Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1943)

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11/19/43 SAYS RADIO CAN SUPPLEMENT WITH ISim FILMS An intensified use of nontheatrical motion pictures and complete mobilization of all 16mm film projectors in the nation for tne war information program were recommended by the National Advisory and Policy Committee on NonTheatrical Films which has Just closed a two-da,y meeting with the Bureau of Motion Pictures of the Office of War Information. Representatives of eight national organizations met with Stanton G-riffis, Chief of the Bureau of Motion Pictures, and C. R. Reagan, head of the Bureau’s NonTheatrical Division. Promising the fullest possible effort in the forthcoming '^urth War Loan Drive, the Committee passed a series of resolutions and suggestions indicating ways and means in which 16 mm films can supnlement press and radio in bringing war information to the Deoole. The Committee urged, among other things, the full utiliza¬ tion of the existing mass media -orint, radio, and motion pictures to meet the demands of the general public for comolete and detailed information on the progress of the war. xxxxxxxx SEN. BYRD HAS WOMEN’S CLUBS RADIO RESOLUTIONS PRINTED Although the meeting took place sometime ago. Senator Byrd ( D) , of Virginia, had two resolutions adopted by the General Federa¬ tion of Women’s Clubs printed in the Congressional Record of November 9th. They were : ”Re solved, That the Board of Directors of the General Feder¬ ation of Women's Clubs, in meeting assembled in Swampscott, Mass,, ask that Congress thoroughly review the legislation governing the regulation of radio, and specifically limit the power of the Commis¬ sion to regulate the physical aspects of communication by radio; and tnat specific provisions be written into the law to the end that no Government agency shall be clothed with any power whatsoever over the program content of this greatest of all systems of mass communication." "Resolved, Tnat the Board of Directors of the General Fedf eration of Women’s Clubs, in meeting assembled in Swampscott, Mass., hereby urges the Director of the United States Conciliation Service 1 to certify this (Petrillo record and transcriotion) dispute to the 1 National War Labor Board for appropriate disposition if conciliation H fails to bring settlement within a reasonable time; and be it further "Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the General Fed¬ eration of Women’s Clubs urges the National War Labor Board to give prompt consideration to this orolonged strike, if and when it is certified to the Board. " XXXXXXXXXX 10