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8/4/39
Rumors that the Administration wished to revive the Pan American short-wave station project were met with the adamant refusal of the House Naval Affairs Committee to consider further the gislation feared by the broadcasting industry.
Mr. McNinch' s plans for enlarging the FCC staff came to naught when the House Appropriations Committee held up the Commission’ s appropriation until almost the end of the fiscal year and then recommended an amount approximately equal to the previous year's expenditures.
Proponents of a modem copyright law are planning to force action at the next session after public hearings early in the year.
Last-minute objections of the National Association of Broadcasters to compromise copyright legislation were blamed for the postponement. Most parties concerned, including members of the radio industry, were said to be satisfied with the revised legislation and willing to see it enacted at this session of Congress.
The measure will be studied by the Library of Congress, the Justice Department, and the State Department during the recess, and reports will be made to the Patents Committees of both houses when the next session opens.
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FCC DENIED TELEPHONE FUNDS; WALKER ON CARPET
The House Appropriations Committee for the second time this session cracked down on the Federal Communications Commission this week by denying a budgetary request for an additional 1210,000 to broaden the regulation of the telephone industry.
After a severe grilling of Commissioner Paul A. Walker, who conducted the telephone inquiry, the Committee revealed its dissatisfaction with the report filed by the FCC, the length of time consumed by the investigation, and its results.
Nineteen additional attorneys and other employees would have been employed by the FCC to carry out some of the recommenda.tions in the telephone report had the appropriation been carried in the Third Deficiency Bill as recommended by President Roosevelt
Commissioner Walker, who was the only Commissioner heard on the estimate, sought to defend the telephone inquiry and stated that many rate reductions over the country were traceable to the findings of the FCC.
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