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Kind Of Radio Law
Will Best Serve Public?
Further congestion of the air by a growing number of broad-
~ casters within narrow limits, increasing power, and promiscuous
changing of wavelengths malses the radio situation one of the most
difficult problem Congress has to unravel by legislation. All are
some law should be passed to control this condition. What
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' mm legislation should take is the subject of mu“ °°""°‘
. Here are views from the leading esponents omthis ques-
tion. is. legislator’s attitude is taken by .s. senator c. e. Dill
from Washington, and is embodied in the Dill bill already passed
by the beasts and up for conference in connection with the White
bill ps-ed by the House. The other lathe broadcaster’s attitude
as expressed by General James G. Harbord, president of the Radio
Corporation of America and representative of the pioneer group
of broadcasters. Both, aelmowledged leaders in the two sides of
this radio discussion, present their viewpoints expressU to the
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WASHINGTON—Future genera-
tions should always be able to use
that,time-honored expression, “Free
as the air."
This is thevrnaln objective of Sen-
ntor C. C. Dill of Washington,
whose rad b l is? conference
along with the cues ill of Repre-
" . sentative White of Maine.
The new radio law is likely to be
a compromise between the Dill bill
and the White bill.
The Dill bill calls for a special
commission to regulate radio and
control the present anelength sit-
nation-which many have said bor-
dell on chaos. This commission. Dill
feels. would always protect the coun-
. try against a radio monopoly
through its regulation of llccnscs.~
It provides that the proposed com-
. nil-ion shall issue licenses for terms
of two years. it would require broad-
casting stations to allow political
candidates an equality of time and
opportunity. \
Tho White bill provides that the
radio industry continue to be rogu-
lated under auspices of the Depart-
ment of Commerce. specific cases of
appeal to be handled by a commls- -
sion which would meet to consider
them on call. its members to receive
"5 a day while at work. Instead of
two-year licenses it provides for five-
year licenses. .
Free Ether ls Prints"
Whatever leippens. Dill declares.
the most important thing in legisla-
tion is establishment of the princi-
ple that the ether and its channels
are the mlienable possession of the
people and that neither Congress
nor any other body. through licenses
or otherwise. may give away what
ht be'construed as control of a
proprietary right in the air.
, “We can't even dream to what
uses radio will be put." Dill ex-
‘piains. "The possibilities of trans-
mitting power’through the air are
lust beginning to be examined. fl‘hose
-- billties are tremendous. Marco-
ni’s beam light transmission from
London to Montreal may be but the
beginning. . ..
"It is not fair to say that we now
have radio chaos. for most of us
ean still get good reception. But with
he addition of new stations. We will
have more and more interference."
m Strict Control
"While the present situation is
bad. the great need is for a govern-
ment body to take charge before a
larger investment is endangered
than is already exposed. Such a tre-
mendous thing as radio should have
a. body of men to say who s ll have
I. station how long they shall broad-
cast and what wavelength.
. “Radio has grown too big for; the
~ . Department of Commerce. Above all.
' we don't want any bureaucratic gov-
ernment censorship. And think what
the value of a right of way or wave-
length will be if we start to trans-
mit power by radio.
“Two-year licensee may be too
short. but five-year licenses are
surely too long. Five years ago. re-
member. there wero only three
brocdcastihg stations Who dares
" your home.
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DILL
U. a. Senator (1. C. Dill, of Wash-
ington, is sponsor for the radio bill
passed by the Senate and held for
' conference with the White bill on
the same subject. passed by the
Home.
prophesy what will happen in the
next five years?"
The important question of owner-
ship of the air insy be aired if
Speaker Lc'sgworth and Vice Presi-
dent Dawos sign a conference com-
mittee resolution passed by both
houses last session on Diil’s initia-
tive. It provides that. pending fur«
ther legislation. the Secretary of
Commerce shall issue licenses to
broadcasting stations for periods of
90 days and that every license must
sign a waiver abandoning any claim
of ownership of the air for his
broadcasting station. .
This requirement is expected to
determine whether any claim of
vested right or ownership of wave-
lengths is to be raised by broadcast-
ers. Dill believes no court would
sustain such a claim. but the reso-
lution is a precautionary measure
designed to assure Congress a free
hand in definitely establishing own-
ership of the air by the people.
GOVERNMENT WANTS TO
BE SURE WINE REALLY
DOES BECOME VINEGAR
WASHINGTON. (AP)-- The Clov-
ornmcnt will take no more chances
on the removal of bonded wine
from warehouses for conversion in-
to vinegar.
The Internal Retenue Bureau
directed today- that any such con-
version be done in the warehouse
under supervision of a Government
expert. who has orders to use one
and a half gallons of acetic acid to
each 100 gallons of wine.
mpletely .
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General James liarbord. {omit-r
Army chief of staff. and major gell-
ersl‘ in command of ‘Iio s O 8 of
the Arucricnn Expeditionary Forces
in France, is now head of the Radio
Corporation of Amcrica.
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INFLEXIBLE LAW WILL
STIFLE RADIUS PIiOGRESb
BY GEN. J. G. IIARBORD.
President, Radio Corporation of
Anrcrica.
The furthcr development of
broadcasting as appuiilic service de-
pends in large measure upon the re-
lation which governmonihi regula-
tion bears to a developing art in
the formative sings.
The axiom that the best governed
nation is the least governed nation
applies with particular force to log-
islation for the radio art and the
radio industry. Radio is a swiftly
moving art and its problems tedey
may not be its problems tomorrow.
To make inflexible statutes for an
art that is as flexible as the air. is
to violate tho vcry laws of scientific
and technlcul development.
The best way to discourage the
creation of a great and permanent
service of radio broadcasting in the.
United States is to limit cvcry broad.
casting station to ii mere 24 months
of tenure in the air. regardless of
the character and policy of the sta-
tion affected. regardless of the serv-
ice which it renders to the nation
and the public. regardless of the
capital investment represented by
the property.
What sensible investor would
think of putting his money into an
enterprise. practically subject to
confiscation after the t 0 years?
Politics Might ter-
What opportunity for political
wire-pulling and worse. when the
mere throat of non-renewal of
license might throw a‘great broad-
casting station on the market. to be
bought practically at his own price
by any one who could command suf.
ilcient influence political or other-
wise to secure a license!
Radio requires the greatest free-
dom of experiment. and upon the
broadest possible scale. Any mes-
surc that would limit the, right of
the experimenter would tend to de-
stroy initiative. hold back technical
development. and limit the possibili-
ties of the art. if experimental sta-
tions are not to be permitted to ope.
rate during the time that other sta-
tions are on the air. how can new
standards of performance he estab-
lished? ,
Close comparison, and checking of
results. are the very essence of tech.
nlcai development. Nevertheless.
proposals suggested in current legis-
lati0n would definitely limit the
rights of experiment. by limiting the
hours during which such experi-
ments can be conducted.
"Monopollcs" Helpful
Every outstanding act of initia-
tive or enterprise in the broadcast-
ing field had been made the excuse
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8 tubes or lesson-Buildi-
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to
for charges of attempted monopoly
of the air. Superpower, it has been
said. was a sinister plan to monopc
olise the air. , ‘
Chain broadcasting has been
termed another attempt to anom-
plish the same purpose. And yet
where would we'be‘today without
these two shtems of broadcasting?
Please do not understand that I
would seek to \(‘Xt‘nllpl radio com-
munication or the radio industry
from proper governmental regula-
tion. I believe in fair and wise rcgu.
lation of utillies and trade prac-
tices. The test. however. of such
regulation is that it. be in the inter-
est of the public.
No‘. all the proposed‘radlo legis-
lation now pending is in my opinion
destructive. Alternativo measures to
several of those which I have char-
acterized as obicctionlible are avail-
able in the form of bills also now
pending in Congress which provide
for Instance. among other things. for
live-year terms for station licenses.
for "Just compensation" for use of
privately owned stations comman-
deered by the government. a more
conservative and less ‘expensivc ra-
dio commission. and which do not
provide for handling of commercial
business by government stations or
restrictions as to sale price of sta-
tions or operation of‘ experimental
stations. .
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Lounsbury Made '
Deputy Secretary
For Third Term
Elmer ll. Lounsbury. deputy sec-
retary of the state. as well as the
other members of the present office
force of the secretary of the state.
will be reappointed to office for his
third term. Secretary of the State
Francis A. Pallotti announced Tues-
day. The appointments will date
from January 6. 1927. when Sucre-
tnry Pailotii. with the ctlu-r state
officers elected in N‘d‘rcinbi-n will
formally take office.
Other members of the prnscnt
staff who will continue. in office in~
cludo Senator JOSI‘Dh ll. Griffin. as
chicf clerk and Frank M. Lynch of
New Haven, as first assistant clerk.
Mr. Lounsbury. a nnihc of
llridgi port. has been ti resident of
Hartford since his first appointment
as chief clerk in the secretary's of»
fice in 1909.
Middletown 'l'lleatre
Wrecked By Fire
MIDDLETOWN. (AH—The Mid-
dlcscx Theatre hen- was swcpt by
fire early yesterday. The audi-
torium being destroyed. the stage
was saved. The house seats between
800 and .700 persons and a stock
company had been playing there this
wcck. The loss is estimated at 8100..
000. The theatre is owned by the D.
and (l. Amusement company.
The fire started shortly after s
o'clock this morning near the cen-
tral hosting plant in the basement
and had gained a good start when
the firemen arrived. A second alarm
was sounded and called out all of
the city's apparatus and the fire de-
partment of the Ru‘il Manufac-
turing company. It was several hours
later before the flames were under
control. There is "0.000 insurance on
the building and 85.000 on the con-
tents.
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QUOTA EXEHPTION SOUGHT
FOR FAMILIES OF‘CITIZENS.
Exemption from the immigration
quotes of husbands. fathers and mo-
thers of United States citisens and
their children under 21 years of age
is proposed in a bill Just introduced
in the House of Representatives by
Representative Dick Stern of New
York city. ‘
The full text of the MIA follows:
A bill to exempt from uota hus-
bands. fathers and mothers of United
States citizens and their children
under 21. Be it enacted etc.. That
subdivision (2) of section a of the
immigration act of 1924 is amended
to read as follows:
"(a) An immigrant who is the un-
married chiid under it years of age.
the wife. the husband. the father or
the mother of a citizen of the United
States who resides therein at the
time of the filing of a petition under
section 9."
Iron telegraph posts were bent
double during a recent severe storm
in Australia.
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., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926.
Aerial Torpedo inventor Gets
‘ Highest ‘
Award of the John Fritz gold me-
dal. highest honor of the engineering
profession. was made to I-liiiicr Am-
brose Sperry by lour i-ngiiii-i-i-iui; ms
cleties last night at tho i'Uilvvllilull oi
the American Hal-lety of Mechanical
Engineers. The award nus iniulc for
the invention of a dt-iidly iicriui tor-
pedo designed to end eviir.
Other societies subscribing to im-
award are the American Society of
Civil Engineers. the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers and the
American Society of Mining and
idetaliurigicai Engineers.
Charles M. Schwab. chairman of
the bonrd of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation. took Office as president
of the mechanical engineers last
night. succeeding William L. Abbott
of Chicalo.
Covers 100 Mile Range.
William L. Saunders. chairman of
the United ‘Btates vaal Consulting
Bohrd. toldl the convention of Mr.
Bperry's invention of an aerial tor-
pedo which had been constructed.
tested and perfected when the arm-
istice came and prevented its use in
actual warfare. It was designed to
destroy any sort of a target at any
range up to 100 miles.
Had the war lasted a few months
longer gr. Saunders said the Uni-
ted Bis so would have had 10,000
"flying guns" in nction-—- weapons
powerful enough to end the war over
night. He said he was restraint-d
from describing the torpedoes lio-
csuse the details of their construc—
tion and operation are Government
secrets.
Mr. Sperry is one of the country's
foremost inventors. He is the holder
of more than 400 patents. among
them these which first successfully
combined electrical elements and
mechanical parts in gyrascopin com-
passes and stabilizers for ships and
airplanes. He brought out the Sperry
are light eight years ago. it had
500 times the brightness of any are
light previously produced and is to-
day the standard searchllght for ar-
mics and navies of many countries.
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