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the form of a subsidy to broadcasters, and you will find in the 1934 Federal budget an item of over $600,000 coming out of the public treasury for the supervision of radio broadcasting in the United States."
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BELIEVED U. S. WILL LOSE AT MEXICO CITY
A conclusion reached listening to Chairman E. 0. Sykes, of the Federal Radio Commission over the radio, though it is known that he proposes to put up a real fight, is that the United States is bound to lose some of its broadcasting fre¬ quencies as a result of the Radio Conference at Mexico City which starts on July 10th.
In reply to a question from his interviewer, Martin Codel, as to whether or not we would have to surrender frequen¬ cies, Judge Sykes was non-commital but said, "we must recognize the rights of other countries", adding that "our broadcasting stations have no property rights as against the public interest rights determined by the Radio Commission. "
Assuming, apparently, that we would lose, Mr. Codel asked whether it meant another big reallocation like the one in 1928 when about 95$ of the station locations were changed. Judge Sykes replied:
"I can’t really say. We don’t want to disrupt things too greatly. One thing is certain, if changes are made, they will be brought about gradually. "
Another point apparent as a result of the Judge’s broad¬ cast is that a vigorous protest will be made at Mexico City with regard to the high-powered stations which the Mexican government is permitting to locate just across the border for the purpose of broadcasting to the United States. These are American broad¬ casters who were ordered off the air by us for questionable practices. What Judge Sykes no doubt will ask, diplomatically of course, will be how Mexico justifies such a policy. This may prove one of the major issues of the Conference. On this it is just a matter of whether or not Mexico wants to come into court with clean hands.
The London Economic Conference assembled in a Museum in the British capital will have nothing on the International Radio Conference which will hold its sessions in the Pan American Institute of Geography in Mexico City.
The delegation, headed by Judge Sykes, will leave Washington on a special air-cooled train, Tuesday, July 4th, and will arrive in Mexico City on Saturday, July 8th, the sessions of the Conference starting on Monday morning, July 10th.
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