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time presents Arizona close ups,
Curtis street where you find quality

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radio and television audience, both in
the capital city of Arizona can

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currently active in her work with the
night Alistair of women's activities

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and vital message of veterans to all.
Thank you, paul Hughes, we are

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broadcasting direct from the phoenix
Women's Club, located at 603 North

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First Avenue across the street from
the post office, there are several 100

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women represented here today. In fact,
thousands, I should say, to honor

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the Central district committee of the
Federated Women's Clubs, which

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comprises 40 different club. The
phoenix Women's Club was founded in 1900

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to further civic, educational and
philanthropic activities today. Our

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program is a serious one for these are
serious times in the President's

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State of the Union message. He
emphasized the uncertainty of times ahead

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and said, are far more precious than
teeth our freedom and justice during

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this chaotic period of our history
when we are mobilizing the spiritual

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and material resources of our nations
to fight tyranny and protects the

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three people throughout the world. It
is appropriate that we here at this

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time from Captain Kenneth Hanky of the
United States Army officer, Reserve

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Corps. Captain Hanky, thank you very
much mrs artist. I have a direct

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appeal to the college graduates in the
area of phoenix, specifically those

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young women who have yet to choose a
career in their future and perhaps

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Captain, you'll give it just a little
detail on this subject. Very glad to

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Mrs Harland. First of all, I would
like to point out the mission of the

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Women's Army corps as most of you
know, the mission of the women's army

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corps is to provide for the
assimilation and appropriation and utilization

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within the army of voluntary women
power. Throughout this entire nation,

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the corps led by a group of trained
and experienced officers is so

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constituted as to be able in time of
dire emergency to immediately expand.

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Perhaps you'll give us some of these
assignments. Can you captain? The

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assignments Mrs harness are varied and
many. In fact, there are a few

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careers available to the young women
of America, which offers such a

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variety of interesting fields in which
they can engage is that compared to

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the various fields offered by the
army, the career of an army officer is

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based upon rotation of assignment in a
very well planned and controlled

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career pattern. These career patterns
obviously will be influenced by

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individual aptitudes, by the
individual abilities of the girl and also by

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her preferences. As one progresses
upward in her career ladder, she

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receives advanced schooling to prepare
for the various responsibilities,

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commensurate with the rank and
experience. The career pattern is designed

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to produce versatile and proficient
officers capable of filling positions

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of trust and responsibility throughout
the entire army. Equal career

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opportunities afforded every officer
through proper selection of her

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assignment and with certain
exceptions, a woman's career will resemble

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closely that the male officer in the
army. Thank you very much Captain

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Hanky for being with us today. We are
in full accord with all you've said

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and know full well that many women of
our state will quickly respond to

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your appeal while our armed forces are
preparing to protect us on the

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fighting front. Here at home on the
FBI, we find that the FBI worked

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around the clock to guarantee freedom
and democracy to protect us from

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sabotage and the fifth column intrigue
of communism. Today we have as our

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guest with you Mr William, a Murphy,
special agent in charge of the FBI in

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Arizona mr Murphy will discuss present
responsibilities of the FBI as they

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relate to the critical international
situation and the responsibilities of

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the average citizen to refer to the
FBI. Any matters that you feel their

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relation to our internal security? Mr
Murphy, How long has mr J. Edgar

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Hoover been the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Starless.

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Mr Hoover during the past year
celebrated his silver anniversary as

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director of the FBI. And within a very
few days will complete his 26th

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anniversary as the director of the
FBI. Has he been the only director then

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that the FBI has had from the very
beginning? No, there were several other

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gentlemen who preceded him. But mr
Hoover was appointed by the then

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Attorney General. Uh Mr Stone, who
later became the chief justice of the

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United States Supreme Court. What is
the FBI's responsibility and to

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respect to such matters as espionage
and domestic communism. The FBI mrs

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Harless and members of the Women's
Club and guests has been delegated the

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responsibility by the Congress of
handling all matters relating to

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espionage, sabotage, and the various
internal security branches, so that

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we have a fixed and definite duty to
make certain that Russian espionage,

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for example, is contained and at the
same time to handle any possible acts

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of sabotage which might occur and many
times acts occur. That the origin

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is a definite question, such as our
incident out here on the southern

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pacific track Last friday night when
we found a stick of dynamite

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underneath one of the rails and
through careful investigation, we were

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able to determine that this act was
not the result of any foreign inspired

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sabotage nor any domestic inspired
sabotage, but rather an ill advised and

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ill conceived uh frank. You might
consider on the part of some young boys

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here in phoenix mr Murphy. Are there
any leading cases now in court on

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these Communistic matters? Yes, we
have now pending before the United

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States Supreme Court, probably the
most important case that we have ever

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handled that relates directly to
domestic communism. Perhaps all of you

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recall that a little over a year ago,
after a rather long and tedious

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trial in the courthouse in new york
city, 11 members of the National

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Committee of the Communist Party were
tried and convicted of a violation

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of the smith act, which is an act that
makes it an offense for persons to

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conspire to overthrow the United
States government by force and violence.

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That case was tried before the honorable judge medina. And during the

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course of the trial, it was necessary
for the FBI to expose many people

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that we had acting

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as informants if you will, in the
Communist Party itself. They were not

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FBI employees, but rather people that
we had gone to an appeal to from a

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number of various standpoints to
function in the party in our behalf. And

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so when the case came on to trial, it
was necessary to bring these people

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, some of them actually being leading
leading party functionaries in and

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much to the amazement and surprise of
the defendant. These people appeared

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and testified for the United States
government and thus that case resulted

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in exposing perhaps for the first time
the general pattern of the

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Communist Party as an organization
definitely committed to the overthrow

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of our government.

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Mr Murphy. What about the Communist
situation here in Arizona only

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recently read in our newspapers about
an incident occurring, in fact, just

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within a block of this very building
we're in today, just as the cathedral

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here whereby a phoenix woman announced
herself publicly as being an active

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member of the Communist Party and she
asked to be heard, Can you tell us a

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bit about this? Many people ask, do we
have a Communist Party here in

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Arizona and the answer is very
definitely yes. And the open appearance of

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one of our phoenix female residents a
little over a week ago

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in admitting that she was a member of
the Communist Party brings, I think

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home, most realistically, the fact
that there is a group here in our state

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who adhere to the principles of
communism and our members of the Communist

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Party of the United States. Now, one
thing I believe is extremely

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significant as a result of the new
york case the party in many respects,

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has gone underground.

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They no longer hold open meeting.
There are no published lists of members

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and they have

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maintain maximum secrecy about their
activity.

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But this individual who appeared here
recently and announced who she was,

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and the fact that she was a member of
the party, I think makes everyone

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realized perhaps for the first time in
certain respects that communism is

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an active living, vibrant

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activity throughout the United States.
And definitely at least here in

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phoenix

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heretofore we've had a great deal of
nebulous material, you might say not

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anything definite, not any places or
persons name, but here we have a

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woman who is not only willing to be
counted as such, but who would openly

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try to persuade you in open meeting
that the communist way of life is the

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real way of life right here in our own
community. Mhm. Um just as you said

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, mr Murphy every time anything like
this cathedral incident comes up, it

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makes us realize our responsibility to
carry on a constant educational

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program to persuade anyone with
Communistic leanings or anyone who has in

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the future might have the desire to be
that communism is not the answer.

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It is a challenge to the women here
today, to our radio audience and to

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the people throughout the nation, to
feel a responsibility to convince all

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of free peoples that democracy is the
best way of life. Can you tell us

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just briefly before we leave the air
uh about the Cook murder case, which

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we've been reading about today in the
papers, Mr Murphy, We'd like to hear

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about it just a short time ago. This
young boy by the name of William

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Edward Cook was known in the
penitentiary as little billy. No one

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considered him as a very vicious or a
very heartless individual. And yet

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Within the past two weeks, This boy
has killed at least six people. He's

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exploded mentally. And we consider him
one of the most biggest boys that

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we've had to seek. And I want to say
that all the police officers and

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cooperating agencies have been working
with us night and day in an effort

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to locate this young boy. Thank you Mr
William Murphy for these FBI tax

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and the vital information that you've
given us. I know that our members

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here today, our radio audience will
remember all you have said and

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maintain a full alert and feel an
individual responsibility to bring to

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the FBI's attention all pertinent
information that will help to bring

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about the security which you and the
FBI are constantly fighting for. And

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may I take this opportunity to thank
Ben pro chin and chest Goldberg of

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Hanis for their generosity in making
this broadcast possible. And now,

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paul Hughes you have just heard
Arizona close ups presented by MEREDITH

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Harless at the bi monthly phoenix
woman's club meeting to honor the

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central district committee of the
Federated Women's Clubs. This program

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has come to you through the courtesy
of Hanis and Adams and First Street

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where the wise shopper will find the
best buy MEREDITH Howard Harless,

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known to radio and television
audiences in the nation's capital and our

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state's capital, will be back with you
again at the same time next Tuesday

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when she will interview Susan Peters
of Motion picture fame and other

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stars, who will be featured in the
barretts of Wimple Street tune in next

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Tuesday at 6 15 For Arizona.

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Mhm.

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Yes. Yeah.

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