Evening star., 1935-01-13
|EUROPE'S RADIO
LEAPS BOUNDARIES
Great Power Creates Prob.
Iem-CIoSer State Con.
troll Is Trend.
BY MARTIN CODEL.
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- UPER-fOWEn LIldL WILL carry
their broadcasts beyond ma
tional boundaries, and the
~ closer control of broadcasting
by government, are the chief
tendencies discernible today in the
swiftly changing scheme Of European
radio.
According to Arthur r. Burrows,
secretary general of the International
Broadcasting Union at Geneva, a
total of 5,250,000 watts Of power will
be radiated by European broadcasters.
not including short-wave stations, by
the Spring of this year. This will rep
resent about 100000 watts over the
present total.
Burrows is British citizen who
heads the voluntary organization
which assigns wave lengths and pre-
scribes operating conditions for Euro
pean stations. One of the worlds out
standing authorities on radio, he IS
the contributor Of a chapter on
"Broadcasting Abroad" in the book
Radio: The Fifth Estate" pub
lished this week by the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science and edited by Dr.. Herman S.
Hettinger of the University Of Penn
sylvania.
Cites Differences.
The book is a symposium Of reports
by American and foreign authorities
which, as whole, presents a compre-
hensive picture of radio here and
abroad and its trends. OF particular
interest are the chapters by foreign
contributors and the contrasts ofereu
of their conceptions Of radio with those
generally accepted here. The chief
contrast, of course, is that radio
abroad is generally operated and con-
trolled by the state, more than often
as an outspoken instrument Of the
government.
Burrows chapter is factual, review
ing the trend toward higher powers
and widened audiences and outlining
the control of radio by countries.
Other contributors are more opinion
ated, such as President Horst DreSsler-
Address of the German Broadcasting
Chamber; Rose Ziglin, director Of the
International Bureau of Soviet Rus
sia's Broadcasting Committee; Hector
Charlesworth, chairman Of the Cana
dian Radio Commission, and Stephen
Druggen, noted educator.
Dressler- -AndreSs, who assumed the
direction of Reich radio after Hitler
had purged it of its former heads,
frankly avows that German radios
primary mission since Hitler came to
power is to preach the gospel Of
national socialism not only before the
people of the Reich but before the
world. rs not one Of the most con-
vincing proofs that radio has
political mission and is a means Of
bringing the nations together" he
asserts, "that one of the speeches Of
the leader was listened to by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his assistants at
Washington"
Claims q. S. Audience.
Germany broadcasts regularly via
the short waves for all the world to
hear and claims an immense audience
in America, according to the Dressler-
Andress article. On the other hand.
the dangers of this nationalistic and
propagandistic concept of radio are
pointed out In the chapter by Drug
gen, who Is the former president Of
the Institute of National Education.
Last Winter" writes Druggen, "the
Nazi propaganda directed from
Munich to Austria in favor Of Ansch-
luss with Germany not merely urged
union between the two countries, but
incited Austrians to rebel against
their own government. It finally re-
suited in an attempted revolution,
in the murder of Chancellor Dollfuss,
and in such a strained situation
among the nations Of Central Europe
that actual warfare seemed imminent.
The incident was a clear illustration
of the evil part that radio may play
in international relations"