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6/23/4S
The name of the Defense Conimunlcations Board (DCB) has been changed by President Roosevelt to Board ofWar Communications (BWC).
The establishment of labor management committees in ten General Electric plants brings to 900 the number of plants partici¬ pating in the War Production Drive, it was announced at War Produc¬ tion Drive Headquarters. One of the latest concerns to report the establishment of a Labor Management Committee was the Mackay I^dio & Telegraph Company in San Francisco.
Louis A. Zangaro has been appointed National Supervisor of the Communications Division of the National Broadcasting Company Traffic Department.
Reprints of the testimony of William S. Paley before the House Committee on Interstate Commerce last month are now being distributed with a card attached which reads:
"To those who are Interested in maintaining freedom of the air, this booklet is sent with the compliments of the Columbia Broadcasting System,"
War to the contrary notwithstanding, radio loudspeakers made of local materials have recently been produced in India under the guidance of the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research, Also the Commerce Department states that the manufacture of radio condensers is being studied, and magnets for the radio and meter Industries will soon be taken up for research.
An order by Leo T. Crowley, Alien Property Custodian, requires all persons claiming any interest in patents or patent applications now or formerly owned by nationals of designated foreign countries to report their interest, including any license agreement or claims of ownership by August 15, 1942. The purposes of the order, Mr. Crowley stated, are to locate and describe enemy-owned patents and interests in patents, to protect the rights of American citizens in foreign owned patents and in patents which were once foreign owned.
Robert M. Morris, a pioneer in radio broadcasting, has been called to Washington as a Chief Radio Engineer in the U. S,
Army Signal Corps, Mr. Morris started at WEAF as radio engineer when it was owned by A. T. & T. When the National Broadcasting Company was formed, Mr. Morris became Chief Development Engineer.
He later became Business Manager of the NBC RadioRe cording Division.
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