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The Commercial Section received a total of 5,515 appli¬ cations, as compared with 6,246 the previous year, a decrease of 731 applications.
The Administrative Section of the Local Division was called upon to render opinions in 6,242 cases as compared to 5,679 for the preceding year. A large number of these cases, the report declares, have involved new situations of growing complexity due not only to developments in the radio art, but because of the large number of applications presenting con¬ flicting claims or interests.
An assistant general counsel has been assigned to the duties of assisting the Department of Justice in the various criminal cases that have arisen throughout the United States due to violation of the provisions of the radio act of 1927.
In such cases the commission representative assists in the prepa¬ ration of evidence for the use of grand juries, assists in the preparation of suggested indictments and actually participates in the trial of the cases when the same are finally at issue.
The Research and Drafting Section reports that on July 1, 1931, there were 17 cases pending in the Court of Ap¬ peals of the District of Columbia, 2 in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and 1 in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Of these, 5 are still pending in the Court of Appealsof the District of Columbia, 1 in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, 1 dismissed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and 1 dismissed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, and 5 have been decided by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, affirming the commission’s decisions appealed from.
During the year, 39 new cases were filed in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 16 of which are still pending; 19 were dismissed and 4 decided by that court, affirm¬ ing in each case the decision of the commission appealed from. There were also filed during the fiscal year two injunction proceedings in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, both of which were dismissed, one by the court and the other by motion of the plaintiff. One proceeding was filed in the Cir¬
cuit Court of Appeals of the United States for the Seventh Circuit which was dismissed and tvio applications for certiorari were made to the United States Supreme Court, both of which were dnied. The total number of cases pending July 1, 1932, was
22 .
The report declares that during the past two years the equipment in broadcast stations has been completely modernized and broadcast stations are now being operated in accordance with "modern engineering principles”. Much improvement in the design of microphones is also reported.
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