NAB reports (Mar-Dec 1933)

EDUCATORS CAMPAIGN WITH CARDS Post cards are the newest weapons being utilized by the edu¬ cators in their campaign to destroy the American radio system. The cards seek to enlist the help of the general public in the effort of a certain group of educators to force a Congressional investiga¬ tion of radio after January 1. The card carries the return address of Dr. Tracy F. Tyler, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., the address being the same as that of the National Education Association which has generously supported the activities of the National Committee on Education by Radio which was set up during the Hoover adminis¬ tration and made a vigorous fight for adoption of the Fess 15per cent bill. The post card condemns the present system of radio and praises the Canadian system of government ownership. Following is the text matter appearing on the cards: “Radio is one of the most frequently discussed questions before the American people today. There is a tremendous amount of dis¬ satisfaction with radio broadcasting. It is doing something to American life. Mr. Average Citizen, altho he knows there is something fundamentally wrong with the American radio prac¬ tise, has been led to believe that he is fortunate to get free radio programs and therefore should praise rather than condemn. He does not realize that the listener’s investment is fifty times that of the broadcaster’s and hence should receive first consideration; that the United States is the only country in the world that sup¬ ports its radio entirely from the sale of advertising; that after a thorogoing, impartial study the Canadian Parliament decided unanimously against the haphazard, advertising-controlled radio as practised in the United States; that in spite of all that might be gained from it, the United States has never made a thoro¬ going, impartial Congressional study of radio. If he knew these things and many others, which have been carefully concealed from him by the selfish interests who profit from a continuance of the present broadcasting practise, he would rise up and use his in¬ fluence upon the Congress to secure a Congressional study of radio. “May we count on your assistance when Congress convenes in securing the passage of a measure or measures to provide for a thorogoing and impartial Congressional study of radio broadcast¬ ing to serve as a basis for future legislation? . . NAB PREPARING DEBATE MATERIAL “Broadcasting in the United States,” a 176-page volume con¬ taining articles supporting the American system of radio control is being prepared by the National Association of Broadcasters in order to meet the demand of high school and college students for material for use in connection with the radio control debate pro¬ posed by the National University Extension Association. Hundreds of requests have been received by the NAB and it has become necessary to print the material that has been collected. The mate¬ rial is now in the hands of the printer. NAB members are urged to forward all requests for debate material to NAB Headquarters. The NAB publication is included in a list of debate references compiled by Dr. Cline M. Koon, senior specialist in Education by Radio, and sent out by the Office of Education, Department of Interior. The list of references follows: 1. Advisory Committee on Education by Radio, REPORT. Columbus, Ohio., F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1930. 246 p. Out of print. 2. ***Aly, Bower, and Shively, Gerald D. DEBATE HAND¬ BOOK. Columbia, Mo., Staples Publishing Co., 1933. 224 p. cents. 3. ***Aly, Bower, and Shively, Gerald D. SUPPLEMENT TO THE DEBATE HANDBOOK. Columbia, Mo., Staples Pub¬ lishing Co., 1933. 224 p. 75 cents. 4. **Baden, A. L. SELECT LIST OF REFERENCES ON THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF RADIO BROAD¬ CASTING IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Washington, D. C., Division of Bibliography, U. S. Library of Congress. Free. 5. *British Broadcasting Corporation. BRITISH BROADCAST¬ ING CORPORATION PUBLICATIONS, Summer, 1933. New York, N. Y., British Library of Information, 270 Madi¬ son Ave., 1933. 15 p. Free. 6. ^British Broadcasting Corporation. B. B. C. YEAR-BOOKS. New York, N. Y., British Library of Information, 270 Madison Ave., 1930-1934. 5 vols. 85 cents each. 7. * Broadcasting , Fortnightly, Broadcasting Publishing Co., Na¬ tional Press, Building, Washington, D. C. 15 cents a copy, $3.00 a year. Will carry special articles on the debate dur¬ ing the present school year. 8. **Buehler, E. C. AMERICAN VS. BRITISH SYSTEM OF RADIO CONTROL. New York, N. Y., The H. W. Wilson Co., 1933. 361 p. 90 cents. 9. Burrows, A. R. BROADCASTING ABROAD. New York, N. Y., National Advisory Council on Radio in Education, 60 East 42d St., 1932. 84 p. Free. 10. * Education by Radio, Periodical. Washington, D. C., National Committee on Education by Radio, 1201 16th St., N. W. Free to schools. Will carry special articles on the debate during the present school year. 11. *FederaI Radio Commission. COMMERCIAL RADIO AD¬ VERTISING. Senate Document No. 137. Seventy-second Congress, 1st Session. Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office, 1932. 201 p. 15 cents. 12. **Hall, T. H. CURRENT CONFLICTING VIEWS ON AMERICAN VS. BRITISH BROADCASTING. Chicago, Ill., National Research Bureau, 210 East Erie Street, 1933. 277 p. $2.25. 13. ^Hettinger, Herman S. A DECADE OF RADIO ADVERTIS¬ ING. Chicago, Ill. The University of Chicago Press, 1933. 354 p. $3.00. 14. International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation. SCHOOL BROADCASTING. Boston, Mass., World Peace Founda¬ tion, 40 Mount Vernon St., 1933. 210 p. $2.00. 15. Lingel, Robert. EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press, 1932. 162 p. $1.50. 16. *MacLatchy, Josephine H., Editor. EDUCATION ON THE AIR. Columbus, Ohio, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State University, 1930-1933. 300-400 p. 4 vols. $3.00 each. 17. **National Association of Broadcasters. BROADCASTING IN THE UNITED STATES. Washington, D. C., National Association of Broadcasters, National Press Building, 1933. 175 p. Free. 18. *Perry, Armstrong. RADIO AND EDUCATION. Office of Education Bulletin, 1931, No. 20. Washington, D. C., Gov¬ ernment Printing Office, 1932. 23 p. 5 cents. 19. **Phelps, Edith M. British System of Radio Control. In UNIVERSITY DEBATERS’ ANNUAL. New York, N. Y., The H. W. Wilson Co., 1933. pp. 97-133. $2.25. 20. **Rankin, E. R., Editor. RADIO CONTROL AND OPERA¬ TION. Chapel Hill, N. C., University Extension Division, University of North Carolina, 1933. 90 p. 59 cents. 21. *Reports, ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY. New York, N. Y„ National Broadcasting Co., Radio City, 1928-1933. 50-75 p. each. 6 vols. Free. 22. *Schmeckebier, Laurence F. THE FEDERAL RADIO COM¬ MISSION: ITS HISTORY, ACTIVITIES AND ORGAN¬ IZATION. Washington, D. C., The Brookings Institution, 1932. 162 p. $1.50. 23. **The Congressional Digest. Debate Number. THE AMER¬ ICAN VS. THE BRITISH SYSTEM OF RADIO CON¬ TROL. Washington, D. C., Congressional Digest, Munsey Building. August-September, 1933. 33 p. 50 cents. 24. Tyler, Tracy F., Director. AN APPRAISAL OF RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND SEPARATE STATE UNIVERSITIES. Washington, D. C., National Committee on Education by Radio, 1201 16th Street, N. W., 1933. 224 p. Free to State, city and university libraries. 25. *Tyson, Levering, Editor. RADIO AND EDUCATION. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press, 1931-1933. 275-300 p. 3 vols. $3.00 each. 26. *Tyson, Levering. WHAT TO READ ABOUT RADIO. New York, N. Y., The National Advisory Council on Radio in Education, 60 East 42d Street, 1933. 30 p. 25 cents. 27. -Whitney, Edward S. EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Madison, Wis., The De¬ partment of Debating and Public Discussion, The University of Wisconsin, 1931. 15 p. (Mimeographed). 10 cents. * Good source material. Parts bear directly on the debate. ** Prepared especially for the debate. *** The official debate handbook. Page 208