Evening star., 1925-11-09
RADIO CURB VITAL,
HOOVER DECLARES
Industry Faces Inevitable
Regulation to Save Self,
Leaders Are Told.

Radio, fun grown to It's stature OF
vital force in American life. has de
veloped problems which must be solved
with governmental cooperation, Sec
retary Hoover declared today in an
address opening the fourth national
radio conference.
More than 400 delegates, represent
ing national and international inter
ests in the radio field, were on hand
to hear the Secretary present TO the
conference. meeting at his call, his
views on the vital problem of ether
congestion by the multiplication of
broadcastinc stations and suggestions
for their solution.
I'VE must face the actualitles
frankly" he said. We can no longer
deal on the basis that there is room
for everybody on the radio highways.
There are more vehicles on the ROADS
than can get by and if they continue
to jam, all will be stopped.
Says L. 5. Must Act.
While disclaiming any fixed view as
10 the best solution Mr.. Hoover de-
clared there must be Federal respon-
sibilitv" in traffic control on one SIDE
of the problem. and on the other ne
suggested a large share of control Tor
the community itself as TO VINO Shali
serve il in broadcastlng.
'In other words. the ideal sltuauoh'
as view it," he said. would be
traffic regulations by the Feuefa'
Government to the extent OF allol,
ment of wave lengths and control ol
power and the policing of interference
leaving to each community a large
voice in determining who Is TO occupy
the wave lengths assigned TO that com
munity.'
The Secretary also warned that a
growth of too obtruslVe advertising
in connection with broadcastlng pro
grams would in the end defeat the
hest interests of radio enterprise itself.
On the question of advertising. the
views of 900 members of the National
Association of Broadcasters. here for
the conference. were expressed In
resolutions adopted at a preconfefence
meeting last night, in which they
declared against any limitation OF ad-
vertisinc. The public itself Is the
hest iudge of what il wants TO near,
the broadcasting interests held, and
can instantly shut off undesired pro
grams.
Klush Also Speaks.
The association meeting heard an
address by Paul r. kluGh, executive
chairman. in which he declared gov
ernmental control on basis of limita-
tion was the only thing to save broad
"a sting from hopeless chaos, but II
onposed in it's resolutions any form of
governmental or other censorship OF
radio programs. 1t also opposed
licensing of any additional stations,
and urged amendment of the copy
right laws by Congress to end the
chaos" in the relations between copy
right owners and broadcasters.
In his discussion of broadcastinG
problems. Mr. Hoover declared the
most profound change during the
wear has been the tremendous in
crease in power and the rapid multi
plication of powerful stations"
Taking the situation as a whole.
he said. I'VE find that a year ago all
station of 500 watts and over were
using a total of $500 watts. Today
they use 236 500 watts, or a $50 per
cent increase.
Power increase has meant a gen
eral rise in broadcasting efficiency.
Whatever the limit may be, / believe
that substantial power increase has
come to stay, and the public is the
gamer.
The problems in broadcasting are.
as ever before in these conferences, of
two categories. Those on the one
hand which the industry can and
should solve for itself in order TO
safeguard the public service and its
own interest, and. on the other hand.
those which can only be solved in CO.
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