Evening star., 1927-10-05
Of RADIO
MEETING DEBATED
Conference Considers Cues
ton of Dealing With Inter-
national Matters.

With Secretary Hoover OF Com
merce chosen president and other Of
ticers tentatively appointed. the Inter
national Radiotelegrap Conference
today turned to consideration of its
procedure, appointment of commit
tees. apportionrnent of voting power
and selection of official languages to
be used.
The conference. which yesterday
was opened by President Coolidge at
the building of the Chamber of Com
nerce OF the United States. has as its
main purpose the formulation Of
new international radio convention to
supplant the present one. which was
drawn up at the conference in London
in 1915.
Discuss Plan of Procedure.
In his address Of welcome yester-
day President Coolidge warned the
delegates that radio must not advance
faster than moral development and
that it must not he used to spread
dissension among nations. Urging
spirit of conciliati ton and compromise
upon the conference. he said that this
country was willing to make conces-
sions TO aid in the advancement of
radio, which he pointed to as the in
strument which would enlighten the
dark places Of the earth" 2
Secretary Hoover in his opening ad-
dress outlined the deficiency of exist
ing international radio regulations
which threatened the world with
chaos of uncoordinated traffic" The
conferences regulations would have
TO be framed so as not to hamper the
future development of radio, he said.
Chief among the problems confront
ing the conference today was the
question Of how far the governments
shall go in dealing with international
matters The United States delegation.
representing a nation in which radio
is privately owned and operated. IA
yors limiting the conference to discus
sion of subjects which concern the
governments as such, and not as com.
municating agencies. This would limit
the discussions to national policies
and allow the representatives Of the
various international radio companies
to reach among themselves an under
standing regarding the actual manage
menI of international radio communi-
cations.
Although the United States heads
a minority group of nations holding
this view. it is the hope of the dele
gates that they can persuade the rep
resentatives of the other countries to
accept their view.
Another matter to be settled today
was the voting power Of the various
nations. At the London conference a
country was given one vote for itself
and one for each possession. Japan
and Italy. 1t rs understood, will bid
for Increased voting power under this
system, while Germany, which lost her
possessions in the war and would be
reduced from six votes to one, is ex-
pected To claim that her Importance
warrants greater strength. The
question of whether the Irish Free
State shall be given a separate vote
will also be considered.
Honors Are Divided.
The United States is slated to re-
ceiye the chairmanship of the conVen.
ton committee which will draft the
agreement. Canada will get the vice
chairmanship. OF the other i.npor
tant committees. Great Britain vii
head that ON general regulations, ia
pan that on an international code Of
signals and Germany that on special
service regulations,
Appointments made by Secretary
| Hoover, which are tentative pending
! the adoption of conference rules this
afternoon, include: Judge Steven Da
Wis OF New York. vice president; Col
T. ID. Peck. T., Rusillon and l.. E
! Whittemore, secretaries To the presi
dent: H. l.. Etienne. director Of the
/ Bern bureau of the Telegraph Union
as a member Of the board of officers ol
the conference, and F. Schwill, chief
| of the secretariat.