Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 31

HOUSE CONFEREES REVERSE N ADI Secrecy Dims Action of Mem- bers—Compromise Bill Was * Expected This Week. A turnabout attitude on the part of the House radio conferees just whén a tentative agreement on the matter of broadcast control had been reached. has brought about the latest delay in radio legislation The newest development in the situ ation at the Capitol is that the House members of the congressional com- mittee now want the original Senate compromise proposal, namely, that a | commission be appointed to sit for a | year, or until the problem of existing | conditions can -be cleared up; after which ordinary regulatory jurisdiction | shall devolve upon the Department of | Commerce, with the bhoard acting only on disputed matters brought be fore it In other words, the conferees have arrived at the point from which they started early in the present session of Congress. Moreover, it is quite likely that the latter control idea will | prevail in the compromise hill which | the: conference committeemen the; this week. | Reason Is Secret. The reason for the sudden change | of attitude among the House members has not been explained. Representa tive White, who has been writing the | radio bill with Senator Dill, says he | does not feel constrained to disclose | what has taken place in the committee | or hetween committee members. ] Up to Wednesday it was assumed | %the tentative agreement on the control | feature was acceptable to the whole | committee, only details and its word- inz remaining to be worked out by | Senator Dill and Mr. White. Its pro. visions were that a “judicial” com- | mission have full and complete dis- cretionary power, with the Depart ment of Commerce administering its | decisions. Settle Only Disputes. The control agency now wanted by the House members—for reasons of their own—is simply the Senate's original compromise idea, and the Senate members cannot very grace fully go back on their own plan. Nor are they likely to. The plan is this, simply: A com- mission shall be created te settle the present congested situation respecting power, wave lengths and broadcast hours, as well as possibly the elimina tion of certain stations. After a vear, or until its work is done, it shall sit periodically to hear and decide only disputed questions brought before it. In no way will it be an appellate board: it will settle disputes only. Routine, licensing and allocations of power, ‘wave lengths and time will thereafter be left to the Department of Commerce, and if its decisions are mot carried to the board within 30 days they shall stand. REPORTS “AIR PIRATE.” U. S. Radio Society Complains of Breach of Etiquette. The first official act of the United #tates Radio Society in behalf of the listening public, which it represents, was taken recently when -Paul A Greene, .managing .dicector, .reported a real “air pirate” to 8. W. Edwards, Federal supervisor of the ejghth radio @istrict, Detroit; Mich. Fans complained to the society that & station on a wave length between 275 and 280 meters broadcast risque stories late one afternoén. The stories were said to be beyond the pale even of parlor yarns. They were accom- panied by laughter of men around a microphone and the station signed oft without giving call letters or any clue tegarding its identity. Mr. Edwards offered to send a test car to help Greene locate the station, but appar- ently publicity given to the incident prevented a recurrence of this breach of air etiquette. plonaer broadcaster, till hope will be reported out | fi without through loans. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, [PREDATORY BIRDS FEASTING ON MICE RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONICHT. .Synagogue services f: Sixth Street Temple, to 9 o'clock Opera, “The Drum Maijor,” by the Music Lovers' Club, WRVA, 8:05 to 11 o'clock. California Fieids Prey for Hawks, Buzzards and Owls. Fourth anniversary celebra- tion, WMC, 8:30 o'clock e | BAKERSFIELD, Calif, January Georgia Minstrel Boys, | |21—It's nice weather for ducks in WGY, 9:30 to 10:30 o'clock the lowlands of Kern County near here, but it's more interesting for |owls, hawks, buzzards and other | predatory birds because of the in- festation of mice. Visited by rain vesterday, the area | bacame a fashionable place for birds | to light. Scores of feathered enemies { of mice took advantage of the rodent | migration and feasted. The fact | that some of their prev was dead, | poisoned by grain soaked in a lethal | solution, mattered not at all, and did not seem to have any effect on the birds. Although “Garden Scene from Faust,” the Chicago Civic Opera WRC, WEAF and other stations, 10:30 to 11:30 o'clock Show Beat, WLS, 11 p.m. to 1:30 am POLICE TG WEAR RADIOS PICKING UP STATION £ ® sued to Chicago’s noted pigeon-fed Set, Size of Cigarette Pack, to Be- | haci. foes of mice fn all forms are | being welcomed. The battle against the little creatures is beginning to |shew on their numbers and the | greatest job before the extermina- | tors now is to wipe out their original A | home in the lower areas set no iarger than a . | WILL HONOR PRESIDENT. President ;m Mrs. Coolidge are to ( | be presented with honorary member- ships in the United States Radio Soelety. Mrs. Coolidge is said to be the most interested listener in the Coolidge family, and since the President is heard ‘over the air probably more than any other notable personage, the society’s officials decided that both should be made members invitation has been is- come Part of Equipment in Passaic. 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