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THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BROADCASTING STATIONS August 9, 1934 Office of Executive Secretary Norman, Oklahoma To Members a£ the Association : Some weeks ago we advised you in a special bulletin of the recent developments for the project of securing recordings of various federal government groups for circulation among members of our organization. Since releasing this bulletin, we have had letters dealing with this matter both from our members in response to the bulletin, and additional letters from government officials. In this bulletin, we are quoting letters indicating the reactions of our various Association members relative to the project first, and following this the addi¬ tional correspondence from various departments of the federal government, offer¬ ing their cooperation. Before going into this particular item, however, I wish to call your attention to the item listed below: ! All members of the Association have received special announcements from President Joe Wright in the past few days, urging your atten- I j dance at the annual Association convention to be held in Kansas j City on September 10 and 11* Indeed, this promises to be the most J outstanding and important meeting our Association has held during j I the years of its service to member stations* It behooves each and I every station director to begin immediate plans to bring a large i j number of his co-workers to this very important conference* Presi- j i dent Wright has corresponded with you by bulletins giving some of j ! the veiy important problems to come before this meeting* Every ; member station of the Association should have one representative ' i j and, if possible, several additional members of its staff present* Some of the stations are organizing parties and as many as four representatives from those stations will be in attendance. This concerns our future * Many important items directly bearing on problems involving your institution must be discussed and settled j ! in this convention. Won't you write President Joe Wright at the University of Illinois today stating that you will be present with us and also advise him how many delegates will be present from your institution. I Letters received from the membership since our last bulletin are as follows: From J. C. JENSEN, THE NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: "Was glad to hear from you again, even though it was only through a circular letter, and to learn that you are still vrorking on that project of getting special transcriptions of governmental and scientific material for use by the college broadcasting stations. It seems to me that the following aspects of the problem tsust be given consideration, probably in the order named: "1. Source of revenue. $5000 to $10000 per year for five years will be needed, according to the scope of the work planned and whether the material is