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= Recycled Theater =

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When they screened the last picture show at the [https://www.raymond-theatre.com Crown Theater in Pasadena, California]
a couple of years ago, it looked like "curtains" for the ornate old movie place --
a fate that has befallen a lot of downtown theaters in recent years. But that
was before [https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1706 Bruce Barkus came along]. When he did, nothing -- not dollar costs,
grime or downtown blight -- would keep him from making a boyhood dream of owning a
theater come true. Today, he's putting the finishing touches on a complete
stagedoor-to-front door renovation of the 55-year-old theater and will open it this
spring, not to show the latest trendy sex-and-violence films, but a mixture of
family films and stage shows.

Mr. Barkus says he searched up and down California for the theater of his dreams.
He had plenty of boarded up theaters to look through, but the Crown was just right.
It holds up to 2,700 people, has a big stage and plenty of dressing rooms and a
fine theater-size organ which delights Barkus, who is a professional theater organist.

The new owner's enthusiasm for his restoration project has been infectious. A
scientist at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed a computer "language"
that can be used to feed any kind of music through an offstage computer into the
theater's sound system. A good example of ornate theater decoration in a style
called Greek and Roman Revival, the Crown is being brightened up to give modern
theater-goers a taste of those old days. It boasts a hand painted curtain featuring
a 1920's automobile cruising through a pastoral landscape. And, it comes complete
with Burgundy Red seats and plush carpets.

What does he think about swimming upstream against a film trend that glorifies
anti-heroes, violence, and sex? "We are going to show films that families can
enjoy," Mr. Barkus says simply. And, he wants to put on stage everything from
local variety shows to Las Vegas-league entertainers. Illustrating the caliber
of entertainers and movies he hopes to attract, he mentions [[wikipedia:Victor_Borge|Victor Borge]], [[wikipedia:Frank_Sinatra|Frank
Sinatra]], "[[wikipedia:Oklahoma!|Oklahoma]]" and "[[wikipedia:The_Sound_of_Music|the Sound of Music]]".

A tall order, but Mr. Barkus is determined to succeed. "Most important," he says,
"I would like to bring back that nice warm spirit we had in theaters."

Now, several months after he started, and with about a half-million dollars invested
in restoring the theater, he is about to find out. Recycling of old movie theaters
has worked elsewhere. For example, St. Louis, Missouri and Oakland, California have
recycled old cinema palaces as symphony and concert halls with success. If you
like entertainment that entertains, I'm sure you'll join me in wishing Mr. Barkus
good luck.

This is Ronald Reagan.

Thanks for listening.
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76-12-B2

2026-10-09T20:36:56Z

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= Jamaica =

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In a series of these broadcasts a few weeks ago, I told of how President [[wikipedia:Salvador_Allende|Allende
of Chile]] had taken his country to the very brink of a communist takeover before
he was stopped by the Chilean military. History does repeat itself. It's almost
like a rerun of T.V. If you missed Allende's destruction of Chile's economy,
his buildup of a private army -- aided and abetted by Cuba -- and his elimination
of civil liberties, tune in on [[wikipedia:Jamaica|Jamaica]].

That island nation setting astride the sea lanes leading to the Panama Canal,
seems to be well on its way to becoming a Marxist state, indeed, a Soviet satellite.
This should worry us because of its geographical position and because it is a source
of [[wikipedia:Bauxite|bauxite]], thus [[wikipedia:aluminum|aluminum]].

Somehow, with so much media attention fixed on Africa, very few of our nation's
guardians in Washington seem aware that Prime Minister [[wikipedia:Michael_Manley|Michael Manley]] is following
the blueprint drawn by Allende. He openly expresses his intention to model Jamaica
after his communist neighbor to the north, Cuba. And, like Chile under Allende,
there are thousands of Cubans, many of them part of Cuba's secret police, training
communist cadres in Jamaica.

Several hundred Soviet agents are also enjoying the climate and handing out advice.
A student exchange program is a three-way deal between Cuba, the Soviet Union and
Jamaica. Manley has made all the proper statements; he admires the Soviet Union,
supports the national liberation efforts of the African people and wants to sell
things to Eastern Europe. He has also adopted all the standard communist procedures.
Jamaicans who complain about the spreading Marxism receive a certain official attention.
Under an emergency act they can be "detained". Several hundred are already
in jail, including the leaders of the opposition political party. There is increasing
violence and the usual efforts to curb the press.

Like Allende, Manley is organizing a "people's" militia that already outnumbers the
army and police force put together. But, he hasn't stopped there. Cuban experts are
selling communism to the police and military. Expropriation of American owned
aluminum companies hasn't exactly taken place yet. They've just had to give fifty-one
percent control to the Jamaican government, which more-and-more is becoming
Prime Minister Manley himself. Banks are being nationalized as well as private
businesses. Getting away from Jamaica isn't easy for Jamaicans. They can leave
but they can only take fifty dollars when they go. Taxes on a $12,500 income are
sixty percent, private land is being confiscated, there are price controls and a
growing number of regulations and restrictions on industry.

And, as with Chile under Allende, economic problems are growing. Foreign investors
are not coming to Jamaica and Jamaican doctors, lawyers and businessmen are leaving
regardless of the fifty dollar limit. Tourists, once a major source of income for
the Island, have been scared off by the violence and vandalism. Tourist trade is down
to about one-fourth of normal. But guess who is to blame for all these troubles
according to Prime Minister Manley -- the C.I.A.

This is Ronald Reagan.

Thanks for listening.
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76-12-B1

2026-10-09T20:30:12Z

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= Human Rights =

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With talk of human rights, the latest subject along the Washington cocktail
circuit; an old threat to our own independence, has risen to haunt us. The
President, in his address to the [[wikipedia:United Nations|United Nations]], promised to "work closely with
our Congress" to achieve ratification of the [[wikipedia:Genocide_Convention|Genocide Convention]].

Reduced to the simplicity of that title it would seem that no one could be
opposed to our participation in such a pact. Genocide -- the wiping out of a
people -- for whatever reason is, of course, abhorrent to any civilized being.
Our 200 year history makes it plain that the United States has never shown even
the slightest indication that such a thing would be thinkable.

Unfortunately, the Genocide Convention is not as simple as its title indicates.
I'll speak to that in a moment, but first a little history. When the United States
agreed to abide by the World Court in the late '40's, our government established -- through
the [https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:epil/9780199231690/law-9780199231690-e23 Connally Reservation]] -- that the United States reserved the right to
decide for itself what cases affecting us would be taken to the [[wikipedia:International_Court_of_Justice|World Court]]. Off
and on in these 30 years, efforts have been made to scrap the Connally Amendment.
They have been resisted, because without it the World Court would involve itself
in our purely internal affairs.

Now comes the latest effort. The Genocide Convention which in its Article Nine
states, -- QUOTE -- "Disputes between the contracting parties relating to the
interpretation, application, or fulfillment of the present Convention (including
those related to the responsibility of a state for genocide or any of the other
acts enumerated in article three) shall be submitted to the International Court
of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute." -- UNQUOTE.

Now, let your imagination go for a minute. Picture some of our mischief-makers,
charging any kind of discrimination or unfairness, taking their case to an international
court which includes jurists from the Soviet Union and other communist
and pro-communist nations. Remember, once ratified by us, this treaty subjects
the United States to the unreserved jurisdiction of that International Court. It
supersedes all state laws and nullifies all Acts of Congress inconsistent with the
terms of the Convention.

One of the great watchdogs over the years, who stood between us and ratification
of this treaty, was former U. S. [[wikipedia:Sam_Ervin|Senator Sam Ervin]] (Democrat of North Carolina.)
He is recognized as a great authority on our Constitution. He is now retired,
but during the many battles over this issue, he said things we should be remembering
now that we are being threatened again.

He said the World Court, -- QUOTE -- "could require the United States to go to war
to prevent one nation from killing the nationals of another nation." -- UNQUOTE.
American soldiers could be tried by this international tribunal for killing, or
wounding, the military forces of a warring enemy and the Convention could authorize
calling the United Nations to take action against the United States.

Former Senator Ervin says our own public officials and individual American citizens
could be prosecuted and punished for causing mental harm (and who defines that?)
to members of a national, ethnic, social, or cultural group. In short, it appears
that the President in his speech on human rights promised to help Congress eliminate
the guaranty of our human rights embodied in our own Constitution. Surely, that can't
be what he intends.

This is Ronald Reagan.

Thanks for listening.
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