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Heinl Radio-Television News Service
10/18/50
DAVID RAU IS NEW RCA COMMUNICATIONS ASST. V-P
Maj. Gen. H. C. Ingles, President of RCA Comraunicat Ions,
Inc., in New York, has announced that the Board of Directors has elected David S. Rau as Assistant Vice President and Chief Engineer.
Mr. Rau, a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy (as is Executive Vice President Thompson H. Mitchell of RCA Communicat ions, Inc.) became a student engineer with RCA in 1922 and subsequently served at many of its radio stations and the New York office. His major field of activity until the advent of World War II was radio station design. Mr. Rau designed WRG, the original Radio Corporation broadcasting station in Washington, D. C.
During the war Mr. Rau (a Captain in the U. S. Naval Reserve) served on the staff of Rear Admiral Joseph R. Redman, wartime Director of Naval Communications, as head of the section concerned with cable and radio communication facilities. In this capacity he served on committees of the Board of War Communications and the Joint Communi¬ cation Board of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Until this promotion, Mr. Rau has been Assistant to the Vice President in Charge of Engineering, Mr. Chester W. Latimer, to whom Mr. Rau will continue to report as Chief Engineer.
XXXXXXXXXXX PLANT PROTECTION GUIDES ISSUED BY NAB
As a result of the fact that considerable misunderstanding seems to have arisen concerning the procedure to be followed by broadcasters in securing plant protection and preventing sabotage, Justin Miller, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, has issued the following guides as ones which will secure effective action:
1. Do not approach your local FBI agent. He has no authority to act in response to your request for assistance.
2. Contact your local police departments.
3. Plant protection measures will be handled through your local police departments In cooperation with civilian defense organizations.
4. Prevention of sabotage will be handled through your local police departments. They will cooperate with the FBI in Washington through already well-established channels.
5. If for any reason a situation arises which requires action by your local FBI agent, he will approach you and Indicate appropriate action on your part,
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