Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-10-16

organized labor.
Varied Features for Labor Programs.
uE.,b-class music, well prepared
nj talks by nationally known tlaae
I'm officers, short readings from tlis
'Ia.sics. both in prose and rhyme anu
- news bulletins IN reference 10
D',e ,'.r.e,t happenings of major import
e "a the world of labor Will De tue
',,5fnant features of the programs
's. asfinated cost for the ten weeks
Is $1,000, r,. 40
rho feasibility of establishing two
100 broadcasting stations To DC
- and controlled by the American
,.,.lsrafion of Labor also has been us
ID Engineers say that such sta
f.ops can be built ana equlppe9 - as o
s.sf Of about $25,0OO each, ana hast
surgested that two stations, one "'
Washington and the other at Ohicaso
-, Denver, be built at once.
Another plan calls for one station
- Washington, another at Chicaeo
nd the third at San Francisco.
I,bor Must Have Absolute Coniroi.
Victor A. olander, secretary treas, e;n,,
,per of the Illinois State fedefa'l9i'
af labor. who is one OF those aeepi!
satarested in the new departure, sa!s
.ba absolute control by the pfesleen'
'."I executive council of the American
Tads,ation of Labor will be lnsisteu
auan by the labor movement OF oGi, oI
''lga and Illinois This control VII,
lend even to the experimental loeas
nroprams, to be broadcast over one o.
ihe already established prNaVe'!
owned stations.
MIR Olander is of the opinion tha'
absolute control by the officers OF aile
American Federation of LABOR over
all radio broadcasting of TINS chat-
acter should be assured at the pegih-
ning. So that irresponsible persons can
be barred from making statements
over the air that might result III ih-
iury to the labor movement.
Enemies Make Use OF Stations'
The value and even the necessity
of using radio broadcasting Is Dodhe
in upon the labor movement OF Shi-
cago, where there are large iiu','peI
of powerful stations, some OF which
have been made use of by the enemies
of organized labor quite frequently
Added to this is the consistent anu
persistent hostility of the daily news
papers. which never fail to show theli
teeth in time of strife upon the IN
dustrial or political fields.
Columns upon columns of news re-
leases issued by labor organlzatloiS
never see the light of day in the Miu-
die West except through the lapoi
press.
Papers Ignore Labor Releases
The mimeograph news releases from
the American Federation OF LABOR IL
self are cast aside as of no lmpoI-
tance. Not five per cent of those re-
leases find their way into the columns
of the Chicago daily newspapers, anu
in most instances they are totally
ignored. l..
As a matter of fact, there is only
one labor news disseminating agency
of a national character that Is geI.l'ig
any real action for the money that Il
spent on il, and that is International
Labor News Service which of course
is confined almost exclusively TO the
labor press. 1t is pointed oul, NOV
ever, that the labor press Is the o.lly
agency that can be absolutely reiled
on at present, and that it is practleal1,
ly useless to spend time, money ana
energy trying to put stories across
through the daily press. -.
With two or three powerful faoio
broadcasting stations established 10
supplement- the already influential Ia,
Dor press, and with international
Labor News Service adequately imam
ced so that it can give the maximum
of service to the labor editors oil
America, the labor movement can
place itself in a position to disregard
largely the daily newspapers oil tle
country.
Labor to Fight News Suppression
Licking the boots of daily news
paper editors is becoming an unpopu-
ar indoor sport with organized LABOR
and forward-looking officers OF the
unions are casting their eyes IL other
directions for relief from news sup
preston practiced by the news ageh-
cies of big business.
Had. Co.,.eE.n., fn