SUBPENAED MATERIAL RE CERTAIN TV NEWS DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office 35 361ST XL1 1790 08/94 53-005-00 COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma JOHN E. MOSS, California JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California J. J. PICKLE, Texas FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois ANCHER NELSEN, Minnesota HASTINGS KEITH, Massachusetts JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky FLETCHER THOMPSON, Georgia JOHN Y. MCCOLLISTER, Nebraska CONTENTS Appel, John D., deputy general counsel, CBS; Lloyd N. Cutler, and Daniel K. Mayers, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., Henkin, Daniel Z., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) accompanied by Lt. Col. William M. Taylor, executive assistant.. Monderer, Howard, counsel for National Broadcasting Co... Frank Stanton, president, CBS, accompanied by Lloyd Cutler, Letter dated June 29, 1971 transmitting supplementary opinion of Letter dated July 7, 1971 supplying additional material for the record including CBS policy on public viewing of outtakes; additional data on April 12 Time magazine article; journalists' policy on editing question and answer interviews; position of Association of American Publishers; and number of letters to journalism schools and faculty members from CBS... Special Subcommittee on Investigations: Biographical statement of Daniel Z. Henkin.... Broadcasting articles dated November 23, 1959, entitled "Program Ground Rules at CBS-TV" and "How CBS-TV spells out its FCC Opinion "In re complaints covering CBS program 'Hunger Letter dated March 9, 1971, from Chairman Staggers to Frank Letter dated April 19, 1971, from Richard G. Underwood, 46 353 151 124 Letter dated April 20, 1971, from Robert V. Evans, CBS, trans- 233 Letter dated April 30, 1971, from Robert V. Evans, CBS, trans- 223 Letter dated April 30, 1971, from CBS to Armed Forces Radio (III) 36 Additional material submitted for the record by-Continued Special Subcommittee on Investigations-Continued Letter dated May 7, 1971, from Howard Monderer, NBC, re- garding NBC's general standards of program acceptability and transmitting NBC radio and television broadcast standards Letter dated May 19, 1971, from Daniel Henkin relative to Letter dated May 19, 1971, from Walter J. Cunningham trans- mitting 1969 correspondence between Mr. Cunningham and Selected provisions of the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to subcommittee activities.. Subcommittee comparison of CBS script with original Henkin/ Subcommittee legal memorandum dated June 8, 1971_ Subpena dated April 7, 1971, served on Frank Stanton, president, CBS, Inc. calling for the production of certain specified docu- ments and exhibits in connection with the CBS documentary "The Selling of the Pentagon". Subpena dated May 26, 1971, served on Frank Stanton, president, Subpena dated April 7, 1971, served on Julian Goodman, presi- dent, NBC, calling for the production of certain specified docu- ments and exhibits in connection with the documentary "Say Subpena dated April 7, 1971, served on David Wolper, president, Wolper Productions, Inc., calling for the production of certain specified documents and exhibits in connection with the docu- 41 267 90 76 Time article dated April 12, 1971, entitled "The Art of 'Cut and 97 Appendix A-Letter dated April 16, 1971, from Corydon B. Dunham, NBC, in response to subcommittee subpena transmitting "Say Goodbye" transcript and correspondence between NBC and Wolper Productions regarding the documentary. Appendix B-Letter dated May 7, 1971, from Howard Monderer, NBC, regarding NBC's general standards of program acceptability and transmitting NBC radio and television broadcast standards Appendix C-Letter dated April 30, 1971, from Robert V. Evans, CBS, transmitting CBS legal brief dated April 27, 1971- Appendix D-Letter dated April 20, 1971, from Robert V. Evans, CBS, transmitting transcripts of "The Selling of the Pentagon' and Appendixes-Continued Appendix I-Letters dated March 20 and April 5, 1971, from Benjamin Page 349 351 361 Appendix K-FCC Opinion "In re Complaints covering CBS program 'Hunger in America'". 367 |