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- 26 - organizations as follows: The American Council on Education, The Association for, Education by Radio-Television. The Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universi¬ ties, The National Association of Educational Broadcasters, The National Association of State Universities, The National Council of Chief State School Officers, and The National Education Association. These organizations, prior to the formal organization of JCET in April 195l, were instrumental in presenting testimony, beginning in November 1950, which led directly to the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal for educational television res¬ ervations . Executive Director of JCET is Ralph Steetle, who is on leave from his permanent post as director of Louisiana State University’s FM station WLSU. The JCET mailing ad¬ dress is 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington 6, D. C. TV CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTES DEVEIGPING Word comes of several conferences about television education. In Pittsburgh there was a recent conference with the Mayor, the Mayor’s Committee and some smaller administrative groups. Emphasis was on (1) development of mechanism for cooperation; (2) financing; and (3) training personnel for educational television. Milwaukee had a TV Institute in the form of a Debate on the merits of educational television on commercial stations vs. non-commercial educational television station operation. McCarty, Hull, Tyler, Rasche, and Steetle opposed Wilkes and De Grace (Hearst Radio). In East Lansing, Michigan, a meeting of the Big Ten American College Public Relations Association devoted a full session to television. There was a good closed circuit demonstration by Michigan State and talks by Hunter (Michigan State), Garrison (Michigan), Rickard (Wayne), Armsey (Illinois Tech.), and Steetle. In Birmingham, Alabama, at a meeting called by Leslie Banks, local superintendent, the superintendents of the area and representatives of Birmingham College discussed problems of television operation including the financing of a station. They favored corporate organization with all groups contributing. In Memphis, Tennessee, there was a meeting with Julian Bondurant, President of the School Board, and a representative of Southwestern at Memphis, which discussed the recent attempt of commercial interests in the area to persuade educators to relin¬ quish the asterisked frequency. In a meeting at Memphis State College the dean and some department heads attended. This group agreed that the Memphis Board of Education would probably take the lead in educational television in that area, cooperation from the College. In. St. Louis, Missouri, there was a meeting in the Office of the St. Louis Board of Education. Present were Raymond Wittcoff, President, Adult Education Council of Greater St. Louis, and Chairman of Mayor’s Committee ori Educational Television; rep¬ resentatives from Washington University and St. Louis University, school superinten¬ dents of area and representative of commercial station. The group will report back to Mayor who will coordinate plans. Another meeting was held January 7 to discuss a national television network.