Business: FCC on Mae West

Last August Franklin Roosevelt plucked goggle-eyed Frank McNinch, one of the liveliest members of the Federal Power Commission, and made him chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His job was to inject some New Deal vigor into the politics-ridden FCC. Last week the results became apparent.

Last month Mae West brought down a deluge of criticism from all over the U. S. by a sexy burlesque of the story of Adam & Eve (TIME, Dec. 27).* Among the 1,000-odd letters of criticism that showered on National Broadcasting Co. was one from FCC asking for...

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