Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1928, Page 42

42 IGNORES VAGUUM TUBE DISPUTATION By Counsel’s Advice, Com- mission Keeps “Hands Off” Radio Corporation Case. -, . Tnding itself without authority to intervene in any manner in the cele- brated Radio Corporation of America vacuum tube case, the Federal Radio| Commission, upon advice of its general | counsel, Louis'G. Caldwell, will main- tain a bands-off policy until it is forced to intervene by law. Suggestions were made to the com- mission that in view of the d of the courts in the tube case gra g a preliminary injunction agamnst the RCA on the grounds that its agreemeat with cértain radié manufacturers was | in confict with the anti-trust laws, the commission is directed to deny re- | b newals of the many radio lcenses held by the RCA and its subsidiaries. But Caldwell, in his formal opinion says there has besn no final edjudication mn this case, and conscquently the com- mission cannot properly withhold th2 renewals of “the licenses, under the terms of section 13 of the radio act. Lacks- Discretionary Powers. Caldwell merely informs the commis- sion that'at this time it has no dis- cretionary powers in the tube case. He says the merits of the case and the applicabllity of “sectiori 13 cannot be considered as -adjudicated until the hearing on the merits is held in the lower court and the final decree rendered. .. Should the case finally bz decided against the RCA—that is, should tag Supreme Court rule tnat by its working agreement with 25 radio man- ufacturers, making mandatory the in- stallation of RCA tubes in their sets, the RCA s violating the Federal stat- uies—then the commission will have 1o consider iis_jurisdiction, aceording 10 Caldwell. Even then it is ques- tibnable whether section 13 is appli- cable, because it is vague as to whetner “criminal proceedings only” are the basls for refusal to renew licenses, whereas the present litigation is ecivil. Caldwell makes it clear that, if, in the final analysis, the case is decided against the RCA, and section 13 is construed as applicable, then the com- mission “has no discretion in the mat- ter and must refuse a license.” Drastic Action Doubted. | But it is hardly likely that so drastic | & step will be taken, even If the case culminates in this way. ‘The.facilities involved are of such vital importance that it is»inconceivable to expect that any Federal authority would permit their , because-of a possible in- tnebm of. the law such as may be nvolved -in the tube case. be “to 4 deny. renewal of these only & small portion by the RC: opyright, 1928, by the Consolidated Press.) U.'S. TO EXHIBIT. The United States will show how it keeps the air in order for radio trans- mission and reception at the interna- tlonal exposition at Seville, Spain, next “the - frequency and field \of breadcasting stations. That is to prevent interference, discover “obr structions” generally to provide ‘Open Evenings " Kodel 150-Volt “B” Eliminator 2 | been THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. “Graham McNamee HEN we broadcast the Georgla Tech-U. S. C. game, at the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, January 1, the voice will make @ 7,000-mile round trip to New York before being, heard in a loud speaker a block away from the stadium. This is due to the fact that national' network broadeasting, for the present, must.flow from east to west, just as surely as the Mississippi must flow from ‘north to south. Tele- phone wircs are now engineered for one-way ' trips. only in_carrying ‘radio programs from one city to another. But even ‘with this present, and pos- sibly temporary limitation, -theydeveiop- ment of the national ‘telephone. system, in response to the needs of radio, has remarkable, and constitutes a splendid technical cchievement. There are now about 10 coast-to-coast broad- asts every week, employing more than 5,000 miles of telephone wire in inter- ty . transmission. This development come . about, for the most part, within the last five years. Previous to 1923, national distribution of a radio program was an utopian dream. Then suddenly technical advances began to be matched with an economic demand which made the expansion of wire con- nections urgently neeessary. As a re- sult, the telephone company has ac- { complished 10 years’ work in 5. For network broadcasting-—or rather for -the interstation carriage of pro- WE WILL DELIVER $ ANY RAD | grams—a telephone wire has to be ab- solutely stripped. Radio carriage, in- cluding the entire range of vibrations between a deep bass and a high so- prano, or between a bass horn and a plccolo, must have a play of from 5 to 5,000 kilocycles. This means that a carrying a program must be used for this purpose only. Furthermore, there is a vast amount of delicate en- gincering necessary, with special re- peaters, stepping up the vibrations, as they do on an ordinary telephone eir- cuit. An ordinary telephone wire does ‘fnot have to have these special fre- {quencies, and there is a margin on | which by-products, such as Morse, may | be carried. No Loss in Transmission. trip from Pasadena to New York over these specially prepared, delicately bal- anced wires, in approximately one- twelfth of a second, there will not be the slightest loss in clarity or. volume, no dimming or blurring, no leakage or obstruction of any sort. With hundreds of persons participating, on the tele- phone circuit and in the various broad- casting stations, and with innumerable sensative instruments involved, the effect, remote or near, will be the same as in direct broadcasting to a distance of a mile or two, so far as the essen- tials of audition are concerned. With- out the auxiliary telephone system, the longest radius for consistent broadcast- ing is about 75 miles. Of course, sta~ tions with high output power are across the oceans in remote countries, but 75 miles is about the maximum for dependable re tion. As the result of t| with the Nation wanting national programs and the radio wizards ready to supply them, radio is mow the largest single user of telephone wires in the world. Per- sonally, I have been intenscly inter- ested in the manner in which a new industs has thus stimulated and strengthened an old one, and has fitted into the widening pattern of communi- cations, now increasingly indispensable in modern life. In a recent public address, David Sarnoff, vice president of the Radio Corporation of -America, aptly phrased tha significance of radio in its relation to other industries. I quote from this address as follows: Listening Public Created. “The growth of the radio industry in the United States is now a matter of industrial history. Responding to the needs of radio service to the home, an When my volce makes the round |industry has arisen in the past eight years that now does a business of $500,- 000,000 annually. In this period of time a vast distribution system had to be created. The radio jobber and the radio dealer are new units in our in- dustrial system. For a long time the musical jobber and the musical dealer stood aloof from radio, they were wait- ing for time to determine whether a receiving set was electrical equipment or a musical instrument. “When the radio industry outgrew its first customer, the radio amateur, the electrical industry of the United States undertook to create a listening public. 1t was a unique experiment in indus- trial development. It was as if the pub- FRESHMAN and JORDAN'S THE GREATEST SHOWING OF MODERN RADIO A Radio Show Every Night Until Nine The Freshman High Boy This type radio has been a very popular model. We have sold hundreds to happy and satisfied owners. It is the style case that ap- peals to the woman who is careful in her selec- tion of modern furniture. '169 COMPLETE—NOTHING ELSE 10 FOR 10 The New Radio Sgnsation A radio that appeals to those people that wvant the unusual in radio tone and reception. This Freshman delivers the goods, it goes out and gets them, so to speak. 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Sources of Support Found. :“Just as the radio industry had to chart new roads of' industry develop- ment, so did broadcasting have to find new sources of support for mass com- munication to the home. “Not only has industry contributed greatly to. the improvement of the broadcasting program, but it has made possible the development and extension years broadcasting has become a vast educational medium. Certainly the phe- nomenal interest in the recent presi- dential campaign was due largely to radio broadcasting. The influence of the printed work is great, but the in- fluence of the spoken word was neces- sary to humanize the political campaign in_miilions of homes.” While I am not personally concerned, primarily, with either technical or eco- nomic aspects of radio, I am reminded daily that these developments are in- separable in interest from its artistic lnz‘ educational values. It is eco- nofnically important because it stirs new curiosity, new desires and new im- pulses to action among great masses. of people. For this reason it seems to me to be. more closely involved with com- plex llvlnf processes, involving all human society, than any invention since the printing press. Graham McNamee signing off. (Copyright, 19: . Caldwell Back in Chicago. Nate Caldewll, announcer, has re- turned to WBBM, Chicago, from KOIL, of the broadcasting system. In a few Council Bluffs. STATION GIVEN PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT AUXILIARY XYW, Chicago, Gets Authority to Build Extra Transmitter Outside City. The Federal Radio Commission has authorized station KYW, Chicago, to construct an auxiliary transmitter of 5,000 watts power outside of the city. 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