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Helnl Radio News Service
7/24/46
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FLY NOW LOBBYIST; ATTORNEY FOR THE "POT OF GOLD"
( Drew Pearson, Washington Merry-Go-Round, "Washington Post}')
Former FCC Chairman Larry Fly was once a stickler for many things. Now he is a lobbyist for several opposite things. When he was head of the Federal Communications Commission he barred the "Pot of Gold" program from the air because it was a lottery. Noe he is attorney for the "Pot of Gold".
This week, Fly has turned another unique somersault. As FCC Chairman, he was strong against granting radio licenses to news¬ papers. He did not believe in monopolies of opinion. Also Fly*s best friend for 12 long years happened to be Franklin Roosevelt. The late President elevated him from a lowly lawyer to various posi¬ tions of trust and power.
This week, however, Fly is acting as attorney for John Ewing, Louisiana newspaper and radio operator, who was one of FDR's bitterest enemies in the South. Ewing helped lead the move to steal Roosevelt electors in the electoral college. He owns the Shreveport Times, the Monroe, La. Morning World and the Monroe News-Star, Station KTHS in Hot Springs, Ark. , and lists himself as owning Stations KTBS and KWKH in Shreveport.
The latter of these is one of the most powerful in the country 50,000 watts. Despite this, Ewing is now applying for another 50, 000watt station in New Orleans, and is boasting that with the influential Larry Fly behind him he will get it. It will be interesting to see if FCC members bow before their former chair¬ man.
Note Ewing has retained Clark Salman, a New Orleans New Dealer, as a front, • '.a***0''
Close-up of FCC Commissioner Hyde; He Defends Commission
(Elizabeth Oldfield in "Washington Time s-He raid")
Hyde has personality, a flashing smile which reveals beautiful white teeth and a rich, young voice. Yet he looks like a man who has worked hard by day and has spent his nights in study. His curly hair is prematurely gray; there are deep lines on the sides of his mouth and around his eyes. He looks tired.* * * *
Commissioner Hyde was born in Idaho and attended Utah Agricultural College. He came to Washington in 1924 because he felt there was a greater opportunity here. He took a Government clerical position and studied lawnights at George Washington Univ¬ ersity, winning his degree in 1928.
He went to the Federal Radio Commission as Disbursing officer. In 1934 and when FCC was organized, was transferred to that agency. He rose from Assistant Attorney to General Counsel, the job he held when President Truman appointed him to his present post.
FCC* s chief job, he says, is to study new uses for radio, provide for experimental use of frequencies and encourage the larg¬ er and more effective use of radio in the public interest,
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