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6/13/39
selves in the wishful hope that this rapidly developing technical art of radio will become stabilized forthwith. Nor can we delude ourselves into the belief that it is already stable. Neither should we be shocked to find that Inventive genius is continuing to change the very base upon which this industry is founded.
"This new industry, as the creator of an economic prob¬ lem which is at least worrying industries other than radio, finds itself confronted today with the potential economic effects of new technological changes in our own industry. Thus, all con¬ cerned are groping for methods to readjust a critical situation. However, this situation was created by ourselves and not by some¬ one else. In other words, being a product of modern technological progress and having been injected into the modern social and economic fabric of the nation, the radio industry now finds it¬ self confronted with some of the aspects of the social and economic effects of the very progress it has fostered. The opportunity is now given to this new industry to cope with a problem of its own creation.
"May I suggest that the solution of this problem is not insurmountable . It appears that the best general method of attack in the solution of these modern radio problems is to accept the fact that the base upon which we stand is a rapidly changing one. Having accepted this fact rather than wishing for some other kind of a foundation, we can proceed forthwith.
"We should also recognize the necessity for maintaining an existing business as well as for providing progressive in¬ creases in the employment of labor. Finally, we should avoid premature standardization of thoughts, methods and apparatus. We should avoid the pitfall of accepting the status quo.
"The industry should realize that immediately before us is the development of ultra high frequencies for high fidelity broadcasting, utilizing frequency modulation or some other method equally as efficient. Facsimile broadcasting is also on the horizon. Perhaps more fascinating to some of us, television is at our threshold. Of these various developments, television has apparently created the most difficult problem confronting the business enterprise in which we all have a part.
"In this connection I desire to invite your attention to a report made by the Television Committee of the Federal Communi¬ cations Commission which has recently been released to the public.
"It is surprising that the Radio Manufacturers' Associa¬ tion should request the Commission to approve standards at such an early stage of development. Personally, I have always felt that in this country private enterprise should be given the utmost freedom consistent with the interest of the public as a whole.
"Standardization at any time has a tendency to thwart progress and throttle inventive genius. Certainly premature standardization in television would kill the goose which we hope
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