Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-29
CONFEREES OK.
RADIO MEASURE
Seven Members OF Congress
Committee Favor New
8 Control Bill.

seen in the fact that seven OF the elgnt
members of the conference committee
of Congress have affixed their sigma
lures to a favorable report on the
measure. The report accompanies the
bin to the House and Senate, and
states the reasons for the particular
form of legislation proposed and rec
commended.
There was only one dissenting voice
when the conference committee agreed
upon a compromise whereby a Federal
radio commission shall regulate and
control radio broadcasting for one
year, after which it's powers are given
to the Department of Commerce, while
It becomes a. board which sits periodi-
cally on disputed questions and mat
tiers referred to 1t.
THE objection came from Repre-
sentative Davis of Tennessee, who re-
fused to sign the favorable report. He
has announced, however, that 11e Will
not submit minority report. lie may
lead a fight against the measure on
the floor Of the House, but neither
House nor Senate members OF the con-
ference committee say they anticipate
GeJ6CtlOn Oh their joint pIOpOSehA' "HANA
represents a bipartisan agreement, IN
the legislative chambers.
The bill goes first to the House, and
ia not to be submitted to the Senate
until the lower body has acted upon II.
TIE President has plainly indicated ne
Will not oppose any agreement that Is
acceptable to the conference commit
tee, so that his signature may be ex'
pected shortly after its passage, pre-
Stunning it does pass. The act becomes
law Immediately, and grants present
broadcasters so days in which to make
application for new licenses.
Nine stations. composing the Red
network of the National Broadcasting
Co, will broadcast President Coolidges
speech tonight at the semi-annuaI
meeting Of the Bureau of the Budget
n Memorial Continental Hall. The
event win be handled locally by WRC,
which also Will serve as the key"
station for the chain.
The program will begin at z o'clock
with a concert by the United States
Marine Band. The President is seized
nled to speak at 1880 o'clock regarding
the policy of the administration in
connection with tax reduction and the
operation of the national budget.
Brig. Gen. Herbert NJ. Lord will follow
with a talk on THE National Budget.
The chief musical feature on WRC's
program tonight will be the fifteenth
Balkite hour, with Walter Damrosch.
the New York Symphony Orchestra
and Leopoldine Damrosch and Charles
Naegele, pianists. Miss DamroSch,
better known as Polly" is a daughter
of the famous orchestra conductor.
She made her first public appearance
last year, when she played the two
piano composition. THE Carnival of
the Animals with her father on the
second piano. 1t is this composition
which she will play tonight with Mr..
Naegele. The orchestra will devote
it's entire Program to the compositions
of the great French composer, Camille
Saint Saens.
Other attractions scheduled by WRC
tonight include the Lord Calvert hour
of music and dance music from the
Carlton Club.
An early extension of the transat-
lantic radio telephone service from
New York to washington, and prob
ably to Southern cities, II anticipated
by telephone officials here. The prof.
ect, it was said, has been considered,
but no action taken yet because OF
numerous complications involved.
Since the Washington telephone sys.
TEN is a branch of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., which has
handled the wire end of the radio tele-
phone service into New York, New
York State and New England, officials
at American Tele. hone and Telegraph
headquarters are expected to make
final decision as to the extension into
the Capital City.
toned before regarding advice de-
signed to discourage them from using
automobile batteries in place Of regu-
lar radio storage batteries But there
ere few more points to be cleared up
A new automobile storage battery Of
100 ampere-hourS capacity or more
cannot be excelled for storage battery
radio use. But a storage battery that
has been used I'm an automobile may
be the poorest arrangement. The ex-
PLANTATION is simple-an automobile
storage battery is built for abuse. and
therefore carries surplus of RELIABLE
ity for radio use. But having been
subjected to excessive discharges and
charges in an automobile; 1t is apt to
be noisy when used with a radio set,
for it is excessive charging and dis
charging that wears out a storage bat
terry.
II Is true LIldL d regular TbulO SLOT
age battery isNequal to all radio de-
mands placed upon it and that it is
lighter. less expensive and less bulky
than the storage battery one would
buy for the car, but what is the point
in having a battery that can be used
only for the radio set?
The most efficient plan is to buy
new automobile storage batteries for
the radio set using them for radio
~. g. to-
them in the car. The average motor
ist does not obtain more than IS
months service from an auto battery,
some motorists shooting" their bat.
tories in less than a years time. BY
concentrating on the one type of stor-
age battery the radio owner virtually
obtains two years use of his radio
battery free. 1t figures out in such a
way that he has a new auto battery
always in reserve while he is always
enjoyin~ the use Of a new radio bat
terry.
The radio-auto battery comes in
handy when the cars battery gives
out some Winter morning.
Despite occasional crashes of static,
dialing for distant stations last night
produced excellent results. Fading
also contributed its share toward ad-
verse conditions, but there were
enough stations on the air not affect
ed by this ailment that could be de.
pended upon for a variety Of enter
tainment.
Signal strength seemed to be strong
est from the southwest, WBAP. Fort
Worth; EFUL. Galveston. and WAPI
at Auburn. Ala. all came through
with unusual volume. The Southern
broadcaste:s, too, notably WCOA at