Evening star., 1928-02-10
RADIO PATENT ROW
SPOTLIGHT
Industry's Quick Growth Told
as Claims of Trust"
Are Heard.

Rattle lines are being drawn in con-
eressional committee rooms Tor announcer
struggle relating TO radio. III involves
the alleged pooling of patents by certain
large radio interests to form what is at
tackled as giant monopoly III VlolaIion
Of the antitrust laws The nearing
opened by the Senate patents commit.
tee brings to Congress attenlloh, atiu
that OF the country. the story OF the
mushroom growth of the whole radio IN
0ustrv. Senator Dilrs object being TO
obtain enactment of a law providing Tor
forfeiture OF patent rights IN cases o1
conviction under the laws prohibiting
monopoly.
Cl,ite separate from the broadcasting
prohlern. and vet involving some broad
casting features. the patent hearing Is
leading into ramificationS. ChargeS
have freely been made that monopoly
or trust" group is controlling the radio
industry. The Radio Protective Assocla-
tjon. a Chicago organization of inde-
psndent radio manufacturers, proposes
to prove the charges.
Bucking $4,000, 100000.
The target Of its fight is specifically
and avowedlv the Radio Corporation OF
America, which the Chicago aSSocla.
tion's executive secretary, Oswa!o
Schuette, described as being monopoly
operating in restraint OF trade oackeo
b. the $4,000 600. 900 combined resources
of the American Telephone s. Telegraph
Co. the General Electric Co. the west
inphouse Co. and the United Fruit Co
IT'S own assets were said to be more than
$50 900 900.
Ernest Reichman. the dissentient
manufacturers counsel, told the Sena.
tors that the r. C. A. has ABSORBED all
of the patents represented by the WoFk
in the research laboratories OF the lore
going companies and many other lnoe-
oendently held patents besides. Througa
o system of patent pooling ana restrlc-
tions upon the use of the patents
licensed Under ROYALTIES to smaller manu-
facturers the r. c. A, was alleged 10
have fastened a firm grip on the who!e
radio industry.
Claims Tube Monopoly.
Tubes represent perhaps $4,000, 900
worth of business a year, and by tnls
restriction Mr.. Reichman claims X. {. A.
is retaining 80 per cent OF that business
to itself, squeezing out the smaller man
ufacturers of tubes. Clause 9. the tube
clause of the patent license agreements
with the Is manufacturers. was the
subject of an injunction obtained TINS
week in the United States District Court
at Wilmington, Del. where Judge Morris
held it invalid in violation OF the Clay
ton act. This Injunction is certain TO
precipitate a stiff battle in the courts.
Eleven members comprise the group
which is waging the war against the
alleged monopoly. the board OF directors
being named for the first time at the
Senate hearings as follws: Harry ..
Sparks. Sparks s-Worthington Co, JACK
Wncfpry1 Coil H.
Electric Co.. Racine, Wis: Fred Arm
strong. Mellotron Tube Corporation,
Chicago: Harry Chirelstein, Sonatron
Tube Co. Chicago: Louis Mandel, Metro
Electric Co. Chicago: Roy Augustine,
Joy-Kelsey Co, Chicago; Duane Wana-
maker. Grigsby-G -Grunow- Kinds Co. Chi
cago; Ernest Kauer. C-E Manufacturing
Co. New Haven. Conn; Alexander
Weiss. Marti Electric Co. Newark;
Arthur C. Lord. De Forest Radio Cor
poration, Newark. and II. II. Rose,
SharnFock Elecrtic Co. Newark.
Edwin CalIow. otherwise known as
ssTo1ly the Barber" who has been
broadcassing and writing a newspaper
column for some years. VIII return 70
the radio arena this evening through
WRHF
Wnile Tony" In his chosen profess
EiDIl E6I1 AssG A0JA 0AA0FS 1AAA @~@F
soap out Of the ear, he also can NIL
the ear with last minute news over
what he describes as the "louda speak :"
This evening, however. he plans to tell
the public what he thinks Of some OF
the recent visitors In his shop. Among
them are George watson, president OF
the Liberty National Bank; Leon Ull-
man, Isaac Cans. Joseph McReynolds,
o. j. DeMoii Maurice Bird and Harry
Hahn. He will make his appearance
before the microphone at 6;20 O'Clock.
WRHFts other attractions include
the tri-weekiy children's period, The
Land O! Nod" conducted by Miss Evelyn
Reichard and Miss Edna Burrows. a
resume OF municipal government AZ
fairs, and a dinner concert.
Eeyin's Rosary will be played by
four cellos as q feature Of the weekly
concert OF the Cities Service Orchestra
which will be broadcast tonight by
wEC In conjunction with Its asso-
ciats in the red network Of the Ma
tiOnal Broadcasting Co. The orches-
tYsl portion Of the program contains
several other selections Of varied note
among them the hits from the cur.
rent Broadway musical comedy. "A
Connecticut Yankee" The Cities Serv-
Ace Cavaliers will sing, Sleep Little