Broadcasters’ news bulletin (June-Dec 1931)

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August 15, 1931 KEA DETEEiYIllSD TO FIGHT During the recent annual meeting of the National Educational Association at Los Angeles, Calif, the following resolution was adopted; "Education by Radio: The National Educational Association believes that legislation should be enacted which will safeguard, for the uses of education and government , a reasonable share of the radio broadcasting channels of the United States, " HOW GO'/EENMENT' CONTROL WORKS Following the refusal of the British Broadcasting Corporation to permit him to deliver an address on the Indian situation over its network, Winston Churchill sent a protest to Hon. John Whitley, chairman of the B.B.C. charging the broad¬ casting corporation with "sterilising or unevenly applying this new and valuable facility given by science," The British Broadcasting Corporation is a govern¬ ment-owned broadcasting monopoly. EDUCATOR GOES ABROAD Strong in the belief that European broadcasting methods should be applied in the United States, Armstrong Perry, director of the National Committee on Educa¬ tion by Radio, has sailed for Europe. Before sailing Mr, Perry told newspaper¬ men thot he has spoken ivith a number of delegates to the National Educational Asso ciation and the World Federation of Educational Associations and "not one of them expressed a preference for the American programs." All of them were opposed, he said, "to opening the air in their respective countries to commercial advertising. CHAIRM/OT S^iLTZMiiN BACK Major General Charles McK. Saltzman, chairman of the Federal Radio Commis Sion, v/ill return to his desk Mond*=y after spending a vacation at Lake George. GENERaiL ORDERS CODIFIED The Commission will have available , shortly after it convenes in September, a draft of Rules and Regulations designed to take the place of existing General Orders governing the operation of all radio stations. A large niomber of the existirig general orders have been repealed in whole or in pert or amended ivith the result that much of their content is of no value. The new rules and regulations will be issued in book form with an adequate index with the view of making it a useful handbook for all persons engaged in the management and operation of radio stations.