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June 6, 1931
LAFOUNT AMOUNCES ITINERARY
Commissioner Harold A. Lafount has made public his official itinerary for his swing through the western and southern parts of the country. He has arranged stop-overs at various points to give him an opportunity to study at first hand ■broadcasting conditions in these regions.
He will esta'blish temporary headquarters in San Francisco, Calif, during the Regional Meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters.
His official itinerary is as follows:
Leave Washington, June 27; in Denver, Colo. June 29 and 30: in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 3, 4, 5 and 6; in Ogden, Utah, July 7: in Pocatello, Idaho,
July 9: in Boise, Idaho, July 10: in Portland, Oregon, July 12, 13 and 14; in Seattle, Washington, July 15, 16, 17 and 18: in San Francisco, Calif, July 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24: in Los Angeles, Calif, July 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29: in El Paso, Texas, July 31 and August 1: in San Antonio, Texas, August 3 ■''nd 4: in Houston, Texas, August 5, 6 and 7; in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 8, 9 and 10: in Atlanta, Georgia, August 11, 12 and 13: and return to Washington, D, C. Aiogust 14.
AMERICAN PLAN IS BEST
Radio "broadcasting in Europe falls short of the standard reached in the United States "because it lacks the human element, end gives the people wha.t the government monopoly thinks they should have, rather than what they want, declared Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington, in an address "broadcast from London over the Col\im"bia Broadcasting System last Sunday.
’’During my stay in Europe, I have traveled and investigated radio in England, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Holland, and so what I shall say to you will refer primarily to conditions in those co\intricsB or what I have learned there," the senator said,
"The two basic principles that govern all European radio are the absolute governmental control of radio programs, and the annual listeners fee charged to all owners of receiving sets. This fee varies from $2.50 in England, Denmark and Sweden, to as high as $6.00 in Germany, While the people with money in these countries make little complaint about the charge, I found the working people, es¬ pecially in England and Germany, complaining bitterly against the fee. They said that many, many poor people simply could not afford to buy a set and then pay a fee in addition in these hard times, and that a considerable number of set owners ivere dodging the fees. They have an interesting method of encouraging the payment of fees in Germany, All the first class tnr-atres in the large cities allow a 50 per cent discount on all theatre tickets to all patrons v/ho present a receipt showing they have paid their radio fee for the ciirrcnt month. The post¬ man collects fifty cents a month from each radio owner.
"Now, my friends, to understand European radio conditions, you m.ust remember always that there are 26 separate nations with 26 separate systems, broadcasting in at least 20 different languages in Europe. These 26 nations have, by treaty,