Chapter 1073 McCarthy and the Broadcasting and Film Bureau Chapter 1074 McCarthy, haven't your hair (1/3)
Roosevelt's proposal to make profits from the large consortium in public facilities not only won him the support of Congress, but also showed his means as president, but also won the constant praise of the grassroots people. Roosevelt also used the people's hatred of the rich to realize his wishful thinking.\\8.com\\
On February 11, Congress held a final discussion and vote on Roosevelt's proposal and finally announced the results.
This result is obviously a product of compromise.
In response to Roosevelt's proposal to reclaim public facilities and belong to the state, Congress's final decision was to nationalize public facilities, but the state must provide funds to compensate those consortiums for the losses.
This result was a time of Tai Chi.
After seeing this result, I was not only impressed by those who made this suggestion in Congress.
Roosevelt's proposal seemed reasonable on the surface and comply with the law, and was also approved by the people, but it was difficult to exercise it.
Whether it is the Morgan Consortium or other consortiums, it is not a soft persimmon book. For them, the country's withdrawal of public facilities is absolutely impossible for them to agree to a great loss of interests. On the one hand, they cannot overturn Roosevelt's proposal, and on the other hand, they have to guarantee their own interests. Then this is the only result: if you want to take it back, okay, then you have to compensate me for my losses.
This move is really too high.
The fundamental reason why the state approved the construction of many large public facilities and allowed the consortium to contribute funds was that the government had no money. In fact, when Hoover was in power, the federal government was about to be emptied.
After Rutman's hard work over the past few years, although the government is now rich, its finances are still tight. If it really wants to compensate the consortium for the losses like this, Roosevelt will also have to emptie his hand.
And this is unlikely to agree to Roosevelt, who is ambitious to do something big.
As a result, the situation became very embarrassing as soon as the decision of Congress came out.
Roosevelt shouted to nationalize public facilities, but he was unwilling to exchange them for money. If Roosevelt didn't take the money, it would be impossible for a large consortium to give it to him for nothing.
With such a tug of war on both sides, the situation has undergone a funny change.
After a series of almost endless meetings, Congress and mediated the two sides, the final result was: the state compensated to recover the ownership of some important public facilities, and the public facilities in other places will be recovered bit by bit in the future. Of course, it depends on whether the country has money.
After so long the public facilities storm ended with such a funny result.
This storm, neither the country nor the consortium benefited, the only one who benefited was Franklin Roosevelt. Through this storm, he allowed the members of Congress and the consortiums behind the storm to see his firmness and ambition, and further established his authority in the government. More importantly, through this incident, his public opinion approval rating began to rise, which was obviously the most important for him.
After the turmoil, the United States calmed down again.
This kind of calm always makes me feel very confused.
One day at the end of February, I was chatting with Coolidge in the office, and Jimmy told me that Hayes and Grant asked for a meeting.
When these two old men walked into my office, I felt that these two guys looked a little bad.
"You two, have you heard that you went on vacation in Washington, why did you run back so quickly?" I stood up and poured them two cups of tea.
Grant sat on the sofa, drank the tea in the cup of books in one breath, and then said, "Vacation!? Is that ghost place in Washington vacation?"
While saying that, Grant shook his head angrily.
"What's wrong? You're not going on vacation. Why are you doing?" I looked at Hayes and said.
"What are you doing? Of course it's a meeting." Hayes was also very angry at the photo book.
"Have a meeting? Let you two go to a meeting? What meeting?" I laughed.
Grant is the honorary mayor of Hollywood, and Hayes is the chairman of the Code Executive Board. He asked the two of them to have a meeting. What kind of meeting is this? Anyway, I couldn't imagine it.
"Let us both go, it's naturally related to the movie." Grant looked at me and said.
His words made my heart move.
The meetings related to movies are in Washington again? Could it be...
The smile on my face disappeared immediately. It seemed that this so-called conference had a lot of origin. Could it be that Roosevelt started to attack Hollywood?
I sat next to Grant and whispered, "Grant, tell me, what kind of meeting is it? Is it bad for us?"
After hearing this, Grant sneered, "What other good things can those bitches do? But Andre, you don't have to worry, it's nothing big."
Grant and Hayes looked at each other and then said, "This time we were asked to attend a special film conference. The organizer of the conference was the group of people from the Ministry of Culture. At this conference, there were two main tasks, one was to conduct a comprehensive investigation and analysis of the current status of film in the United States, which was also considered a survey. In this regard, Hayes and I are experts and were asked the most, and we were both forced to submit two reports."
"When did the Ministry of Culture start to be so interested in movies?" Coolidge was stunned.
You know, before that, the agency that managed movies across the United States was Hayes' Code Executive Bureau, and the Ministry of Culture basically ignored it. It was really interesting to have such an action this time. "Grant, what about the second task?" I didn't have time to discuss Coolidge's issue in detail.
"We are angry and are angry on this second mission." Hayes turned his eyes straight as soon as he mentioned this.
"This time, the Ministry of Culture is full and overcrowded. It claims to set up a Radio and Film Bureau in March to be fully responsible for the management of American Radio and Film. Moreover, it is said that this Radio and Film Bureau is directly under the leadership of the Department of Culture. It is the best unit in the American Radio and Film industry." Grant said angrily.
"The best unit!? Then it means that even the Code Execution Bureau has to be under their jurisdiction!?" I turned to look at Hayes.
Hayes gritted his teeth and nodded.
The Code Executive Bureau has been established for so many years and has worked very effectively. Now in the United States, both in the film industry and among the people, it has a lofty prestige and has been recognized by everyone. Now there is a radio and film bureau on it, and it can also take care of them. How could Hayes accept it?
"Those bitches are all bureaucrats in the Ministry of Culture. They don't know much about movies at all, and they don't know much about the situation in Hollywood. Is it just a mess to let them manage them?" Hayes said angrily.
"Hays, I think someone made this matter intentionally." Coolidge put down the newspaper and laughed.
How could that be?" Hayes was a little disbelief. "The Ministry of Culture has never been concerned about movies, but now it has become so active. Obviously, the government is now beginning to change its attitude. That guy Roosevelt must have given some instructions." Coolidge's words made us nod.
"I have no objection to the establishment of this so-called Radio and Film Bureau. I have no objection. With such an institution, an institution directly affiliated to the government, after all, although the Code Execution Bureau now exercises the power to manage American films, it is just a social organization. It is not a government agency. If the work is done well, it will be fine. But the key is that these people have been hasty and look at the people attending the meeting, it makes me so angry!"
Hayes was extremely angry and patted his sofa armrest.
"Grant, what's going on?" I asked.
This question made Grant angry: "The people attending the meeting, besides us, are some managers. Among them are the so-called leaders of the Radio and Film Bureau. Those guys are completely a bucket and don't know the movie at all. One of them actually asked me why the MGM factory logo was a mountain? When I heard what he said, I wanted to swing the chair book and smash his head!"
"The most annoying thing is to get the director of the Radio and Television Bureau. I don't know if the US government, especially the Department of Culture, is dead. I actually sent a young man who is not as good as a 25-year-old man to take on such an important book! Isn't this completely trying to destroy the American film industry??" Grant was about to faint.
"A twenty-five-year-old director of the Radio and Film Bureau!? Isn't it as young as me?" I suddenly opened my eyes wide.
"Yes! Andre, if you go and I'll have nothing to say, but I'll get angry when I see that little book!" Hayes was about to foam at the mouth.
"Who? Have such great ability?" I asked.
Hayes said: "This guy used to join the Republican Party, but now he is a member of the Democratic Party. He is from Wisconsin. He has been working in the Department of Culture for a few years after graduating from college and is in charge of the media. During Roosevelt's campaign, he was one of the important think tanks in the Democratic Party's campaign office. It is said that he has made great efforts in the election for Roosevelt and has been deeply appreciated by Roosevelt. Baidu: Read the latest novel. This time, I suspect that he was the director of the Radio and Film Bureau, and it is very likely that he was instructed by Franklin Roosevelt."
"There are such legendary figures in the Democratic Party?" I immediately became interested in the director of the Radio and Film Bureau.
If he was able to hold such a position at the age of twenty-five and was deeply appreciated by Roosevelt, this guy must have something extraordinary, otherwise a powerful man like Roosevelt would not be interested in him.
"Haes, what's this guy's name?" I asked.
"Joseph Remander McCarthy." Hayes frowned.
Cough cough cough! I almost choked to death by tea.
"You say it again! Who is it?"
"Joseph Remander McCarthy." Hayes said again.
I was a little stunned, and at the same time, I felt a chill on my spine and cold sweat began to appear on my forehead.
Joseph Remander McCarthy was so famous in later generations! His world-famous "McCarthyism" formed a white terror throughout the United States. The United States was ruined in his hands, and countless people and even important social celebrities were classified as "Soviet or Soviet spies" by him. Many people were removed from office, arrested or even executed. This guy even conducted a loyal investigation in the army, which almost caused an riot in the army! It can be said that this guy is definitely a demon!
But if I remember correctly, the era of McCarthyism flooding should be in the 1940s and 1950s. Just count it, it should be 100 or 20 years later. Why did this guy show up so early?
But on second thoughts, McCarthy's appearance was not impossible. Historically, he worked as a lawyer in the 1930s and served as the president of the circuit court. Later, he won the senator with his ** idea, and finally created white terror and became the American Tsar. But now, he has not gained much power, but as a staff member of Roosevelt, he served as the director of the Radio and Television Bureau.
McCarthy is a man with a certain talent, and he is very capable, but judging from what he has done in history, this guy is definitely the kind of dictator, irritable, ambitious and stubborn.
I feel a little confused when I think of such a person as the director of the Radio and Film Bureau and he is a gangster of Roosevelt.
"Andre, do you know this Joseph Remander McCarthy?" Grant asked as he looked at my actions.
"I just heard about him, and I only know that he played a lot in Roosevelt's presidential campaign." I evaded.
"This guy is indeed very talented, compared with other officials of the Ministry of Culture. He also has a deep understanding of movies, but I don't like this person. This young man doesn't know how to be humble or respectful. In front of others, he seems to be a high-ranking emperor, and he speaks to you in a completely commanding tone. Moreover, this guy always gives people a sinister feeling. When you talk to him, you always feel that he is constantly looking at you and calculating you." Hayes has a very bad impression of McCarthy.
"Andre, Hayes and I came to you directly without even going home. We were a little worried." Grant looked at me and said sincerely.
I nodded.
I can understand their feelings. The establishment of the Radio and Film Bureau should be a landmark event.
If the so-called public facilities storm that Roosevelt had caused before was a demonstration to the consortium behind the Republican Party and the Republican Party, then the establishment of the Radio and Film Bureau this time was obviously a demonstration to the American film industry.
The establishment of this institution deprived the highest power of the Code Executive Office, which was deeply admired by Hollywood filmmakers and the public, and made the Executive Office become a general management agency.
These guys are very smart. They know that the Code Execution Bureau has been respected for so many years. It is absolutely impossible to revoke it. Since it cannot be revoked, then just re-establish an institution on it. In this way, even the Code Execution Bureau has to obey.
The Director of the Radio and Film Bureau is obviously a person who is extremely important and even has a profound impact on the fate of Hollywood movies!
This man, Joseph Remander McCarthy, despite his young age, made me shudder.
The shadow of the tree, the name of a person, and the appearance of such a demon made me frightened.
"Andre, I think if this Radio and Film Bureau is established, it may soon introduce some policies, and these policies are definitely not good for us." Coolidge seems to have guessed Roosevelt's idea.
"Yes." I nodded: "Now, Americans know that Roosevelt and me have a relationship. He can't do it himself, that it will be too obvious. In this way, he simply found a spokesperson, found McCarthy, and through him, through the Radio and Film Bureau, he can do whatever he wants."
"Andre, what should we do?" Grant and Hayes asked at the same time.
At this time, the two of them had no idea.
"We have no choice but to set up this institution. However, it is one thing to set up this institution, but whether we can issue orders to our Hollywood is another matter!" I sneered a few times.
"Yes. As long as we unite, no matter how powerful the Radio and Television Bureau is, the policy cannot be implemented in Hollywood, it will be useless." Hayes agreed very much.
"Haise Grant, our journey will be a bit tortuous in the future," Coolidge said.
"But it's even more energetic." I laughed.
To be continued...