Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30

taxpayer, entertaining the idea of
suit to recover taxes paid, must, at tn,
time OF payment, do so under protest
In many jurisdictions, failure to pa,
under protest is construed as a bar L
any suit to recovery.
The dispute between Henry P
Fletcher, chairman of the republican
national committee, and two large
broadcasting companies, illustrates the
difficulties involved in the presenl
management and control of broadcast
ing facilities. About three weeks age
Mr.. Fletcher requested the companies
to give the republican party similar
time to that given the presidents
message TO congress. This was refused.
Last week the companies also refused
to put on the air a series of drama
tized political sketches which the re-
publican party planned to present on
paid time.
1t is interesting to note that Mr..
Fletcher hints that the attitude taken
is affected and perhaps Involuntary
controlled by the political party in
power which regulates the issuance"
of licenses and leaves in the minds of
the public the distinct impression
that you are either exercising an un-
warranted degree of censorship or that
you fear punitive action by the fed
eral communications commission"
The National B~roadcasting company
explains that it has uniformly allotted
on a n~on-partisan basis a reasonable
amount of time for the discussion of
public affairs and controversial issues
and that prior to national conventions
no charge is made even for political
broadcasts. However, the dramatic
skits offered, involving the f~ictionizing
of important political issues would
place the discussio" on a basis of
dramatic license, rather upon the ba-
sis of ~responsibly stated fact or opin-
ion."
The Columbia Broadcasting COM
was convinced that decentralization
would throw the radio campaign al
most wholly to the emotional side"
and that the turn of national issues
might we'll depend on the skill of war
ring dramatists rather than on the
merits of the issue debated" Further,
that the dramatic method "by its very
nature would tend to overemphasize
incidents of minor importance and sig
nificance."
The signs of impending conflict in
and Asia has caused public
in this country to demand
some legislation designed to keep the
United States out of any struggle that
may arise. BY statute, this country will
attempt to cut itself aloof from ma
tons at war, and through preventing !
commercial or financial relations with
belligerents or travel by American
ships or nationals in danger zones, seek
obviate incidents which might in
lame public opinion and lead to war
Fare. Apparently, the great majority
members of congress favor such an
effort, although, naturally, opinion
iiffers as to the methods of accom-
the result.
The democratic party will hold its
rational convention in Philadelphia
|une %, two weeks after the repuhli-
ans meet in Cleveland. The City OF
3rotherly Love outbid Chicago and
Francisco by putting up a check
or 100000 and giving perquisites
,alued at from $4,000 to 100000
more. 1t will be the first time that the
democrats have held a convention in
Pennsylvania.
Apparently, the stategists in the
'arty are ready to give battle in the
asst, believing that the fight should be
arried into Pennsylvania and New
In fact, the hopeful mes believe
hat Pennsylvania has been slowly
away from the republican
'arty and point out that Mr.. Hoover
the state in 1882 by more than
5000 and that this was wiped out in
1874 when Senator Gufey and Gov
rnor Earl won the first democratic
victory in IS years by ma
of 1913 0O0 and az 0O0 recnec-