Broadcasting Telecasting (Jan - Mar 1951)

1878 Jfrank D. 3cott 1951 JANK D. SCOTT, 72, retired ra3 attorney, died last Monday at ilm Beach, Fla., after a brief jness. Funeral services were held iday at his hometown, Alpena, ich. Mr. Scott had closed his radio m practice two jars ago, deiting his time travel with his fe, Jane, who rvives him. He d been spendwinters at lm Beach and n Diego, summing at his pena home, nong his clients i been WOR New York, KMBC nsas City, WKBW Buffalo, EVA Richmond, WHO Des tines and the McClatchy stations. 3orn Aug. 25, 1878, he was edued in the Alpena public schools ;i U. of Michigan. He was iduated from the Michigan law Mr. Scott O/Cf ' NEEDS Get Defense Priority IORITY ratings may be asned by the State Dept. to any terials it earmarks for maintelce and expansion of the Voice America under a government ulation issued last Monday, "he National Production Aurity said the Voice is "directly ited to the national defense eft" and gave the department aurity to assign any DO priorities deems necessary "to meet aufized procurement and construc;i requirements" of the internaial information program, 'he authority is designed to exite acquisition of certain maals and equipment essential to Voice program. Heretofore, Voice technically had been ted by military DO orders in quest for procurement of steel meet overseas antenna and ismitter needs authorized by 81st Congress [Closed Circuit, . 27, 1950]. PA did not specify types of erial and equipment required . operate and expand the Voice said they include those used in o and electronics, motion pic, and press and publication pment. he State Dept. was not among previously-designated claimant icies for assignment of DO ngs. These are the Dept. of snse, Atomic Energy Commis, Coast Guard, National Adry Committee for Aeronautics the Civil Aeronautics Admination. oeeifically, the Secretary of e is empowered to (1) apply figs to direct contracts and :hase orders, and (2) transfer right "to persons placing or; for materials." school in 1901. After practicing law and serving as city attorney he was elected in 1911 to the Michigan State Senate, serving two terms. In 1914 Mr. Scott was elected to Congress from his native district, serving in seven Congresses. He was a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries which wrote the original Communications Act in 1926-27. Mr. Scott set up a law practice in Washington in 1927, concentrating on a relatively small number of radio clients. He served as special counsel to the Federal Radio Commission in one of its first court actions. He was a leading citizen of Alpena and was an ardent supporter of civic enterprises in that city. While in Washington he lived at the Raleigh Hotel. He was a member of the first board of directors of the Federal Communications Bar Assn. NEWSPRINT 20% Production Cur Seen NEWSPRINT production may be curtailed as much as 20% this year because of the "acute" shortage of sulphur or some other factor, but the government plans no controls over the supply at present. These opinions were expressed by the National Production Authority before the House Interstate & Foreign Commerce Committee which opened hearings on newsprint and how it will be affected by the nation's mobilization program. Authorities have agreed that rationing of newsprint could have far-reaching implications on broadcast advertising budgets, touching on national network and spot billings, rate structures and other phases. Additionally, about 25% of the nation's radio-TV stations are newspaper-owned [Broadcasting • Telecasting, Jan. 8]. Gabriel J. Ticoulat, director of NPA's Pulp & Paper Div., told the House group that while the government contemplates no controls now, the nation's publishers face a shortage of 130,000 tons of newsprint notwithstanding the sulphur shortage. Continued curtailment of sulphur, he added, would mean at least a 20% cutback in newsprint production. NPA ordered paper mills, however, to set aside about 5% of monthly newsprint output (and up to 10% of other types of paper) for government use. The directive, NPA explained, "is not expected to reduce the amount of paper available for civilian production." Appearing before the House committee were representatives of the American Newspaper Publishing Assn., National Editorial Assn. and Newsprint Service Bureau. Advertisement From where I sit W Joe Marsh Slim and His "Ali Species" Slim Baker, who's always doing something crazy, had a lot of people smiling last week because his entry won a ribbon in the Women's Club Annual Pet Show. Seems as though Slim saw a strangecolored alley cat with no tail over at Central City and brought it home. He washed, combed, and brushed it and put a collar on it with a card reading "Ali Species." Then he enters it in the show. Hanged if the ladies didn't think it was some rare kind of cat and gave it a special award! When one of them asked Slim where she could get one like it, he said, "It's all yours, M'am —I can get an 'Alley Cat' anytime I want!" From where I sit, some of us are pretty easily "taken in" just because someone else says it's so. Whether it's awarding prizes or passing judgment on a person's right to enjoy a temperate glass of beer — let's take a good look from stem to stern, and learn what it's all about before making up our minds. if Copyright, 1951, United States Brewers Foundation O ADCASTING Telecasting February 19, 1951 * Page 51