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then he added that the entertainment would be at the street level* Now, I do not believe that that really is a correct representation of those directing presentday radio. I think that demeans the American public. The American public, all of them, want entertainment, but there are also times when they are interested more deeply and more keenly in things of more substantial worth. The National Committee on Education by Radio has persistently during its four years of study sought a solution for America’s problems which would cause the least disturbance to our present system. Men have invested their millions of dollars in the present American system and it is doing wonderful things. We are appreciative of the splendid things being sent out over the great chains. We are appreciative of the services they have rendered. Many of our own educational institutions broadcast over the commercial stations, and that is fine where it can be done, where the geographical and other conditions warrant it. The Committee has continuously sought for some solution that would give us in America the benefits of the public systems and private systems, so, anything I say today should not be construed as ill-tempered criticism of the existing system. We are not giving the criticisms of the existing system from any spirit of antagonism. However, in presenting our case'we have to call attention to some of the natural and inevitable limitations of the present system. The system which we propose, probably will have its limitations. It is difficult to find any human institution that is one hundred percent perfect. There are some inevitable limitations to the present system; they are ob¬ vious. It is controled privately; it exists for the purpose of making money for its owners (It must if it persists and continues). Its revenue is chiefly de¬ pendent upon advertising; therefore, the advertiser inevitably has the final word on many things. Being dependent upon income from advertising, it necessarily must seek the - 3 -