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JOHNSON BILL MEMORANDUM - 2 - In a memorandum accompanying S.2231, Senator Johnson said that the FCC must make a decision in the matter of clear channel broadcasting prior to April 1 in order to meet the deadline (May l) for submission of U.S. proposals for revision of NAFJBA . Senator Johnson said that while the FCC is considering the question of superpower and clear channel. Congress may express with moral and legal propriety its views as a proper discharge of its duties and responsibilites * * * The Senator in his memorandum added that because of political, social and economic ramifications and consequences of superpower, Congress may properly consider the problems raised, which he outlined as follows: (li the matter of placing such great power in the hands of a few persons is to give those persons the power to influence greatly, if not formulate, public sentiment: (2) the need to furnish top programs to regional and local stations would no longer exist, thereby destroying economically 1500-1600 local and regional stations; (3) the customs, habits, occupations, economic interests, social developments and political beliefs vary from county to county , state to state and region to region, and a station of superpower could not hope to serve at one and the same time local and distant listeners; and (4) the type of allocation proposed would permit more effective and equitable use of those channels now utilized as clear channels • ■Vr-ic#