Hi, everyone, your old pal Will here. With last week's episode on the other side of the wind

still ringing in my ears, and with Luke away on a well-deserved break, I thought now would be a

good time to devote a solo episode to another important moment in Orson Wells' long career.

His five radio broadcasts from 1946, advocating for justice in the police beating of a Black

War veteran.

But Officer X will never pay for the two eyes he beat out of the soldier's head. How can

you assay the gift of sight? What are they quoting today for one eye? An eye for an eye?

Now that we found you out, we'll never lose you. If they try you

for your crime, I am going to watch the trial, chief show. If they jail you, I'm going to wait for

your first day of freedom. On August 18th, Adrian Samish, vice president of ABC, sent Wells a telegram, quoted in Callow's

biography. Quote, our news department has brought to my attention the problems they have been having

lately about trying to get you to write a script and trying to get you to submit it in sufficient

time for their regular review of all commentators for libel, good taste, and appropriate news authority."

Samish goes on to remind Wells that commentators must deliver their scripts two hours before broadcast and are forbidden from ad libs under FCC law.

Samish added,

Please don't let me down.

Instead, on August 25th, Wells delivered this.