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...whom Susskind thinks will dismiss him is Bennett Korn, owner and manager of WNEW in New York. "He is an ugly meddler," Susskind said of his present employer, and fearing a misquote, he repeated, "an ugly meddler in the process of free speech...
Although he expects to be fired today as moderator of Open End, David H. Susskind '42 will not need unemployment compensation. A "professional wheeler-and-dealer," he is currently producing his fourth major film and transporting a London hit to Broadway...
...Susskind tells the story, Korn began taking credit for all of Open End when, in fact, he only controlled its finances. Then he sought to encroach upon the choice of personnel and subject matter. According to the embittered moderator, Korn has "reverted to censorship at a time when broadcasting is showing new freedom and responsibility. It is particularly witless since Korn has an application pending before the F.C.C. to take over a station in Los Angeles...
Under Mr. Susskind's control, the discussion assumed the chatty quality of his television show, "Open End." He look on almost all the panelists in minor arguments. At one point he faulted Marlon Brando's diction, and Miss Strasberg, which trained Brando, challenged: "They don't teach anyone to mumble, I'll take you on in non-mumbling...
...populi, Miss Hughes warned that American audiences are too glibly dammed by intellectuals. When Mr. Susskind attacked Hollwood's "psychotic" emphasis on stars, the Herald critic observed that the highly successful West side story included none in its cast, she scolded, "unless you can back them...