Evening star., 1934-11-11
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

1 L and other mundane items,
like refrigerator, elevators,
street cars and various electrical ap-
plianceS-all of which annoyingly
lombard the ether waves, unless
properly shielded out''-haS grad
uated into radio technical problem
of international moment and has the
leading radio scientists Of the world
scratching their heads.
So important. as matter of fact,
has this problem become that 1t
proved to be one of three subjects
upon which the international radio
technical convention in Lisbon, Portu-
gal, took definite action last month.
Another matter was that of the use
of two-way radio-telephone COM
munication by the little fishing
smacks that ply the North Sea by
the hundreds and that got them
selves into a hopeless radio tangle
during many months of unreStralned
and unregulated development. The
third related to standardization of
methods for calculating the precise
coverage of stations.
With the return of the American
delegation from the Lisbon confer
ence. which was held from Septem-
Der % to October 10, it is learned
that a score of highly technical
radio matters on the agenda, involving
an array of such high-sounding sub
jects as Synchronization, directional
antennas, radio wave propagation,
ETC, were Shunted aside for final con-
sideration at new conference two
Nf
ficiallv known as the c. c. 1. R, is
held every two years preparatory to
the international radiotelegraph con-
ference held every five years, which
has treaty-making powers. Some Is
nations were represented at the Lis
bon sessions. The next international
conference is scheduled for Cairo,
Egypt, late in 1887.
In the case of so-called man
made" interference to reception,
which includes both broadcast and
other types of radio communication,
it was decided that the subject was
of sufficient Importance to warrant
centralized scientific attack. Con-
sequently, it was agreed to authorize
German and Lithuanian scientific
question and report to the assembled
radio scientists of the world at the
forthcoming C. C. l. r. conference
in Bucharest two years away. For
years it has been known that the
most innocent household appliances
can ruin reception because they are
in fact miniature broadcasting sta
tionS, which send their minute cleo
trical impulses into the ether for
short distances. but with sufficient in
tensity to diStort regular reception.
Squabble Settled.
The fishing smack Squabble was
settled after debate among the radio
diplomats of Europe by an agree
ment that steps be taken to formu-
late a basis for orderly use of IA
cilities. In the haphazard ALLEGATIONS
of the past channels have been used
lndiScriminately for this purpose in
the band between 1900 and 5000
kilocycles, with resultant serious in
terference to other types of service.
During its deliberations the con-
ference considered many more serious
international radio problems; but aft
er considerable discussion and Gus
tomary diplomatic procedure, it de-
cided to defer all action until the
Bucharest conference. 1t was agreed
that many of the remedies suggested
to relieve the severe congestion in the
rigidly limited broadcast band.
through scientific alterations, were
premature. Moreover, it was found
that while. some of these panaceaS
might work in Europe. they would
wreak havoc in America. They con-
demned as voefully inadequate most
of the code tranSmitters in use
throughout the world today.
The American delegation to the
conference, appointed by President
Roosevelt, consisted of DR.. J. H. Del
linger. chief of the radio section of
the Bureau of Standards, chairman;
Capt. S. c. Hooper, director of Naval
Communications; Maj. Roger B. Col
ton, Army Signal Corps; Gerald c.
Gross, international radio expert,
Federal Communications Commission,
and William v. Wilmington, State
Department. In addition, a number
of private communications companies
and organizations were represented at
the conference, with the right to par
ticipate in floor discussions. but with
no voting privilege. These included
Lloyd Briggs and H. o. Chadwick, Ra-
dio Corporation of America; Paul and
John Goldsborough, Washington,
Acronautical Radio, Inc; H. H. But
ner. Mackey Radio & Telegraph Co.;
j. c. McNary. National Association
of Broadcasters; Lloyd Espenschied
and R. A. Heising, American Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Co.; A. j. Costi-
gan. Radiomaripe Corp. of America
and K. B. Warner and J. J. Lamb
American Radio Relay League.
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EVERYBODY, regardless of their
IL station in life, likes some kind of
music. and the "highbrows" who
criticize popular music are not sin
cere. according to Frank Black gen.
eral music director of ~ B. C.
I'VE who are responsible for the
music that comes from the loud speak
err said Black, must be guided by
self-evident and ireSCapable fact
the great majority Of the vast public
which it is our duty to serve has not
had the advantage of music instrVc-
tion and. therefore, is able to enjoy
= in music only that which plays pleas
urably on the consciousness.
There is no analogy between a
given persons status in the higher
realms of education, business. So
ciety or intelligence and that in
dividual's capacity for music apprecia =
ton or his standard of musical taste
Great scientists. doctors of philosophy
captains of industry, society matronS,
clcrgymen, laborers, taxi drivers and
street cleaners may or may not have
deveSQAed their faculty of higher
usisNappreciation. This. however is
equally true: That faculty, developed
or undeveloped, is possessed by all
but subnormal persons. Individuals
may like or dislike this or that kind
of music. but 1 have yet to meet a
single person who does not react pleas
urably to some kind of music.
There are those who criticize radio
for broadcasting too much popular
mIISin So-palled Evidently tbev do