NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1947)

1760 N Sf., N. W. WASHINGTON 6, D. C. 535 Fifth Ave. New York 17, N. Y. Taft Building, Hollywood 28, Cal. Phone NAtiona! 2080 Murray Hill 2-1963 GRanite 7166 JUSTIN MILLER, President A. D. WILLARD. JR., Executive Vice-President C. E. ARNEY, JR., Secretary-Treasurer KENNETH H. BAKER Director of Research ROBERT T. BARTLEY Director of FM Department CHARLES A. BATSON Director of Information ROBERT C. COLESON Assistant to the President ( Hollywood) RICHARD P. DOHERTY Director of Employee-Employer Relations DOROTHY LEWIS Coordinator of Listener Activity (New York City) FRANK E. PELLEGRIN Director of Broadcast Adver¬ tising DON E. PETTY General Counsel ARTHUR C. STRINGER Director of Special Services Here is the text of the letters, dated March 17th, which were sent by NAB President Justin Miller to Senator Robert A. Taft, chairman of the Senate Com¬ mittee on Labor and Public Welfare, and Congressman Fred A. Hartley,. Jr., chairman of the House Commit¬ tee on Education and Labor. (The two letters were identical.) “May I call to the attention of the House Committee on Education and Labor the position of the National Association of Broadcasters with respect to pending labor legislation. “Following full discussion of our Board of Directors, on January 9, 1947, of the secondary boycott, I issued, at the Board’s direction, the following statement: ‘The broadcasters of America support President Truman in his opposition to the secondary boy¬ cott. We only regret that he made any reseiwation in his recommendation for correction of this unsound practice. ‘The radio industry at this time reaffirms its un¬ varying opposition to the secondary boycott, in any form, and hopes that Congress will take im¬ mediate and decisive action to eliminate this seri¬ ous obstacle to mutually beneficial relations be¬ tween employees and management.’ “If the broadcasting industry is to be given the same protection as other industries, labor legislation should be expanded to cover ‘services’ as well as ‘goods and materials.’ “The secondary boycott has been the most critical, but by no means the only collective-bargaining abuse perpetrated by certain unions on the radio industry. “The broadcasters of the nation want Congress to enact a sound national labor policy which: (1) affords all parties equal protection under the law; (2) makes labor contracts enforceable and the parties thereto mutually responsible; (3) protects industry from juris¬ dictional strikes; (4) safeguards the economic system from such coercive and monopolistic union practices as featherbedding, the extraction of royalty payments, and the use of the union label as an instrument of boycott. “The appended statement outlines, in greater detail, our position on the foregoing points. “I trust that it will be possible to incorporate this letter and attached statement into the official printed record. “If you desire any further information as to our position, please call upon me.’’ (Full text of accom¬ panying statement will be found on page 231.) Three Department Heads Named by NAB, Bringing Staff Up to Full Strength (Continued from page 227) With the NAB going through the final stages of preparation to occupy its new, enlarged headquarters building in Washington, the filling of these three im¬ portant industry positions brings the Association’s staff of directors to full strength for the first time since the beginning of the war. Public Relations Head Mr. Richards, who joins the NAB staff on April 14, brings to his new position of public relations director, a highly diversified background of radio, publishing and advertising agency experience. Prior to becoming Broadcasting’s editorial director in 1944, he served for two years as assistant to J. Harold Ryan, war¬ time radio director of the Office of Censorship. From 1939 to 1941, Mr. Richards was production director at WSPD, Toledo. For three years, from 1936 to 1939, he was a member of the editorial department of the Cincinnati Post, where he served concurrently as an¬ nouncer-newscaster on Station WCPO. His first sta¬ tion experience was with WAIU (now WHKC), Columbus, Ohio, where he was continuity director for the station. His advertising agency experience was gained with Campbell-Ewald as a copy writer in that organization’s Detroit office. Mr. Richards was born in Urbana, Ohio, on Janu¬ ary 26, 1913 and attended the local schools. He gradu¬ ated from Ohio State University with a B.Sc. in Journalism. As a student, he served as editor of the University publication, the Ohio State Daily Lantern. New Director of Program Department Harold Fair, new director of the program depart¬ ment at NAB, gained his first radio experience during the industry’s infancy in 1921. A highly skilled musician, Mr. Fair’s broad interest in radio developed through his broadcasting activities as an arranger and pianist with several well-known orchestras. Fol¬ lowing several successful seasons with his own orches¬ tra, which he organized as a student at Northwestern University, he joined the popular Gene Goldkette or¬ chestra, and later was with Benson’s Victor Orches¬ tra and Fred Hamm’s organization. In 1929, he returned to his home town. Council Bluffs, Iowa, to take a position as radio announcer at Station KOIL, from which position he was promoted to that of program director. After a year’s experience with that station, he joined the staff of WBBM in Chicago. In 1931, he be¬ came general manager of WBEN in Buffalo. During the two years he was associated with the station, he was also associate conductor of the Buffalo Symphony ( Continued on next page) MARCH 24, 1947-228