We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
July 1, 1941
CAPITAL STATION QUITS NAB IN FURTHER CHAIN ROW
In keeping with the 4th of July fireworks, there was another explosion in the fight between the networks when Station WOL, outlet in the National Capital of the Mutual network, resigned from the National Association of Broadcasters. The main reason given was the charge that when he testified at the recent Senate hearings, Neville Miller, the NAB President, neglected to present the minority viewpoint. It was claimed that he expressed only the opinion of the majority. The Mutual network, headed by Alfred J. McCosker, has strongly supported the Federal Communications Commis¬ sion in its new rules and a number of Mutual stations, including WOR in New York, and WGN in Chicago, resigned in protest at the action of Mr. Miller in adjourning a session of the NAB convention at St. Louis without giving Chairman James L. Fly an opportunity to reply to an attack made on him by Mark Ethridge, of Louisville, a past president of the Association.
Here again Mr. Miller was accused of attempting to allow only one side of the case to be heard. Fly was later given an opportunity to reply. Though the Convention backed up Mr. Miller, nevertheless there was serious criticism of what was characterized as a “terrible blunder'* in his not giving the FCC Chairman an opportunity to reply immediately.
As a result apparently, instead of leading the battling forces in the Senate, Mr. Miller seemed to take a very minor part in the Capitol proceedings and sat at the witness table day after day almost like the “forgotten man**. When finally Miller did testify, his statement entirely lacking the fire of his St. Louis and previous challenges, was a very tame affair.
In his letter of resignation from the NAB, William B. Dolph, General Manager of WOL, questioned whether the memorandum presented to the Senate Committee by Mr. Miller “represents the viewpoint of the majority of the industry'*, and added:
"But assuming that it does, where is the report represent¬ ing the minority? Certainly NAB as a trade association of the industry, if it undertakes a reportorial service, is duty bound to furnish an imbiased account of the proceedings. I have carefully followed the reports of NAB since the start of the hearings on June 2. Each and every one of these reports has presented only the * majority* viewpoint. There can be no valid excuse for such undemocratic treatment to your constituent members, be they in the majority or the minority, “
XXXXXXXXXX 2