Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-28
HOOVER COMFORTS
RADIO AMATEURS
No Purpose to Restrict Use Of
Wireless Phone, Secre-
tary Says
W0 UL0 BLOCK MONOPOLY

washington. Feb. 2S.--Belief on the
part OF amateur users of radio telephone
apparatus that the radio conference now
in session was directed toward restrict
ing amateurs in their development OF
wireless telephony, expressed bv Pau
+. Cooley. OF Cedar Grove. N. j.. rep
resenting the American Radio Relay
League, brought from Secretary Hoover
at today's meeting a vehement denial
That the conference had such n pur.
pose.
MIR. Hoover declared whoever started
such report was "maliciously fabri
eating. The Secretary asserted that
the primary purpose Of the conference
was for the protection and encourage.
ment Of amateurs in the use OF the new
means of communication.
Mr.. Cooley. who was the first to an :
pear before the conference today. said
he appeared on behalf of amateurs Of
the country who were upset over the
way they thought the conference was
starting out" The interference com
plaincd Of BY the various broadcasting
concerns, Mr.. Cooley asserted. came
from "a conglomeration Of commercial
usage of an indiscriminate character"
rather than from the activities of ANA =
teurs. and was due largely TO the type
OF apparatus being sold by the manu-
facturers.
Mr.. Cooley urged legislation restrict.
ing the sale Of types OF receiver sets OF
this character. and suggested a wave
length Of $50 TO 275 meters for ana :
teurs. BrOadcasting stations, he said,
should be placed on a length Of from
1900 to 1900 meters. as Under the pres.
eat wave length Of 450 meters maximum
interference was encountered.
X. r. Warner. Of Hartford. Conn,
secretary of the Relay League. also
spoke on behalf Of amateurs, who he
said, felt keenly the need for Govern
ment regulation. He said amateurs
generally were willing to pay fee for
license.
On behalf Of the Westinghouse
Manufacturing Company i. c. Krumm.
answering criticism Of the equipment
made by that concern by Mr.. Cooley.
said it would be only fair to develop
that Mr.. Cooley "besides appearing on
behalf Of amateurs. was also a manu-
facturer of a single knob receiver" /"
Godlex> denied he was manufacturer.
A legal committee was appointed.
with Representative White, of Maine,
as chairman. A committee Of amateurs
was headed by Hiram Percy Maxim. Of
Hartford. Conn.
Possibilities Of telephoning without
wires across continents and oceans were
unfolded in the conference. Facts and
figures adduced by the Secretary Of
Commerce and other speakers por-
trayed wondrous and revolutionary
future for the new and undeve,cped
science OF long distance Transmission.
Euay, 10 okn yvprfhv
Of the consideration Of Jules Verne.
America since the end Of last year has
become inHamed with practica! enthu.
siasm for radio telephony. A million
persons. more or less. are operating
their own receiving apparatus. The
great electrical manufacturing concerns
Of the country cannot fill their orders
for individual receiving stations"
The most striking revelation evoked
at the opening session was the admis-
sion by interested parties that a five
power pact" for control Of professional
radio is in virtual existence. The
United States Government has not been
unaware of such a combination. In
deed, the Government seeks Federal in
tervention without delay in order that
the illimitable possibilities Of radio
telephony may not become private
monopoly. through "squatters' rights
Secretary Hoover invited fourteen
men. all experts or keenly interested in
radio work. TO serve as members of the
Radio Committee.
Nearly hundred authorities have
been invited TO appear before the con-
ference. Mayor Moore. Of Philadel-
pha, is named as one who will prob
ably testify before the conference at
Inter sessions.