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12/17/43
informed of a change in ownership in 1936, but had taken no action. FCC rules require notification of any change in ownership or oper¬ ation. LAr. Lafount, Mr. Garey said, first acquired stock in 193y and by 1941 had control.
Edgar L. Brown, President of the National Negro Council, sougnt to have a provision of the Radio law prohibit the broadcast¬ ing ”of terms of opprobrium toward any race, creed or color”, Luigi Antonini, President of the ItalianAmerican Labor Council complained that stations were dropping foreign language broadcasts and thus rejecting radio as a means of Americanization.
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FCC DISCRIMINATION IN PRESS WIRELESS CASE IS DENIED
Armed with another lengthy statement this one was 19 pages James L. Fly, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commis¬ sion, answered shot for shot the charges Josenh Pierson, President of Press Wireless, Inc., had made to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that his company had been discriminated against by the FCC.
Mr. Fly said, in part:
"Mackay and R, C, A. Communications have been denied more apolications than Press Wireless. * *
”In his testimony Mr, Pierson stated that the bulk of the business between Algiers and the United States is press traffic. The figures do not bear this out. For example, for the month of March 1943 the first month during which the Algiers circuit vms in oper¬ ation the total press traffic handled over the .Algiers circuit, both inbound and outbound, was 97 messages with a total of 9,284 words. This compares with a grand total for the circuit for the month of March of 494 messages and 34,053 words. During subsequent raontiis the proportion of press to other traffic has risen but it still remains true that non-press traffic constitutes a substantial portion of the traffic over the Algiers circuit.
”I have a table here wnlch siio^^s for the period from the opening of the Algiers circuit to Septemoer 30, 1943, the latest date for which figures are available the percentage of total traf¬ fic, both inbound and outbound, in terms of messages, words, and revenues, respectively, devoted to press, government, expeditionary force messages, and regular commercial messages.
”Mr. Pierson criticizes the Commission for acting on applications for these temporary licenses without a hearing. This criticism is without merit. Tne Commission has found it necessary to issue temporary licenses without a hearing because the exigencies of war will not wait while prolonged hearings are held to determine whether authorizations should be issued. Mr. Pierson, himself, with Justifiable pride, told this Committee how Press Wireless was able
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