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NAKB News Letter©.. Sopto 15 , 1959 Page 18 willing to sa$ that it might be one way in which educational stations might be able to compete with soma of the day* time serials as long as you haven’t got the money to have special day-time serials written which live up to the standards of your work© So we will report about thlgi program nd hop© that other stations will have the advantage of following this example© Another station has a program ©specially &ir© 55 te& toward an active religious movement which is very successful© That gives us the idea that altogether you might not be insisting enough upon special interest programs© 1 don’t know* for instance, of one educational station which would put on programs especially directed toward labor groups and unions© I don’t mean at all that it has to be a political program© The mere fact that it addresses itself to such a numerically large group as organised labor might make such an undertaking an asset for a station© There are no general rules for this side of our fellows’ work© They are perpetually on the lookout for especially successful programs, and frankly speaking, also for outstanding flops© We hop© that as time goes on ,we will centralise at our offloo a body of experience which we shall disseminate to all of you© "I cannot say more in such a short time as is assigned to this address, so let me turn the table and tell you what you educational broadcasters could do for us research people© We are badly in need of finding out from you what you want to know. There are so many things on whioh we could do research', and wSTiave to make decisions without really being sure whether we look for the right things© By all means, do let us know as problems com© up in your daily work© Sometimes we might be able to answer your questions from our files© Sometimes, we might be able to send someone out and look for an answer locally* But oven if we have to confess a lack of knowledge, yo\i would still help us tremendously by keeping our work geared to what you really need© Research is, after all, service to those who act in socially responsible positions© Your broadcasts and our studies will be the better the more w© know of one another and the closer we stay in touch©” Directed by Wright, many of the subjects listed for discussion on the program, brought forth much thought and many opinions© Some of the expressed opinions resulted in definite action by NA3SB, which was taken at' the afternoon business session and whioh will ba found reported in the following section of this report© THE BUSINESS SESSION Brief reports were mad© by the retiring president, treasurer, 'and executive secretary of R&EB© The financial report of Prof© Griffith shows NAEB to be in the black, a record that has stood for, many years© Action taken will be found in the following resolutions, ail un¬ animously adopted: - - Whereas Mayor F. H© LaGuardia has pending an application before the Federal Communications Commission requesting that existing rules b© amended so that non- commercial, educational broadcasting station® be permitted to rabroaduast programs from the high frequency and inter¬ national shortwave stations, and Whereas W1XAL has agreed to expand its program service and include