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2/18/44
In his three years on that paper, he organized and conduct¬ ed the first regular radio broadcasting service fob farmers oVer KDKA, Pittsburgh. In 1926, he organized agricultural service for l^BC at KFKX, Hastings, Nebraska, transferring the following year to Chicago where he opened offices and studios for NBC. Between 1926 and 1934, he served as Director of Agriculture, leaving in the latter year to become Manager of the RCA Department of Information. In 1939, he was designated RCA Vice President in Charge of Advertising and Publicity. He returned to NBC in 1940 as Vice President and Creneral Manager and in January, 1943, was elected to the NBC Board ofDirectors. He is also a Director of the Radioraarine Corporation of America and RCA Institutes, Inc.
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LABOR COUNCIL PROTESTS ^’NEWSPAPERS ABSORBING RADIO”
A resolution unanimously adopted by the New Haven Central Labor Council ’’opposing the absorbing of the radio industry by the newspaper industry” was printed in the Congressional Record (Feb. 17) at the request of Senator Francis Maloney ( D) , of Connecticut, It urged ’’that legislation be passed to prevent the continuance of this monopolistic trend. In the interests of democracy, a free press, and a free radio, such combinations must be dissolved and prohibited in the future if we are to have 'unbiased, intelligent public opinion in this country which is in the last analysis the basis of all democracy”
Among the arguments advanced in the resolution were;
’’The present trend in the United States of the acquiring of radio broadcasting stations by large newspapers is a threat toward the control of public opinion and the stifling of controversial issues from an unbiased point of view;
’’Control of radio stations by newspapers tends to restrict the information offered to the public to that which serves the inter¬ est of the newspapers;
’’Absorption of these radio stations by amalgamation or com¬ bining with newspapers is a monopolistic tendency and not in accord with the democratic principles of the United States;
”A distinct threat to democracy in the newspaperradio com¬ bine is apparent when we realize that it is operated for profit and not in the public interest when a confliect between the two arises;
’’Control of radio by newspapers puts the public in the posi-tion of getting only such news which is not influenced by their ad¬ vertisers, or in any way adverse to their interests;
"Control of public opinion through radio and newspapers be¬ comes a dangerous weapon for fascism as was the case in Germany when newspapers and radio stations were combined and used for Nazi propa¬ ganda;
"Whenever participation by many is replaced by control of a few powerful interests any further advance in radio is apt to be blocked since it may conflict with the profits of newspapers, "
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