Radio: Gentlemen, Please!

"Just a moment, please!" cried Moderator Faye Emerson. Helplessly banging her gavel, she tried to get a word in: "Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Excuse me, gentlemen!" The gentlemen disregarded her. At one point, she made a fluttery appeal to the studio audience: "I am only a woman, and I'm not very well able to moderate this—"

Looking pretty but disheveled, Peacemaker Emerson was trying desperately to bring order to last week's Author Meets the Critics (Thurs. 10 p.m., Du Mont). Her out-of-hand panel consisted of Presidential Candidate Senator Robert A. Taft; his strong supporter, Hearst Columnist...

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