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He Ini Radio News Service
7/31/46
JUDGE DAVIS, DRAFTER OF RADIO ACT, REAPPOINTED TO FTC
Judge Ewin L. Davis, Democrat of Tennessee, who was recog¬ nized as an authority on radio legislation during his terms in Congress, was nominated by President Truman and promptly confirmed by the Senate last week for another seven year term as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, beginning September 26th. A member of the House of Representatives for seven terms, 1919 to 1933, Judge Davis was a leader in the drafting and enactment of the Radio Act of 1927, He was Chairman of the House Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio and Fisheries during the 72nd Congress.
Previous to his tenure in the House, Judge Davis was Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Tennessee from 1910 to 1918, He has served with the FTC since being appointed to the Com¬ mission by President Roosevelt in 1933 to fill an unexpired term, and was reappointed in 1939 for a full term.
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FCC MOVES TO HALT ALLEGED FM LICENSEES* DILATORY TACTICS
In declaring that delays in the full development and util¬ ization of M broadcasting cannot be permitted, the Federal Com¬ munications Commission has ordered that, to halt alleged dilatory tactics of holders of FM grants and construction permits, additional information on conditional grants be transmitted to it within a maximum of 30 days instead of the former 90. The Commission will also review requests for extensions of completion dates specified in construction permits with “particularity ”, it declared.
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WAA ANNOUNCES SYLVANIa PURCHASE OF 2 PLANTS; RELEASE OF 3RD
The War Assets Administration has announced that Syl vania Electric Products, Inc., Emporium, Pa., has purchased two factories it operated during the war. The tube mount plant in Brookville,
Pa., was sold to Sylvania for $292,799.94 and will continue radio tube production and employ 800 persons. The Tono wanda, Pa. plant was obtained from the Government by Sylvania for $205,332.62 and it was reported this factory will take on some 200 additional employees.
A plant located in Ipswich, Mass, and operated during the war by Sylvania, is offered for sale or lease by WAA. It consists of a 2/5 acre land site and a four-story building with masonry foun¬ dation and brick bearingwalls. Special and standard machinery end test equipment for the production of radio and electronic equipment are installed.
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