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5/25/43
against the commentator on the floor of the House, in which he said, in part:
"Drew Pearson, whom I defined as a slap trap, fly-by-night columnist, testified under oath to the Committee that he received his first information in connection with this boiler transaction from an anonymous phone caller. The person who informed him of my alleged fee, Pearson said, was an alleged friend of mine, whose alleged name he refused to divulge, allegedly giving same to Chair¬ man Andrew May in executive session. It is my understanding that Chairman Andrew May has refused to give that alleged name to the other members of the committee. Evidently Mr. May is not very con¬ sistent, because information that he secured in another hearing approximately 2 weeks ago in executive session was given by him to every newspaper in America that would bother to ask him for it .
"Personally, I know Drew Pearson lied on the radio and I know he lied on the witness stand, which, down where I come from,
1 8 perjury, and that the person's name he gave Chairman May was either manufactured and is fictitious, or else he conspired with somebody to agree to give this synthetic and bogus information. "
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WHITE-WHEELER SENATE RADIO HEARINGS POSTPONED
There was an eleventh hour postponement of the hearings on the White-Wheeler Bill (S-814) to reorganize the FederalComraunications Commission which were to have been begun today (Tuesday, May 25). The delay, however, was nothing having to do with the radio situation but simply because the Interstate Commerce Committee of which Senator Burton K. Wheeler ( D) , of Montana is Chairman, could not reach the radio bill due to the fact that consideration of the Rate Bureau Bill now before the Committee has taken con¬ siderably more time than expected. No definite date has been set for the White-Wheeler bill hearings but it is hoped by Committee members that it may be within the next week or two.
Expecting to appear before the Senate Committee and ex¬ plaining that the White-Wheeler bill is a regulatory measure for communications which separates radio from telephone, telegraph and other utility operations and re-de fines the status of American broadcasting, Neville Miller, Chairman of the special Legislative Committee appointed by the National Association of Broadcasters, said:
"The hope of free radio in this country rests heavily on this bill. In view of the fact that the Supreme Court decision of May 10 places broadcasting completely under the domination of a government agency, the Federal Communications Commission, new legis¬ lation by Congress is the only means of restoring freedom of speech, as represented by radio, to the people. "
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