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Lord Stanhope, President of the Eritish Board of Edu¬ cation, addressed the delegates over a short-wave system con¬ necting England and France with America. He emphasized the value of international broadcasting in teaching the ideals of good government.
From France, Jean Zay, French Minister of Education, said international broadcasting was an important aid to democracy.
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BROADCAST INDUSTRY PAYS TOP WAGES, U. S. SAYS
The radio broadcasting industry pays the highest wages to its full-time station employees of any industry in the country, Broadcasting Magazine, trade organ, quotes the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as reporting.
The average weekly pay is $45.12 for some 17,000 workers in 631 stations. This figure includes the salaries of executives. Some 5,820 part-time employees received an average weekly wage of $18.97 during the week of March 6th, the U. S. Bureau stated.
"If the week is judged as a typical one for the industry, aggregate payrolls for the year would amount to approximately $45,825,000", Broadcasting comments. "This figure, when checked against the 1937 financial statement for the industry prepared by the FCC (Broadcasting June 15) reveals that substantially more than half of broadcast station income (56$) is expended in pay¬ rolls, The FCC income tables showed 624 reporting commercial stations during 1937 had net sales of $81,649,718, and net income of $15,412,128. »
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OPINIONS IN WIRE RATE CASE ARE RELEASED
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday released its majority and minority opinions in the case of the applica¬ tion for a 15 percent rate increase by Western Union, Postal, and other communications companies. The dissenting opinion was written by Commissioner T.A.M. Craven and signed also by Commissioner Norman S. Case.
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