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nobody saw them.
- Not even at the hearing? - He was
declared guilty without a trial...
...and told if he wanted
to keep his job...
...he had to denounce his father
and his sister. Thank you, Natalie.
- His sister?
- He told them to take a hike.
Let's send Joe and Charlie down there,
see if he's any good on camera.
Is he being brought
before the Committee?
No.
Then it's not McCarthy.
Isn't it?
Milo Radulovich.
What happens to your children...
...your 5-year-old and your 5-month-old
in terms of you?
If I am being judged
on my relatives...
...are my children going
Are they going to be judged
on what their father was labeled?
Are they going to have to explain
to their friends, etc...
...why their father
is a security risk?
If the thing is let stand
as it, the first recommendation...
...was sent out by the board,
I see a chain reaction that...
...has no end to anybody,
for anybody.
Well, that's new.
You can't call this
a neutral piece.
The other side's been represented
rather well for the last 2 years.
The Air Force
hasn't gone on the record.
So you want to forego the standards
you've stuck to for 15 years...
...both sides, no commentary.
- We all editorialize. - I'm just
making sure we identify what...
We're giving them
the information up front...
...and we're asking them
to comment on it.
Frank, hold on.
I've searched my conscience.
I can't for the life of me
find any justification for this.
that there are, on every story...
...two equal and logical sides
to an argument.
- Call it editorializing, if you'd like.
- It is editorializing.
They'll have equal time
to defend themselves.
Do you understand the position
you're putting us in?
We are all in this together,
if the Senate wants to investigate...
Do me a favor...
...avoid any big speeches about how
we're all in a big boat together!
Please, don't insult me.
I have to go back to Mr. Paley
and Alcoa, who sponsors your show...
...and also have
some military contracts...
...and I have to tell them that
they're going to be in a tough bind...
...because of a beef you had
with Joe McCarthy.
- We're not going at McCarthy.
- You're starting the goddamn fire.
Excuse me. Mr. Friendly,
there's a Colonel Anderson to see you?
- Colonel? - He's in your office.
There are two of them.
Maybe they liked the transcript,
and want to compliment us on it.
Excuse me.
Go after Joe Kennedy.
We'll pay for it.
I've got a great story about Hoover.
You know how many shows
you're going to have to do...
...to make up for this? - And Judy
and her daughter Liza next week.
No, no.
You're interviewing Rin Tin Tin!
I'll talk to Mr. Paley.
Alcoa won't pay for the ads.
And we probably won't either.
But nobody'll stop you.
How much are the ads?
- 3,000.
- I'll split it with Fred.
He just won't have Christmas presents
for his kids this year.
- He's a Jew. - Don't tell him that,
he loves Christmas.
- To be clear, you did speak
with the lawyers? - Yes, we did.
And we read the transcript. We've not
been allowed to see the footage.
Mack is on a plane from Dexter
right now with the last interviews.
We'll be going
right down to the wire.
Your show airs tomorrow. How can we
possibly approve and check...
...your story in the limited amount
of time you have given us?
With all due respect, you have been
invited to participate in this piece...
...not to approve it.
We are going with the story
that says that the U.S. Air Force...
...tried Milo Radulovich
without any evidence...
...and found him guilty
...without his Constitutional rights...
- You have not seen the evidence...
...and are claiming
he's not a security risk.
Wouldn't you guess that those who have
seen the contents of that envelope...
...might have a better idea of what
makes someone a danger to his country?
- Who? Who? - Or do you think
it should just be you that decides?
Who are the people?
Are they elected? Are they appointed?
Do they have an axe to grind?
Is it you, sir?
Or you, Colonel Jenkins? Do you know
the contents of that sealed envelope?
We have been a friend and ally of both
Mr. Murrow and CBS News for many years.
The story you are going
to run tomorrow is without merit.
So before you take any steps
that cannot be undone...
...I strongly urge you
to reconsider your stand.
These are very dangerous waters
you are attempting to navigate.
We have had no hearing at all.
We have had no day in court.
In all the 32 years that I have been
a practicing attorney in Detroit...
...I have never witnessed such a farce
and travesty upon justice...
...as this thing has developed.
- Now this whole theory...
- Eddie, just take the first reel.
Tell John I left
where's Joe? Have you seen Joe?
He's on his way
to the control room.
We're gonna have to do
the voice-over live.
Natalie, I need a booth
with a live mic.
Booth is there, it's already set.
We didn't have time
to sync the voice-over out.
That's not what I asked for.
It's missing the voice-over
on the last piece.
There's a commercial in the booth.
What shall I do?
- 2 minutes to air! - There's not
supposed to be a commercial!
Get him out of the booth!
on the end piece.
Keep it down, please.
It's a little loud.
- He's gonna add a joke.
- Charlie, loan me your lighter.
Make sure you know that I swap
with those two pieces of parents.
- As long as he talks fast because...
- He will talk fast.
We got the film.
Will it be ready?
You bet.
Funny thing, Freddy!
Every time you light a cigarette
for me, I know you're lying.
It occurs to me
we might not get away with this one.
Alcoa, the aluminum company
of America...
- 10 seconds.
- You fellas, ready? Okay.
Ready on camera 1.
Pan, camera 1.
Good evening.
A few weeks ago there occurred a few
obscure notices in the newspapers...
...about Milo Radulovich...
...a lieutenant
in the Air Force Reserves.
And, also, something about Air Force
regulation 35-62...
...which states that a man
may be regarded as a security risk...
...if he has close and continuing
association with Communists...
...or people believed
to have Communist sympathies.
Lieutenant Radulovich was asked
to resign in August. He declined.
A board was called
and heard his case.
At the end it was recommended that
he be severed from the Air Force...
...although it was also stated
that there was no question whatever...
...as to the Lieutenant's loyalty.
We propose to examine,
in so far as we can...
...the case of Lieutenant Radulovich.
Our reporter, Joe Wershba,
cameraman, Charlie Mack.
This is the town of Dexter, Michigan.
Population 1500.
This statue is at the end
of Ann Arbor Street erected by...
What did the General
tell you yesterday?
- A Colonel. There were two of them.
- That makes a General.
They weren't too pleased.
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