |
..."If this fight |
| 00:41:32 |
"...has made a fight between |
| 00:41:36 |
"...the American people know that one |
| 00:41:39 |
"...and the Republic cannot endure |
| 00:41:43 |
We applaud that statement... |
| 00:41:45 |
...and we think |
| 00:41:47 |
He said it |
| 00:41:51 |
The American people realize |
| 00:41:54 |
...between America's |
| 00:41:57 |
If this fight against Communism... |
| 00:41:58 |
...is made a fight against America's |
| 00:42:02 |
...the American people know that one |
| 00:42:05 |
...and the Republic can't endure |
| 00:42:10 |
On one thing the Senator |
| 00:42:13 |
Often operating as a one-man |
| 00:42:16 |
...interviewed many, |
| 00:42:19 |
...accused civilian |
| 00:42:21 |
...of the past administration |
| 00:42:24 |
...to turn over the country |
| 00:42:26 |
I was extremely shocked when I heard |
| 00:42:31 |
...told 2 Army officers that they had |
| 00:42:36 |
...of those who promoted |
| 00:42:38 |
As I read his statement, I... |
| 00:42:42 |
...thought of that quotation, |
| 00:42:46 |
"...doth this our Caesar feed?". |
| 00:42:48 |
The questions is: |
| 00:42:49 |
...did the Civil Liberties Union |
| 00:42:53 |
- They did supply an attorney. |
| 00:42:55 |
The answer is yes. |
| 00:42:56 |
Do you think this book |
| 00:42:59 |
Its publication... |
| 00:43:02 |
...by an expression of the views |
| 00:43:05 |
The sale of that book |
| 00:43:09 |
...it was so unsuccessful, |
| 00:43:13 |
You can go back |
| 00:43:15 |
...you'll see it was one of the most |
| 00:43:19 |
He's still sorry about it, |
| 00:43:21 |
Well, I think that's a compliment |
| 00:43:26 |
I'll say that. |
| 00:43:27 |
The Reed Harris hearing demonstrates |
| 00:43:31 |
Twice he said... |
| 00:43:33 |
..."The American Civil Liberties Union |
| 00:43:37 |
The Attorney General's list does not |
| 00:43:40 |
...the ACLU as subversive, |
| 00:43:43 |
...or any other |
| 00:43:45 |
And the American Civil Liberties Union |
| 00:43:48 |
...letters of commendation |
| 00:43:51 |
...President Eisenhower, |
| 00:43:55 |
Earlier, the Senator asked, "Upon what |
| 00:44:00 |
Had he looked three lines earlier |
| 00:44:02 |
...he would have found this line, |
| 00:44:06 |
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not |
| 00:44:11 |
No one familiar with the history |
| 00:44:13 |
...can deny that Congressional |
| 00:44:16 |
It is necessary to investigate |
| 00:44:19 |
...but the line between investigating |
| 00:44:23 |
...and the junior Senator from Wisconsin |
| 00:44:27 |
We must not confuse dissent |
| 00:44:30 |
We must remember always |
| 00:44:33 |
...and that conviction depends |
| 00:44:38 |
We will not walk in fear, |
| 00:44:40 |
We will not be driven by fear |
| 00:44:43 |
...if we dig deep |
| 00:44:46 |
...and remember that we are not |
| 00:44:50 |
...not from men who feared to write, |
| 00:44:53 |
...and to defend the causes |
| 00:44:57 |
This is no time for men who oppose |
| 00:45:01 |
...to keep silent, |
| 00:45:04 |
We can deny our heritage |
| 00:45:07 |
...but we cannot escape |
| 00:45:10 |
We proclaim ourselves, |
| 00:45:13 |
...the defenders of freedom wherever |
| 00:45:17 |
...but we cannot defend freedom abroad |
| 00:45:21 |
The actions of the junior Senator |
| 00:45:23 |
...have caused alarm and dismay |
| 00:45:26 |
...and given considerable comfort |
| 00:45:29 |
And whose fault is that? |
| 00:45:33 |
He didn't create |
| 00:45:35 |
...he merely exploited it, |
| 00:45:40 |
Cassius was right. |
| 00:45:42 |
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not |
| 00:45:47 |
Good night, and good luck. |
| 00:45:57 |
And we're out. |
| 00:46:12 |
Nothing? |
| 00:46:16 |
Maybe nobody watched. |
| 00:46:23 |
- We got nothing. |
| 00:46:25 |
Should I turn the phones back on, |
| 00:46:30 |
Yes. Now would be |
| 00:46:33 |
Turn the phones on! |
| 00:46:36 |
Mr. Friendly wants the phones on. |
| 00:46:37 |
It's the Junior Senator |
| 00:46:39 |
Don't kid yourself. It's Reed Harris |
| 00:46:42 |
I don't know whether all of you |
| 00:46:46 |
...but I want to associate myself |
| 00:46:48 |
...with what Ed Murrow |
| 00:46:50 |
...and say I have never been |
| 00:46:56 |
Senator McCarthy said today that he |
| 00:47:05 |
Stevenson had charged that the Senator |
| 00:47:09 |
...the national policy... |
| 00:47:13 |
- Is that Hollenbeck? |
| 00:47:15 |
Great show! |
| 00:47:17 |
Feel like a Scotch? |
| 00:47:19 |
I think everybody |
| 00:48:13 |
- It's 3:30, early editions are out. |
| 00:48:16 |
Of course not. |
| 00:48:18 |
...would you go across the street |
| 00:48:21 |
- All of them? |
| 00:48:26 |
- Hey, watch my drink! |
| 00:49:00 |
Okay. Here we go. |
| 00:49:02 |
- At last! |
| 00:49:05 |
- First? |
| 00:49:07 |
- Who wrote it? |
| 00:49:09 |
Gould... |
| 00:49:11 |
Edward R. Murrow's television program |
| 00:49:15 |
...was an exciting and provocative |
| 00:49:19 |
It was crusading journalism |
| 00:49:22 |
For TV so often plagued |
| 00:49:25 |
...the program was a milestone |
| 00:49:29 |
The program... Hold on! |
| 00:49:31 |
The program was no less |
| 00:49:33 |
...the problems posed |
| 00:49:37 |
...would just go away |
| 00:49:39 |
That was Mr. Murrow's |
| 00:49:42 |
...and a very great one. |
| 00:49:47 |
Here! Here! |
| 00:49:48 |
- He hated it. |
| 00:49:51 |
Send the New York Times |
| 00:49:53 |
I already did. How do you think |
| 00:49:55 |
- How's the Post? |
| 00:49:57 |
- What about O'Brian? |
| 00:50:01 |
- Go on, read O'Brian! |
| 00:50:04 |
- Got it. |
| 00:50:08 |
- There we go. |
| 00:50:13 |
We can't say we were surprised at |
| 00:50:17 |
...last evening, when his explosively |
| 00:50:20 |
...edited with deviously clever |
| 00:50:23 |
...against Communism, |
| 00:50:26 |
...by equally Machiavellian coincidence |
| 00:50:29 |
...featured Murrow's PM protégé, |
| 00:50:33 |
In an obviously gloating mood, |
| 00:50:36 |
...hoped viewers had witnessed |
| 00:50:39 |
...from and for the Left. |
| 00:50:42 |
So on. So on... |
| 00:50:43 |
Shirley, it's okay. |
| 00:50:45 |
- No, that's it. That's it. |
| 00:50:52 |
The CBS has been in a lengthy |
| 00:50:56 |
The worst offenders |
| 00:50:58 |
...have been quietly |
| 00:51:00 |
Don Hollenbeck, a graduate |
| 00:51:04 |
...attacked conservative papers |
| 00:51:08 |
He then proceeded |
| 00:51:12 |
...tilted review of the day's events... |
| 00:51:14 |
...with McCarthy dominating his words, |
| 00:51:19 |
So on. |
| 00:51:23 |
- It's O'Brian. - He didn't get |
| 00:51:26 |
- Is it grammatically correct? |
| 00:51:30 |
- Thanks, Shirley. |
| 00:51:34 |
Joe... Shirley... |
| 00:51:41 |
It doesn't matter. |
| 00:51:47 |
To Jack Gould! |
| 00:51:50 |
- To Jack! To Jack! To Jack Gould! |
| 00:51:53 |
I love Jack Gould! |
| 00:51:56 |
May he rest in peace. |
| 00:51:59 |
- Hello, Jimmy. |
| 00:52:03 |
I got such a hangover |
| 00:52:05 |
All the ad guys on the 3rd floor |
| 00:52:07 |
Got a good review |
| 00:52:10 |
We're putting out a press release... |
| 00:52:11 |
...saying that calls came in |
| 00:52:14 |
- Yeah. - 15 to 1? |
| 00:52:17 |
- East Coast or West Coast? |
| 00:52:21 |
Mr. Paley... |
| 00:52:23 |
- Morning, Fred. |
| 00:52:30 |
How's your wife? |
| 00:52:32 |
She's fine. |
| 00:52:34 |
- Really? Where to? - Riverdale. |
| 00:52:37 |
It's nice there. |
| 00:52:39 |
Yes, sir. |
| 00:52:47 |
Excuse me. |
| 00:52:49 |
Fred! McCarthy wants William Buckley |
| 00:52:54 |
I said no. |
| 00:52:56 |
Yes, sir. |
| 00:53:04 |
Hey, Johnny! |
| 00:53:05 |
- Radulovich has been reinstated. |
| 00:53:07 |
Radulovich... Guys! |
| 00:53:10 |
- Jesse! Jesse! |
| 00:53:12 |
- He's in the bullpen. Why? |
| 00:53:15 |
Got some very good news. |
| 00:53:17 |
Special announcement |
| 00:53:20 |
Fellas! Listen up! Everyone! |
| 00:53:23 |
I have decided |
| 00:53:25 |
...with the interests |
| 00:53:28 |
...Lieutenant Radulovich |
| 00:53:32 |
He is not, in my opinion, |
| 00:53:38 |
There you go. Harold E. Talbott, |
| 00:53:42 |
Great job! |
| 00:53:43 |
- Make a copy of that for me! |
| 00:53:45 |
Back to work, guys! |
| 00:53:47 |
This means something. |
| 00:53:48 |
- Good news, huh? |
| 00:53:50 |
- This absolutely means something. |
| 00:54:01 |
Palmer! |
| 00:54:05 |
The CBS lawyers wanna talk to you. |
| 00:54:11 |
When? |
| 00:54:12 |
Tomorrow. |
| 00:54:14 |
I don't want you to get paranoid, |
| 00:54:18 |
Any ideas? |
| 00:54:21 |
Just tell them what you know. |
| 00:54:22 |
- Now is that testimony true? |
| 00:54:25 |
Not at any time have I been |
| 00:54:28 |
...and I have never seen |
| 00:54:31 |
- You've never seen a Communist card? |
| 00:54:33 |
Have you ever attended |
| 00:54:35 |
No, sir, never. |
| 00:54:37 |
Have you ever subscribed |
| 00:54:39 |
No, sir. I didn't subscribe to it |
| 00:54:44 |
Uh... Now, Mrs. Markward, |
| 00:54:50 |
...who joined the Communist Party |
| 00:54:53 |
...has testified that while |
| 00:54:57 |
...at a Communist meeting |
| 00:55:00 |
...of Communists |
| 00:55:03 |
Uh... Can you shed |
| 00:55:06 |
No, sir. I don't even know |
| 00:55:09 |
...or where they were paid. |
| 00:55:14 |
...to the Communist Party. |
| 00:55:16 |
- Is that correct? |
| 00:55:18 |
You've never paid |
| 00:55:20 |
Thank you very much, Leo! |
| 00:55:23 |
Good work, Joe, Charlie. |
| 00:55:26 |
Now what is the show? |
| 00:55:27 |
Is it defending Annie Lee Moss |
| 00:55:30 |
- Or is it her Constitutional rights? |
| 00:55:32 |
We're much better sticking out |
| 00:55:35 |
- Agreed? |
| 00:55:37 |
Joe McCarthy said that they have |
| 00:55:40 |
...that spy has gotten |
| 00:55:41 |
...and that that spy |
| 00:55:43 |
I've got New York Times reports. |
| 00:55:46 |
...a new red link to Army. Quote, |
| 00:55:49 |
"...that the Army now employs |
| 00:55:51 |
"...who was, and still may be, |
| 00:55:54 |
It's the front page |
| 00:55:56 |
No sooner is he done chastising the |
| 00:55:59 |
...to push into the afternoon, |
| 00:56:02 |
...he ducks out, leaves... |
| 00:56:04 |
- He leaves. - It's all over |
| 00:56:07 |
Get me copies from any newspaper... |
| 00:56:09 |
...that printed anything |
| 00:56:10 |
That's a good idea. You should get |
| 00:56:14 |
- Chicago. - Couple other pieces |
| 00:56:17 |
The fact that there's 3 Annie Lee Moss's |
| 00:56:20 |
There are 2 Robert Halls, |
| 00:56:23 |
We have some footage |
| 00:56:25 |
I think that says it all. |
| 00:56:29 |
McCarthy leaving the hearing |
| 00:56:32 |
...and then we'll cut |
| 00:56:34 |
- We gotta do something about it. |
| 00:56:37 |
Excuse me. Mr. Murrow! |
| 00:56:44 |
Thank you, Natalie. |
| 00:56:50 |
Fine. If Charlie shoots it, we get |
| 00:56:54 |
- It's a long shot. |
| 00:56:56 |
Is he gonna debate himself? |
| 00:57:02 |
Johnny! Johnny! We know |
| 00:57:04 |
He's going to come after me. |
| 00:57:07 |
He's gonna bet that |
| 00:57:11 |
He'll lose. |
| 00:57:12 |
Not if we're playing bridge. |
| 00:57:16 |
- I'm sorry, guys. I didn't mean |
| 00:57:19 |
- It's getting fun now! |
| 00:57:21 |
- Yes, I'll be right there. |
| 00:57:25 |
We have 4 days... |
| 00:57:27 |
...to do a 28 minute show. |
| 00:57:29 |
All right, go ahead. |
| 00:57:31 |
Hello, Mr. Hollenbeck. |
| 00:57:33 |
- Could you give us a moment? |
| 00:57:36 |
Thank you, dear. |
| 00:57:39 |
I have to ask you something, Ed. |
| 00:57:42 |
- O'Brian doesn't matter. |
| 00:57:44 |
He doesn't amount to that much |
| 00:57:46 |
We've got to let that guy have it. |
| 00:57:47 |
We're not going after O'Brian. I will |
| 00:57:51 |
I can't defeat them both. |
| 00:57:53 |
Just don't read the papers. |
| 00:58:02 |
Okay. I guess not. |
| 00:58:05 |
Sorry, Don. |
| 00:58:21 |
Although Mrs. Moss |
| 00:58:22 |
...Senator McCarthy suggested |
| 00:58:26 |
- She agreed... - Mr. Cohn wanted |
| 00:58:29 |
...to tell the truth, the whole truth, |
| 00:58:33 |
...so help you God? |
| 00:58:38 |
May we get your full name |
| 00:58:41 |
Annie Lee Moss. |
| 00:58:44 |
- M-O-S-S? |
| 00:58:46 |
Mrs. Moss, let me say for the record, |
| 00:58:49 |
...for the information |
| 00:58:52 |
...that you are not here because... |
| 00:58:55 |
...you are considered important |
| 00:59:00 |
We have the testimony that you are, |
| 00:59:05 |
We are rather curious, however, |
| 00:59:10 |
...were shifted from... |
| 00:59:13 |
...a worker in a cafeteria |
| 00:59:16 |
I am today much more interested... |
| 00:59:20 |
...in the handling of your case... |
| 00:59:25 |
...by your superiors |
| 00:59:28 |
However, counsel will question you |
| 00:59:33 |
- Mr. Chairman! |
| 00:59:37 |
You have been told what the rule is. |
| 00:59:39 |
If you have anything to say, |
| 00:59:46 |
Chairman. Did you begin work |
| 00:59:50 |
...1945? |
| 00:59:53 |
And, prior to that time, |
| 00:59:58 |
Yes, I had. |
| 00:59:59 |
I see. While in the Pentagon, |
| 01:00:04 |
...have you had any connections |
| 01:00:07 |
Have you ever handled |
| 01:00:10 |
- No more than to transmit 'em. |
| 01:00:13 |
No more than to transmit |
| 01:00:15 |
Than to transmit them? |
| 01:00:17 |
To receive or transmit messages |
| 01:00:20 |
And I've never been |
| 01:00:23 |
Do you know the... |
| 01:00:27 |
...type of classification... |
| 01:00:28 |
- Do you know if they were secret, |
| 01:00:33 |
- You wouldn't know the degree |
| 01:00:37 |
I see. |
| 01:00:39 |
I'm afraid I'm going |
| 01:00:43 |
...a rather important appointment |
| 01:00:47 |
...and I wonder if, Senator Mundt, |
| 01:00:57 |
- Chairman. Uh... |
| 01:00:58 |
I have no further questions |
| 01:01:01 |
We have the testimony of Mrs. Markward, |
| 01:01:06 |
...stating that Annie Lee Moss |
| 01:01:09 |
...of the Communist Party... |
| 01:01:12 |
...the Northeast Club |
| 01:01:14 |
We have corroboration |
| 01:01:18 |
...witness who was called |
| 01:01:21 |
...and gave a sworn statement |
| 01:01:23 |
...that she also knew Mrs. Moss |
| 01:01:25 |
...of the Northeast Club |
| 01:01:27 |
She's already lost her job. She's been |
| 01:01:32 |
I'm not defending her. If she's |
| 01:01:36 |
But to make these statements |
| 01:01:40 |
...that she is a Communist, |
| 01:01:44 |
...I think she's entitled to have it |
| 01:01:47 |
...and let the public know about it |
| 01:01:54 |
I don't like to try people |
| 01:01:59 |
I'd like to get the witnesses here |
| 01:02:03 |
...by testimony, under oath. |
| 01:02:05 |
The Chair will rule |
| 01:02:09 |
...be stricken from the record. |
| 01:02:11 |
I didn't ask that, Mr. Chairman! |
| 01:02:13 |
...whether we should try to produce |
| 01:02:16 |
...because the FBI may have |
| 01:02:19 |
You can't strike these statements |
| 01:02:24 |
...that we're having and withholding. |
| 01:02:28 |
...nor from the public mind |
| 01:02:35 |
...evil of it! |
| 01:02:37 |
- Well, I'd look at it... |
| 01:02:40 |
...to a citizen of this country... |
| 01:02:42 |
...to bring them up here |
| 01:02:44 |
...then when they get through, say... |
| 01:02:46 |
..."The FBI has got something on you |
| 01:02:49 |
- The Chair agrees... |
| 01:02:51 |
...it's convicting people |
| 01:02:57 |
You will notice that neither Senator |
| 01:03:00 |
...nor this reporter know or claim |
| 01:03:05 |
They simply claimed that she had the |
| 01:03:08 |
They simply claimed that she had the |
| 01:03:25 |
One month ago tonight we presented |
| 01:03:29 |
We labeled it as controversial. |
| 01:03:32 |
Most of that report consisted |
| 01:03:36 |
At that time, we said... |
| 01:03:38 |
..."If the Senator believes we have done |
| 01:03:42 |
"...if he desires to speak, |
| 01:03:44 |
"...an opportunity would be |
| 01:03:48 |
The Senator sought the opportunity |
| 01:03:51 |
...because he was very busy and wished |
| 01:03:56 |
We agreed. |
| 01:03:58 |
We placed no restrictions on the manner |
| 01:04:02 |
...and we suggested that we would not |
| 01:04:05 |
...on this particular program. |
| 01:04:07 |
Here now is Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, |
| 01:04:13 |
Good evening. Mr. Edward R. Murrow, |
| 01:04:20 |
...devoted his program |
| 01:04:23 |
...on the work of the US Senate |
| 01:04:26 |
...and on me personally |
| 01:04:29 |
Now, over the past 4 years, |
| 01:04:33 |
...and those fighting Communists. |
| 01:04:37 |
Of course, neither Joe McCarthy |
| 01:04:40 |
...is of any great importance |
| 01:04:44 |
We are only important... |
| 01:04:46 |
...in our relation to the great struggle |
| 01:04:51 |
Now ordinarily, I wouldn't take time |
| 01:04:56 |
...to answer Murrow. |
| 01:04:58 |
However, in this case... |
| 01:05:00 |
...I feel justified in doing so |
| 01:05:04 |
...the leader... |
| 01:05:06 |
...and the cleverest of the jackal pack |
| 01:05:11 |
...of anyone who dares to expose |
| 01:05:16 |
And I am compelled by the fact... |
| 01:05:19 |
...to say to you |
| 01:05:22 |
...as far back as 20 years ago... |
| 01:05:25 |
...was engaged in propaganda |
| 01:05:30 |
For example, the Institute |
| 01:05:33 |
...of which he was |
| 01:05:36 |
...was chosen to act |
| 01:05:39 |
...by a Soviet agency... |
| 01:05:42 |
...to do a job which would normally |
| 01:05:48 |
Mr. Murrow, by his own admission, |
| 01:05:52 |
...that's the Industrial Workers |
| 01:05:55 |
...a terrorist organization |
| 01:05:58 |
...by an Attorney General |
| 01:06:01 |
Mr. Murrow said on this program |
| 01:06:05 |
..."The actions of the junior |
| 01:06:10 |
"...have given considerable comfort |
| 01:06:14 |
That is the language of our statute |
| 01:06:19 |
If I am giving comfort to our enemies, |
| 01:06:25 |
If, on the other hand, |
| 01:06:27 |
...is giving comfort to our enemies... |
| 01:06:29 |
...he ought not to be brought |
| 01:06:32 |
...of millions of Americans |
| 01:06:36 |
And I want to assure you... |
| 01:06:38 |
...that I will not be deterred... |
| 01:06:42 |
...by the attacks of the Murrows, |
| 01:06:49 |
...The Daily Worker |
| 01:06:55 |
And I make no claim to leadership. |
| 01:07:00 |
In complete humility... |
| 01:07:04 |
...I do ask you and every American |
| 01:07:09 |
...to join with me. |
| 01:07:38 |
[Everyone talks about the weather.] |
| 01:07:41 |
[Wherever you look |
| 01:07:44 |
[... aluminum is on the job, helping the |
| 01:07:50 |
[Aluminum for the farm |
| 01:07:53 |
[... since 1888...] |
| 01:07:55 |
[... has continued to pioneer |
| 01:07:59 |
[New uses of aluminum that mean |
| 01:08:04 |
[The aluminum from the nation's |
| 01:08:08 |
[... Alcoa, |
| 01:08:12 |
Last week, Senator McCarthy |
| 01:08:15 |
...to correct any errors |
| 01:08:17 |
...in our report of March 9th. |
| 01:08:19 |
Since he made no reference to any |
| 01:08:23 |
...we must conclude |
| 01:08:26 |
He proved again |
| 01:08:29 |
...anyone who doesn't share his disregard |
| 01:08:34 |
...and the rights |
| 01:08:36 |
...must be either a Communist |
| 01:08:39 |
I fully expected this treatment. |
| 01:08:42 |
The Senator added this reporter's name |
| 01:08:46 |
...and institutions he has accused |
| 01:08:49 |
His proposition is very simple: |
| 01:08:52 |
...anyone who criticizes or opposes |
| 01:08:55 |
...must be a Communist. |
| 01:08:57 |
And if that be true, there are |
| 01:09:02 |
For the record, let's consider briefly |
| 01:09:05 |
He claimed, but offered no proof... |
| 01:09:08 |
...that I had been a member of the |
| 01:09:11 |
That is false. |
| 01:09:13 |
I was never a member of the IWW, |
| 01:09:18 |
The Senator charged |
| 01:09:20 |
...a British scholar and politician, |
| 01:09:24 |
That's true. |
| 01:09:25 |
He is dead. |
| 01:09:29 |
He was a civilized individual... |
| 01:09:31 |
...who did not insist upon agreement |
| 01:09:35 |
...as a pre-condition |
| 01:09:38 |
I do not agree |
| 01:09:41 |
Laski, as he makes clear |
| 01:09:44 |
...dedicated the book to me, |
| 01:09:47 |
...but because he held my wartime |
| 01:09:51 |
And the dedication so reads. |
| 01:09:55 |
I believed 20 years ago |
| 01:09:58 |
...that mature Americans can engage |
| 01:10:01 |
...the clash of ideas, with Communists |
| 01:10:05 |
...without becoming |
| 01:10:08 |
I believe that our faith, |
| 01:10:11 |
...our determination |
| 01:10:14 |
...and that we can successfully compete, |
| 01:10:19 |
...but in the area of ideas. |
| 01:10:23 |
I have worked with CBS |
| 01:10:26 |
The company has subscribed fully |
| 01:10:30 |
...as a broadcaster |
| 01:10:33 |
I require no lectures from the junior |
| 01:10:36 |
...as to the dangers |
| 01:10:40 |
Having searched my conscience |
| 01:10:43 |
...I cannot contend that |
| 01:10:46 |
...but I have attempted to pursue |
| 01:10:49 |
...and to report it... |
| 01:10:50 |
...even though, as in this case, |
| 01:10:53 |
...that I would be subjected |
| 01:10:58 |
We shall hope to deal with matters |
| 01:11:03 |
Good night, and good luck. |
| 01:11:12 |
In the last analysis, the Senator was |
| 01:11:16 |
...and all prepared |
| 01:11:18 |
He jumped beautifully, |
| 01:11:21 |
...where he was going to land. |
| 01:11:24 |
...to discover that Mr. Murrow |
| 01:11:29 |
- Is that the Times? Gould? |
| 01:11:31 |
- He's a hell of a writer. |
| 01:11:34 |
- If we can afford him! |
| 01:11:37 |
Senate's investigating McCarthy. |
| 01:11:39 |
What? |
| 01:11:41 |
The Army's charging that McCarthy |
| 01:11:44 |
...to get preferential treatment |
| 01:11:48 |
- Got a second source? - There isn't, |
| 01:11:52 |
- Who's heading up the investigation? |
| 01:11:55 |
- Really? |
| 01:11:57 |
- Also get me the Washington Post! |
| 01:12:00 |
It's Williams |
| 01:12:02 |
The Senate's investigating McCarthy. |
| 01:12:04 |
There is an added bit of comedy |
| 01:12:07 |
The Committee cannot convene |
| 01:12:09 |
...because Senator McCarthy |
| 01:12:11 |
And he must recover |
| 01:12:19 |
- But Stevens is going after him |
| 01:12:22 |
They're gonna allow each side |
| 01:12:25 |
...and be privy to other testimony. |
| 01:12:27 |
- Fred, we still have a meeting! |
| 01:12:33 |
No, thanks, Jack. Bye. |
| 01:12:36 |
Freddy, we're a hit. |
| 01:12:40 |
Can I have |
| 01:12:44 |
- 74, 76, 47. Thank you. |
| 01:13:10 |
The fact of newscaster |
| 01:13:14 |
...does not remove from the record |
| 01:13:18 |
...of the leftist slanting of news |
| 01:13:25 |
Hollenbeck was what most astute |
| 01:13:28 |
...and questionable new methods |
| 01:13:31 |
..."typical of its newscasters". |
| 01:15:11 |
Oh, yeah. I like it like that. |
| 01:15:15 |
One of the best programs I ever heard |
| 01:15:20 |
A great many people liked it, |
| 01:15:22 |
...but no one ever called it |
| 01:15:25 |
It was the work of an honest reporter. |
| 01:15:30 |
He also worked occasionally |
| 01:15:33 |
He did the 11 p.m. News |
| 01:15:37 |
He had been sick lately |
| 01:15:40 |
The police said |
| 01:15:44 |
Not much of an obit. |
| 01:15:46 |
But, at least we got our facts |
| 01:15:50 |
And that's all Don Hollenbeck |
| 01:15:54 |
Good night, and good luck. |
| 01:16:01 |
Got to be in Philadelphia |
| 01:16:04 |
What time is your train? |
| 01:16:07 |
8:00. |
| 01:16:10 |
- Charlie going with you? |
| 01:16:21 |
Here's a thought. |
| 01:16:24 |
What if we're wrong? |
| 01:16:28 |
We're not wrong. |
| 01:16:31 |
We're not going to look back... |
| 01:16:35 |
...and say we protected |
| 01:16:40 |
Protected them from what? In the name |
| 01:16:46 |
Argument could be made, |
| 01:16:52 |
Not once you give it all away. |
| 01:16:56 |
It's just a thought. |
| 01:17:04 |
Senator, may we not drop this? We know |
| 01:17:09 |
And Mr. Cohn nods his head at me. |
| 01:17:12 |
- I did you, I think, no personal |
| 01:17:16 |
- I meant to do you |
| 01:17:19 |
And if I did, I beg your pardon. |
| 01:17:22 |
Let us not assassinate this lad |
| 01:17:28 |
- Let's... let's... |
| 01:17:32 |
At long last, have you left |
| 01:17:37 |
- I know this hurts you, Mr. Welch. |
| 01:17:41 |
- I'd like to finish this. |
| 01:17:45 |
...when you take the oath |
| 01:17:49 |
...that lets you be the judge |
| 01:17:52 |
The answer is there's no reservation |
| 01:17:56 |
Thank you, sir. Then tell us |
| 01:18:02 |
I don't want to mean that |
| 01:18:05 |
- I think it's just no good for me. |
| 01:18:09 |
Milko, anything you care to say |
| 01:18:12 |
I think no comment. |
| 01:18:17 |
It's got to be there. If you can't |
| 01:18:20 |
- Check again. |
| 01:18:23 |
- Charlie said he dropped... |
| 01:18:26 |
- I got to call you back. |
| 01:18:28 |
You, too. |
| 01:18:39 |
Close the door. |
| 01:18:43 |
Have a seat. |
| 01:18:48 |
- How are you? |
| 01:18:52 |
Uh, you both are aware |
| 01:18:55 |
...that no two employees |
| 01:19:00 |
I want to ask you a question, |
| 01:19:03 |
I want you to consider it. |
| 01:19:06 |
I know you two are married. |
| 01:19:10 |
Everyone knows. |
| 01:19:12 |
That's not my question. |
| 01:19:14 |
In the next few weeks |
| 01:19:17 |
We're making some significant cuts |
| 01:19:21 |
I wanted you to know that... |
| 01:19:23 |
...because you could save |
| 01:19:28 |
I'm asking you to consider |
| 01:19:35 |
I don't need an answer now. |
| 01:19:38 |
Just think about it. |
| 01:19:41 |
Good. |
| 01:19:54 |
- Well, Joe... |
| 01:19:56 |
- Sure we're gonna miss you |
| 01:20:03 |
- I think it's for the best. |
| 01:20:08 |
Mrs. Wershba... |
| 01:20:12 |
Everybody knew. |
| 01:20:22 |
Natalie, did he say |
| 01:20:24 |
No. Just that he wanted to talk |
| 01:20:43 |
Uh-oh! |
| 01:20:47 |
The problem isn't simply |
| 01:20:51 |
With Alcoa, "See It Now" |
| 01:20:54 |
The fee is 50,000 dollars. |
| 01:20:55 |
Last week's episode we did |
| 01:20:58 |
Fred, you're speaking |
| 01:21:00 |
We'll certainly find another sponsor. |
| 01:21:02 |
"64,000 Dollar Question" brings in |
| 01:21:06 |
...and it costs one-third |
| 01:21:08 |
Ed, I've got Tuesday night |
| 01:21:11 |
People want to enjoy themselves. |
| 01:21:15 |
- What do you want, Bill? |
| 01:21:18 |
...every time you take on |
| 01:21:22 |
I'm afraid that's the price |
| 01:21:27 |
Let's walk very carefully |
| 01:21:30 |
The content of what we're doing |
| 01:21:32 |
...than what some guy in Cincinnati... |
| 01:21:36 |
Not Frank Stanton. You. |
| 01:21:37 |
"CBS News", "See It Now" |
| 01:21:41 |
You wouldn't know it. |
| 01:21:44 |
- What is it you want? Credit? |
| 01:21:50 |
I hold on to affiliates |
| 01:21:55 |
I fight to keep the license... |
| 01:21:57 |
...with the very same politicians |
| 01:22:00 |
...and I never, |
| 01:22:07 |
I would argue that we have done |
| 01:22:11 |
I would argue that this network... |
| 01:22:14 |
...is defined by what the news |
| 01:22:17 |
And I would also argue that never saying |
| 01:22:21 |
Really? You should teach journalism. |
| 01:22:31 |
Let me ask you this: |
| 01:22:34 |
...why didn't you correct McCarthy... |
| 01:22:36 |
...when he said that Alger Hiss |
| 01:22:39 |
He was only convicted of perjury. |
| 01:22:43 |
Did you not want the appearance |
| 01:22:47 |
I would argue that everyone censors, |
| 01:22:53 |
What do you want to do, Bill? |
| 01:22:59 |
I'm taking your program |
| 01:23:02 |
And it won't be a weekly program |
| 01:23:06 |
- When would it be? |
| 01:23:12 |
- How many episodes? |
| 01:23:17 |
Why don't you just fire me, Bill? |
| 01:23:19 |
I don't think |
| 01:23:26 |
You owe me 5 shows. |
| 01:23:38 |
- You won't like the subject matter. |
| 01:23:40 |
Fred, I'll need you for a moment. |
| 01:23:57 |
- Thank you, Mary. |
| 01:24:06 |
- He wants me to lay a few people off. |
| 01:24:09 |
Let's do our first show |
| 01:24:15 |
- Senate's gonna vote to censure |
| 01:24:19 |
- And then what happens? |
| 01:24:22 |
- They keep him in the Senate. |
| 01:24:37 |
Well, we might as well |
| 01:24:44 |
Did you know the most trusted man |
| 01:24:47 |
See, you should have worn a dress! |
| 01:24:50 |
- How does a Scotch sound? |
| 01:24:54 |
- Did you know Joe and Shirley |
| 01:24:57 |
- Did everyone know? |
| 01:24:59 |
We are proud because |
| 01:25:02 |
...man can walk upright. |
| 01:25:06 |
No matter who he is |
| 01:25:09 |
He can walk upright |
| 01:25:14 |
And he does not fear |
| 01:25:18 |
...may be in a position |
| 01:25:21 |
...that he can be suddenly |
| 01:25:27 |
...to rot there without charges |
| 01:25:33 |
We have the Habeas Corpus Act |
| 01:25:37 |
I began by saying that our history |
| 01:25:41 |
If we go on as we are... |
| 01:25:43 |
...then history will take its revenge, |
| 01:25:46 |
...in catching up with us. |
| 01:25:49 |
Just once in a while, let us exalt the |
| 01:25:55 |
Let us dream to the extent of saying |
| 01:25:58 |
...the time normally |
| 01:26:01 |
...is given over to a clinical survey |
| 01:26:04 |
And a week or two later, the time |
| 01:26:08 |
...is devoted to a thorough-going study |
| 01:26:13 |
Would the corporate image of their |
| 01:26:17 |
Would the shareholders rise up |
| 01:26:21 |
Would anything happen... |
| 01:26:22 |
...other than a few million people would |
| 01:26:26 |
...on subjects that may well determine |
| 01:26:29 |
...and therefore the future |
| 01:26:33 |
To those who say, "People wouldn't |
| 01:26:36 |
"...they're too complacent, |
| 01:26:39 |
...I can only reply: There is, |
| 01:26:44 |
...considerable evidence |
| 01:26:47 |
But even if they are right, |
| 01:26:51 |
Because if they are right... |
| 01:26:52 |
...and this instrument |
| 01:26:54 |
...but to entertain, |
| 01:26:58 |
...then the tube is flickering now... |
| 01:27:00 |
...and we will soon see |
| 01:27:04 |
This instrument can teach. |
| 01:27:06 |
It can illuminate |
| 01:27:09 |
But it can do so only to the extent |
| 01:27:13 |
...towards those ends. |
| 01:27:16 |
Otherwise, |
| 01:27:19 |
...in a box. |
| 01:27:23 |
Good night, and good luck. |
