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He ini Radio News Service
6/12/46
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Labor Paper Blasts Government Ownership of Radio (’’The Labor Union’* American Federation of Labor, Dayton, Ohio)
•’Ey comparison of free American radio, or press, to gov¬ ernmental owned and operated radio of other countries, one must only have been subjected to foreign broadcasts, such as the British Broadcasting Corporation, to have them spurned as did our service¬ men and women overseas; or to such monuments of propaganda and mis¬ information as Radio Berlin, Radio Rome or Radio Tokyo.
"In this day of controversy and infiltration of un-Ameri¬ can ideals the American press and radio have assumed a sacred ob¬ ligation toward the people.
•’There are those who seek governmental control of American radio under the guise of •sheltering' the listener of so-called annoying commercial announcements and programs, termed 'unfit' for the listener, *****
’’Governmental ownership of radio would soon be followed by similar ownership and control of the press; schools would soon be¬ come State schools and the church would soon be abolished or become a state church.
nJust as the press and radio have an obligation to the American people so have the American people an obligation to protect the freedom of the press and radio. "
Senator Wheeler Protests Truman Labor Move (Jay C. Hayden in ‘Washington Star")
Senators Wheeler of Montana and O'Mahoney of Wyoming went to the White House Wednesday to warn President Truman of the dire plight in which the Democratic party in the whole Rocky Mountain region has been placed by the President's drastic anti-strike move.
Just what these Senators said has not been revealed, but it is a fair guess that they told the President that unless some¬ thing is done to repair this situation, and especially the admin¬ istration's break with railroad unions, no fewer than eight Demo¬ cratic Senators from the West may be beaten.
Besides Wheeler and O'Mahoney, these are Gossett of Idaho, Chavez of New Mexico, Mitchell of Washington, Carville of Nevada, Murdock of Utah, and McFarland of Arizona.
St. Louis Mobile Radio-phone Service Working; $15 A Month
( "Editor and Publisher")
A reporter of the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat , on the invita¬ tion of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, had occasion to try out the new mobile radio-telephone system.
While riding through St. Louis* Forest Park, the reporter reached for the telephone under the dashboard of the specially equipped car and pressed a button. That put him in contact with
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