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Helnl Radio News Service
6/11/47
KATE SMITH BOILS OVER ON CENSORSHIP; CBS SAYS ONLY ROUTINE
Kate Smith, "the Moon Comes Over the Mountain” soprano, isn’t so hot in her Judgment as to what is libelous and tactful in news broadcasts copy if the comeba<k of the Columbia Broadcast¬ ing System is correct. Miss Smith said she welcomed leaving Columbia June 23, where she has been 16 years, to escape censorship.
She told the American Brotherhood of Arts in Chicago wte re she received the 1947 American Brotherhood Arts citation of the National Conference of Christians and Jews that ’’you don’t have freedom of speech on the Columbia System,
"Every day”, she declared, “it’s ’delete this* or ’cut out that,’ Why, they wouldn’t even let me talk about Lucky Luciano when he slipped out to Cuba, even though I was only using what was being carried by the news services and the news wires."
CBS quickly countered that the only reason Kate left the network was because General Foods had not renewed her contract. Columbia further stated that Miss Smith’ 6 news comments were subject to routine review the same as all others. It declared that, while it respected Miss Smith’s abilities as a popular singer, it had been forced to exercise final Judgment when she entered the field of news dissemination,
Kate Smith moves to the Mutual Broadcasting System June 23rd where she told her Chicago listeners she was starting a ’’disk Jockey” show on WOR, New York, and would rely exclusively on her own recordings,
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TRUMAN AMUSES CANADIANS WITH TALE OF REINSCH’S LEFT SHOES
president Truman had a fine time at the gala dinner given to him at Ottawa Tuesday night telling about the predicament Leonard Reinsch, his radio secretary, found himself in. It seems in Mr. Reinsch’ s haste in packing his evening clothes to wear at the formal dinner, he threw in a pair of shoes without looking at them, Leonard found to his embarrassment upon arrival in Ottawa that both were left shoes. Mr. Truman explained to the diners, how¬ ever, that thanks to the good neighbor Canadians, Reinsch had been able to borrow a right shoe and had been able to attend the dinner afterwards.
Mr, Reinsch, who is General Manager of the Governor Cox stations in Miami, Dayton and Atlanta, recently accompanied Presi¬ dent Truman to Mexico and, in fact, goes with him on all speaking trips such as Kansas City last week.
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