Evening star., 1928-12-11
n. A. B. MAY VISIT
HOOVER IN MIAMI
Board of Directors to Act on
Question of Interview at
Capital Meeting.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

President-elect Hoover may be visited
in Miami by delegation from the
broadcasting industry to determine his
views on the radio situation. The pro-
posal to discuss radio with him during
| the interim after his Latin American
tour and before his Inauguration will
be acted upon by the board of directors
of the National Association of Broad
casters at its meeting in Washington,
D. c., January 8.
The legislative committee of the N
A. B., headed by former Commissioner
Fl. A. Bellows, meets in washington on
January 7, or one day earlier, but it does
not expect to be able to crystalline its
position on radio legislation on account
OF the big question mark that surrounds
the probable attitude of the next admin
istration. At the present time the N. A.
B. is not even committed to the propo-
sition advanced last week by Repre-
sentative White of Maine that the Fed
eral Radio Commission should be con-
tinued for another year.
Having omitted mention of radio in
his message to Congress, President
| Ccolidge's views are still puzZling the
| industry. However, the belief here is
that Representative White did not an
nounce his position for another one
! year extension Of the administrative
| authority of the commission without
first consulting President Coolidge and
possibly also getting word from Mr..
| Hoover.
Concerned With Bills.
The N. A. B. directorate, however, Is
not vitality concerned with the matter
| Of the temporary extension of the COM
mission. 1t Is concerned more with the
multifarious other legislative proposals
regarding radio which will be made at
this short session of Congress. These
may serve to indicate the trend of mind
| in Congress toward the control of radio,
and it will be with the hope of learning
Mr.. Hoover'S views and then later for
mulating a policy Of their own that the
broadcasters may seek to interview the
President-elect in Florida after his re-
| turn, early next month.
| The last annual meeting of the N. A.
| B., held in Washington several months
ago, took no stand on the matter of
extending the commission. Neither did
1t pass any resolutions praising or con-
demning the present personnel of the
commission. It also refrained from
mention Of the then pending broadcast
| reallocation
Informal discussions among the mem
| berS revealed that they held the view
that 1t made no material difference
whether the commission was continued
or became an appeal board after control
| had been returned to the Department
OF Commerce. There was also wide va
rance Of opinion among members of
the reallocstion project, usually depend
ing upon their respective assignments
under the ALLEGATION
Inclined to Wait.
The inclination now seems to be to
permit the commission to continue its
task without changing its personnel for
a short period like one year If the
next administration favors a perma-
| nent commission, then the N. A. B.
will have a full program of legislation
to advance. First, however, it wants to
discuss radio at Washington with all
the legislators who are concerned with
the problem. Then 1t proposes to send
the delegation to Miami, anticipating
that Mr.. Hoover will continue his for
mer interest in radio and that no major
legislation may be expected before the
next Congress.
The N. A. B. directorate comprises
the following members: William S.
Hedges, WMAQ, Chicago; Joseph B.
Groce, WEEI, Boston; j. w. Laughlin,
KPO, San Francisco; Alfred j. Nc
Cosker, WOR, Newark: L. S. Baker,
New York City; C.. r. Clements WSN
Nashville; DR.. Leon Levy, WCAU, Phil
adelphia: H. A. Bellows, WCCO, Mime
apolis; Edwin M. Spence. WPG, At
lantic City; William H. Heinz, WHO,
Des Moines; Earle C. Anthony, KFI,
Los Angeles; George F. McClelland,
WEAF. New York; Paul B. Klugh,
WGAZ, Chicago; Dr. Frank w. Elliott,
woo, Davenport, Iowa; Lamdin Kay,
WSB, Atlanta; Powell Crosley, jr., WLW,
Cincinnati; j. g. Cummings, WOAI.
San Antonio; o. D. Fisher, KOMO.
Seattle; Harold j. Wrape, KNOX, St.
Louis, and Edgar S. Bill, WIS, Chicago.
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