10/3/48 - J. Ross Opening ennouncement

Ni Boys and girls, did you ever hear the famous legend of the Trojan Horse?

It's a story that goes way back to ancient times. Thousands of years ago, the

Greeks and the Trojans had a war, For ten yeare the Greeks besieged the city of

Troy, but they couldn't force their way inside. Yinally they resorted to trick-

ery, They built this phony horee. It was a huge statue, made of wood and hollow

inside. In the hollow part the Greeks hid their best warriors. Then they told

the Trojans "Hey, we're your friends. See, here a nice present for you,

Open your gates and take it inside the city." Well, the Trojans were a bunch

of saps. They fell for the gag. They couldn't resist this beautiful statue

that their enemies were handing 'em for free. Rut the minute they dragged the

horse inside the city, out popped the Greek soldiers. And that was the and of

the city of Troy.

Even today, boys and girls, we still use the expression 'trojan horse".

When an outside enemy poses as a friend and tries to beat us by means of a iy

trick, we say he'a using "trojan horse taotics".

For instanoe, the troublemakers who want to weaken our country. They use

very special trojan hone tactice. They invent a lot of falsehoods about the

different racial and religious groups who live in our country. They dress up

these falsehoods vith fancy oateleword slogans. Then they sidle up to some unsus-

pecting fellow and pretend to have his welfare at heart. "%lee, buzz, buzz,"

they whisper -- and peso out a lot of phony, hollow words. But inside those hol-

low, stupid words there's prejudice. Teeair prejudice and bitterness e- pur-

posely intended to divide our people, to net one group against anetr. And the

ignorant one %who listen? Well they're ,j1;t1i: eeening the gates to our

that's what they're doing.

Of course, if the rest of us keep eeds-awake, we can stop that. Keep preju-

dice from crawling in and we'll hold the fort. Closing knouncement

ANNOUNCZR1 Recently I went to a birthday party. They had a magician there to entertain

the guests. Gosh* he was darned good. He did card tricks, He made handkerchiefs

and watches disappear. He pulled rabbits out of a tall silk hat. He had everybody

in stitches with his "Hocus-pocus, nothing up this sleeve, nothing up tnat sleeve,

and we all got dizzy trying to watch his sleight-of-hand.

eoed magicians like that are grand fun. And nobody minds being fooled by

their tricks. In fact being foaled is part of the fun. Bute gang, there's another

kind of hocus-pocus artist that I want to warn you against.

mean the professional bigot. The bird who afore magic cure-allse based on

predudice. He has a whole bagful of fancy tricks. he calls out to simpleminded

sapes "I'm your pal," he says. "Look, I've got nothing up either sleeve." The*

he starts to pull his sleight-of-hand. He promises to produce marvelous miraoles for them if they'll only blieve his lie against members of this-or-that race or

religion. Oh, the 8144, e,00n and stars will be theirs, if they'll just turn against

their neighbor. You know what's up JAL sleeve, gang? Trouble. Deceit. Mistrust.

And he can't wit to pull 'am out and erread them. He isn't out just to make our

handkerchiefs disappear. eo he's out to tilae our democracy, our oce,ntry's

strength, disappear.

You know, in show businesu, gang, they have a elan% oxpruasioit when eau

ville act flops, they call it "laying an egg". 'well, ií we're all wise to this

bird I'm talking about, then tallA lay an egg! 10/1/48 - J. Ross Sp6t announcement for Superman

Opening Announcement

SUPERMANs The other i was watching when a practical :,okor am-0 evr yore a big

rink ane horded a feller a ci6sr. *flnyi thanks, that's :tool oencoous of you,"

the other fellow said. He lit the cigar and began purring away. ell it was

a trick cigar, the kind that suddenly eaplodes in your face. r-irto, seconds later

MIAMI Everybody standing 'round nearly died laugh ng. ;ind the sucker who fell

for that practical joke sure locked and felt silly. The or remains of that

cigar were plastered all over his puss. ;.e. wore a look of complete surprise.

Sometimes practical jokes are just plain mean. Sometimes they're harmlose

and very, very furny. The point i art to make, gang, is that nobody relishes

being the victim (7o' such a ga, And yet -olks who wouldn't dream of '7alling

for April jokes or 'ittin on a tack are 143rfeat suckers for another kind

-astie,

trou4onaker tells them °You're better than so-and-c because

ancestors got here before his did." Cr , nesore a better citise: than somebody

else because cf your color." ell, that troublemaker i just having a grand

horse-laugh up his sleeve. He gets a big kick out of ropino the suckers in,

Gang, i hope you're all too hep to sallow phony ideas based on prejudice.

Those who do generaliy wind up feeling pretty sill, and ashamed of themselves.

Sens/hie people L',.ugh at them. And the junk V,ey grab at has a habit cf bloring

up in their faces like trick cigars.

E'est way nct to be made a fool of is to keep both feet or the ground.

That way, obedy can cow along a d give you a hot-foot. Closing Announcement

Gang, here's an interestig lesson in underworld jargon:

i)c yA; know hat "het loot" or "hot swag" veil, in the lingo that

crocks use, it means stolen goods that the Aice are leoking fcr. Burglars

and safe-cracker s generally take their hot leot to a mar known as a fence."

The fence does hat crooks call °doctoring." He re-sts stolen jevelry or he

files engine numbers fr,In stle, automobiles so the stuf - can't be easily traced..

Then he tries t palm it cA'' on suckers as hnest merchandise.

Antledy wh buys such stolen goAs does so at his owr risk.

And 0k-body who believe pheny, stolen ideas al s dens so at his own rik

Beeemse, boys and girls jar and valwables aren't the only things

that get stolen and peddled around. There's a big suckers' market in croAced ideas. Lies about a master rees or clan clainst elks of certain races or

religioso -- they're ptclen ideas, gang. Ideas that .6e2C '''merly the 1,reperty

Of Ada! Hitler and Company. Hitler and bis Nazi gangsters :wet: them to trLck

the German people. Then along sane certain bigots in ur < country to swipe those falsehods and dress lcm up as their own. -.i.emember, they're not American

ideal. They're swiped from Hitler and every other crocked viitician 010 ever

set out te make slaves of defeat people.

Sometimes the bigots who peddle prejudice try t pretend they're patAots.

They claim they have the welfare of our country at heart . Don't you believe it. They're really just "ferces" receivers of stolen falsehoods. They're peddlirg

a lc,t of hot rubAsh. But you'll agree with nee any dope who fells 7ur them isn'I so het. Spot announcement 1C/1/48 - J. Ross for 6dperman for pstober

CANING ANMUNCEEENT

aUflaallAN: This past summer I'll bet many of -ou boys and girls had canoe rides. Sar,

it's a grand sport, isn't it, canoein d vn a stream or across a lake? Cf course,

you've got to ,e cz_aefUl. You can't kid around in a canoe; it tip over t o

eaaily. If a person stands up and starts wiaAing around, like as not -- splash -

plop glug -- the allele kit and caboodle ces into the drink. Canoes are safe

enough, providina the people in them dor't get off balance.

lalen you come right down to it, t'-e same thing is true in everyda li:e.

Une troublemaker can easily upset t''e )alance o a whole community. I mean the

kind of wind ag who seas, "I'm better than everybody else whose color or religion

is different from mine." a. joker like that has lost his ,alarce. Tie's rocking

thc eat. Fe' like a dope who stands up in a canoe and yells, "Hey, lemme out

ea 'erel"-- and tips everybod overt includii himself.

Because, you might say, all 'unan sings -- regardless of their skin color

or religious beliefs as pretty much in the same boat. So long as we all get

along together, the sailing will be peaceful. ut vten folks get stirred up by

prejudice and begin mistrusting each ether, you can look for a mighty rough

voyage ahead, and, if we let them _et away wit it, tlese bigoted troublemakers

will give us all a good soaking.

Gang, next time you "ear some bird mating a remark that belittles somebody

of another race or creed, you tell him -- "Sit down, you're rocking the boat!" CLOSING ANITOUITCE

In the movies, maybe you've eeen ictare of t'e line-up at police head- quarters. If not, I'll tell you about it. At police headquarters, crooks who've been arrested are lined up on a platform where all the detectives and cops can look at them. The crooks stand under bright spotlights and the officers of the law study their faces. You see, it helae prevent crime when the cops knor what danaerous criminals look like. That way, they can spot vem fast next time.

To my waa of tair7:Tha racial prejedice and religicus bigotry are. Just

about the tve most danaerous criminals stir at large. When we're not looking

they steal into cur communities. They try to rob our country of its strenrth by turning people against one another. They try to kill the friendly spirit that

folks ought to feel for each other, regardless of race or creed.

So I say, let's have a line-up of all the phony faces that prejudl.ce and

bigotry put on. Turn the spotlight of common sense on them. Study them, oo you

time. can L) Ot them the next

Take a good look at Exhi it One, boys and girl -- File rumors that be-

little people of another race or religion.

Take a good look at Exhitit Two -- Crooked, unscientific theories, such

as the "ma t r race" baoney. Highly dangerous notions to have around.

Exhibit Three -- Unfair practices -- what we call discrimination -- against

folks of different races of creeds.

And there are others, boys and girls. MOW Other samples of prejudice that

sensible people ought to study and learn to recognize. Then, we ought to think

of ourselves as policemen trying to preserve the peace and well-being of our country.

And when prejudice crosses our path -- arrest it. Make it the outlaw it should be. Spet announcement 10/1/48 - L. Bloomiarden fer eenserran

P9TING ANNC WEI-TENT

SUPEITAN: 3cyo and irl., I'm sure yeulve all heard abot jetepropulsien. These new kind of jet motors hurl their elanes across ',he sky at speeds faster than sound, at spseds that can catch up with a bulle I1ve just discovered an amazing thing about this latest, M09, modern invention. The 'act is that it's not new - jet prrpuision is as old as the oceans. 1 learred that, many different kinds of

fieh use it a way of fast swimming. The rater comes in through their mouths

and is ejected at }sigh speed through special, long, rarrcw openings in their

gills - in other eerd s jet pro:ulsion.

Ycs, there's an unlinited variety of everything in Nature. Therc are

tons or thousands of different 7sinds of 'ish, just as there are millions of ,liffer- ent kinds of human beings. And that's 'hat makes life interestirg.

illen everything's all the ame it ,sts p-etty awful. Fver netice how hard it is to lock at a yhole row of houses built exactly a15ke'e ,:enotony is unnatural. As a country, we thrive on raturai variety. We are made up of whites and Negroes and Chirese and Indians -- people of di'ferent races who believe fn the Protestant, Catholic or Jerish religion and orginally come from almost eveqland under the sun.

All that is good. It makes for a richer, more interesting lie. You youldn't want an orchestra made up of all drums, rould you? er all violins?

That's -hy prejudice is the bunk. Anyone rho objects to racial and reli- gious differences is 1 trig in the 'ace rf nature. The truth is, we arc al] differ- ent in countless ways. But all of us, working together rith equal opeortunity,

makes a better life for each one cf us. CL sirs ANNCUNCRMENT

AMNOU ney gang, did you ever f how lucky you are to wrigele rote a ner suit

so easile? You know nowadays we just walk into a store, buy a suit that it us ant

that's ell there is to it. eut years aev there was no such thing. oll clothes

were sewed by hand. This ca e alright _of eveeyone but the sailors. T" eir ship

would sail into a port and go right out a ain ilth the next tide. They didn't

have a week or a month to wait till their euite were made up. 3c in the seaport

towns the idea of ready made clothing vae born.

TOW there thine wrere with ready mace clothes. They save eople ooth

time and money. But -"ust because a suit may -71T people of similar shane on the

outside, that doesn't mean theoe people are at all alike on the inside. You see,

clothes ,u, he ready made, but you can't size ap people so easily. Lo l can't make

any ind:vidual fit into a set of cut-and-dried ideas. If a suit doesnit fit, well,

that's just too bad. lut when our :leae aboet other people doelt fit - that can

be really harmfUl.

Por instance, suppose you '-ear a man's footsteps walking down t'e eoreet

towards you. You don't know who he is. Then you take a lo k and see the color

of ',is skin ien't white -- it's yellow, or mayee brown. Do you regard this fellow

au an individual or do the ceady made ideas of prejudice slip into your brain?

If you keep your eyes open and think for rours1f you 1--now tha& all people

aee dilTerent inside. The color of their skin or the different wa s the\ worship

God doesn't give you any notion what the re like.

So watch out or those ready made ideas that are based on racial or reli-

gious :_rejudice. They' 1 lese you estier every time. No orie standard :its all

the human beins in any one group. That makes scree Cocerle it? 10/1/48 - t. Bluomgarden spat announcement or Superman A

Opening Annouecemert

SPERMlis Here's a story, boys and girls that was in the papers some time ago. ,_ne

dik, a man received a letter ir the mernine mail and eund in it two theatre tickets

or the following Saturdee night. A note that came with the tickets said, °Guess

who?"

Well, he and his wife tried to guest who w: aid be sending them tickets

and the,/ couldnIt figure it out. But they decided to go anyhow. After all, the

tickets were good.... So the .ilext Saturday night they went to the theatre and had a

fine time. But when they came heme they °ound their house had been robbed. And

on the table was a note from the thier ... "Now you know Tho sent you the tickets."

Sends like he was a emart crook, 6)esn't it? But he wasn't as smart as he

thought, because on that note he left a fingerprint. As j'ar as the police were con-

cerned he mi'eht have lert his photograph his address and phone number. They caught

him within a few hours.

Yes, gang, fingerprints are amazing things. They can't be wiped off your

skin and they never change from tl-e moment you're born. But the most amazing thing

about fingerprints is that there are re two alike in the world! Fach person has his

own, individual fingerprints. It doesn't make any dif-ererce where yu live or

what your religion nor boi fingorporinto do not go aceordin tc race, religion or

nationality.

Sc take a UT) `irom Nature. 'Fach of the two billion people or. this earth

is different from all the others. You can't say. all Negroes are one way or all

Chinese an ther. People are born as individuals regardless of their race, relieion

or nationality. And you've got proof of ILEI, gang, right at your 'ingertips1 Closing Ann.. uncement

ANNoUNCLA Hey, gang, did you ever wonder where words come from? Trying to figure out

their beginnings is more fun than a mystery story. Well, the other day I heard. how

the wo:od"snob" came to be used. Listen to this.

It seems that hundreds of years aoo in England, only t e robility were allow-

ed to enter the Universities - the bi colleges of that time. Thep after a lot of

struggle, some of the very rich. people, withOut rank, were permltted to study. But

to show reali: that they weren't of noble pith they had to sion after their names th(

Latin words "sine. nobilitate" - which means, without nobility.

After a while this became shortened to s. nobilitate then to s. nob.

and then finalk snob. And that's the real meaning of the word "snob". People

without nobility,

But ODOR these people started to act so stuck-up and pretended that they

were so fancy that the word snob began to mean a phoney. What would you call

a onob today? He's a person who' 'outs on airs because his folks are rich or his skin

is white or he was b rn in a nice c:f section tows or any other reasoí . like that.

Well that doesn't fool anyone. in America re judge people for what they

can do - not who their rarents are or where they live. Ve believe in democracy

not snobber. Remember, the word snob means "sine nobilitate" - without nobility. 10/1/48 - R. Tolleris Spot announcement ?or Superman

Opening Announcement

WiANz Suppose I were to ask you this question. "What are the natural resources

of the United States?" Chances are you'd think back to page two hundred of yrur

geography book, and say, "eennselvania has hard coal, West Virrinia has soft coal,

Texas and California have oil, Oregon has great foreste, and so on. And then you

might think of tne chapter on:coneervatien and say, "We have to be very careful

net to vaete any of our country's /lateral resources."

That's all very true. But the most important c).' cur country's resources

may not even be mentioned as such, ir the geography books. I mean itepeople --

vu, apd eeux parents, and your school Oman, and 140 millioe American of all

races, creeds, and national origins. All the great forests, and the flrtile farm

lands, and the underground mineral wealth mean nothin,, vithout pe4le.

But while ue have forest rargers to guard against fires which vaste our

woodlands, and government experts to help prevent erosirn, the dostrry r of the

soil -- we all have to take a hand to fight the deadly enemy of, our precious

human resources. That enemy is -- prejudice.

You see, gang, when any one of us is dened the on ,crtunity to use his

ailities to the fullest, nrcause of his name, or his religirn the color of

his skin, the products cf that ability are lost to all.

It's taken many generations of Americans of all races, and many dif°crent

faiths, all working together, to develop the riches which we in America enjoy today.

And -- just as anybody who starts a forest fire is sabotaging our national

resources, so the person who spreads racial or religiees rrej dice is damaging

an even more val able treasere -- the American pe,ple.

Gang, let's play fair with everybod . Let's not destroy -r co entry's most

precious possession -- the talents and energies of all cur people. Closing Announcement

AVICUECERI Lell, boys and girls, I guess by this time there ought to be lent O election

excitement in your town. This is a thrilling time for mericans thr year when

Americans exercise one of their most precious privile ;es and duties -- that of

freely ch using cur government for the next bur years.

And I hope none cf you sit back and say, "So what. I'm not old enough

to vote." Because the practice of g,,c, citizenship isn't only for electi n time,

or or those of voting age. And there is a lot which y u, the boys and ,iris of

America can do to make our -reat democracy even stronger and better.

Take school for instance. Maybe you think it's just a pain in the neck --

something dreamed up by grownups to keep y u ut of their hair six h urs a day.

But believe it cr not, boys and girls, yeu'.oi chan'e y,ur mind in a few years. After

all when zu are the grown-ups, somebody's going to be elected governor, or senator,

or even Preside't...it could be you, you know.

Another thing. The L,onstitution guarantees everybody equal rights before

the law. In plain, everyday laeguage, that just means an even break. So when you

respect the rights of others -- of all races and religions, you're shcwing your re-

spect for the Constitution, and bein a geed citizen. But the fellow who tries to

take any rights away from somebody else ecause o- the color of his skin, or the way

he worships God -- that fellow is hitting elow the belt at all to rest of us,

because the Constitotion and its Bill of Rights is meant to 1 rotect everybody.

Yes, gang, even though you're not old enough to vote or a president this

year, you still have your rights and duties as citizens. Learn all you can, give

everybody an even break, don't be taken ir by those who wculd spread prejudice,

and you'll be doing C.K. 10/48 - J. Ross 5.904-finrouncememt ff.r Superman

SUM Have yku ever tried to walk through a mud swamp don't reccmmend it,

especially V rallre not wearing hi -h rubber boots. Yru take a step forward and

squish -- down you go Into the °limy, using mud. Sometimes the mod extends

deep down, such plume are known am bc-s or quivairen. They man be terribly

dangerous* There may be grass growing on the surface o a quagmire ac it leeks

like firm solid earth. But it's a death trap for cA.ish people wbc try ualldmg

across it. Slowly they sink. Up to their ankles, u to their knees. Then,

deeper and deeper. Ple harder they strug4e tc esoalv, the more that oosy mud down iulls them/and sucks them under.

1.1.1ny 'Ideas are like quagmires, boys and girls. Espeially ideas

fuU of prejudice rel lot To a lot of unsuspecting people they seem mild

on the surface. but undefteath? Slime -- nothing but slime. Middy thinking

makes ignomes believe they're better than the rext -ellow. It makes gem

insult aka *hose race ha-pers to be diffsrer:t rpm Aid

gradually these slippe-172tns such. t'-em into a bottcmless it

no foundation to their ideas, so down they go, deeper and deeper.

Boys and girls, the beet way to avoid taking a flop into muddy thinking

is to use sound colmson eire. hen you reject some slimy remark against somebody

of another race or creed, yclAre solid ground. Prejudice ca 't swamp yu. eipling A uroement

AJMOIMis In Sunday soh 1 you probably learned the Bible story cf iJavid and Goliath atoll wu a nasty giant armed tc the teeth. David was a shepherd boy, armed only with his slimmtbst MIR the giant us .)Ur Milking around planning how to make mince-it out of David, tl-e bey aimed its ilingsbet, Ris aimless good. At slew that evil giant with a single store.

Boye ard girls, there's a lesson in that Bible stery. Usti, all of you

young and you're small. And prejudice is like a great ujy giant, proalin around, trying to kick up trouble. But, ir a mancer of speaking prejudice is like the

giant,Goliaths it big. lks It locks daverous. Rut, if you stnd up tc t, one amorally aimed shot can stop prejudice dead ir its tacks.

Here's the reason Whys Prejudice is asde op of lot of clumsy 41selyods. Ammon Op' WAWA baslo, Slsndere that are wetly hot air, Obit sure, they get bigger beams foolish peple are always spreadt, V14116 But prejudice is like

a monster balloon that , ta inaated with nothir. except air inside. Cne pin prick

ard, bang, thatis erd o the monster.

Boy* ard gi21v, you have the truth on your side. rAs have the common sense

answers to all the lies, rumors and slandors that swell 1,1rejudice to giant size.

The truth is risw aliarohct. And common sense is yogi' RiMr SO be like David. Stand up to tblo oomaeloos, clumsy G-Aiath. Next time somobed tres tc get away with a visions or phony remark aqainst some minority rcup, stop him. toint

out the stupidity and flalseness of his mo

You be socking preudioe, ij betweev the eyes. 10/1/48 - J. Ross Spet announcement 4."or Superman

Opening Announcement

SUPERMAN: Ever stop to think wile' str or thread or knitting yarn come from the

store ell made ue in nice neat balls or spools: That'a so you can unwind them

without losing your temper. 2ver tried unravelling a long bunch of string that's

sot ell tangled up? Man oh men, what a jobZ You got one not untied-end you

find six more knots. he tug the looee string oes may, and it tightens somewhere

lame. Pretty OOOR it snaps, maybe, and then you have to tie it together. And

bP that time something else has snepped -- your temper.

Goodness knows, tangled string is bed enough, but tangled minds are an

even worse nuisaa40. Ever listen to some dope gave out with a bunch of twisted

leans? Talk about knots and curleyeues1 Certain jokers who swallow every cock-

eyed notion that cones their ww suffer from a kind of mental snarl. And, believe

you mol ehat they hand out is more twisted and crooked than a cork-screw. Nonsense

about, other people's religion. Claptrap about other people's ancestry or race.

They take everything they her and scramble it up.

I lose all patience trying to make head or tail out of such eoubletalk.

I get so I fell like I'm a centipede trying to pick my aay out their eessy ideas.

Me, I expect people's lifts to have soma straight summon sense in them. Ideas

based on prejudice and blister just weave round end round, and in and 40t1 until

they make me dizzy. I feel like to line these birds: °Mister, that's an old, old

lino you're handing me. Arel it's full of tangles." Closing A cement

I guess you all know what csAouflage is. In wartime, munitions factories are er,tintee to look like ins deellingn eken seen frov t irs tald homy guns are covered with branches. And imbaltry trooes crawling through the ,enule are often disguised in special amitorma painted with jungle colors. G!Imouflage is a method of concealing things from the enemy. It's a trick to fool. him. It's a way of making dangerous weapons leek Winless

Camouflage is an old, old trick. Not Jut la liar, but in peacetime as well. People who want to weaken our country b stirrinr up ry:Ounce and bigotry often camouflage their dirty work. They go around pretendinu to be super-duper patriots. rhey paint theneelves as having everybody's interests at heart. omat of all, they dress 12,) their dangerous 1.eas in a kind of innocent disguise.

Just for illustration, here's how the work: They'll smile sweetly at

leek and toll him, PAmoks, you're bet er than so-end-so. After all, your ancestors came here before his did.' Lir they'll, get off a wisecrack reflects on to tembere of some religious group. Nothing that's oekpeandeout vicious, maybes just a crack that they try to pass off es a hereless OOMOOks

Underneath those smiles and half-ir,nocent cracks, there hone of bed feeling and wean thinking. C,Imouflae, in other aords. Well, gang, dressing up bigotry in pretty clothes doesn't make it ).ny loss ugly. After all no matter how i.any leaves and bronches you use to cvr a machine eun, it can till fire deadly bullets.

Boys and girls, don't be fooled by half-jesting rernrke tirlt harm other people. Sspecially -:hen they're sairl by troublemakers who wear a smile to hide the knife they (tarrying. 10/1/48 - J. Ross Spot t.nnouroemert fer Srpermar

Opening e

AftnA1411 Plenty of insects eat plants. But did you boys and girls know that there,*

pla-t that actually eats insects? I'm not kidding. It': called the pitcher,-

plant. As its name aug,ests, it's shaped like a pitcher with a hollow inside and

a kird of lid that folds over the hollow. Bugs a e atttacted to the jteher-plant

by its sweet-tasting juices. To them, at first glance it look as harmless as the

:ext 'lower or 4ant rowing in the woods. But when the; all into the leafy

pitcher -- bang, down comes the lid. And then, believe it or not, that quiet-

ice king shrub eats them.

in eve,tday life, b:ys and girls, I'm sometimes reminded of this strenge

plant when I sce how suckors get Hraped by hony ideas that SOON so harmless at

first jance u take those meaningless phrases: "You're better than the next

fellow." Cr, "You belong to a superior race or group. They have an awfully

sweet taste to a lot ©' foolish people. They lap up such nonseree, the way a bug

laps up the juice of the pitcher-plant. And, bang, before they know it, prejudice

has got them caught, hook, line and sinker.

Gang, don't over let anyone tell ou that ideas based on prejudice or

bigotry are not dangerous, Fc matter how innocent they may appear at first.

Looks can be entirely deceiving, as the caterpillar found when he fell into the

pitcher-plant. Only then, of course, it was to late for him to crawl ut. Closing Announcement.

ANKCFPCERs B(ys and girls, Cid Aesop told a able ab ut a mcnkey whr wanted t "et scme ïcasted chestnuts out of the fire. Only the fiee was mighty hot. So the

monkey said to a cat, "Hey, tabby, howls about sticking your paw in the embers and

rakin, cut these dee-lici us mitten V4e11, the kitty was a do e, and she °ell .'er

it. The , esult vas, the monk t the nuts and all Tabby got was a burned raw. grom that 'able, beys and girls, we've bcrrowed the w,rd 'cat-paw. Know what it means? A dopey guy who gets taken in by scmebndy mere clever thar himself,

we call a oats paw." YL,u111 find 'em ar,und every day in the week. Take, 'or

instance, the ignoramuses whc swallcw phony Jaativr-, a :ainst 'ellow-citize,s

another rece er eeligien. Cr the ones *Iv judge ( ther mple accerdir to a set

cf false, cockeyed standards. They're just bein cats-paws for the real bigots who want to stir up hatred in ur c-_untry. These bigots arc sometimes mi.hty

slick article,, and they aeure, "Why get in tr able when it's a cIrch t- 'ind

euckers whelll play cur game or us?"

And in playing their game the i :reramascs ar simply hueti- themselves. Because, naturally, when there's distrust and bitte Tess betweer ore up and

another, then everybody in the cLurt-y .er ere.

There's a lesson in the case o that silly tabby cat that Aesop wrote

about. The lesson iss "Don't :et burned doing someone elsels dirty work." 10/1/48 - J. Ross Spct announ e ent fo r Superman

Opening Aen uncement

SU AVM; Hey, watch out, :oys and girls: We're all sitting on top of a roaring

stove filled with fiery gases and rocks so hct that they've teen melted into

liquid. (LAUGHS) Oh, don't -orry. There's no danger. I'm speaking of the center

of the earth, thousands of miles down, where it's hotter than any blast furnace.

Sometimes that terri2ic heat down there forces it way cut through openings

on the earth's surface. These are known as volcanoes, and they're simply mcantains

with he hcles in tl,em. Oler the inside pressure is great enough, the volcanoes

explode or erupt. JOhl -- it's like a cork popeing out of a gigantic bottle!

Clouds of hot ashes shoot out, and steam, and red-hot rivers of melted rocks,

called lava, pour down the meentainsides, destroying entire cities. A great Roman

city called Pompeii was completely buried by a volcaeo nearly two th usand :years ago.

F-rtunately, we don't have ally 'Wave volcanoes here in the U.S. But therele

another kind of hidden, explosive force that can cause just as much trouble, and

we've got to be careful. Under the surface where we're not always aware of its

presence, bos and girls, racial and religious prejudice i sometimes stirred up.

'ach ugly falsehood against a neighbor adds to the pressure. Each insult makes

tempers grow hotter and hotter. Unless we're on guard, things can erupt into real

tr,uble.

Gang, when you reject slanders against some race or religion different

from your own,yeulre preventing a possible bloweup. You're using good common sense

that'll keep this country safe from prejudice and disenity. Closing Announcement

AHNOUNCERI Have you ever seen the outside of a prison or state penitentiary? A big

stone wall runs around the place, often with spikes or barbed rire or top. Guards,

armed with rifles, constantly patrol the wall. Ruge steel gates barricade the

entrance. A prison wall is harsh and dreary-locking. It has to be, because, after

all, it serves a harsh purpose. It's there to fence in convicts who've broken

the lau.

Penitentiaries are necessary, although no sensible person wants to land

inside One. And yet, g, some folks mho could be just as free as you or i keep

building prison wals around their own minds. They surround themselves with phony

ideas fifty feet high. They pile up a lot cf stupid noticns abut other people

whose race or religion happens to he diff' rent from their own. They erect

barriers of pre;judice. They shut themselves off from common sense thinking.

And what's the result? These silly bigoted folks simply make prisoners

thoselitg, that's ali. They deprive themselves of the friendliness and good-

fellowsip that the rest of: us enjoy. Every false opinion they hold against

others is an ircn bar between them and the rest cf the world,

I'll bet these prejudiced people lead very lonely lives, just as prisoners

do. Because, when yo* lit projudiue isolate you from others, you're :ust punishe

ing yourself.

Karrowmindedness, Gang, is like a narrow prison eel:. 10/1/4 - J. i'Loss

Opening Announcement

SUPERUANs In ancient Jpt there lived a Pharoah or king named Amenhotep. when he

died his adoring subjects built a statue uf him alongside the River Nile. Well,

one morning, thousands of year ago, a loud rumbling sound was heard deep inside

the statue. "It's Amenhotep's g!'!ost:" everytody souted, "It' the voice of

the dead Pharoah:" They got so eoP,red, those ancient Lgyptiane, that they pitched

themselves to the crocodiles in the River Nile

The ruins of that statue are still stanAitv* it's built of huge stone blocks,

sixtyefour feet high. In recent times learned professors have examined it, and

they now exactly what happened. The heat of the caused vibrations in the

stone Sc the statue made a noise. But it wasn't a ghost voice* That part was

gust euperstitioue nenm*nse*

Those ancient Egyptians believed in superstition because they didn't -.now any

better. But our modern scientists have set us straight about u lot silly no-

tione. For instance they've el*oded the notion that certain races et' mankind

are superior or more intelligent than others. Uh-uh, not a word of truth in that.

Or the notion that physical traits, such as skin color, have anything to do with

an individual's ability. (Jr the notion that all the Nembers of certain races or

groups have the same charecteristics. Why, our learned professors have looked

into these questions forwards, backwards and sideways. They've examined people

from :lzyptian rummies to live jitterbugs. And their verdict is superstition,

fallacy. Or, to wet away from their fancy, two-dollar words: 12q.

As much baloney as the fact that that statue in Egypt really talked Closing Announcement

ANWOUNCERs Ever take part in a snipe hunt? A phony snipe hunt, that is. Here's how it

workot Suppose; a bunch of guys are out camping. Maybe there's cue tenderfoot in

the crowd. Well, the others pretend to tell him the proper way te hunt snipe. A

snipe, br the way, is a small bird. They explain! *You go out late at night with

a paper ba g-. and a flaehlight. You hold the paper bag open and you keep blinking

the flashlight. Pretty soon a snipe oees your light and flies ii$40 the bag."

(LAUGHS) Well, it's just a gag, see. Nobody ever caught u bird that Way. But

Joe Doakes, the tenderfoot, falls for it. He's all hot and bothered to cato is

first snipe. Se the rest of the gang take him to a lonely spot in the woods and

leave him sitting there all night, blinking his flashlight and holding his paper

bag. Boy, does he feel like a silly sucker in the mornine

Well, ang I wish we had some way like a phony snipe hunt -0 to show some

folks what suckers they really are. Why, compered to these folke, my friend Joe

Doakes, the amateur bird hunter, was a skeptical cuy. These are the saps who fall

for noneenee about hew one man is better than another because of his race or re-

ligion. The dopes who walk blindly into the pitfalls of prejudice. The ignoramuses

who swallow rumors and falsehoode about other people.

Boye and girls, don't let yourselves be taken in by phony baloney. %Sep alert.

Stay hop. Remember what happens to those who believe obvious and ridiculous non-

sense: when they wake up, they feel awfully, awfully foolish. J. Rcss - 10/1/48

°jelling Announcement

SUPERMANt A few years ago a new word suddenly came into every language in the

world. The word quisling. It_maans a traitor. A special kind of traitor

who works secretly, during peacetime, to undermine the merle of US ao*n

try. Do you know where the word quisling OOMBs from, gang? Well, in Norway

there vas a nasty little man by that name, de pretended to be a good patriot.

But all the time he was spreading hstred. He weakened his country by pitting

one group against another. And when the Nazis invaded Norway, this man

quisling suddenly revealed himself as their chief agent.

Gang, there's a warning for us in the way Quisling operated. Maybe you've

heard the old adage: "A strong door on your cupboard is the best protection

for your larder." Well, we have a goodistrong door: the unity of our country.

True, we're made u of many :'accs, of many creeds, of many different ancestries.

But so long as we all stick together, we'll remain strong. So long as we

accept each other as fcllsw-Aoricans, close and united, nobody is ,going

bash down that door.

But, of course, you're always apt to have little rats gnawing around a

food closet. They crawl through knot-holes and cracks. Or, they're hiding

inside the larder to begin with.

Uh-uh, mac :. out for those little fellows. We don't want any quislings

around here. They use pretty much the sane methods he did. They spread lies

about people of different creeds or races. They count on prejudice to catch

the rest of us off-guard.

It won't work. Not if we stay wide-awake, it won't. Quislings--like rats--

can be starved to death. Closing announcement

ANNOUNCER: Recently, near where I live, I was watching a firm of house wreckers at

work. They wore tearing down a big old-fashioned mansion to make way for a

7aidly-needed apartment house. The mansion had walls of aranite a couple of

foot thick, but those bozos were makIng mincemeat out of it. They battered

down the walls wita an iron ball, seung on the end of a cable. The stone

crumbled under their pickaxes and derricks.

I got to talking to the man superintending the wrecking job. "Boy,"

I told him, "you guys sure work fast." "Well, mister," he laughed, "ain't

it always easier to tear something down than to build it up?" That profes.-

aional house-wrecker sure hit the nail on the head. It's much easier. ,laybe

that house took a year to build. But in two weeks they made a vacant lot

where it stood.

Think of all the time it took to build u our country, boys and girls.

Hundreds of years. zillions of people Jabored to ma'ae it the richest, strong-

est, most united country in the world. People of ali races and creeds working

together.

And think of the handful of bozos who work overtime, trying to tear it

down. Slander is the pickaxe they use. Vicious falsehoods that belittle

citizens of another color or religious faith are their sticks of dynamite.

Why, if we gave those wreckers a free hand, they could batter down this U.s.A.

of ours in no tine flat.

Of course, it won't hapoen. There's one good way of calling a halt to

their dirty work. You know what a "sidewalk superintendent" is, gang?

That's the nickname they give passersby Woo watch a building or demolition

job. ell, let's all be sidewalk superintendents. Let's keep an eye on those

wreckers. Answer their falsehoods with the true facts. Answer their bigotry

by sticking together, americans every one of us, regardless of race or creed.

That way, our national house will stand forever. 10/F/48 - J. Ross Spo+ an ourcernent f e Soeerman or early October

Cil.NING ANNOUNCEMENT

from your own eUPIEMAN: Nothirri in the world tastes better than fr sh vegetables

seem pre t.er than garder. _tnd flowers that yeelve grown yourdf soniehow ahiays

any other flowers.

still, es most of you kecw, a euccessAil urden means constant elbow grease.

ot to keep the wocd- You've got tc rater the garden during dry e ells. culve pesky chucks out. And, big eat job of all, you've ct to 'sere weeding. Those

of.: them. liAle weeds grew everywhere. Aid there's no shortcut way of getting rid

you don't, You jest have to bend over and yank 'em out, one by one. Because if

they'll get big and big er until they overrun our flowers or your vegetables.

to me it sug- cods îr a garder...what does that sug et to eou? Well,

around us. The Arden gests those mean little notions cf prejudice that grew up all

and, like the song is the country re live in -- the U.S.A. - rich and bountiful

there, like nasty says, beautiful with amber eaves o grain. But growing here and against weeds, you'll lind -'aleehoods and eet-y slanders, whispered reearks

signs of of die-Terent races or religious belie-s. And, just like weeds, these spread- prejudice are small to begin with. If they're not checked they'll keep on

ing until they sap the strength of our nation.

:Thenever you hear a (judice', bigcted remark, bores and -iris, don't

thing it is 'or all let it lea's. Expose it. Point cut what a rotten, dangerous and yank of us. in other vords, weed ut big try. Let's grab held ce' rejudice

it out by the r oto! ANNLUNGIf:Ta

with a l'ricnd who was having i was in an auto service statLon the other day

joker. He leaned out from hin car repaired. The mechanic as a great practical

nder the car and cu led to a kid who was handin him his tools -

(HURLED) Hey, rillit! Get me a let-handed monkey wrenchl left-handed monkey rithout stopping to think, off the kid rushed to 'ind a

gang, around any garage vrench. The mechanic looked at us and rinked. Decauo-, thin as a 1' 7 cr tool shop, that's the oldest gag in the world. There's no such for right- rrench. Hammers, Jaws and wrenches aren t esigned special4

are. Little °Mie handed or left-handed people, any iiore than knives and Perks

just didn't stop to think. joker asked you How about ou, boys and girl. Suppose some practical

,L111 bet you'd for a let-handed wrench. Or for the key to the pitcher's box.

I' no dope." think it over. Charces are, you'd grin and say: "Ixnay, buddy. that Nell, a lot of other _onsensical ideas get handed to us. 1-2alone:

Nonsense abcut a doesn't exist, any m re than illiels left-handed wrench. than the next "race," about how a person's skin color makes them better or worse

-1. ideas in our minds before swallow- feller. If we l.oe wide-awake, c turn ov such

in them a mile ride. ing them. We see how cock-yd they are. ;,e can pick flaws silLy And, boy, we can make the jokers who hand us such stuff fr-L1 awfully

kidding?" when we shake our heads and says "ho do you thirk you're SPet announcomert 10/6/48 - J. Ross for 9aperman foo Cotaber 31

FEN MO NU MT

SUPEAANs Suppose your door-bell starts ringing at midnight tonight. Please don't

think it's a hobgoblin. Cr, if a ghastly figure all in white glides across your

front lawn, please don't shriek, "Iolp spooks!" Chances are, it'll only be

little Willie Smith from dowr the block, oot playing ranks on Hallowe'en.

Gang, once upon a time do you know what folks really believed about

7e1ow fen? They thought it was the right when witches rode on their broomsticks.

I'm not kidding. They 5":;O:r."C it was the night then you cold hear chains clanking

in dismal graveyards, and see the skeletons of the dead roaming the fields.

(LAUGHS) Boy oh boy, were they scared stiff on H° owolonl

Nowadays, of course, it's simply a night for having fun. For hanging up

cardboard cut-cuts of skeletons. For making jack-o-lonteons out cO' pumpkins.

Ftr toasting marshmallows and ducking for apples. Hallo*elen has become a night

for merrymaking, not for shivering in our beds. We too sensible to =allow

the old superstitions.

Most of us arc, I mean. But just think of all the other outworn silly

superstitions that some folks still do swallow. Oubbish about race. Nonseose

about how the color of a person's skin makes them better or woroo than somebody

aze, Crackpoo, ideas based on prejudice that sensible people got rid of when they

stopped believing in witches on broomst eks.

2alling for prejudice is like yelling "Yelp, sppoksi" on Hallowe'en. C LC SI LTG Arr-IL MICELI:Err

ANNOUNCE* Gang, here goes for another Aesop's Fable. Atli a meral tacked on the end,

notch.

Once there vas this oak tree. The biggest doggone tree L the ''orest.

It looked dow, at the little saplin7s and willow reeds close to the ground and

sneered at 'ems "You runts. You hlr-pit. Why can't you be strong like aet

Nothing can knock me deem." Well, gang, ju-t then --

(sun CF WIND UCTUNE PLID B U JILY)

(o WIND EFFECT) You guessed itl Up came a humdinger of a windstorm*

The wind howled and hurled i'self a:ainst that giant oak, and suddenly --

(A LCUD CASTTING SCUD)

Dorn crashed that big, conceited tree. feel. a. , its bigness, it had no

"give," e o the rind sip pulled it eut by tl-e roots. Ah, bu`, iv' a, abut the tiny

saplings and he wi'loe reeds?

(TaT'D Ere'?FCT AGAIN)

Tie 'ender the wind blew, the more they held their grvurd. They bent over

double, they were so fle:ible, But they weren't destroyed like the oak tree vas.

Get the moral of the 'a'le? With trees or humane, it's all WI-, saule. Very

often it isn't hew big or hoe noisy you aze tha U counts. It's how Jae 1.31e you --

or your ideas -- are. These opinionated fellows who won't budge an inch in their

ii-,y ectiens of prejudice may sound awfully sure of thfmeelver3. They boast how much'

better they are than everybody else, 'ell, one ec,d blast of common sense e- and,

crach, over they topple. Their phony reasons for race or religi, us prejudice get

yanked by the roots.

The rest of us arc more flexible. e don't try to stand up against common

sense. e yield to it. We don't mind having intelligent ideas blo ,. our way.

can hold oir ground, while the bigots lose theirs. 10/(/48 Ross Spot auneunoement - J. for superman

OFF,NING ANICreir-CEMYNT

81rje MAN: rIten you go into a store for a ner suit or dress, or a ner hat or necktie --

just think of all the different sizes, colors and patterns they show you. You're

given a ride selectien because, arter all, your taste may be diferent fm the

next fellow's. Ur, you may look mere iecoming in another color.

'+Iat suppose all the stores carried only one kind of clothing everybody.

Suppose ail the girls and ecieen had to rear exactly the same dress, dey eter day.

And the xrs and men exactly the -ame suit. ouldn't that be du71, lokirig like

everybody else? Oar clothes would ie like uni crisis -- we'd feel as i' ,c we'e all

ir the Amy every minute of the time. And many of us, maybe, wouldn't look good in

this one particular style. And -- and -- gosh, the whole idea of everybody drees-

ing alike is too ridiculous, so let's skip it.

Except, that's what a lot uf eilly pe le go arcund akin 'or. They'd

like eve y ody to conform to a single ,atterr. Their own particular pater. They

see ,1-emselves as bettel than the rest c us. Acid theOre don on those who don't

happen to look lilt( them, think like them, act like them.

Why in tarnatier should one group set theeselves up as a model for everybody

else tc follow? be all have different sizes, shapes and skin ccicrs. e have diff-

erert temeeraments and tastes. Ole group isn't an ')etter than another, any more

than one pecial dress stele is better than others. It's a darned goad tIleep; that

-- ae they say -- variety is the epioe of I ature has mode us all different, because

life.

Any'ody with imaeinati n likes variety in clothing. And it also shows

imaginatien to enjoy all the different varieties of people wile cross cur path. GLCSINI ANNC UNGUENT

I happened te see 4 marionette shot the other afterneon. There was a tiny ballet dancer -11.0 wiggled en her tip-tees and curtseyed. And two prize-fighters who knocked each other out. Imd e Spanish bull-fighQer who heeled around, waving a red flag. The kids in. the audienneIeved it. They laughed and whistled and clapped their hande. And, I must admit, when those weeden pupp caeeeted Ai the stage you almeet thought they were human. Then, all once, yeu remembered they nere onl; little wooden dells, daecing around on strings manipulated from behind a curtain.

Then i ratch how seme people behave, I'm reminded of putfets. They give cut with a lot of nonsense full of prejudice and ill-feeling. They repeat rumors ard falsehood gain t folks of othee races or religions. Listenin: to them, I get the feeling that somebody else -- a lot craftier than they are -- is responsibls f 7 all their half-baked. opirifns.

And, garg, that's just hot it iE. The bi ots who hepe to weaken our country be dividing one group against another use sale, rattle-7:rained people to de their

Meet,- work. The crafty euys stand. behind the sceres like puppet-ma2tees. They tug the etrin .e of prejudice and bieotry. The manipulate the rattle-brains who haven't sense enough to know when they're being used.

These human puppets oujit to be tipped ff that someeody is netringine

them along. Spot enneuncement 10148 - J. Ross fOr euse:man

77111M AN!tOUtE1Tr

SUMNAN: A bird who falls for neejudice is like a wild duck. we that's what

I said, a ri I duck. 1mm, des that sound far-fetched? 7e11, just listen

Punters out duck-shooting have a secial way of attracting their game.

They set what they call deco out in the marshes. Maybe you've seen these decoys

-- they're carved wooden ducks, painted to look like the real thing. Pretty soon

a live duck comes flying along. 7e snots the decoy and flies down to say howdy-

doody. If the hunter's aim is ay goed, he has roast duck next day for dinner.

For let me explain why all that reminds me of the fence who falls for

prejudice. Some grade A troublemaker rho warts to stir up prejudi plants a lot

of 4 catchwords and slogans. Fake ideas, all painted u- in fancy colors. Re sets up

a dummy for foolish people to blame their troubles on. Pe does this for the same

reason a duckhunter sets up a decoy -- to attract sucker game. Ckay, along comes

some 7:oolish nincompoop, Re steps, listens and come:7, within. range. Bang: -- he's

a dead duck. now on he's ready to let himself be stuffed with all kinds of

rumors and falsehoods.

Gang, don't fall for decoys. Don't ever get attracted.by phony statements

designed to trap you. Patch out, when somebody remarks to you: "Your color -- or

your religion -- makes you better than so-and-so." That simply isn't so. Your

common sense tells you it isn't. And i'm sure you couldn't be so silly and con-

ceited as to believe such junk.

t.ty -- maybe I'm wrong, calling a bird who falls or krejudice a wild duck.

He's a lot than that. He's a geese. CLAiING iNUNCUtET

ANNCUNCLis A kid I know stubbed his to the ether night. He was grc ing around his

bedreem in the eitch darklese when -- bang! -- ouch! -- he .alkee smack intc a

chair. He was telling me about it. ": thought I knew by heart just vhere that

chair was located," he explained, "but, gee whiz, the darkness can eure play dirty

tricks on you, cartt it?"

You bet your -eet- life it czn. Then we 'umble around in the dark, ve lose

our senec of dftrectier. etre cf balance. ;e ',ergot the size aed shape o fami-

liar objects we've ,eer e milliec times ir daylight, or with the lights on.

plenty of foolish eeople tumble around when the sun is shining

ri:htly. They keep alking ker-p unk into stone walls. Not because the.;tre

But because their minds are in the dark. They've Lulled down the shades where

thinking is concerned, and their ideas take on weird sbapee and false positions.

Just like the :urniture in a eitch-dark roem.

These ignoramuses thrash a out. They ump into all kinds of

notions -- and grab at them. Nons ense a out folks of another race or religion.

2alseheeds and rumors that they could easily avoid, if only they'd switch on the

lamp cf common cense.

The rest of us can see where vetee going. lee knee tat ideas based en

ignorance and erejudice are dangeevus -- so we side-step them. 1,e euht to caution

these i;re ing, wandering does -- "Come out of the dark. suit stubbing ycr brains?' J. Rims Superman Spots 14/204s announcement.

OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT

SUPERMANs In China they tell about a dreadfully conceited emperor who lived about

a thousand years ago. This emperor wanted future ,4enerations to think that

all history, all learning, had begun in his r ign. So he ordered all the

books in China to be burned. Fie figured that if people couldn't read or hear

the truth, pretty soon the lies he handed them wèuld be accepted ae the real

McCoy.

/ell, there was one old, old wise man who said to himselfs "There must

be some way of keeping the truth alive. Some way of outeitting this tyrant."

So, before he died, this wise man taught his little grandson everything he

could remember by heart from the old books. He made the child commit to

memory everything that kia knew. Sot in that way, the truth was paesed ono

It's a nice legend. The gist of it is that falsehood can't ever really

smother the true fectso

Throughout history, foolish or evil een have tried to distort the truth

in order to spread their own phony notions. A few years ago in Germany, for

instance, Hitler -nd his Nazi gang actually burned scientific teetbooks

which stated that there are no basic differences among men because of race or

religion. Then the Nazis substituted their own false teachings about a

master raceo The master race was the Nazis, of course.

Well, it didn't lacto The Nazis and their phony books and their phony

teachings wound up on the junk heap. The truthful, sensible facts that they

tried to hide outlived them and their ideaso

The fact is, there am no basic differences among nen because of race or

religion. Science has proved that fact, once and for all. And phonies end

bigots and tyrants -- no matter how hard they try -- aren't ever going to

change that facto CLOSING ANN OUNCIITEST

The other day I watched a fat lady trying to catch a bus. She'd been shopping, and she was all loaded down with a million p ckages. Little packages and big packages and they kept slipping out of her rms as she ran. *Nait, weitIP she kept calling to the bus-driver. But she reached the corner too late. She missed the bus. And she stood there, very annoyed and out-of-breath.

I know that feeling--and maybe you do, too. Tint foolish,- oyed feeling you get when you see the bus going off without you.

Certain people are constantly missing the bus. I mean, hen it comps to common sense ideas. Just like that lady who was too lo- ed (imp ith packages to reach the bus-stop in time, these folks are loaded down with unwieldy, deadweight notions. False ideas about others ,,hose race or religion is different from thUrs. Phony theories about skin color making an actual difference in people's characters. All kinds of bargain-counter nonsense that they've picked up.

Naturally their minds can't move quickly, fuli of such ju k ideas.

Naturally they can't keep up with the rest of us. So, when it comes to hoping on to new, fresh ideas, these silly, slow folks get left behind.

Remember this, boys and girls: The world nover waits for those who are behind-time. When it comes to traveling the road of common sense, they're going to aLu. 1119,. °Vas MIWIMIMMIMPIK J. Ross

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ik um% lhst pees essislidlig Is post Impiis it Its% mhos oty ,orala. !sloe

Ir:ois silmiders eft is iteriamis ssysdal 7 Noise istoomisd to stir up prow

bigotry/

'Oppose somebody ve,oal 5.111 sell L. A buses a roast" shish toll valet Its

Its of spar seer rase or rstigioue t, +.* vollitsot dews of wpr, adir it lh, le-

wal. Out %e ess't resist whieporloz it to Idro 11 smd ISse Co IN SOW isybø tho

mark mil) .t th ti, ci y it dessuot slop. lbw is tarn ,-Alepor it to

Mrs. Of 1110, sad .0. at, but *by as so? Tuu Rot V. 141 dost ykel it'$ lib*

that sstbsestliest oticklor 4 just gees yv4, Itir whert time thossondis sr pc, p ozs sul et sprohdir Valit 4 ìy rk wash Or, newt Wald base passed *o the -irot plow*.

" r4, porstsamosmo spread lib* uild,iro. 4p to us not to lot it $et tartodo Allows the othur

risk. isitsulisuto that wee ne the willier4 Scriestemee. I see eisdieeleps I.*s stets sift /sg4 Oat bsla ss skis solo And 'roe kaaw shat Oar Aid *lib ttio ban-asd-ahsit ir tt). oldie day*? They riveted the 'WA wooed the saki* at

i me ueort rate p:-Isom,r. sealdnitaseapso . bad So drag Slits tweibls

vei$ eseerd with bighi

lIovidgps. tank aliadalies. NOS erseltios have Wes etelisbed aivilisod antrles lhelAreed loceurprised hoe mmir foolish pespis Iiirthrto sod omit,' themselves tifdlielleiat eleamemilisapiele everrehems 11011 40* h aW. uses a =limo ridi or east- ron. I WM selPtikerldall of ter, Igo aciOt that

emplishir riveted t4 thfir

dsedweigkt b. prejediee. lays aairstda. of ¡Away iNeup that hid thalami. that laprison tbas leadurissi et ismersuse, sal Soap Om free howl* free, sessile **flecks lib* the rest

crier Alf to thick sad opt pateitlft peas S te bias asse ai

doirlit rout Tour mind bee to be tree to INA Uwe sae then, up lo-44 resp,, as shss Ito, "slotat dime with stelae ttso, ye ascot get rig cf, what .;pees? Tces preetiealli Olakirw.

ivory feleelwld, every noisome r,14 t *flat fOks teather race or creed la like a tea-pond load. Iterhemp tU ika wobdareall

4f a -aiddota, why their %IOW toes along vp tc a atailla ;41,440

Thistle bas.. %Weir Malta Iwo titillated to sorry hats on thew' stt the lot prejudIse. 3pet-arrourcement J. Ross ,r urini 10/20/48

* hNW UNQUIENT

SUPFAilas orce upon a time, according to an old folk story, t funi7 little man

called. the Pied. Piper drove all the rate from a village *ailed ReMelin. Re got

mad when the villagers needn't pay him, so to get revenge, here's what he did --

This Pied Piper, we're told, played soft, appealing tunes on his musical pipes. And pretty soon all the children of '"auelin fell in limp behind Acip-

ping and dancinz; tc his tume. seeed entranced by his music. The fancied

him out of town and were neve: eard of' again.

2Atd story, isn't it? Cf course, since it's orl a folk tale, ynu can't

tly lame the Pied :riper for pullin that dirt; trick on the kids. Tye was mad

and disgruntled when the grown-ups cheated him.

Now you take certAn treu leriakers in real life. They behave very .luch

like the Pied iiper except they have no earthly excuse for their !iehavior. Their

W11 mean, petty natures make them do what they de.

They start a kind of follow-the-leader game with themselves at the head

cf the line. The, begin playing a ture of prejudice and bigotry. There's nothing

remarkable or magical about their music. In fact, it's pretty offekey to sensible

folks . But it starta a lot o silly, weak ignoramuses skipping and dancing into

line behind them.

These ignoramuses arn en'rariced by the ucrds Vat are part of the tune. Such catchword slogans as " better than everybcd. elsoon Or, "Down with

anybody she doesn't happen to be o skin color or religious faith." Don't

ask me how anybody can be attracted by such nonsense, but plenty ef suckers are.

amd just like t'-e. kids wh. ollovied the Iled Piper out of Ramelin, they

follow the troublemakers down the path .o. prejudice.

The Pied Piper, ycu remember, was a rat-catcher by »rofession. 1011 give

you ore guess what folks who cllow the line c biotry arel GLeLillie;

1 was visitia; a or: riend mine ir the ceuntrf. c. vele relaAng cr ij

frort poch, not a care ir the world. u3 G::.," ï friend murmured, dosing in is

wouldn't move o.- anything.'' All of a sudden a velstle s unded

in the distance. My /'riend jumped up. No moil) quiet sunbathing fees him "That's

:or me," 'is ecuted dashing to his car. "I've :.ot to 'elp eut out a fire!"

Wen you're a Treiber of a Volunteer Are Vepartmert, and you 'ear the siren blow, no more loafing around. Tou and your reitbors and every other v,lurteer for milee anund are exploited to help put that 'ire ut. Yeu see, country communities and small tovns (Isn't ',ave regular fire departments. in case of emergency, ordinary citizeï have tc help each other.

4y friend says the volunteer system verks out fine. As put its "Nate wally, I'll help the other fellow ight his fire. Then he'll hatpin if my barn catches fire."

ayl Maybe that's the proper spirit with which to fi t prejudice, boys and girls. fÌr all c us to pitch in as volunteers. To listen or the danger signals -- Ugly rumors about fellowcitizens of another race. _ilalsehoods and slanders about those of a dlYferent religieus faith* And then vet ought to help stamp the flames of bigotry. Megte they're not threatening us directly.

Maybe they're quite a distance away. Ckay, we sti I ought to fight them.

Just because prejudice strikes at somebody else, we have nc business dozisv in the eon. Unless re keep the sparks o trouble from spreading, an il- wind may ble tem our ray. J. Ross firse-44",_ 7 Wit 10/20/48

tartAirt case, set 4 nitre, I eatOad a poommter rrtm a p-41w' into basket. e filled ti WWI te-tse brie eked oareted ft earefally, Put ts. ambit

Whd Well I% t/110 bitiode ter ti. time Vet 1114 raked ten ;ae's Se ,Acirft ear seta? loft.

In oter gang. rtA cam 141V0 00 br1' tit, .1stt

verli" If It dtereft Sold eater, ekat pitvd la 10

ADir t sego vases, iNkt ge4 are -seer Ides, tsat q asselierie.t sod eMr t 'iret? *Se youllve lietrred ta wee aladbmg-tho sarvias suit reticae

tfture mearteled aromas Thai jest diet %old valer"

Teeple wItt eteptd pretedSsee are alloys eosin sloe ei arts awl et,ot later,

:zr inrtaner, varer the old *Ales tNat fiike et a particular solar sr ameestry are sore latorltlifeet ape *sorrier te "'err)** oleo, sell modem selesr tiPle IrTemtlgaties Mis drained every !rep tf trot set of that. 0.e a tics

tbat 7rp.: ens bags a permeate dmarseter is rati-nalltr sr his ra40 cr is r.114*

Oxus upbrisigitge varty oollhleg ill it,

'ut omv remplis IrIst os earrpl,g Vase 1.Ak 0*, r 8 WI,

tern. 7irt- thou," tSrere f'ull et 1040*, emus titqwu ttakro lArit a

Ir thas

(1an.4, wet tire woe vinirlicx hods rtri a etstiasot about

&eft S ìd eater* etty art t.fl slmit P',csre sil cot. AA Near where Y ür+s t#ws'es a and again I humid tint

entstosc,rs amp Mey, dero, pia rte out a r.lat molt. .w 1sd I've wished ,Tce, the

..r proprietors P to work or those epttt,aler-as and easabas and br.nmpoissr. OUR

li.t sMte,r t e. Alt bis t.esexvtiti,°,a see juoilment id& Ilia tiMttti

inside. it's s Joy ..v :awl, ld 'Nit, the flitit-ssa, 01611 20140 cirao

over with *, critical e ressiag eekettr otre gently mitt his *tee;,crs. 4ees

never 'cooled a ase++sloys that"' two peso 4: a boneré3es that' orc -ripr..

And when I vat* biesd i'i+r*s eefolesipleìtint¿; techstque rettindl sxr that tie

same observation NM jeigmsstt arn Ant newt iss ä: iobisps good ideas rca had oars.

Meet ideas sire ].is sslons! bori and ei rI s. kale* let to tc st "en io

sM whether they're still green - stet' s they're jest plais rotteut.

Ames vg Spat some statement tt+u t srfletetYts ea peiaçle Weeas s+ltss sr

rslitloa is different frao yor's. ter lt jest asMOpt ii. s.o.rk it over ersr+'ml1j.

Ost the tlsea, o., it, 30 to speak, Ounces wr6, It'll sr 7-otter., the -ero

pa saisine it, 4r, seer billy sat+sosat about hew amsoetry a2,orae 13 hat ashes

eons " cake esperar to others. 6.4, you can pst your fit _.or r404 or t**e bsd !r*

in that ,nel

tep demo ere like ruttar MM. op.s. they're ó11t In bed 1se4e.

They're nnMapr. And tic'Lr et lil,eF to get hit b, tither ens of tes,

od, as .md Ideas feel, right, teer minute ;-eat pietk eco up.

C.res to bring hone edits Spat leavaacearat J. Ross r,4agatrama 10/20/48

flZL Wit

Lola Lamp vidi no Mho pram. s Mil. tie ether 607 se wait,

011 lot her tell you idiot beFlosmod

&Lis 00110 1 sow this lowly hat in the vim, and I met In to bey it. ut

the salesgirl said, Niseep. derst here %hot Is sleek ge jest keep it

I,, &We, te brim t.4, ogoasers

(zm) Sou tiva, hat leg *tat they ashl aisladro dreaalls*** Was 11014 a vernre left It te lure me Iniade the etelii rilth Imadoift 1161, tateticalty &Wiles eve at riiseeleemlp high pylons. 6Ur-AANS Admit trio* ie tbe eridis *raw to pop* ti mrkere les

disidad. A tot P'! pliserrielselos goo It to bids the Meet thet %breve vet

soothing oortkohllt to moll. Toe lihs these fete theorise the* serials tm

makers ore trying to pole oft. Stet obeli olood, eed *tee rooso. Or rub VIN

&beet hoe peopIele Okla melor sr emesetry hart Unro siUktret Ole to de uith

their intelli *nee or elhereeter. Hlosys empty ideas ** every an o them.

Was 1 knoll that. hut 'hero hoes the vindes droaalas elm 1st

AMMAN. The biros who peddle 1at 3tur' realise it Swot arest sestomero vitt/out

mono hlod or !Alt. Mhos% biir *XI dolled gp la its sine lights. the,' 1140 la

cor eete4twcrd eimanmeo They hide the smptimens of their Ideas bohlad a lot of

slisk talk. 30notiater thor oven Fellatio aecrloon flag oa d1p1q thop astir

ally say lt#9 patriotie to halo per neidabor. b %W7'1 e anytINIng flor a

frost to Attract sesh-rs.

U.151 Itiely *Get rope as in. rheas Awe* 'own, eepeross. sVel-,0411 It's s slosh loom to reembers Islet Oboe ,ou 1 ok behird the window

dressing at prejudise, find yeell We awe OW 4101 11400100, RP leasvo probabl cticed art-et el re readir * nr Ay." Polls a essommy

street lo a big help la big °rowed ciao*. it 'pads op tsar id emorneasly Us

have ears, troika ead basso all %revolts, la the sea dirooti.n. lit over, anon

ir a soma slash drawee We eavessy street asd beads kts ear tv *mg

gay Ard Ahei

(?A a mom* LAB1 1MMINNIONMIS,

Oat Sisinsies4 What trairla marls* V,4PrelOdrbellikia emi /*LW ttt this

guy. ?WV wee %Ai twisted his late otho- Use st isre. i IMmit

tlim &would. leveyvair elm le essght im a troll* ties'. s mils ter.. fallmm

p6trol owe to b sailed* liverytedes temper is as sip.

All that trove& *mum. oas ass to, k it late Us lows to driv, jy

(,ivrite direction from every ody A bird ilk* t at 00Old !WOO a 4savy this

slapped on his Is Issific Court and hs illy dam

le see Is tIss eft gos, aroma stir-lag irp iprojeggge fa eery ago log

s bes driver is s mums. otrfet. Ile past a smorealins Lt's sad ver traveling

to two, is the mpg' ddreetico, es dor't temp into NO ether. *oft

.tosavi sea other with seas, bigoted masts. Theis alas g Assn this trouble..

sober -- heed-cr loft the rest et SO. No twists ard virds his asy into cur midst*

IN mhos for confusion. We ashes bad tempera Al araurd. Aad help daftness

benwwWD ta 5 gsagls Meat, belittling their rase or rOli.101111 mood

'cys emd glrla, the word limo sea seas tss thing,* lt ass woe

pTrmit to drive a isr. r 1* ORS MOM the right to apish est Oats," ir year

mind freedom' of epee** tqrtal 7AR1 lip% eaiii* tre.;,u 1 ard w-attr ite

oesrying that right toe ter* iS ut to Nave his lieges* reacted* J. Ross spot amaerecment 10/20/48 for ,41,c tiAr

(..r.14411 111%,..littlit

SUM relAr day, 'ter 7ave r&thir betor to do, try ',uilding a 11 use

e

gibe Isa start 151 h a dads et playlai savior. First, yvu the Moo four walls Or Ow hottest f1.. ..r Up UMW floor sands agirst. one soother.

you plum low sore seeds across Vet top for a eeiliogo -1411, molp the boo'

(Innis Tom hoop oddity' Aside, floor by floc,. And, believe tool, it tam ell

tbs yatlere mod skill you've soto olist4040$ 1gg1., ths lout VIAsta of air*

*ad -- your huAks of cards uill sees tooblios dews

lo tbe mob e 444440.1, *tweeter, VI*t this expre ss r "SOM. f

has ow to ems uoy Mew idea or belief that wcrot at up. ct Wereto what I nose -- amps moo fellow begins beast:1,4s *TM oclor

wr Aar saks as bettor :-.bas elbow people** lad tbos he. goes ea with a ist of

ettorridiculoup. 'notices. hts flaii, alMOVIIIMIli wide relisi ea 10110 alas

every nob hin superior. limbos, *at t!t.,at igoosumuo is &Are IlUs raises

givpr eau. _fly ncticir he's 11dLr« hiaoatf the moot rickety '01ao eau& yea

test. 1141s 1410ra/sus mied yrAls, I 1,akos s owls& spool* tough to de

tc pile up se 41.n7 non- as pleat, or 'nerve. in Omit, moot . no lea bia mom

asialsal Ideas, am on top of Oo otAvr. Out %Orr* sot Aimplased to arythir.

They dorit halm any wcisbI4 floe:, not segnerted wasp asass,

¡Aid. 40c4 nnseze sad that girls Maas o serievall hiee saw

well bet loft bactai ems said la Wls home, ample. Mew what said that'll

001 You gusesed it the keZ. Lore, os t-u.sre art tone-dtatt &rart Ism i he Sias Cam* +etr im* ard to norm s simple !r imetssoset just skeet wwnplielly berm - hew ilst sisd +irr icintrr, Zis syt now* Boole, asemlirer pili+'eee

MIL MAU liMnr SSA Mtn OF 0111 COVORY, TId VT MO

simple trio 2itir that is ssa1 as punkin pls. But, u kmma,r, sama '"oike astsall,f ,,, won't sire it. '1 mama mom tbeh it call "tsstdsmtt." 1.et's a ismledsf Deos trios warbling -- O00I wr it's pair;!ul to listen te,

[POIL Ao'iANGiR MOM * NI OK"!I!!TAtt, TI sends aLlvart sp prur spirt, doesn't it? !h a ismmr.des! t>ir. -pa^, r, ssM ssViMs ymet like another', ?ie keeps srsshir.r vt.is towns sm rxwtr.

A Lt of talkative s#,aiisps Iive. 1is+.rnFd to .rt°sW se s>* tonp-440 aiaysrs ThaT :aft don't realise 1!N monotonous t, rswi Ile setter what sW jolt ihs7trs talking be4*, they keep hit'pi1! ` bock to the ;'ases ald ttiRe. Thor

harter - all kinds nilf.p r.+re . of trdidu; s.'airst íálles +*fi,c !hws te be et a rWtensst aMe or arsliiiw. And sooner or later, into every eo^verr4a'ic-, `tMpr slip bask

Inv the same tLdissl,ws o!°' -1mt, vpi.nl es. JN`rkr, °sb,oir, airier .- 'Me SSW false rotes , 0ow small better ttsp* ere " ma srerjbpdY else. 1!a t,hlr dee"t. t96401 l i ite h asrc e ia 4my# wd " thir+ Weft er that. Isot /sai 1is tcteie y. Prettv sa.+a their 'else, start Ai11MisR Vile

(rios sTai1r`,7. sTida t. idoVT :V, IN A WA)

üass0, kme rhAb foci like 1 these bosse- +esá kecrp Fiiier rut

with the :,7 sume stele waist "Wok," i ' d 1 tel.l. os, "the rest t r 1Mt sri t biNamig. X! "es omit tsky It turf, with lassa ,s tt cep .siet. 1 k+rM l0/20/y8

?1111a11411i itaw York City ;r:sisee aiiservt- a Imaiet

Motto r waircr, on aid /UV room c«ar aeee gag

'vier 400t1 of *am.i+ra "tir.»t . lb.,? toil, ge*:1aer trowel ..

rsiso. in IDketr York, tima little kirl r. zL et the slreste clothe ' n.0 Nays losooporaillo ira iaiio,i atirts or 411410110*. te li`+t1A emsr amer-op rsnare Thoy Mott

rattler taw .moto ta l. 40114 sad Moto Ma tlaip sws< Mer wi <, b Amy

big sersr !Ashore.

r- «

It's a see small d:

yk tr adult clothes tt±at art rireth +r hire Por t$,0:

Mite pela teissf, raFie-ioi me of rsltoos Fire i3n rive 'I'

sxsrttM fit Stoa, Mt: are s ail* -se small VOW I

ore Nob ylai,r babyish, They have s.1l kisMe e`t sommesse setiers that sessiblrr

folks eaterew, prejgeliees s,+airat this server es, thot rire isw& t

hopper to b1ttg ttoir ease MOO or os' s. Tes irae, if esnl4 asMally

G ggg ide s r the way e# me seer s l.oi:bes r these jokers Otill look ea St they a re wooring

reaper*. %tr°:ooge Sloss big sf ur- i'eoter woo dilrssoi +M to oats* his *My *IPA -ks

agoloot otMarr. rootlet Leak ridiculous !s wrifliss elethe,, sariras

iaiiy Woe 08s0

Top, eieat t po,.,

sot ard talk. ."oe seem they'd teal Pro..y nt t

tag sssigstwa lltfh=ts, stepped i'r afi. let sr war M the stalls today

n ttymbaasat vivo isg so abuse, as &mortar* mistier

to6104balawsid baaraad t awastar like ta11s1

t, 103 Me 0744rlit COMM)

I Oar 1w1 ars»q1 it Aso"t Etara ar!'eib, a th ow±! ea 'spiel

:p and atimad Oa AWWW014.41.43ar t' st ilsesbo1:,' palftert off or " VA st 6 rkW

!hr tosnvnsfl it for M«. aid it seamdad 11 ' t,h 1 sw l

(11E lanl. WE OP A Mar, C"::1.10

alsolo, Watts twirl" cstsRsrsK xlr MAP ar 1asE4 it J

Oaff War *it ,O!t3t;P rings

0424sr that's slrr: hoe X>'`yt -en

ke Idols :cl OeAßor, s:c°nae (ange. yhí_sry

pre jsdise a,tld lr4anrrsn. 1.11,tssr lp eher_ *Dsa

shy ti':kir erlit color Gs. bollor ma memo r ht,*,.tar or eolobo0 - Ave. Turn x`;Zs remarks aoar it y611: rise.

MtrR + s fe s+ to tMs !b#Tsre lo.1.1csr end that it worthless ssd cheap. lesisAsns, lvv aar;t make hea4s er tails mA c'

Salvo Mestw rfewlt slam aro *Natant thr,. law. And Ms , aeun`er,'r tr fdsM

:re assistt witld`ss..: 60 ,e VW ores? murtrl. t 4.,11t .amiss tkos 4rw,

Ard dspp ' t 1st atrr"bs;ok palm V es ft or yes. J. Ross lC/2C/48

Se

outlet little

low t- wise aJ 1ltur girls pot.lrt40 their to the little yelled © cr M14" tostd vats empeeted I. lee* asid ear leseMSrss. they Melt The7 icat turo old seem t9 aMatlr Aed beemwaM #w rd Last their .: Ileesde it *Waft re* Tr4:alaeehllrs AwN rrhispasrireg Et+raeMss t s a rrit*e werld- fa a Moor gripped the Allele, lt swept sdertr7atio 1lMtrrd pct abed ir reit.h t!±N Zr NA old *anon *Ind serrMsidp new h0 ttet# *0- fir .++r at her and ahos nqwur.

tier 1is+ri ro-la of Unmet :-no strrd Saw sar. 'ttls- Ury wore pa to d`s#h dad then -- aa 9Cïts+6 as it beam - the ewe die',

;- orly thy* p*° ;: le of Sales ease te thesse3r= g, they re treebr lra,eswt prrsarrs bed died aaNlwd st

year h4rtor, tceit, be aid :fir'

ir it. A o t lessee *tt happes we Pelt- loe* their %weds , try and aRrerstiticve .

entree we dsv 't bellows is tow. #o you iva mart their ringers t pre. "'Art rid at aoaaii+ra e they err. DriA eirmemdmee cwt. Meal]+í' they attaek pee lo enotk.sr rase or belia!" They *Asper te3ashrr.eda sbolt then* They aims thou lor their -a

asseitla folks, such Ruñnorss to the tltr+amy peat itobben*:tr+ :, that wort or G211 Salsa, lam bow, a dopester Is rosily s veri esesIderels pet. Cflos, et bile little peeeerlptLa bleat0 bell write the dreta *Pet esproesettag oe these pillee Thong you see, hi$ slob *attest deems% vied esulleelms s -Aft

AIL le deeset, tests the sestinas. 0 oely tastes the outdid* sesttmo

Seedmees knees. ash* *en object te taste, SiSSOMO14114 & g

aortal Wes Om :mar dieter dies lt. Trou la &s lot or tiabessa% IssiOs

%aye borross6 the oseme stints

Ils spesktaz moo about thr *,,uocks whe go erned trite« to epee ersimehe,

*rd lipetry liats Oiler ps pies thrcata Tho stet *or Pee* Nia a AO* bitter taste te it 4.'4. 'Attereses eisisat elks or maids roses or oroodo. tit pees lums-de anvbcdi ohs deftest hempes te be of their partiselsr *maestri.

Tbe Ausiblis ale Is to lodi eishere obeli mellow slob sooty faisehesto sod lseders. Se be aripearests tbs rainbows lit% uses. ---rdes

%4e4 te a., my door friend," he 'Tore tc sees esp. inde sow or re* llgice Is 110t go Olen the next '4114004 eagle wt./well lc asset speciallr f.r 'Atox°

slac GC V011, -ap or t. tlais tbe remsd,. 'for ble trou Ice that tt,tis ligpt ;.ards r0-rnesth tbc aeir mods Is a alstese of prejudies and gmrsmes and stepldltY it 01.1 'um *trey m40411 Ism" One to cure what ails his. Climes ere, it'll give Mae lit es**. sr& palms be didn't loco .Actlere.

lo other *crib gong, fort* 4alp d um s let et ledlmostl le uoesseee

$tart seam* it locks like cord L.ejudJeto never ("unit! soytle4. v ODuld

It tenet a rteed:a itios dims.. J. Ross t uret (k. 10/20/48

t ;r "meta

6Uk ;f4) Upton, bops sod girls. Met', a peed*/ oar am visas* rood* A ei,ls par "qeitgersoo corrimpe but the rellce at tho Owl heaps gain et** per. judderiy a oar ahogd

(1.10th ADTte, A miNr ,v$NDED xY )

PromilamIly Us drive woods his jams er hie Ocappompri oP' axis s,triDs cr ittidaNd. * CAS*

Tee 1ato1.01Amothor oroshomop, *mother somodsoop moodlosoloosidert tmt

. hove Ammotridod UNA, 04 driver hod mood lotto jmdAmist lomoohorop emery *iambi of s days drivers misjudge their diatoms t sp ed r podoototaas Think the/ MO MUMPS e sor Josmoherop ow, Musts, ao tccidomt Is auselle4 .A121. Jar, and 4r1:4 ir -our ealooMity or ehoolo you've soar other exerejee or the hart ard heartache that 'ad judoerit 0311 cause, It deeerlt have tc, Wipes

os Um, kAphomp* 2t C411 ''uilfOld eglIt in yov '7:14otlr' *As r right 1 the east tooloord

QT seem poster that littles Cotba ot cthor maws or rei gi n -- brother, ore Ah,eluir 'ad judgment. eme.s Oleos moos face remarks sma twist ard lied thoir usly aloft at do-earl:us spool. sosiin s hoop (4' moodloso osoldeata. They Imo stir el onfriorld ices, mod mistrust moms the ditlarert gnaws Sr y(lor oehoel or osmotr.,.... They oar eases s eraeir-up is sehi44 a trit, lhor somirook tho may sod Aped fe,ling ir s eel." Inr%, i. 1.4, Memo* moms rojootimp ProjedSee' od Adam% MOO OWN; lOther toil* tionostoos. tir their eon and

God Mamma meow osaso. e=ori it re void slippery ideas. lea wool okld irto loofa I.. CL«3ZIIS WORN NT

sick Ir: the Gold uoh days, lbekls taws m pras so Obwater the rld pro*.

Postiag vas trod, The ,a.Aa%Amrs aho built thou teens meted this to lof,k presage, 3o tie, pet ellat %re ealled "fhAee Proella as tbe keildinge.

*Or- ytAkovs r. that lv waters nesicas Th074 la ld * owl-ft.:try woks Amok sAi in trycto A&7, Aid op tbe Main Strait side thayld dress it ep to lods Ube *beautiful tl.q.eo-story affair. Lf seerso, Jj rf:u went amend to the

40, vied see that %ha t p tw floors were fr4,-A -- Pis% a thh old. added on like e flat !All card. et Ir eu saw it frAs the front, you got rooted late

Welder 'What big, solid. Jewel:1g eliding!"

Nevada s late of embers still get .010d that way. They get holed by plow Maas a-L;. dressed aplimith falN, frort3 to 1 k important. fake tbis nos.

Aimee mots' eeperieritys the v LI, n that a ernes* stolen .4. or his rollgicus belief askes lie bettor thee tbe re ,t guy. Ar idea libe that la really irar wide. Itsa ease and veal'. Lb Wand it 'colt Mad very sue,

et the bi.ots wh:, peddle each prejudice are alwas;:e dressin it up stib a lot o- 4'ara settoti ic doebletalb. boesetsieral fasts sod fi ures. Crimv ran re. ',411 -. Cost be rsoled by that deehletelk it's just s false feast to in the authern.

Ideas Wilt out of essavn ammo so, Ube well corstractad Wildly**.

Thsere not 3ats k fool eeTtrAy, eel ow (Writ have phew side to thee. s is cabin of a loll mailbag

t!rsesssshsaest ts voa+st,

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wises? Mime are Os shies pimessietral. ?+s s ,xeet crossed the

asase sad t4ar ! das shout to lend le a dart sad =' s+ei2derAsss soiled

rwo ori &best to build mew home tor tlssrsliNes sad th,eir children. rhy ore leseMi 1Mritdfise and bigotry drove this 010;.° : Nsir

rumor home (moss ;vhs sees das whet they met is s home trwe from pr-r jgidios.

A plane to live ard eerehlF ovd es Vey 'es fit.

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os latedise Msphe yRNs#11 .resorts* :see ite their mess ow

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G thM les worse om+¢ leg slerviii't', l.C1Cre>t*ds sALrfs!'f t;" iodisess

4et their G lor,`y weer died st. And *het they brought here lit- 'he%

lets * leir G oapeeLe sever died ut part steer oolst=á' Wisp.

to enjoy rullsi veTraedess. The rieRt Ix be free Tres pranMise it doom" al k. greet slcrilbux'sts to onese a Mom

now* are ammoail tas mall a arlstils. &:oet loe by a

;ear 0 mime smog. lessees. 11'06A steely driest* beeps up long

,.he Um, streams beeper surliest. 11-ee the great r!sUtt! bogie to rise.

á`9 tni.lr, tA,e;f rise oyt: their banks sad si] llos !` tams oyster peur *vow the fir loa sad lilï.adete lama ape ssihed aOBJ tat°,.3+m aM drtrmssi. Pe ° OA los+s their pQassa+.sl nee Maese sr a.1lpMt MIS staetf djrWM*, vais that met Ut np.

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ars reps mere as to find is a !m* torlekbo ef mars aid el+erderrr sr?e.inot folio direr..t sama or iralt.rtc.as croak. 2aty seem

MId ir whispers, not its load slr uta. lhtt don't kid yctiralt that. contait ,rhis- peria iruret, ir,namr..:tits. Musa tdq fa1eFlaAs pt repostad. . etr smomnsdtlse aare t#bo1eav+.i nit% timws. Pretty suam il.l441.1 and mistrwt bigla staler. 1m* l,Se!ra, nnie,-a we're aair~e!1Lt, the full seiet of prr~jttdias anr prw auur g!s laid,,

Ll.ìtrE M Amato-re barstieid tM taste.

"rstanally, the tisi to prevent fl o#s is before the rsire r4411 starts.

Thatas why reservoir* aid dams are bellt in dry seaas4,n, not e!y 'ter tilts later, hose Pima tr far. ti them ites tw 1ats

And sou is the tine to st p prsjreti.s from irisiy,r by naming iulitetiNlls of scud sill and imriewrsir.sltad to ploMst tour asillepe 13th batch -0 10/Z0/48 ,utoellect fr

Siddidiada Evis and girls, ever hoer of apisseit Sometimes. out in the eIosertt

lost traveler dreams cf aiding as cast** grosS spoliator" Ihareill be abeile sad valor. Suddenly in V's elotanne, by pain than a fat PON

trios, cr a 'lake, or lapis swan a niost coot IStardlano tbo traveler, hut

and thirsty, makes a toselire fbr the oasis. Just them fl disappear,* ft

vanishes into thin air*

We call that a airs. WA* t Nature simetAass p1a)4 out ta a 4:3trrer deFert. The real auto flif be laalauder of Was war« Bat VA. NA. Bards sow a pasaliar boadirs Usht ma. Arne a trial' dove with mirrors, the maim tree ard vets, at. hrcmght close to the

taunters re lees a rake Imago refloated on the Smooth aOrfosso of Wit.

dolma", ,!it sees isn't really tare nt all*

in ov.. day 114 a let cf fcclish e wit led astray by 111311008.

"em's hipt it bamplailli.

Soo treablaNdlar ibo is busy stirriair up pro

.tricky lime of talk* lots otter than Vs nut fancily this bigot

ecs on to am,* Asd than he paints a glowIrw pittue well off sash

one cf us eculd if we'd just unl od Quc ublus f.41 othc,r 'ell*,

blame folks of different mom CT rfolil.oms fer aamthi that

4ilhat the trt.oblemakov has &mot you soot is to paint a fake and nialeadirg

picture, llasell ea peaju.ilea 114130...tba aurare .411 tor it. The dc V

idaett* dirty writ fbr is Ptc%, aosullaS all the :lea mar& No's praataid

V-ca near seem to hspPvia. They vanish int© thin air.

hnest or Mg it 1.Airg oar wAse to thre

of prOudloo* Theire heeding f.r airaee* CL, IN.; ANN, UM M s?

A NH 1:14;Ks I lcve a parade' Man, I lcve it an eourth July cr Army .00-

when thousands f feet go marching &Vag in pert times I get a

wallop Art .).f. watching newsreels tf i,est i int cadets cr. drill.

F.;es front..1 Left-right, left.right... (-:h it's a w(nderful sight.

Lver»oody ccunting bis pces, ever ';117 in unison.

but, you Mom. oft girs004. Lut of step can p il the W IS effect.

Maybe vulva seen A happen is pored,. The rest of the marchers are

-ng great 4uns....letrnright, leftNright. But um dumb bird ?,;ets

tangled up. al starts g. r.ightlert. And he loAs il1y, he look*

oUt of plea,.

Putting parades aside, I've run ac sa a lot of ,ficers like that.

They sisal*: can't lea-v h:2 tc march alon vlth tl-e rest Lt ue. They're

elmks out cf step, ,ys I:listing up kL- unity and teamwork.

oeusee their ideas ¬ keep pace with OUXao

Wet of va have kumd that it's ,pod common sense to isActs along

with other people. 10n4 am the fellor next t, us step° 11.vel7 ard

doesn't tread our toes, ecrardiess (f c-ur ancestry, or skin crier,

or religi us )(1.1ef were ail hea6ed in the same direction.. towards

a streng unified c,untry. If ver staArd walking n his own,

ycutd just have t4n48 s and coeusion.

These troOble-makers who spread prejudicei.the:!'re on their own

and they're ten miles tut VC etep. They hop rrom cme ph,nr notion to

anc-Lher. thintin.,7 Isn't a straii,--ht lines-it's a siAsag. Avd

weer it crmes to getting alorg with ths, rest ot us, t' o_ways

PuLtifF, the wrng foot forwards Superman Spot Araouncement.

OPI NING ANIUUMI ?IT

aoya and airls, did you ever know why you shake hands? Yell, back in the

Middle ages five hundred ea so years >maple rere very suspieVaus of one

another. retch town was a separate armed castle aid it was dangeraus to even

walk alorg the road athout carry lag a weapon. So when two MCP met, in order

ti *he w that they were ariendl they Wald hold their arme out with their

hand. even. This proved they verealt tarryirg a dagaer or any other weapon.

And so they shook hand.

alai' that wan the start of our presert andrhaae, a ve y pleasart, friendly

custom. But certain at az customs dating back to arant time are not so

friendly; aore, ir fact, are definitely dangerous. Take for instarte, the

custom of usirg a scapegoat. Back in the days of savagery, the tribes usea to

blame a goat for all their troubles and then chase it out of the village, trking

they aeae artting rid of their rorriee.that way.

Well so foolish people still cling to the sane ignorant ration. Only,

aratead of using live aninals as scapegoats, they. pick on people aa usually

people af different religions or micas of skin. Cf course thattl ridiculous.

Blaming innoes0 peeple for aur ow shortcomings or troubles is much worse

than blearg an Ismoeent goat. So here's one antiquated oustem that belongs

in the scrap-heap, along with all other remnants of stupid1ty ard prejudice.

Let's junk the bad and keep the good...up with that handshake foa all the

people we meet/ CLOSING ANLULk4T

ANIMETR$ Gang, you remember thet SIMMS' tellirg us abeat different castor

before. eell, Ile like to tell you about some eaperstitions. There are ail

kirds of superstitions, but here ne a couple that are special to baeeball.

There arc certair pitchere e7c, rill never eharge their uniforms when

they're winvig. I they should pitch a eood game they'll put the uniform

they're wearirg in the locker ard not let enyore touch it or uash it or

brush it off or anything. Well, it a man goes alorg and wins 'A; ur,

games like that, his uniform gets pretty strorg after a while. Nis team-

mates practically have to wear gas marks. Put }'e von't charge that uniform

till he loses,

Another baseball superstition is that if a team sees a truckload of empty

barrels they117 be eure to wir thee, day. Johr J. McGraw, the great manager

of the Gluts, found out about that and hired a teuck, loaded with empty

barrels, to pass ar the bail park. Me 'Um" kept eeeirg this good luck

omer day efter day and felt they cculdet 10me. Of course -0,17 dld, because

the skill was in the bailplayers, not in the empty barrels.

All superstitiously like that. NI take a feeling that we have ir ourselves are eay it belorgs to some eutside object - a black cat, a uniform, a loaded truck.

And that's what prejudice is like, toe. A prejudiced person blames

other people for his own shortcomirgs. Ne doesn't like to work !rd eo he says that all people or another -ace arr. lazy. That just isrlt true. i'eop10 of any race or religion are net all alike. are you lake your brother or your sister or your cousin? Of coarse net. All people are differert. So remember, always try to see people es they really ame That's one way

to beat superstition and prejudice. L. Ross Superman Spot 10/21/48 Announoczent.

Let's pretend Vat a flan'ily-dressed tranger, a gyp artist, tries to

sell you a phony geld-mine. r a machine that he says can print real dollar-

bills. I'll tell you how to get rid of such a swindler. 3a7 to

"You must think that Ifs Data."

Boy, I'll bet that crook gets au flustc eda He maytver answer you this

way: "1 the-alit you were Lr. Batee. But now I see that yeulre Joe Ilep."

Gang, maybe I'd better translate all V.-is. In the slang-talk that

swindlers use, "Ur. Bates" is a code word 7tr 'A)r the sucker they

cant to rook, Don't ask me why they picked that particular name. :Plenty

of vary wise, intelligent people are reamed that. But somehow, years ago,

it came irto crook-language and just etayed there.

"Joe Pen". on the other hand mot= a victim ohc suddenly gets wise to

the swindle that's being plowed on him.

In everyday life, boys ard 7rle--rhich one are you? Do you ever ali for

phony nonsense had on prejudice? when bigots begin to pass out ::umors and

falsehoods against ;:olks of another race cr creed, hoc do you reppond? Do you over say-"tell, there may be sooeV-irg in that..."?

IJh-uh. ratch out, sucker. Vatob out, Pr. Bates.

Or do you come right out and shOw the traublemakers that you reject their

worthless ideas? If so good for yu. That's thew to do it, Joe fir

Because the srindiere r!-c peddle prf.aluos ars peddl5,r trt.-n thing but dirt--that they laim has gold an it. her you taill .Dr' that drt

I'll tell you what your name -*ally :ii tour name ir mud. CLWINS ANNOWSWITT.

ONICUliCkai imagine for a momrrt that you're on a beauW121 dance locr. A smocth

orchestra is playing. But, Can it, your partner keeps otelslrg yeur

toes. Net such fun in that, is there?

Or imagine that you're in a movle theatre. The picture ie swell..

ore of redt Lamarr's or Judy Garland's. Ait clumsy folks keep squeezing

past your ,.eat and every time ore o? them passes, his foot comes down,

smack, right on your toes. Why, it's enough to spoil the moviei

rliat I'm gettirg at is thiss neither you nor anybedy else likes to be

stepped on. And that doesn't just pply to our tows. It avIdes to zlIr

feelings us well. Toes and fielirs, 'd say, are just about equally

sensitive. in fact, when ula use the expression Istepping on somehTey's

toes, ve often nsTer to mean HUI.e insults tat upset then. A nasty

rem* can hurt Jut as much as a .ize twelve shoe grirdlrg dcwr on your

tootsies,..

A lot of people norpmt that. Thor WV clumsily along, never thinking

of the pan they Inflict on others...

A crude reference tat belittles oemsbody eisclo race Cr relgion. An

insulting nickname that apples to the other !ellow's race or religion or

the country' his family case from, A Joke that ridjcules hjs background.

These are ways in which silly, thoughtless people step en the next guy's

toes.

Thlf VI; tire they do it without Wnkirg. They'd be the :irst to

holler nOUchtv if :,Sja got stepped on. Superman Spot 710 ose Announcement. 10/22148

OPENING ANIQUICEMrWi

SUF ,44fit ThcrIs an old saying and he -via how it goes.... °fools rush in where

wise rjCfl r7,ar to tread." Like most popul6x sayings there's a bcap o truth in

this one.

You won't find a fellow with nl t(samon son ss gallivanting around in a

foolhatcly mg,. Not if he values his fvfety. Wheu a wise an Ulm a sign

reading "Danger, thin ice", he tells himself, "Ub uh, I'd better skate r the

opposite directien." Gn the other !land, some silly ap comes merrily skating

along and igrores the danger sign. Then boost The ice cracks and he's

surprised .fhen he aops into the water.

t*ang falling for prejuSice is like skating on thin ice. Wise 'elks just

don't do it. They read the danger signs in plenty of time. They realize that

thin, phony ide.43 against people oT another race or religion don't hold any

weight. Prejudiced ideas are dangerous, because they lead to trouble--both

for those soh net stepped on, and these who do the stepping. Like thin ice,

ideas based on prejudice are just plain cracked. Amy dope '.ho trusts the- to

hold up is in for a royal dunking.

it is just a matter of simple, common sense. IThen you see thin

lee-.stay away. ./ter, you spot a thin, cracked notion ',led on prejudice,

also stay avvq.

..member,- "Axis rush in wber ¡Awe men fear to toad." ANNtADEIE$ Suppose somebody, the owner of a circus maybe, came to you and

said, " I have a white elephant. They come all tbe way m Slaw in

and they're very rare. You can have my elepbant,free for ncthi

I'll het you'd. answer, "Look, mister, what & i want with s white

elephant?"

Y. 'd be rig!A. Outside o a zoo, lobo wants a white elephant? It 'A

take up a whole barn, eat you out of hours and home, and it's not exactly

the kind of household pet you ear keep in this living room,

in act, boys and 7ir1s, ,hen anybody is stuck with an awkward object

that he can't get rid of, re use the expression "white elephant".

say, "So-and-so has a tHitc elephant he can't g-t rid of

Lots e7' folks go around peddling useless ideas. They pretend they're

rare and valuable, but they're really not worth taking, even river Ofeharge.

Nonsense theories based on prejudices baloney about a man's skin ("Dior

or religious belief making him better or worse Van somebody else. 7n

many cases, the people who peddle such ideas are simply stuck with them.

They're trying tIleir darndest to un144 them on the rest of us.

'ell, juPt because their minds are loaded dawn v:Ith worthless junk,

why should la relieve them o the burden? Next time anyone tries to and

you a lino of talk based on prejudice, you tell him: 0Th uh, no thalks.

Nobody's going to hand me junk like Vat, even as a gift. 1 don't want

to wind up with a white elephant on my hands." Special superman Spot for be L. °eel arrival of S.S, GeeeralD4pk 10/2e/46 due in Na. Barber-L! undj, Oct. 31st, bringing ,the first group of Displaced Persona arr- iving under the new Displsced Persons Act Da by Congress June 25, 1948. owI ouïw

SUP- NA Ns Boys and girls, I'm going to tell you about a boat called the Generel

It steamed into New York Harbor today end, as it passed the tatue of Liberty, the

passengers crowded to the railing. There were tears of joy in their eyes. This

is what they had dreamed of ever since VF. fay moee than three years am.

Let me tell you about those eight hundred and thirteen passengers on board

the General Black. They come 'rom ...- twelve different countries in .urope. They're

or different religicus .7althss some of then are Protestant, others eatholie$ and

still others Jerish. They're vhat are called "displaced persone"-epeople who

lost their homes during the war. any lost 'Tathers$ mothers, sisters and. brothers,

huAred and ninety-seven o the newcomers are children. Some of' thee

boys and girls can't even remember ehere t,'ey were born... Most o them have rever

known any real home...just hunger and fright and dreary' eisplced persons camps.

America is heaven to them. on they'll go to emerlean schools end become happy

imerican kids. In 'act--during the voyage over.-they've been Teenitv up on ITOjsh

and reading American h1story, so they'll be "hep" to our ways.

All these people, grownups am: childrer both have reathered the worst kind

e.7 hardships. At last they will live ir our free land -- a nation that was built

by people from many areoff lands, of eery different faiths.

Gang$ let's give the he7s and girls on the Genera l a hearty eel comet CLOSING APIOUNCEMENT

ANN, EMIL Ever come home rmm school ''eeling hurgryt What do you do? Sometimes,

1111 bct, you cut a slice of bread from a new, '-'resh loaf in the kitchen

brradbox. You spread it with butter cr j and let your teeth sink in. Man

oh man, 'Jt's doe-lie/out:4

But let's suppose that when you look In the breadbox, all you find is a

loaf that's been lying there Aor days and days. A eandwich made from that loaf,

I'm isn't going to taste so good. The ':read is hard. It hs a flat

la-or. You may even bust a tooth en it 1' you're not careful. Why? because

that bread haw gore stale*

Gang, bread and cake and other foods arerlt tile only things that can go

stale. ever run across stale ideas, Believe me, they can have a plenty bad

taste. And they can be might7 hard to digest*

You take then nonsense notions that have been lying ar-urd since

goodness krews when. 8alorey about how a man n skin color or his religious

belief makes him better cr worse than the next 'ellow. Blibbigh a7cut a master

race. Ideas like that are moldy lath age. ?Dols have boom 1101114 funk

nonsense since 'Rector vas a pup.

Smart people don't bite. They don't even nibble. They blow that prejudice,

ased on a lot of falsehoods, ie in bad taste. It's hard to swallow. Ard

!ate the sense ()if giving yourself meotal irdlgestion:

Gang, I can't help thinking of stale '77:,eftd every time 1 Year .(!mo1ish,

bigoted people sounding off. I geel like sayirg to them, "Listen, you crumb,

you've got a of of crustis