The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-18
Plan Regulation For NelUs Br0adcastinq
Private Conferences Have Been Held and the FOllow-
 ing Plap May Be Adopted By All

New York, Dec. 18--(UP).-Edi- tor and Publisher announced that g proposed plan to solve problem! arising in connection with broad casting news has been formed at z series of private conferences among representatives of newspa pers, the three press services ani the broadcasters this week. The proposed plan would make possible-in event all concerned entered into the agfeement-the broadcasting of news by newspa. pers, all independent stations, and national radio networks. It -was emphasized, however, that all must agree to abide by terms of the plan to make it effective.
 The plan provides the the Asso- ciated Press, International News Service and United Press will fur nish news dispatches carried in their night service reports as pub- lished in morning papers for broad- casting not before a. m. and for utes. News dispatches from the day service reports as carried in afternoon papers up to 6 D. m. WodAt po PfoN4uSo AOL biSeSoStlSS- ing not before g p. m. and for a period not to exceed five minutes.
 The proposed plan is being sub- mitted by the Publishers National Radio committee to all publishers ence.
 In addition, a control committee Is proposed to regulate the broad- casting of news.
 The plan, as carried by Editor & Publisher, provided:
 "Following a two-day conference between representatives of newspa- pers, the three principal news-gath- ering associations, namely: The As- sociated Press, The International News Service, and The United Press, and the executive officers of the National Broadcasting com pany, Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tenn and the National Association of broadcasters, a plan for the control and limitation of news broadoasting, consistent with the public service rendered by radio. was suggested and approved by those present.
 ''It was agreed that the follow ing program would be recommend ed to the publishers and the broad casters of the country for their ap- proval:
 That a committee consisting of one representative of the Amer ican Newspaper Publishers asso- citation, one representative each from the United Press, the Associ- ated Press and the International News Service, one representative from the National Association of Broadcasters, and one representa- tive each from the National Broad casting company and the Columbia Broadcasting System, totaling sev- en members, with one vote each, should constitute a committee to set up with proper editorial con- trol and supervision an organization designed to furnish Ato the radio broadcasters limited daily news The chairman of the above com bulletins for broadcasting purposes mittee will be the representative of the American Newspaper Pub. fishers association and a member of the Publishers National Radio committee. All actions of this com. mittee will be subject to the Pub lASuCI6 4NdIAohdl AsaulO 2-1The newspaper and press as- socation members of this committed are authorized and empowered tc select such editor, or editors, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this agreement. to wit;
 (A) To receive from each
 of the thre principal press as-
 sociations copies of their rec
 spective day and night press
 reports from which shall be
 selected bulletins of not more
 than thirty words each suffi-
 cient to fill two broadcast per-
 iods daily of not more than
 five minutes each.
 3--It is proposed that a broad cast to be based upon bulletins taken from the morning newspaper report will be put on the air by the broadcasters not earlier than 9:3O a. m., local station time, and the broadcast based upon the day newspaper report will not be put on the air by the broadcasters prior to 9 p. m., local station time.
 "4--It is agreed tha these news