des moines, iowa. the vice president attacked the objectivity and fairness of network television news. he challenged tonight the networks for a responsible news presentation and said he was not asking for government censorship. he said he was asking whether a form of censorship already exists when the news is determined by a handful of men. the vice president urged the people to register their complaints by mail. people are entitled to a full accounting of the networks stewardship. the president of columbia broadcasting system made the following comment. no america institution should be immune to public criticism or to public discussion of its performance. we do not believe that this unprecedented attempt by the vice president to intimidate a

news medium which depends for its existence on government licenses represents legitimate criticism. indicated that it has more confidence in the credibility of television news. our newsmen have many times current commendations for their enterprise -- earned commendations for their enterprise. since human beings are not infallible, they're bound to be occasions when their judgment is questioned. they are minor deficiencies compared to those of a press which will be subservient to the executive power of government. in our judgment, the performance of abc news has always been fair and objective. it is always the public who decides on the reliability of any individual or organization.

we will continue to report the news accurately and fully, confident in the ultimate judgment of the public. this statement by the president of the national broadcasting company. the vice president attack is an appeal to president -- prejudice. this drag new uses the influence -- mr. agnew uses the influence of his high office. any fair-minded viewer knows television networks are not devoted to putting across a single point of view, the present all significant views on issues of importance. it is regrettable the vice the freedomuld deny of the press. those who might feel momentary agreement with his remarks should think carefully whether that kind of television news is what they want.

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service, which could be repositioned to create broadband service. there is possibility of title 2. we need a universal service program and people need to have broadband. >> monday night at 8:00 on the communicators. artifactsek, american visits museums, archives, and historic places. we visit the national archives in college park, maryland, to learn about the kennedy assassination records collection. the warren report was released to the public 50 years ago. we will see video recorded by the national archives of many of the well-known artifacts from the investigation, including lee harvey oswald rifle, the so-called magic bullet.

>> john f. kennedy assassination records collection was created act of 1992.e numerous official investigations starting with the warren commission and congressional investigations. in the early 1990's, there was a movie that came out by oliver stone. -->> my name is oliver stone. it is with pleasure and some pride that i appear before this subcommittee to urge the passage of 454 to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records relevant to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. >> the purpose of the act was to make sure all the records were

collected and sent to the national archives. you can search on an item level the records that are in the collection and if you see something you would like to see, you can ask to see it on our business hours when we are available. >> here we have three items. unlike the physical artifacts, we were able to look, do you and make these available to you because these are basically textual documents. they are not physical artifacts. this is a custom-made container. mylar, youd-free, can get it out of its well without having to pull on it. the lee harvey oswald address book.

exhibit 18. it has all of his handwritten items, including the map, addresses, and telephone numbers that you would expect. because of the huge interest in this, we have numerous people who want to have access to these materials. always tension between conservation and access. that has been our biggest challenge. we try to provide as much access as we can through still pictures and film of the most popular artifacts in the collection so that people can see them and have the research questions answered without looking at the actual physical artifacts. every time we have to make an actual item available, we are risking a bit of the

conservation of the item. we have provided the role video b-roll video of the artifacts themselves. this is the famous rifle which oswald used to assassinate the president. you can see the custom box created by the conservation staff. it has its own exhibit number. it is commission exhibit 139. we consider it part of the records of the war in commission -- warren commission. effort put into preserving things, why is that important? >> that is our mission. our job is to make sure that the history of the u.s. government is preserved for all time and

only a small percentage of records that are considered important enough to come here to the national archives. ,e work with our conservators researchers, and we are trying to digitize our records. >> the 2015 c-span student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students to create a 5-7 minute documentary. showing how a policy, law, or you or yourffected community. 200 cash prizes for students and ters