Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-04-28
RADIO CONTROL
BY COMMITTEE
Of z PROPOSED
Conference Approves
Wave Length Alloca-
ton of Prior Report.
Amateur Deputy In
spectors at ST. a Year
Advised for Policing.

Washington, April 27.-An advisory
committee of IL, to be appointed by
the president to assist the secretary
of cree in supervising radio COM
munication was recommended Thursday
in the final report of the recent nation
al radio conference as submitted to Sec
rotary Hoover. The report approved
the alocation of wave lengths to various
classes Of users-which was made in
the tentative report of the conference
and various suggestions of the i'm
provement of wireless communication
set forth in that document.
The proposed advisory board would
be composed of equal number of gov
eminent officials and civilians.
Control From Cabinet Urged
The committees report recommend
ed amendment of the radio laws to give
the secretary of commerce adequate
legal authority for the control of the
establishment Of all radio transmitting
stations except amateur, experimental
and government stations and the opera
ton of non-governmental radio trans
hitting stations, and stated the sense
of the conference to be that radio
communication is q public utility and,
as such, should be regulated and con-
trolled by the federal government in
the public interests"
Aim to Reduce Interference
1t declared that the types of radio
apparatus most effective in reducing in
! reference should be made available to
the public without restriction.
Among the other recommendations
was one that the secretary of COM
merce institute an immediate study of
the best geographical distribution of
| broadcasting stations, with a view to
attaining the best service with a mini
mum of interference and in cases
| where congestion of radio telephone
broadcasting traffic exists, he should
assign unsuitable hours of operation to
stations.
In cases of conflict between radio
communication services, the conference
recommended that first consideration
be given to the public.
Would Bar Advertising
Direct advertising in radio broad
casting service should be absolutely
prohibited, the conference held, and in
direct advertising should be limited I'M
der regulations imposed By the COM
merce department.
Relating to the amateurs, the COM
mittee recommended that the status of
the amateur be established by law, that
the limits of the wave band allotted to
the amateur be confined to the 100 and
275-meter wave lengths and that the
amateur continue to be under the juris-
diction of the commerce department.
The conference also recommended
the creation of amateur deputy radio
inspectors, to serve for 81 a year, for
the purpose of self policing among the
amateurs to obtain the observance of
the radio communication laws and reg
ulations.
Could Bar Interference at Once
The secretary of commerce should
be given authority, 1t was declared, to
prohibit at any time the use of existing
radio transmitting apparatus and meth
DDS which result in unnecessary inter
ference and the use of existing radio
receiving apparatus and which caused
the radiation of energy.
The conference further recommended
that the operation of government sta
tons be conducted in such a manner
as not to interfere with the Commercial
traffic and broadcastng, and that when
ever the government-Owned stations arr
used for the transmission of CONNER
cial traffic in broadcasting, they should
conform to regulations established b!
the m department.