U.S. telecasters have not yet got around to writing their own censorship code, but by last week several interested parties were ready and eager to do it for them.
In Pennsylvania, the State Board of Censors (for movies) had moved to take over supervision of TV as well. In Chicago, Police Captain Harry Fulmer, currently engaged in a crusade against "lewd publications," offered to broaden his field to include TV. In Columbus, Ohio, State Senator Edwin F. Sawicki proposed that the State Department of Education "examine and censor . . . televised pictures on the same basis as films are censored today."
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