Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-28
RADIO TELEPHONE NOT
FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS

Washington, Feb. 27.-Use of the ra-
dio telephone for communication be-
tween single individuals as in the case
of the ordinary wire telephoe, is
perfectly hopeless notion Secretary
Hoover told the radio conference which
began today at the department of com
merce to devise means of regulating the
use of radio telephony in the interest OF
assuring the most public benefit from
it.
Within the past four or five months
Mr.. Hoover said such rapid develop
ment has been made in the art of radio
telephony that today there are more
than 600,0 900 wireless telephone receiv-
ing sets in operation in the United
States A year ago, he added. there
were less than $4,000.
1--WE are indeed today upon the
threshold of a new means of wide
spread communication of intelligence
that has the most profound importance
from the point of public education and
public welfare" Mr.. Hoover contin-
ued - =. Obviously if ten million
telephone subscribers are crying
through the air for their mates they
will never make a junction the ether
will be filed with frantic chaos with
| no communication of any kind possible
In other words the wireless telephone
| has one definite field and that is for
spread of certain predetermined mater
| ial of public interest from central sta
tions.
This he added, must be limited tc
news, education, entertainment and
commercial purposes and matter of i'm
| portance 20 large groups of the com
nunity at the same time.
| Primarily a question of broadcast
| ing. it is inconceiyable," Mr.. Hoover
| declared, that we should allow 81
| great a possibility for service, for news
| for entertainment for education and fol
vital commercial purposes to be drown
| ed in advertising chatter, or for com
mercial purposes that can be quite a
well served b. cur other means of com
| munication.'
| One problem confronting the confer
ence. Mr. Hoover said will be to wori
| out wave lengths which will permit tn
users in the different geographical
areas, at different times of the day b.
tuning their instruments to receive
great variety of entertainment, informa
ton and news but "even if we use al
of the ingenuity possible 1 do not be
lieve there are enough permutations t
allow unlimited numbers of sendin:
stations"
| Anyone who wishes to, he added
should be allowed to install a receiv
ing station, but the immediate prob
lem now was to determine who will d
the broadcasting, 'and what will be hi
purpose"
Representative White of Maine,
member of the conference committe
appointed by MIR. Hoover declared ther
was feeling on the part of some mem
bers of congress that there should nc
be any legislation arbitrarily assignin
wave lengths as in the present state {
a rapidly developing art, rigidly of cor
troll should be avoided. All congres
could do, he said, would be to lay dow
generally rules and set up a contrt
body with broad powers.
No opposition developed at the NEE
ing toward the question Of control an
Mr.. Hoover declared that It was or
| of the few instances where the countr
was unanimous in its desire for MOI
regulation
Most of those represented were sal
| to be in favor Of legislation placing II
control in the department Of commerc