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11/17/42
CAN COOPERATE IN MANPOWER, SAYS FCC HEAD
Apropos the suggestion of the War Manpower Commission that broadcasters study their employment needs with the view in mind of preparing a ‘’manning table" to aid local Selective Service Boards in the replacement of essential men who may be called for military se3>vice, Chairman James L. Fly of the Federal Communications Commission was asked where the broadcasters would stand under this plan.
"I don’t think we have any specific rules on those things, have we?" was his r^ply. "We have done about all we can at this end of the line. I think we will get a very considerate attitude but I cannot say what their positions will be. "
"Your representatives are continuing with their conferences aren’t they?"
"Oh, yes", said the Chairman, "they have always been most cooperative on it. "
"The position of the broadcasters is quite confused at present is there any light on where they stand?" the FCC head was asked.
"After all, that is a matter for the decision of the Select ive Service and War Manpower people", he replied. "All I can do is cooperate with them studies and investigations and recommendations and help them understand ~ the main job has been done here largely by the industry, in arriving at definitions and the understanding of the jobs and functions. But we are not in a position to make the decisions. I don’t mean to say the problem is not acute; of course it is acute. And that is the reason we have such a great and con¬ tinuing interest in it, but the whole manpower problem in all industries is acute. "
"Should an individual broadcaster prepare a Manning table plan and atteraot to participate in this new manpower solution?”
"You had better talk with the experts on that", Mr. Fly
concluded.
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The Office of Civilian Defense announced that it has trans¬ ferred to the Navy Department its demonstration model of the Bell Victory Siren, believed to be the loudest noise machine in the world. It is operated by a gasoline engine and requires no outside source of power supply. Under unfavorable conditions the siren is consider¬ ed adequate to warn about 9 square miles in residential areas. Under favorable conditions it has covered more than 130 square miles.
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