Evening star., 1927-08-25
RADIO CONFERENCE
MAY URGE TREATY
World Alliance to Prevent In
reference to Be Sought
at D. c. Gathering.

Both the Secretary of Commerce.
Herbert Hoover, and the director of
the International Bureau of the Tele-
graph Union at Bern, Henri l..
Etienne, Join in stressing the impor-
tance of the international radiotele
graph conference which will convene
in Washington October 1.
Secretary Hoover, head of the
American delegation of diplomats.
wireless men and technical experts.
says the conference may do for IN
ternational radio-and that means
both code and telephonic radio-what
the new radio law and the radio COM
mission are endeavoring to do for
broadcasting in the United States.
That is, it is expected to lead to
treaty which will become the binding
law of all it's signatories and adher-
ence to which will eliminate inter
ference in all forms of wireless
communications.
M. Etienne, Just arrived from
Switzerland accompanied by Ernest
Bosillon, director of the Bern bu-
leau, says the administrative features
of radio communications are OF prl-
mary Importance to the hundreds of
delegates who will come to the WASH
ington conference from every coun-
try in the world that uses radio eX-
cept Russia. The agenda includes
proposals that have come from gov
ernmental sources and from private
wireless operators in practically each
country, he said.
To the average listener. the fact
that the conference may assign the
different types of radio services to
specific wave bands in order to keep
the broadcasters in the various coun-
tries of the world and at sea from
interfering with each other means
reduction of some OF the unwelcome
sounds that often occur In his set
On the Atlantic seaboard. and espe-
cially in New England, for example,
1t has often been complained that
ship code communication has been
constant source Of annoyance.
The ship call channel is 500 meters.
which is near the upper end OF the
program broadcasting band in the
United States. This Is also the SOS
channel Accordingly. the Federal
Radio Commission has endeavored to
assign most of the high waves, which
are often intruded by ship signals
presumably on 500 meters, but very
often deviating because Of the wide
sweep of their spark sets, to stations
in the interior Of the country. Never
theless both seaboard and interior re-
ception Is frequently disturbed by
code signals.
The treaty to be drawn up will be
n revision of the London convention
of 1912, the last thing done In the
field of international radio controt
Then only ship-to-shore radio. cnieny
involving maritime communications'
had to be regulated. Since that time'
both program and communications
radio have developed to high degree.
The science of radio has reached
point where the international aiioca-
ton of channels should make for more
orderly broadcasting throughout the
world.
With the National Light Opera Co.
on vacation, the National Broadcasting
Co. has corralled group OF prominent
musicians and singers to present a
special program in place of the regu'
lar weekly feature, which viii De
broadcast tonight by WRC. The pro-
gram will be made up OF gems from
famous light operas and operettas ana
the outstanding hits from Gilbert ana
Sullivan's "Pinafore." 1t inciudes
such old favorites as thinkers Song"
Brown October Ale" and Il Love
You" from THE Red WIDOW:
will omen WRC's program at o'clock
with his customary rambling philoso.
phizing chats. The Kit Hour OF
Music, with vladimir Vasa, concert
pianist, will follow.
The Clicquot Club Eskimos' the wees.
1v talk by David Lawrence on our
Government," and dance music by the
Le Paradis Band and the holDrau
orchestra are the other attractions.
The concert of the Army Band on
the east plaza of the Capitol and pro
gram of Hawaiian music are the oniy
attractions scheduled tonight ny
WMAL, aside from the usual opeIrns
"a cIos,nr late news broadcasts. The
hsnd concert will begin at 1880 o'clock.