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Media, by altering the environment, evoke in us us in evoke environment, the altering by Media,

the way we perceive the world. world. the perceive we way the

of any one sense alters the way we think and act— and think we way the alters sense one any of

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Joint Legislative Committee

La. State Police

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Un-American Activities

Frederick Md 21701 Harold Weisberg

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-short wave transmitters that broadcast broadcast that transmitters wave -short

the media control our view' f the ' ' the f view' our control media the

world. Their world is c_ orld. orld. c_ is world Their world.

our environnent. 'Thosi who control' control' who 'Thosi environnent. our

do not get does not exist. The means means The exist. not does get not do

media. The media .identify and define define and .identify media The media.

by which we get information is the the is information get we which by

(from Freedom of Information, by by Information, of Freedom (from

It belongs to The Rich and and Rich The to belongs It

communications. InfOrtation that we we that InfOrtation communications.

argument in fourteen languages. languages. fourteen in argument

The lesson is the importance of of importance the is lesson The

daily entertainment and news and and news and entertainment daily

broadcasting system. Outside Berlin, Berlin, Outside system. broadcasting

Herman Bucker) Bucker) Herman

learning the lesson,llad begun to to begun lesson,llad the learning

build the world's most ambitious ambitious most world's the build

Dr Goebbels erected a battery of of battery a erected Goebbels Dr

outside world. By By world. outside

out all 5 of Germany's Cables to the the to Cables Germany's of 5 all out

her entry into the wat,'Britain-tad wat,'Britain-tad the into entry her

the British. ,Within 3 days of of days 3 ,Within British. the

tralian creaser -SYDNEY, interrupted.-: -SYDNEY, creaser tralian

Before they could do so; the Aus- the so; do could they Before The Germans were tryingto emulate emulate tryingto were Germans The

from Europe to Australia. Australia. to Europe from

cables lin cables

cruiser, EMDEN, tried to cut the the cut to tried EMDEN, cruiser,

island was a relay station on a cable cable a on station relay a was island

Island except for the fact that the the that fact the for except Island

On Nov 9, 19/4 ken from the German German the from ken 19/4 9, Nov On

but it did not effect Direction Direction effect not did it but

In 1914 life on Direction Island was was Island Direction on life 1914 In

peaceful. The war in.Etrope was on on was in.Etrope war The peaceful.

king Britain to Australia. Australia. to Britain king

The Air is not yours- yours- not is Air The

1939 1939

the Germans, Germans, the

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:a mail order house, Sears & Roebuck. Roebuck. & Sears house, order mail :a

to Chicago-at'a tender age and bought bought and age tender Chicago-at'a to

the story of Julius Rosenwaldwho went went Rosenwaldwho Julius of story the

Edith, was a Rosenwald. Rosenwald. a was Edith,

& Roebuck. Edgar Stern Jr's mother, mother, Jr's Stern Edgar Roebuck. &

Stern money comes primarily from Sears Sears from primarily comes money Stern

for WDSU to expand into TV thru the the thru TV into expand to WDSU for

,("The Air Belongis to the People People the to Belongis Air ,("The

influx of Stern family capital. The The capital. family Stern of influx

Sterns bought WDSU in 1948 and still still and 1948 in WDSU bought Sterns

own it thru the loyal Street Corp. Corp. Street loyal the thru it own

since at least 1929. It was possible possible was It 1929. least at since

WDSU was the first TV station in La. La. in station TV first the was WDSU

FebA8, 1969) 1969) FebA8,

WDSU-AM and WDSU-FM and WDSU-TV - NBC NBC - WDSU-TV and WDSU-FM and WDSU-AM

The radio station had been in being being in been had station radio The

Petei

main medium of speech is not free." free." not is speech of medium main

country has freedom orepeech if their their if orepeech freedom has country

and I believe you can'teay a a can'teay you believe I and

screen, and this is I think controlled,: controlled,: think I is this and screen,

communication now is on the TV TV the on is now communication

Stophenjiirminghem:ib2gs:Orowd tells tells Stophenjiirminghem:ib2gs:Orowd

Seeger Interview, The Speciatcr, Speciatcr, The Interview, Seeger

The The

Affiliate. Affiliate.

the applicants submitted a brief to to brief a submitted applicants the

Monroe, La, for Channel 4 TV. Each of of Each TV. 4 Channel for La, Monroe,

IMAM and WWL-TV - CBS Affiliate. Affiliate. CBS - WWL-TV and IMAM

radio and KNOE radio and KNOE TTin TTin KNOE and radio KNOE and radio

Jesuits) Jesuits)

with the Tisee-PiceYnne Tisee-PiceYnne the with

radio station in New Orleans. It is is It Orleans. New in station radio

owned by the Society of Jesus (the (the Jesus of Society the by owned

WWL started in 1922 and is the oldest oldest the is and 1922 in started WWL

1955 the Jesuits were in competition:: competition:: in were Jesuits the 1955

now, and has been since its beginning, beginning, its since been has and now,

Corp, owner of WITS radio, and and radio, WITS of owner Corp,

Noe & Co, owner of New Orleans WNOE WNOE Orleans New of owner Co, & Noe

He was fired. fired. was He

has no right to intrude into the the into intrude to right no has

private affairs affairs private

thru Loyola University. 'In 'In University. Loyola thru

or American American or

citizens citizens

James James A A The lesson is the importance of Stern money comes primarily from Sears thru Loyola University. In eehathicatiOns. Information that we & Roebuck. Edgar Stern Jr'S mother, 1955 the Jesuits were in competition do not get does not exist. The means Edith, was a Rosenwald. with the Tines!!Picayune.Pdblishing by which we get information is the Corp, owner of WTF8 radio, and James A media. The media identify and.define •Stephen. Birminghamjn_CurCrowd tells Noe & Co, owner of New Orleans WNOE our envirminent: Those who control' the story of Julius Rosenwald who went radio and KNOE radio and ImE.TIVin- the media control'emr, Viewof:thq :- -to Chicageat'a tender age and bought' Monroe, La, for Channel 4 TV. Each of world. Their world is our world. a mail. order house„Seare& Roebuck. the applicants submitted a brief to When Julius Rosenwald needed money to the FCC. The FCC examiner, Elizabeth The men who control the media in r -expand he went to See his cousin, C Smith, proposed that the FCC reject. Orleans are not a typical Arose! HenrrGoldmani. of GoldmaniSachs•& Co Loyola and Noe. She said that Noe & section of the people.. They are the (New:York investment banking). He Co should be rejected because the com- corporate rich. As you will see of asked for 5 million dollars and it pass lackeiproof "tbat,it has avail- those who actually live in New Orleans, was suggested that he make a public able funds necessari to construct and they do not limit their contrel to .offering'of Sears stock - and make operateAte proposed TV station." the medii. They are in all sectors., 10 million dollars?, He did. Edgar B of the environment. Stern Jr, an heir, now owns approx In her opinion on Loyola the'examiner 339,623 shareS worth $20,396,249. said, "Loyola has a distinct and If we want to change the world we definite relationship" with other must take control away from those who radio stations elsewhere in the are now defining our environment; that country licensed to corporations is, we must make another environment controlled by the Society of Jesus. possible. We must get to the media. She said WWL was "one of the most important and powerful AM radio "I feel very strongly that the fight facilities in the nation." for freedom of speech in America during the next decade is going to be to free In their TV history the Sterns have the screen and. free the air -- in had little trouble with the. Federal =flyways we enjoy more freedom of Communications Commission (FCC).- In Loyola speech than most of the world but this 1951 the FCC renewed WDSU's license Advisory very freedom of speech that we have is with a warning that they cannot censor Committee possible- becaUse the' air is so unfree. the content of political speeches. In • Let me explain. It's a little bit like the 1949-50 campaign, Alvin A Cobb was • JOHN LEGIER the Army where the officers will tell refused time by WDSU. Cobb, a candb;.!=. The examiner recommended that the the enlisted men "yea can bitch all date for mayor, was considered a firm station be granted to the Times- you want, you can sit around and segregationist and the Sterns are Picaymne Publishing Corporation. gripe, for as long as you are in the commonly known as liberals. But, lest barracks, but once you leave the we think the Sterns stray too far to In '56 the FCC reversed the examiner barracks and line up and answer roll the "left," in 1956 Heiman Liveright, •- and granted the channel to WWL. WWL, call, then you keep your lip butt- program director for WDSU was. subpoenaed TV has been operating since 157. oned." And it's a little bit that way, by the Congressional. Subcommittee on we are told you can say anything you Internal Security. - Liveright•was In January .'58 the Times-Picayune want almost, as long as it's on immediately "relieved of his duties." • Publishing Corp asked the U S Court print and we can afford to pay the Jerk Senator James Eastland presided: of Appeals in Washington DC to reverse': printer, which isn't completely true, at the hearing. Liveright did not take . 'the FCC grant of Channel 4 to LOYOla. but darn near true. This is possible the 5th amendment.but refused to •• . They did hat. In Oct 58 the Times only because the big medium of answer on the grounds that Congress • Picayune bought the New -Orleans Item

son, Mrs Yorke P Nicholson, Mrs Mrs Nicholson, P Yorke Mrs son,

Four years later the major Times- major the later years Four

of Leonard Leonard of

they sold out to to out sold they

(owned by David (Tommy) Stern) Stern) (Tommy) David by (owned

when they couldn't get the TV channel. channel. TV the get couldn't they when

WVDE-TV - ABC Affiliate. Affiliate. ABC - WVDE-TV

Picayune stockholders were the heirs heirs the were stockholders Picayune

ferred to control only two-thirds of of two-thirds only control to ferred

Elisabeth Nicholson Fischer. In '62. '62. In Fischer. Nicholson Elisabeth

Eleanor Nicholson Corbin and Mrs Mrs and Corbin Nicholson Eleanor

poly and gave up the radio station station radio the up gave and poly the newspapers (assuming the Justice Justice the (assuming newspapers the

They settled for the newspaper mono.% mono.% newspaper the for settled They

Dept would not let them have a news- a have them let not would Dept

and TV in New Orleans rather than all all than rather Orleans New in TV and

the newspapers and part of the radio radio the of part and newspapers the

ifi-Arr. ifi-Arr.

paper monopoly as well as a TV station). station). TV a as well as monopoly paper

it could notget a TV licenaeon- TV a notget could it

Picayune stockholders apparently pre- apparently stockholders Picayune

Picayune decided to sell WTPS after after WTPS sell to decided Picayune

cause it would seem that the Times- the that seem would it cause

Justice to sell when the merger took took merger the when sell to Justice

place. The dates are interesting be- interesting are dates The place.

RitionWITS which they had made a a made had they which RitionWITS

Item. Then they sold the the sold they Then Item.

Hcommittment" to the U S -Dept of of -Dept S U the to Hcommittment"

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and merged the States and the the and States the merged and

.K Nicholson: Jerry Nichol- Jerry Nicholson: .K

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LA. STATE POLICE POLICE STATE LA.

Present System System Present

office and substation. The central communications center is located at at located is center communications central The substation. and office

maintained on a 24-hour 24-hour a on maintained

The communication system of the Division of State Police is cnrrently is Police State of Division the of system communication The

basis, basis,

with communication facilities in each troop troop each in facilities communication with

RADIO SYSTEM SYSTEM RADIO

LA. STATE POLICE POLICE STATE LA.

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. 250 WATT STATION STATION WATT 250 .

EMERGENCY POWER AVAILABLE AVAILABLE POWER EMERGENCY

60 WATTS OR LESS LESS OR WATTS 60

391111 BAND BAND 391111

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7Nr Tit Eleanor Nicholson Carbinand Mrs 1•111114, Elisabeth Nicholson Fischer. In '62' they sold out to Sam Newhouse. Present System The communication system of the Division of State Police is currently WVUE-TV - ABC Affiliate. maintained on a 24-hour basis, with communication facilities in each troop After the struggle for Channel 4 the office and substation. The central communications center is located at FCC apparentlydecided.to allot the. Louisiana State Police Headquaiters in Baton Rouge. Facilities of the another VW channelto:New-OrleanS. central communications center consist of a radio network operating on the In '50 Chester F CWOBS'. President of frequencies. indicated in Table-3. Three, utoMatic tape-operated teletype Supreme liroadcasting Co. owner of VJRM, rOio, applied for and got TV Channel. TABLE 12.. In '59 Coaetal,TV and Supreme - .Broadcastini merged, orminuNew LOUISIANA STATE POLICE RADIO. FREQUENCIES Orleans TV Corp, JoseghA.Paratti was Frequency President; Chester F Owns, -P; and' . Channel Application Chalin 0 Perez (son of Judge Leander B Perez), Secretary-Treasurer.. 39030., Emergency Channel In 1962, the latest date we have information for, Supreme sold its 40% 3950 ; yormal Mobile Channel interest in New Orleans TV Corp (the other major stockholder was Coastal TV) 44.70 Troop-to-Troop (Point-to-Point) Channel. to WSTV Inc of Steubenville. , Ohio, a subsidiary of Rust Craft Greeting Card. Co, operator of 5 TV stations and 7 units, one toll:teletype, a national civil defense warning system4NAWS) radio stations in various states. Supeene still (as of 162) had interest and telephone circuits, one of which is a hot line to the Baton Rouge in WJMR and WRCM-FM and radio and TV Police Department, are in operation. Many of the sheriffs and other users in Puerto Rico. of 39.50 MHz have subsequently been assigned alternate frequencies (Table 4) to reduce congestion on 39.50 MHz. WWt4-AM and WNR24.FM and WM-TV One of the teletype machines provides communication between each of The Supreme Broadcasting Co was granted Louisiana's 13 state police troop headquarters. Another,; the Gulf Coast a TV permit in '53 for WJMR-TV. In '51 WJMR and WRCM radio were sold to Network, connects with 14 stations in Texas. The third is the newly Chester F Ownes (Supreme) for $53,000. created (1965) Southeastern Law Enforcement Teletypewriter Network. which Its history between '53 and '63 is a blank. In '63 Wegenvoord Broadcasting provides rapid, written connumications between Alabama, Florida, Gtorgia, Co bought WWOM-TV, which is now Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and.Arknnsas. Channel 26. Wall-TV no longer exists. In addition,. the teletype network connects the Eastern States with_a Cola,* 1/1%4 ort P 6 relay point: at Columbia, South Carolina and with automatic'rellyeat

'warning center, rebroadcasts all messages received from National Civil Civil National from received messages all rebroadcasts center, 'warning

supplies, and a disasle'r victim identification kit. The van I equipped equipped I van The kit. identification victim disasle'r a and supplies,

Defense headquarters to state and local agencies, and notifies Civil Civil notifies and agencies, local and state to headquarters Defense

every troop office in the state, telephone outlets, first,aid equipment, equipment, first,aid outlets, telephone state, the in office troop every

is is furniture, radio consoles (including Arkansas and Mississippi Mississippi and Arkansas (including consoles radio furniture,

with its own power unit, unit, power own its with cation system. A van was purchased in 1942 and equipped with with equipped and 1942 in purchased was van A system. cation a teletype unit connecting with Baton Rouge headquarters as well as with • • with as well as headquarters Rouge Baton with connecting unit teletype a

needed. needed.

Defense of emergencies within the state where Civil Defense aid may be be may aid Defense Civil where state the within emergencies of Defense

Communications Center maintains a 24-hour alert as a State Civil Defense Defense Civil State a as alert 24-hour a maintains Center Communications

Teletypewriter Network, as well as to all points in Louisiana. The Central Central The Louisiana. in points all to as well as Network, Teletypewriter

the Gulf Coast Teletypewriter Network and the Southeastern Law Enforcement Enforcement Law Southeastern the and Network Teletypewriter Coast Gulf the

with with

network, and can establish instant contact with every. state in the nation nation the in state every. with contact instant establish can and network,

via CW to the north, central, and western states not on the teletype teletype the on not states western and central, north, the to CW via

Troop B, New Orleans, La. La. Orleans, New B, Troop

Headquarters, Baton Rouge, La. - Central Communications Center Center Communications Central - La. Rouge, Baton Headquarters,

Pikeville,, Maryland and Hartford, Connecticut providing direct communi- direct providing Connecticut Hartford, and Maryland Pikeville,,

cations with all of the northeastern states. Kentucky relays traffic traffic relays Kentucky states. northeastern the of all with cations

a4ailable. a4ailable.

A mobile communications disaster control unit is part of the'communi- of part is unit control disaster communications mobile A

The Central Communications Center serves as a relay point between between point relay a as serves Center Communications Central The

the exception of Wyoming, Alaska, and HaWaii. HaWaii. and Alaska, Wyoming, of exception the

1 — Receiver on 42.02 MHz - Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Patrol, Safety Highway Mississippi - MHz 42.02 on Receiver — 1

1 - 250-ft. self-standing tower. tower. self-standing 250-ft. - 1

1. - 250-watt base station - transmits and receives on 44.70 MHz. MHz. 44.70 on receives and transmits - station base 250-watt - 1. 1 - 250-ft. self-supporting tower. tower. self-supporting 250-ft. - 1

1 - 250-watt base station - transmits on 39.50 MHz, receives on on receives MHz, 39.50 on transmits - station base 250-watt - 1 Emergency power, 10 KW, automatiz start/stop. start/stop. automatiz KW, 10 power, Emergency

3 - Control positions. positions. Control - 3 1 /- 250-watt transmitter/receiver on 39.50 MHz, plus receiver on on receiver plus MHz, 39.50 on transmitter/receiver 250-watt /- 1

- 250-watt transmitter/receiver on 44.70 MHz. MHz. 44.70 on transmitter/receiver 250-watt -

Brookhaven, Miss. Miss. Brookhaven,

39.30 MHz. MHz. 39.30

39.50 and 39.30 MHz. MHz. 39.30 and 39.50

enabling it to.operate in areas where no pOwer pOwer no where areas in to.operate it enabling

frequencies), frequencies),

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Louisiana State Science Foundation. Foundation. Science State Louisiana

veillance and bugging activities. activities. bugging and veillance

wasn't room to reprint. Frequency MHz MHz Frequency reprint. to room wasn't

This study was done for the. the. for done was study This

39.06 is reserved for police sur- police for reserved is 39.06

In Table Table In Table 4 of alternate frequencies there there frequencies alternate of 4 Table

Orleans systems were reprinted. reprinted. were systems Orleans

SELECTED SECTORS OF LOUISIANA ECONOMY, ECONOMY, LOUISIANA OF SECTORS SELECTED

SURVEY OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN IN SYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS OF SURVEY

Communications Center Center Communications

LOUISIANA STATE POLICE RADIO'SYSTEMS RADIO'SYSTEMS POLICE STATE LOUISIANA

reprinted from from reprinted

published by Gulf South Research Inst. Inst. Research South Gulf by published

POLICE POLICE

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only the Central Central the only

and and

the New New the ti ti

service the 350 mobile radio units in the system. The Louisiana State State Louisiana The system. the in units radio mobile 350 the service Police operate.a two-way radio communications system consisting of thirty thirty of consisting system communications radio two-way operate.a Police

one 250-watt base radio stations and several other base stations of lesser lesser of stations base other several and stations radio base 250-watt one

power ratings. The equipment in use and theteovaphic location of each each of location theteovaphic and use in equipment The ratings. power

are 28 radio dispatchers--seven in the communications center and, three three and, center communications the in dispatchers--seven radio 28 are

per troop at seven headquarter stations. Three radio maintenance men men maintenance radio Three stations. headquarter seven at troop per

of the system. This equipment represents an investment with a current current a with investment an represents equipment This system. the of Information Center and Federal Computer Information Center. Center. Information Computer Federal and Center Information

is is

number some 692 commissioned officers and 197 civilian employees. There There employees. civilian 197 and officers commissioned 692 some number

book value (in mid-1967) of over $560,000. $560,000. over of mid-1967) (in value book

operation, and selective station calling. calling. station selective and operation,

to the the to

all-station broadcast of urgent messages, secrecy in transmission, 24-hour 24-hour transmission, in secrecy messages, urgent of broadcast all-station

with message sending time reduced to minutes. The LETS network provides provides network LETS The minutes. to reduced time sending message with

(LETS) network, and serves as, the control station for eight southeastern southeastern eight for station control the as, serves and network, (LETS)

Florida, and Kentucky. This network links the Louisiana State Police with with Police State Louisiana the links network This Kentucky. and Florida,

LETS states: Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, states: LETS

police authorities across the country via a unified communications system, system, communications unified a via country the across authorities police

Center is connected to the nation-wide Law Enforcement Teletype System System Teletype Enforcement Law nation-wide the to connected is Center

Troop B, New Orleans, La. La. Orleans, New B, Troop

listed in Table 5. The map in Figure 1 shows the geographic layout layout geographic the shows 1 Figure in map The 5. Table in listed

As of March 1967 the Louisiana State Police department personnel personnel department Police State Louisiana the 1967 March of As

The state police communication center in Baton Rouge is also connected connected also is Rouge Baton in center communication police state The

In addition to the radio facilities listed, the Central Communications Communications Central the listed, facilities radio the to addition In

1 1

1 - Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol receiver 42.02 for Gulfport, Gulfport, for 42.02 receiver Patrol Safety Highway Mississippi - 1

1 - 250-ft.'self-supporting tower. tower. 250-ft.'self-supporting - 1

Emergency power, 10 KW, automatic start/stop. start/stop. automatic KW, 10 power, Emergency

2 - Control positions. positions. Control - 2

3 - Control positions. positions. Control - 3

Emergency power, 10 KW, automatic start/stop. start/stop. automatic KW, 10 power, Emergency

New New

- 250-watt transmitter/receiver on 44.70 MHz. MHz. 44.70 on transmitter/receiver 250-watt -

- -

Orleans terminal (1 of 15 in the country) of the _National Crime Crime _National the of country) the in 15 of (1 terminal Orleans

Miss. Miss.

39.30 MHz. MHz. 39.30

250-watt transmitter/receiver on 39.50 MHz, plus receiver on on receiver plus MHz, 39.50 on transmitter/receiver 250-watt

proottuayeu, proottuayeu,

MISS. MISS.

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LOUISIANASTA TE POLICE RADIO

partment, whose undercover work was in- was work undercover whose partment,

bert Green of the New Orleans Police De- Police Orleans New the of Green bert

strumental In making many of the arrests. arrests. the of many making In strumental

We reserve the right to refuse service. service. refuse to right the reserve We

Purchasers must identify themselves. themselves. identify must Purchasers

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ndercover officer officer ndercover ( ( The American upper class and its power Two other tidbits on thit register. Wd elite are national in their scope. looked at all the 1967-68 New Orleans -; They attend the same schools, belong debs, and found that 42 of 51 were So ul Register to the same clubs, meet as trusteed of listed. We also studied a "social foundations, universities, and museums, history" of New Orleans, The Romantic hash out economic differences as inter- New Orleanians by Robert plant, and locking corporation directors, hash we found that almost all of the "old"' out political differences as members .rich of NOLA have descendants still of of various policy-planning organi- hanging around the Social Register. sations, and give the maid Thursday night off so they can eat out at the club or go to the opera. However, al- though national in scope, it is also New Orleans true that there are regional and local nuances. That is, there are "branches" THE BEGINNING CP wino( of the upper class,.

by G.. William Domhoff New Orleans is of course no exception. It too has a branch of the upperolass (Note. G. William Domhoff is the...autilor- based upon corporate wealth. It too' - of Who Rules America? Orentioe,Hall, Jai its exclusive private schools, its 19677 gentlemen's clubs, and lo and behold, even its Social Register, its "blue The U.S.A. as we all know is a very book" so that we can know who is who big an complex place. Hundreds of -, among the pedigreed. And thanks to millions of people all races,. creeds, the NOLA Express, we have done a colors. only hive to opend4 and- We little study that gives us the tools 00uple,of days touring around any with which to make further studies of major.Citrto know that. Anyhow, the the New Orleans Branch. - Whole thing is very confusing -- it's hard to sort everybody ont,to know What good is all this Jess? It hails what they're thinking, to know where you to locate the enemy and their hang- they're at politically and outs. It's an anchor point from which psychologically. you can tedbh people that there is a ruling class in this country, a social Of one thing we can be sure, thougn, upper class that has an incredible there is a top to this heap of percentage of the corporate wealth, humanity, and on that top'pit some of e_066/021/ ceitti the key corporate positions, and a the fattest cats who ever walked the million different ways to bugger the Oar study started with an old member- face of this earth. These fat cats are political process. It is the beginning the corporate rich, the owners and ship list from the Boston Club, which of wisdom for understanding managers of the major banks and is generally known to be a top dog corporate America. New Orleans town. We then corporations of this country.7 They club in and their descendants makeup the checked out the boys who belong. We I say the beginning of wisdom because' found a whole lot of them in Who's American upper class, a 800141'61*es the real trick is to create a viable of a million or so people who own 25-. Who in America (106), and we found alternative vision for a post-corporate 30% of all the wealth in this country, that they are into everything eco- America and to develp a believeable nomically worth eettinw into in NOLA. ....+UAA far. +ehlew Inane', free the Rig face of this earth. These fat cats are VUr WALMMU wiAdi an oiu meaner.- ' political process. It is the beginning the corporate rich, the owners and ship list from the Boston Club, which of wisdom for understanding managers of the major banks and is generally known to be a top dog corporate America. corporations of this country.'. They club in New Orleans town. We then. ' and their descendants makeup, the checked out the boys who belong. We I say the beginning of wisdom because American upper class, a social class found a whole lot of them in Who's the real trick is to create a viable of a million or so people who awn 25-; Who in America (106), and we found alternative vision for a post-corporate 30% of all the wealth in this country, that they are into everything eco- America and to develp a believeable and 75 - 80% of all corporate wealth. nomically worth getting into in BOLA. method for taking power from the Big One might infer from this incredibly- Rich so that the millions of people lopsided wealth distribution that - who already know the score can over- these Super Rich run the country, and come their cynicism and despair, and he would be right. But to please the begin to think once again abott liberals and the political scientists , serious social change. However, with he must be more specific -- he mast those people baok in action; an tell them how the Big Rich run the analysis of corpotation feudalism and show. He should then answer that not its upper class becomes one of 'the most all the members of the upper class are important weapons in talking to the involved in ruling; some don't know up uninitiated. If New Orleans has-any- from down -- they just clip their thing in mom with other coupons and act our whatever whim cities, as I'mm sure it does, thenits ts happens to rise out of the Unconscious. Social Register will lead you to every• important foundation, policy-planning However, other members of the upper group and upper-class front in NOIA. class do know what the hell is coming Onward and upward with the off, and in conjunction with trusted Social Register. hired hands, they manage general affairs for the rest of the class. A great name for these show-runners is "power elite," which means operating arm of the upper class. Made up_of Then we checked Boston Club members active members of the upper class and out in the local Social Register, and high-level employees in institutions the overlap was PRIEFnioe indeed, controlled by members of the upper, 54%. We then tried to find info on class, its function is to maintain . people in the Register, which yielded this socioeconomic system (corporation more Big Fish. However, let me feudalism) which so enormously rewards emphasize that no indicator is perfect - the fat cats at the top while the probably not everyone in that book- is white.collar propertyless dream of a big millionaire, and there are preestional success and:the blue probably some big rich who are part of collar propertyless struggle to hang the social circuit who are not listed. Signed articles are the reaponsibili on to what they've been able to eke No "indicator" is perfect, but the New of the writers. Unsigned articles aro out during periods of war-induced Orleans Social Register is probably as the responsibility of the editors, proSperity. good as igiWome for the upper class. Robert Read and Darien* Fife.

Senator Jesse M. Knowles, Chairman, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Senator Bryan A. Poston, Beauregard, Senator Charles M. Brown, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tenses Representative Ford E. Stinson, Vice Chairman, Bossier

Representative John J. Hainkel, Jr., Orleans Senator L. W. Eaton, Jr., East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana Senator Claude B. Duval, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, Terre-

Representative Ralph W. Graham, Grant, Rapider

Joint Legislative Committee on

Davis

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Un-American Activities

THEIR DANGER TO THE EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE

Hon. John J. McKeithen

THE NEW LEFT:

Governor

LOUISIANA.

The

AND

Respectfully submitted:

Jesse M.

Knowles, Chairman

Soto, Sabine, Vernon

represents will reveal itself. During the last election he was chairman of is another member of MAC. Who Hainkel State Representative John J Hainkel Republican. Treen and Jr of Orleans Parish (Wards 14 & 16)

Democrats for Treen. Treen is a directors of INCA. INCA is a diffi- associate, Perrin C Butler, are ideology begs the question. If cult organization to describe. To

talking about. Onewitould think that you've ever heard INCA spokesman say that it propagates right-,ring INCA director Darwin Fenner who sits Ed Butler speak you know what we're

allow such irrationality in public. sophisticated organizations as on the boards of such seemingly and Tulane University would not Merrill lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Be as be may, it is Taal*

VVVan

14& 16). of Orleans Parish (Wards John J. Hainkel, Jr., State Representative

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fersity

When they sold it and who they sold it to are unknown. Supreme again went ix into the TV business with WVUE in 1958. WWOM-TV. business after selling WVUE in '62. Fred Westenberger. This year they They are now apparently out of the

Entertainment Communications of la for casting Co are David Wagenvoord and The Entertainment Communications of La is sold their interests in WWOM-AM-FM to ications of Philadelphia. Joseph M a subsidiary of Entertainment Commun- Entertainment Communications. Investors Field of Philadelphia owns 80.5% of The stockholders of Wegenvoord Broad- that a group of doctors have the in the company are a group of Phila- delphia doctors. It's worth remarking $780,000 (subject to FCC approval). WYES-TV - National Educational Tele- it is permitted on air, as "free radio." and Minnesota. WWOM-FM is the station commonly referred to, at such times as capital to finance Entertainment local businessmen. year for affiliation. WIES in New Orleans started in 1957. and information programs. Local NET- Communications not only in La but in F White, NET President, said in a New children's affiliate TV stations pay $100 per network Its trustees are a group of over 50 the Ford Foundation. Last summer John Nevada, Texas, Missouri. Pennsylvania The major financing for NET comes from_ Orleans interview, that financing "is — National Educational Television is a

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(contd from_page 3) WHO OWNS RADIO & TV. IN NEW ORLEANS

UHF

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of 90 TV stations providing channel in New Orleans is now

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programs,

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cultural events

" vision.

• Senator Charles M. Brown, Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tenses Senator L. W. Eaton, Jr., East Baton Rouge, East FeHeist's

Senator Bryan A. Poston, Beauregard, DeSoto, Sabine, Vernon Representative John J. Hainkel, Jr., Orleans Senator Claude B. Duval, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Mary, Terre-

Representative Ralph W. Graham, Grant, Rapider Representative S. S. DeWitt, Franklin, Madison, Tenses Representative Carl V. Dawson, East Baton Rouge that on. several university and college And weekly press. In regard to We take them to mean that the System." The quote marks are theirs. in La they limit themselves to saying effort is about national SDS. It student dissidents who oppose "The In their conclusions they refer to in New Orleans. an SDS chapter in a large University, Liberal System a misnomer. Perhaps we can consists of quotes from the daily organization known as "the Student Frederick B. Alexander, Jr. campuses in La there is aTstudent They. disappoint us. Their latest help clarify it. Staff Dfrectar Col. Committee considers the term The

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U.S.A. (net.)

Anmrican Petroleum Corp.

This is The System. LUAC Chairman, Senator Jesse ment supervisor for. the Pan M Knowles, is a land manage-

A..

and thit there is

SDS

that LUAC *efers to in its latest report. /Knowles said, "The only Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith . allow such irrationality in public. Be as be may, it is Thiene University branch of SDS in Louisiana -at the on the Enterprise, February 21, 1969/ sophisticated organizations as in New Orleans." - Beaumont (Texas) and Wane University would. not

Such is the system.

present time. is located at

To complete the circle, Representative Hainkel is a legal representative of Pan American Petroleum, the same A final note. LUAC has subpOena Ennf said? This too is the system. false witness." The Attorney General Grenillion protecnting somebody for false witness. It becomes clearer is shyster Gremillion. Imagine of refusal to testify or who gives Pan American Petroleum is a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Oil. Chairman Jesse Knowles represents. what The,System is... profit-making organization that.LOAC prosecute arty witness who is guilty, power. "The Attorney General shall

-de or sum seeming.14

Tulane

Aimee of Commuteloaidonbetween liberal

,FOundatiOnmoney.

local businessmen.

F White, NET President, said in a New

the Ford Foundation. Last summer John 1143 trumueuis

ation reserves the right to 'inspect basis." This is false. The Ford Fommd- The major financing for NET comes, from Orleans interview, that financing "is every NET program produced with Ford

"mart:477517GFibed as one of the many Rules Americal.mays of NET that it provided on a no strings attached

intelligentsia of the upper-middle meMbers of the upper class and the class.!

ready existing station and changed its In 1936 James A Noe took over an al- rigging contests. If you had the lucky In 1926 the FCC fined WNOE $10,000 for ranging.from $1 to $1060 but fixed it call letters to WNOE.

number the station offered prizes

WIDE-AM - ABC Affiliate.

"When you consider television's awesome power

to educate, aren't you thankful it doesn't?"

Dneeie9 by Donald Reilly;

aro a 6ruuk,

Domhoff in Who

1965 Th.

New

Yorker Magazine, It •

?CC commented on his statement

Ise the contest at WNOE and several owiwhen he became aware of the lat 3st/ were being exercised if only og the station owners "should have 3ted for only $650/month." ms for the FCC investigation. Ls rejected application to the FCC has been at the game a long time. • 39 tV steering and with bribing personnel its taxes on the h at $1,800,000. ion of *32,000 income and excess, ed by a federal grand jury for he La Dept of Conservation. He and our (Seize more) Weiss were fin- :yonder of WSMB. The S in the call is contents, and hence was innocent Or-Lose: oil corporation. statement without ature to the corporation's income defense that be had is still at it. He was one of the - ht the: charge and was aequited inal directors of La Loan & Thrift. pry intent to defraud the govern-

ator estimated. by Richards, "Hew. Orleans Real Estate ere:. stands for -$aergerAinct.the:M h

Maisonillanche,

-Noe said he "Was genuinely

that controls /on the so-called

station promotions were

$50-100 million" was in 1925

Channel I

Noe

no one could win more than

- ADC affiliate

was charged with "hot oil"

stated his net

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any

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you are represented by thieves. There was a man. His name was There was a front-page story in the He was the chief Times-Piogyune. It said to the people: Then what

take him at his "worth?" Or must we rich at the cost of every taxpayer in officer isrl take him as what he is. A thief and Louisiana. a brigand.

law enforcement officer of the state. lair is another. of Louisiana. He stole. He was the top liwenforcement officer with all the authority of the. chief say they do. EMt He'did whakthemusclemen of

General is guilty then he has done one of Louisiana. Mafia is one thing, and the loansharks of mother mafia thing. He has done what the musclemen fortunes of others are a kind of - Now what Those who would benefit from the mis- have done.

parasite we have not yet '.named. of streets buteuchwill not. be the case

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When you have learned that this sort the power of the.state then it expedient to enrich himself at you will have learned that this vermin elected the Attorney' General who found Has. it ever occured to you that you a representative of the State of is neither a representative of you'nor J isiana. of your expense? the rolls of Louisiana politics then

When his kind have been stricken from

"Some men rob you with a six gun

vermin will

and some with a fountain pen."

ATTE: GEN. JACK P, F.

GRESELLION

glut themselves with

- Wbodie Guthrie

perhaps 4929 and switched to ABC in

founded Saenger Theaters Inc. E V Richards, "New Orleans Real Estate with the Julius and A D Saenger letters stands for Saenger and the MB from Matson Blanche to City Stores Inc. that time Maison Blanche held 5O when WDSU affiliated with NBC. At for Maison Blanche. worth $50-100 million" was in 1925 Stores and Bankers Securities of Phila co-founder of WSMB. The S in the call operator estimated by Fortune to be Richards Malson Blanche is a division of City of WSMB stock. The stock The station affiliated with NBC in sale of his interests in Paramount- Richards Theaters, which he headed as Owns

Theaters. preSident, to Unite United Paramount now owned 50% of WSMB bought ABC, at which time they.switched stock in the name of Paramount-Gulf from United Paramount to American Theaters. In 1951 United Paramount

control of Paramount-Gulf Theaters Broadcasting ParamOunt Theaters. Stock

was still held under the name of (in Paramount Gulf. Theaters between 1925 and 1950 is a mystery. What happened to the Saengerfs

Richards continued till his death

1960)

75% of City

Ce‘t;

retired in 1950, following the

which he organized in_1926

as a'trustee of United,

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