Evening star., 1924-04-20
Mere Funds Needed.

II Secretary Hoover is TO patrol the
ether for fans and commercial and
other interests, he may have to mai e
q plea to the Senate appropriations
committee.
Appropriations for radio inspection,
supervision and experimentation for
the fsssal year 1S24-25 were cut by
over $25,e0e by the House appropria-
tion committee. even after the figures
submitted by the Department of Com
| merce had successfully run the
"gantlet' of the budget.
Secretary Hoover had the approval
of the budget committee for total
| appropriation of s1S0.27S for radio
reduced to $1os,17S by the House. The
sum allotted is S1s.57s over the
amount authorized for the current
year. but this includes $17,34o as pay
for the naval personnel handling
| radio accounts. which it is proposed
| ment. The only additional money
granted for field work. which has in
| creased greatly during the past year,
| is $4,000 instead of Sl4 geo asked. Six
extra assistant inspectors and three
or four clerks were requested. No
allotment for much needed apparatus
| for inspectors is made, although II is
known that field workers have TO
purchase much Of their own equip
! ment in order to efficiently police the
4 ctneF IaneS, now COuBESteQ DaQEy win
| thousands of transmitters and ap-
| proximately 20.000,0 900 fans filing
I complaints regarding interference.
The radio laboratory of the bureau OF
| standards suffered also in a cut OF
$4,320.
On top of reduced appropriations
for radio administration, the Senate
| finance committee added insult to in
| jury, as far as fans are concerned.
| by declaring a tax OF 10 per cent on
radio sets and parts in the new
! to tax only sets which cost more
| than SIS: this was later amended 10
include those costing $50 or more, but
| finally reported out by the commit
tee as follows:
Radio receiving sets, 10 per cen
| tum. Parts and accessories for radio
| receiving sets sold or leased to any
person other than a manufacturer or
puroducer of such sets, 10 per cntum
There you are" as Roxie says. We
| all get taxed, except those of US who
have our sets or are skilled enough
10 make our own.
Neither the President, who rs op-
posed to all new or additional taxes
nor Secrtary Hoover is in favor OF
I such tax, but both appreciate that
| LEGISLATION is in the hands of Con-
gresS. The Secretary Of Commerce
! has always declared himself against
| license fees for receiving set own
| ers, but is not in a position to oppose
4 q revenue tax OF this sorts as II is
outside his jurisdiction.
| A. F. A. n. asks the following aues.
| tons:
| "Can you inform me as to what sta
tion was sending out a piano recital
entitled Amt Coin Rain No Mo-
| My antenna is forty feet high ano
fifty feet long, two wires, each fifty
feet long.
"My lead-in is fifty-five.
| My set is three bulbs.
| What distance should ] get?"
| With three tubes and your aerial
you sf6uld get all eastern and mid
| die western stations, also Havana and
4 Canada OF course, 1t is difficult tt
answer your question accurately be.
cause of neighboring and other con.
ditions, such as hook-up etc, which
would have a considerable bearing or
your range.
JAMES F. BALL. Bennings Station
| Md, asks the following:
Would like to know through your
radio news column If some one coult
| broadcasting between 1890 and ]
| o'clock Wednesday morning. On ae.
count Of code ] did not get the sta
/ zion, but heard the announcer say
| something about 12:45 and a wait .oi
| FIVE iainutea' He also said they
would broadcast on 33o meters and
he mentioned Washington D. C
After this some one talked for some
time. A man and woman sang ant
there were several selections played
| on a piano, sounding as IL IL NIGH
| have been a player-piano." -,
|
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