NAEB Newsletter (June 1958)

NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS VOL. XXIII, NO. 6 URBANA, ILLINOIS JUNE, 1958 MOTOROLA, INC. FIRST NAEB INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATE Motorola, Lie. recently became the first Industrial Associate member of the NAEB, inaugurating the as¬ sociation’s new membership classification for manu¬ facturing and industrial organizations. Mr. Philip Jacobson, manager of Instructional Television of Motorola, Inc. presented NAEB Presi¬ dent Burton Paulu with a check for $500 to assist the association in its work of serving educational broad¬ casting. This presentation was made during the NAEB luncheon at the Institute for Education by Radio-Television May 12 in Columbus, Ohio. An Industrial Associate certificate was given Motorola, Inc. acknowledging its “support, through the NAEB, of the noblest uses of Television and Radio as instruments of American Education.” The Industrial Associate membership classification provides for manufacturing and industrial organiza¬ tions who wish to participate in support of the as¬ sociation and the educational broadcasting movement. SENATE PASSES MA0NUSON BILL The Senate gave its approval to the Magnuson Bill May 29 , following a unanimous report of endorse¬ ment from the Senate Interstate and Foreign Com¬ merce Committee. The bill (S. 2119) grants up to $1 million to each state for the development of ETV fac¬ ilities. April committee hearings on the bill included the testimony of several educators and ETV broadcasters who spoke in its support for the NAEB. Sen. War¬ ren Magnuson (D-Wash.), originator of the bill, in¬ cluded statements of this testimony in his report to the Senate. Sen. Magnuson urged, “I think this is one of the most important bills this Congress will pass for the future of education, particularly in this fast-moving world of physics and science, in which subjects teachers are hard to find, and in which there can be some sort of mass education by use of the new and wondrous means of television.” In similar strong support, Sen. John Bricker (R- Ohio) stated his impression of the committee hearing: “I think it was the most inspiring hearing I have at¬ tended since I have been a member of this body, be¬ cause of the great promise which educational tele¬ vision holds for the people of our country. Everyone knows our future must rest upon universal education of the highest possible quality.” Under the bill, the federal government would finance TV broadcasting equipment by providing grants-in-aid up to $1 million to state educational in¬ stitutions or agencies organized for ETV purposes. NAEB AND OFFICE OF EDUCATION SPONSOR ETV CONFERENCE For the first time in nearly eight years, the NAEB and the U. S. Office of Education joined forces in presenting a Conference on Educational Television and Related Media, held May 26 - 28 at the Depart¬ ment of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washing¬ ton. At press time, it was expected that nearly 100 specialists both from education and from ETV and radio would be attending the Conference. This meet¬ ing provided the two groups with the opportunity to examine educational radio and TV’s current status and trends and to utilize a mutual interchange of views so that the relation of TV and other media to education may be established and a constructive course of action for the future may be determined'. The Conference brought together, for what may be the first time, basic educational and administrative groups with broadcasting organizations such as the NAEB, the JCET, the ETRC, and the television com- 1