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7/26/44
”It is the Commission's policy to disapprove of trans¬ fers which obviously represent the activities of a promotor or broker, who is simply acquiring licenses and trafficking in them. Under the present state of the law, however, it is not clear that the Commission has either the duty or the power to disapprove of a transfer merely because the price is Inordinately high even though it may well be deduced that a substantial value is placed on the frequency. In the absence of a clear Congressional policy on this subject, we thought best to draw the matter to the atten¬ tion of your own Committee and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, "
Mr, Fly then gave a list of 23 such transfers and sales as he refers to which have taken place since January 1st and which total to about ^6,536,000,
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"THIS IS MY STRIKE"; PETRILLO DEFIES WLB AND COURTS
War or no war, election year or no election year. War Labor Board or no War Labor Board, Courts or no Courts, James C, Petrillo broke loose again, and was on the front
page of most every newspaper in the country today (Wednesday) with the most arrogant demands he has yet made. The pint-sized music czar declared in Chicago, according to the Associated Press, that he had ordered sixteen musicians at radio station KSTP, Minneapolis, to quit work immediately "until that management decides whether it wants the War Labor Board or the courts to handle this dispute. "
"Mr, Petrillo said that three months ago after a contract dispute the WLB ordered the men bade to work and they went back,
"*We abided by the WLB decision, we went along with them', Mr. Petrillo said, *Now this fellow (Stanley Hubbard, President of KSTP) goes into the courts and gets an injunction against us. Well, we're going along with the WLB, If he doesn't want to, let him say so and have the WLB withdraw. Then we'll get into the courts. It's going to be one or the obher, *
"A Minneapolis District Court has temporarily restrained the musicians from striking pending a hearing Friday.
"Mr, Petrillo said the Federation's Minneapolis local was not concerned with the present order, adding that 'this is my strike now* , "
To this the New York Times added:
"At St. Paul, Stanley Hubbard, President of KSTP, said he had sent a telegram to Mr. Petrillo at New York, stating that the station would 'withdraw all court proceedings so we can both await the War Labor Board's decision* if the musicians union's president would 'withdraw this strike'.
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