WEBVTT 00:00:01.340 --> 00:00:08.656 Yeah, yeah. Mhm. 00:00:08.689 --> 00:00:16.689 Transcribe. 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:40.497 Friends. Listen to eight year old Beverly Bender of phoenix speaking from 00:00:40.530 --> 00:00:45.076 an iron lung polio ward ST Monica's hospital in phoenix. To make sure I 00:00:45.109 --> 00:00:49.836 keep getting the same kind of care I've been getting. Please turn your 00:00:49.869 --> 00:00:53.737 porch light on at seven monday night. Turn your porch light on polio 00:00:53.770 --> 00:00:57.217 monday night at seven o'clock. If it's a penny or a dollar, your porch 00:00:57.250 --> 00:01:00.406 light or burning candle will signal a marching mother to stop at your home 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.536 for your contribution. Every dime is vitally important. So remember to 00:01:04.569 --> 00:01:10.867 turn your porch light on polio Monday night at seven 6 15 time for 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:14.727 MEREDITH Howard Harless who presents Arizona close ups, a program made 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:18.326 possible through the courtesy of Hanis Adams at First Street where you 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:22.867 find quality merchandise at the right price MEREDITH Harless, known to 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:26.697 radio and television audiences in the nation's capital and in the capital 00:01:26.730 --> 00:01:31.607 city of Arizona has long been identified with civic and community affairs. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.296 Mrs Harless is currently active in her work with the National Foundation 00:01:35.329 --> 00:01:40.607 of infantile paralysis as the Arizona State Advisor of women's activities. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.967 Our program this evening is supplementary to a previous broadcast and has 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.387 been scheduled at this time in order that a different listening audience 00:01:48.420 --> 00:01:53.007 may hear this urgent and vital message of interest to all Now, MEREDITH 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:58.286 Harless, thank you. Bill Reddick. This evening's broadcast as Bill Reddick 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.176 has just told you is a follow up of a broadcast, which took place at the 00:02:02.209 --> 00:02:06.426 phoenix women's club this week. At which time. The central district 00:02:06.459 --> 00:02:11.307 committee of the Federated Women's clubs was on it. The Phoenix Women's 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:17.087 club was founded in 1900 to further civic, educational and philanthropic 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.307 activities today, our radio program is a serious one for these are serious 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:29.957 times, as the president has told us, far more precious than peace, our 00:02:29.990 --> 00:02:34.837 freedom and justice during this chaotic period of our history when we are 00:02:34.870 --> 00:02:39.177 mobilizing the spiritual and material resources of our nation to fight 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:44.267 tyranny and protect free people throughout the world. Here at home, the 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:49.267 FBI works around the clock to guarantee freedom and democracy, To protect 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:55.226 us from sabotage and the 5th column intrigue of communism today we have as 00:02:55.259 --> 00:03:00.566 our guest Mr William a Murphy, special agent in charge of the FBI. In 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:05.886 Arizona mr Murphy will discuss present responsibilities of the FBI as they 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:10.087 relate to the critical international situation and the responsibilities of 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:16.147 the average citizen to refer to the FBI any matters that you feel their 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:22.196 relation to our internal security Mr Murphy, how long has Mr J. Edgar 00:03:22.229 --> 00:03:26.196 Hoover been director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He has been 00:03:26.229 --> 00:03:33.006 director since 1924 and will soon have his 27th anniversary, as In an 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:38.126 outstanding public servant. Was he the very first director? No Mr Hoover 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.656 succeeded a number of other individuals, but to those of us who have been 00:03:42.689 --> 00:03:47.827 working in the bureau during the past 15 years. He has been director? Of 00:03:47.860 --> 00:03:52.906 course, during that entire time. Chief Justice Stone, was he not one of 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:59.356 the first Chief Justice Stone? Mr Harless was the attorney general in 1924 00:03:59.389 --> 00:04:04.217 and he was the man who appointed Mr Hoover to his present position. I knew 00:04:04.250 --> 00:04:07.717 there was a very close relationship there. Mr Murphy. What is the FBI's 00:04:07.750 --> 00:04:11.916 responsibility in respect to such matters as espionage and domestic 00:04:11.949 --> 00:04:18.496 communism. Since 1939 by Presidential Directive, the FBI has primary 00:04:18.529 --> 00:04:23.786 responsibility for protecting the internal security of the nation against 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:28.837 subversive tactics and foreign agents. The discharge of this 00:04:28.870 --> 00:04:34.346 responsibility during the past year was key noted by thorough preparation 00:04:34.379 --> 00:04:39.306 to meet any emergency which might erupt from the dramatic international 00:04:39.339 --> 00:04:46.546 crisis. Our security commitments Can be classified in two major categories. 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:52.197 The first of these is our general security operation, which relates to 00:04:52.230 --> 00:05:00.056 espionage, sabotage and what we refer to as domestic communism. The other 00:05:00.089 --> 00:05:06.017 is our special security responsibility that relates to applicant matters, 00:05:06.050 --> 00:05:10.767 wherein we investigate people who are applying for sensitive positions 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:18.800 with other governmental agencies such as the War Labor Board, the voice of 00:05:19.610 --> 00:05:25.106 America european recovery program and for highly sensitive positions in 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:30.217 the Department of Defense. In addition, we also have the continuing 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:35.967 responsibility for carrying out the President's loyalty program. Are there 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:40.296 any leading cases now in court on these Communistic matters? And if so, 00:05:40.329 --> 00:05:44.116 perhaps you could tell us about them. Mr Murphy. The most dramatic case 00:05:44.149 --> 00:05:48.877 that we now have before the courts is before the United States Supreme 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:56.137 Court. That case deals with the conviction of 11 Top Communist Party 00:05:56.170 --> 00:06:03.397 leaders In the District Court in New York City in October 1949. The 00:06:03.430 --> 00:06:09.837 conviction of those 11 persons constituted the greatest body blow to the 00:06:09.870 --> 00:06:14.796 organizational apparatus of the Communist Party that we have been able to 00:06:14.829 --> 00:06:19.806 strike during the past many years. 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:24.806 This case was a one involving a violation of the smith Act, which makes it 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:30.577 an offense to conspire to overthrow and destroy the United States 00:06:30.610 --> 00:06:35.377 government by force and violence. It was not a case of accusing 00:06:35.410 --> 00:06:41.187 individuals of being members of the Communist Party alone, but rather a 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:49.220 case wherein individuals were proven to be devoted to the overthrow of our 00:06:49.970 --> 00:06:56.637 government by force and violence. Now to constitute sufficient factual 00:06:56.670 --> 00:07:03.676 data to warrant that finding of guilt, it was necessary for the FBI to 00:07:03.709 --> 00:07:10.887 bring out before the public for the first time. Many individuals, not 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:18.920 employees of the FBI, but rather individuals who out of patriotic or other 00:07:19.649 --> 00:07:26.866 motives were members of the Communist Party. And we're willing to be 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:33.156 exposed as such and testify concerning the true purpose of the Communist 00:07:33.189 --> 00:07:38.317 Party in this country. Just what effect has that case had on the Communist 00:07:38.350 --> 00:07:42.777 Party in the United States? Well, the first and perhaps the most dramatic 00:07:42.810 --> 00:07:50.207 effect of the new york case as we refer to it, was that the party itself, 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:58.240 I was startled by the fact that many people in the party itself, some 00:07:58.579 --> 00:08:04.757 being trial, he trusted officials of the party were actually functioning 00:08:04.790 --> 00:08:11.416 for the FBI. And so they set up their own loyalty boards to process their 00:08:11.449 --> 00:08:16.366 own members to see if there were still among them, any individual's 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:22.046 functioning in behalf of the FBI. That was really quite interesting to us 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:28.507 because the Communist Party itself was so violently opposed to our 00:08:28.540 --> 00:08:34.947 administration of the President's loyalty program. Now, secondly, was a 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:40.327 complete decentralization of the party's administrative machinery. They 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:45.506 closed headquarters. In fact, they did that right here in phoenix, 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:52.587 they had books and records, mailing equipment and other material move to 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:57.687 hide outs, so to speak, so that they would not be readily susceptible to 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:03.307 subpoena, should they be required to be produced in court. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:10.646 Next, they had extensive preparation for the transfer of previously open 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:15.886 operations to underground apparatus. Now, what about the Communist 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.197 situation here in Arizona we read in the phoenix because that only 00:09:19.230 --> 00:09:22.876 recently, in fact, it was just a few blocks from this building whereby a 00:09:22.909 --> 00:09:26.606 phoenix woman announced herself publicly as being an active member of the 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:32.707 Communist Party, and she asked to be heard, can you tell us about this, 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:38.476 that incident, I think made a number of people in phoenix conscious of the 00:09:38.509 --> 00:09:45.106 fact that we do have a branch of the party here in phoenix and elsewhere 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:50.116 in Arizona, it was the first time in quite a while that anyone has been 00:09:50.149 --> 00:09:55.197 willing to stand up and be counted as a member of the party and not only 00:09:55.230 --> 00:10:01.506 that, but to defend its tenants and principles. 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:05.896 This sort of thing makes us realize our responsibility to carry on a 00:10:05.929 --> 00:10:10.827 constant educational program, to persuade anyone with Communistic leanings 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:15.167 that communism is not the answer. It is a challenge to all citizens of 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:19.646 Arizona and throughout the nation to feel a responsibility to convince all 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:26.667 free peoples that democracy is the best. The FBI is concerned only with 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:33.427 facts, not thoughts, deeds, not beliefs. A person may think what he likes. 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:38.526 So long as his thoughts are not translated into acts of criminal or 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:43.606 subversive activity, the FBI is well aware of its responsibility to 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:49.346 protect the innocent as well as to convict the guilty. Mr Murphy. Before 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:51.866 we leave the air. Perhaps you could tell us something about the Cook 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:55.467 murder case. We followed it with keen interest in our daily papers and 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:58.626 we'd like to know what you're doing to apprehend this killer. Well, I was 00:10:58.659 --> 00:11:02.596 going to say mrs Harless that the thing that I would like to tell you most 00:11:02.629 --> 00:11:07.126 about it, I unfortunately, am not able to tell you and that is that we 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:12.626 have him in custody. However, we have thrown the complete impact of our 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:17.116 splendid organization throughout the United States into the apprehension 00:11:17.149 --> 00:11:23.876 of this individual Cook is but 22 years of age he's killed. We know six 00:11:23.909 --> 00:11:28.967 individuals and may have killed at least two more. He's the most vicious 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:34.506 boy that we are now looking for on a nationwide basis. 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:38.817 Thank you Mr Murphy. We have no doubt that cook will be caught convicted 00:11:38.850 --> 00:11:42.776 and we hope it will be this very day. Thank you very much for these FBI 00:11:42.809 --> 00:11:46.526 facts and the vital information you've given our radio audience. We know 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:51.667 that everyone will feel an individual responsibility to bring to the FBI's 00:11:51.700 --> 00:11:56.746 attention, all pertinent information that will bring about the security 00:11:56.779 --> 00:12:01.606 which you and the FBI are constantly fighting for. May I take this 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:06.067 opportunity to thank Ben pro Gin and Chet Goldberg of Hanis for their 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:10.217 generosity in making this broadcast possible. And thank you very much Mr 00:12:10.250 --> 00:12:14.016 William, a Murphy, Special agent in charge of Arizona for the Federal 00:12:14.049 --> 00:12:17.587 Bureau of Investigation for being our guest today, we'll be back at 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:20.807 Tuesday at 6 15. At which time we want to take our radio audience 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:25.217 backstage at the Sombrero theater to meet Susan Peters, the star of the 00:12:25.250 --> 00:12:29.707 Barretts of Wimple Street. So join us then and meet this star of stage, 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:35.707 radio and screen, lovely Susan Peters. And remember radio listeners beyond 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:41.557 the alert, you have just heard Arizona close ups presented by MEREDITH 00:12:41.590 --> 00:12:45.346 Howard Harless, a program made possible through the courtesy of Hanis 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:50.957 Adams at First Street where the Wise shopper will always find the best buy 00:12:50.990 --> 00:12:55.917 Mrs Harless guest today was William a Murphy special agent for the FBI in 00:12:55.950 --> 00:13:01.327 charge of Arizona tune in next Tuesday at 6 15 when Susan Peters star of 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.157 the barretts of Wimple Street at the Sombrero theater will be the guest of 00:13:05.190 --> 00:13:10.317 MEREDITH Harless. Remember, join the march of mothers, be a part of this 00:13:10.350 --> 00:13:18.350 great achievement to once and for all, banished the dread disease. Polio 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:23.787 Friends listen to 25 year old Bruce McLeod, the father of three Children, 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:28.907 speaking from an iron lung polio ward ST Monica's hospital in phoenix. 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:33.197 Yeah, this is Bruce McLeod. 00:13:33.230 --> 00:13:36.506 He's during your porch light on 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:44.539 next monday night, people. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:19.340 This program came to you by transcription.