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RADIO INDUSTRY OPPOSES SALES TAX
That the proposed five per cent sales tax on radio is discriminatory, cannot be absorbed by the industry and must be passed on to the public, will be the gist of opposition against the sales tax to be presented tomorrow, Friday, January 22nd, by the Radio Manufacturers* Association before the Ways and Means Com¬ mittee of the House of Representatives. The hearing of radio inter¬ ests was arranged by the RMA and will be in immediate charge of Hon. Frank D. Scott, the Association’s legislative counsel in Washington. President Coit, of the RMA, directed, and Bond Geddes, Executive Vice-President, had charge of arranging the industry’s presentation to the House Committee.
Several prominent figures of the radio industry will appear at the Committee hearing. These will include President Ucit of the Association, Mr. A. Atwater Kent, of Philadelphia, Mr. Arthur T. Murray of Springfield, Mass. , President of the United American Bosch Corporation; B. J. Grigsby, of Chicago, President of the Grigsby-Grunow Company, and others. Vacuum tube manufactur¬ ing interests will be represented by a committee headed by B. G. Erskine, of Emporium, Pa. , President of the Hygrade-Syl vania Corp.
Considerable time has been granted to the radio industry by the House Committee for presentation of facts and data in opposition to the proposed sales tax. The House Committee will be told that the radio industry would much prefer a small general sales tax than to be singled out and discriminated against by a special tax, only newly proposed against radio and automobiles,
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SEES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP ONLY AS THREAT
A confidential news bulletin containing a discussion of current events sent to clients of the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, of New York City, by Richard H. Waldo, its president, contains the following reference to the resolution Senator Couzens introduced as a result of which the Federal Radio Commission was ordered to investigate the radio advertising situation:
"Couzens* threat of government ownership against the radio industry is merely an effort to frighten radio into making some needed corrections in broadcasting. . . . What Couzens privately has in mind is the subjection of radio broadcasting to the same advertis¬ ing restrictions as newspapers. ... What he hates most is Walter Winchell. .... Next to that comes any talk about tooth decay and bad breath at the dinner hour. "
Senator Couzens was also reported to have objected to the Lucky Strike advertising.
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