Broadcasters’ news bulletin (July 1932-Mar 1933)

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July 2. 1932 WHITS FORESEES HEW EEALLOCITIOH Senator White (R) Maine, former chairman of the House Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries Comieittee, foresees a possible new reallocation of radio facilities in the wake of the forthcoming Madrid Conference. "There will he a conference at Madrid for the revision of the international radio treaty," Sena,tor White declared in the Senate this week. "This interna¬ tional radio treaty makes an allocation, not to nations hut to services, of the entire ra.dio spectrum. It says what wave length and what channels may he used for ship-to-shore communication, for ship-to-point communication, for aircraft comuTunication, for point-to-point corarauiiication continentally, for point-to-point communication internationally, and it fixes the hroadcasting hands XYhich all the nations of the world must respect." "If that burden of reallocating all the radio channels in the country is placed upon the Ra.dio Commission," Senator White decla.red, "it will he a responsi¬ bility calling not only for its present persoiuael with all the resources now con¬ templated, hut it may pl'-ce a burden on the Commission which would call for very enlarged personnel aud additional resources." Senator Wliite made this comment in a speech favoring restoration in the Inde¬ pendent Offices Appropriation Bill an item for $12,000 for stenographic reports of hearings. Senator Copeland and Senator Smoot also advocated retention of the item while Senator Ccuzens at fiist objected. 1^6 item was retained bringing the total annual appropriation of the Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1932 up to $3bS,000. ADICERTISIHG GREATEST HEED Advertising must be increased to bring back better times to the 'ousiness world. This was the principal theme of the annual meetings of the National Asso¬ ciation cf Credit Men, National Retail Credit Association, the National Retail Credit Association, the Amevican Society for T^s'cing Materials and the National Retail Dry Goods Association. All of them agreed that they must redouble their efforts to "tell the truth to the general public and make that truth pay." WANTS SECOND-HAND TRANSMITTER J. Vega Gonzalez S en C, Guadalajara, Jai. Mexico, desires to purchase a second-hand broadcasting station of from 5^0 to 1000 watts power. Members in¬ terested should write to this company referring to the Bulletin. This company asks for the lowest price, especially packed for exportation to Mexico. RADIO BILL PASSED The Senate this week passed the House bill (H.R 750?) “O regulate radio equipment on ocean-going vessels using ports of the Cana.i Zone. The bill pre¬ viously had been passed ''oy the House.