NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1937)

I move this resolution be adopted. MR. ALLEN: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was adopted.) MR. HENRY: “Resolved, That the official acts of the Managing Director since the fourteenth annual convention be and the same are hereby approved.” I move this resolution be adopted. (The motion was seconded by several members.) CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: “Resolved, That the National Association of Broadcasters thank Mr. Arthur Pryor, Jr., of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc., of New York City, and Mr. Marvin Oreck of Oreck’s, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota, for their helpful participation in this fifteenth annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.” I move the adoption of this resolution. H. P. DANFORTH (WDBO, Orlando): Seconded. (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: “Resolved, That the NAB reiterates its position as favoring the issuance of radio station licenses for a term of at least three years.’ I move its adoption. MR. HUBBARD: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: It has been moved and seconded to adopt the resolution. Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: “Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the NAB be directed and are instructed to carry on negotiations with copyright owners to the end that a per-piece or measured service plan be obtained.” I move the adoption of this resolution. MR. HUBBARD: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: It has been moved and seconded that this resolution be adopted. Any discussion? MR. HART: I would just like to say as an operator of a radio station, I am not in favor of a per-piece basis. I think a reso¬ lution as important as this should be brought before more dele¬ gates than this. MR. HUBBARD: We have gone on record for this for five years straight. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: We will withhold action on this until tomorrow. MR. HENRY: This resolution will be slightly different from the mimeographed copy: “Resolved, That the National Association of Broadcasters en¬ courage the prosecution of the United States’ suit against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.” I move its adoption. MR. ALLEN: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: “Resolved, That the National Association of Broadcasters as an organization, use all legitimate means to fur¬ ther the passage of the Duffy Copyright Bill, and urge its mem¬ bership to encourage members of the Congress from their districts, to support this bill.” I move the adoption of this. HARRY C. BUTCHER (WJSV, Washington, D. C.) : Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY : “Resolved, That the NAB approves of the action taken by the Board of Directors in respect to the organiza¬ tion of the NAB Bureau of Copyrights, Inc., and the transferring of the property and activities of the Bureau of Copyrights to the new organization and urges the wholehearted support to that organization of all our members.” I move its adoption. MR. ALLEN: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: The next resolution was recommended by your Committee on Radio Promotion. “Whereas, we believe it is for the best interests of the Na¬ tional Association of Broadcasters, as a trade organization, to promote the broadcasting industry of the United States at all times in the best possible manner; therefore be it “Resolved, That a Director of the Advertising Bureau of NAB be employed by the National Association of Broadcasters, to work under the supervision and direction of the Managing Director, to advance the art of radio broadcasting in the minds of the people and to portray a true picture of the value of the radio industry, in its present form, to the United States.” Your committee suggests that this be referred to the Board of Directors. MR. BUTCHER: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: It has been moved and seconded that this resolution be referred to the Board of Directors for further action. Is there any discussion ? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: Another resolution presented by the Committee on Radio Promotion: “Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the National Asso¬ ciation of Broadcasters at their next regularly convened meeting shall designate one week of each year as ‘National Radio Week,’ and that said National Radio Week shall be promoted through the National Association of Broadcasters as the one week in each year in which all radio stations shall combine in their efforts to make the public radio conscious and furthermore to make said public realize the benefits which radio brings to them each day of the year.” I move the adoption of the resolution. MR. MYERS: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: Is there any discussion? MR. HOUGH: I am opposed to it. It sounds too much like Prune Week. I think it is entirely out of place. It is too much like Orange Week and Grapefruit Week. It smacks of commer¬ cialism. (The motion was put to vote, and was lost.) MR. HENRY: “Whereas, there has been introduced into the Congress of the United States a bill known as the Celler Bill, which would authorize the construction, maintenance, and opera¬ tion of a government broadcasting station, “Whereas, the existing system of broadcasting in the United States makes available to the various departments of the gov¬ ernment ample time for broadcasting either domestic or foreign programs, “Whereas, the existing system of broadcasting in the United States affords to the departments of the government the greatest possible radio audiences, “Whereas, the operation of a broadcasting station by the Office of Education is opposed by all existing federal and state laws respecting education, “Whereas, due to its official status, there would be great danger of utterances over such a station giving offense to friendly nations, and creating unnecessary international incidents, “Whereas, the enactment of the bill would result in a useless and extravagant expenditure of public funds; now therefore be it “Resolved, That the National Association of Broadcasters express its opposition to the passage of this bill, and instruct its Board of Directors to use all legitimate means to cause its defeat, and urge the members of the National Association of Broadcasters to encourage their Members in Congress to oppose the passage of this bill.” I move the adoption of this resolution. MR. MYERS: Seconded. CHAIRMAN HEDGES: It has been moved and seconded that this resolution be adopted. Is there any discussion? (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY: “Be It Resolved, by the Executive Board of the National Association of Broadcasters, that we express interest in the purpose of the American Foundation for the Blind to com¬ memorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first meeting of Helen Keller and her teacher, the late Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, on March 3, 1887, and that we endorse the nation-wide celebration to be conducted during the remainder of this year and the first part of 1938, as a tribute to these two great Americans.” We recommend that this be referred to the Board of Directors for suitable action, and I do so move. MR. CARPENTER: Seconded. (The motion was put to vote, and was carried.) MR. HENRY : “Whereas, considerable progress has been made during the last few years by the radio engineering profession, and a great deal of data has been obtained concerning the laws gov¬ erning radio propagation, interference, receiver selectivity, and the operating characteristics and efficiency of radiators, and “Whereas, the Federal Communications Commission through its engineering department has demonstrated its progressiveness and aided the broadcast industry greatly by its actions in hold¬ ing hearings, and otherwise, in accumulating advanced engi¬ neering information and correlating the same, and “Whereas, the ‘Preliminary Engineering Report on Allocations’ made public by the Commission’s Broadcast Division on Janu 2455