Community Video Report (Fall 1973)

HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED TO Just fill in the form below and mail your check or money order to: Community Video Report, c/o Washington Community Video Center, P.O. Box 21068, Washington, D.C. 20009. Check appropriate boxes: () Yes, I would lize a l-year subscription to Community Video Report, starting with issue number [ ]1...Summer, 1973 [ ] 2...Fall, 1973 [ ] 3...Winer, 1974 (next issue) There are two subscription rates: $2.50/person for individuals and community organizations which cannot afford the higher rate. For corporations, schools, universities, audiovisual departments, libraries, agencies, governmental bodies, other groups which can afford it, and the individuals representing such organizations, the rate is $10/year. Check is enclosed for ( )$2.50 ( ) $10.00 (_) Enclosed is a donation of the following amount to help the Center with its projects (All donations are taxdeductible). [ ] $5,[ ] $10,[ ] $15,[ ] $25,[ ]$100 [ ] other organization, if any address city Community Video center !OHUUEGUUAUNQNEOUEGUOQEQNEDNOQUEQUGOHONUONEQUOONOUEOUGGNOQQOUNOUGQUOUOGUOUEQUOGOQUOQNOUOQNOUOQNOQNOUOQOOUGOEOOQUOONOQ0QUOGEOOEQEQUOOEOUOQEQUEANGUOQOOUEONOOOOOOUUOOOGOOUOOOOCOOOOCOCOOTOAOOCUOTONUGTENT 2414 Eighteenth Street, Northwest -PO. Box 21068,Washington, DC. 20009 Jom the fight against Quello FCC nomination A coalition of community media organizations has lined up solidly against the nomination of James H. Quello to succeed Nicholas Johnson as Federal Communications Commissioner. Led by consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Johnson himself, the attack centers around Quello’s 28-year history in the broadcasting industry. ‘‘We have-long since passed the day when anyone expected independent regulatory commissions to actually represent consumers of natural gas, airline or telephone service, or television programs, said Johnson. But, he adds, “without the assistance of at least one Commissioner, it’s very difficult, if not virtually impossible, for Congress, the press, public or academics to uncover what the Commission is up to.” Nader called Quello’s nomination “‘a tragic mistake. On behalf of the millions of Americans.who deserve at least one consumer spokesman on this important regulatory agency, I urge you to oppose it,”’ he wrote Sen. John Pastore, who presides over the communications subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee, which must pass on such nominations. Both Nader and Johnson have asked to testify at hearings, which are likely to take place by late September or early October. Tracy Westen, Director of the Stern Community Law Firm, has gone farther and asked that at least one consumer representative be permitted to quiz Quello. For those of us working in community video, there is much at stake in this nomination. Certainly, Nick Johnson’s presence on the Commission has been a unique and rare voice from the darkness. And, with so many important decisions coming up, we must not lose this single contact we have with the workings of the Commission. To protest the nomination, write to any member of the Committee. Members include Howard Baker, J. Glenn Beall, Howard W. Cannon, Marlow W. Cook, Norris Cotton, Robert P Griffin, Philip A. Hart, Vance Hartke, Ernest F. Hollings, Daniel K. Inouye, Russell B. Long, Warren Magnusen, Frank E. Moss, James B. Pearson, Ted Stevens, Adlai E. Stevenson, John V. Tunney, and John Pastore. TO: The Hon. John Pastore, Chairman, Communications Subcommittee, Senate’Commerce Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D. C. 20510 NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Washington, D. C. 20009 PERMIT 45242