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American Station"
All five OF the as yet unallocated in
ternational frequencies would be neces-
sary to the complete operation OF in
ternational broadcasting, according to
oficials of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, because Of night
effects" and other technical conplica-
tons.
The frequencies which are being re-
served cover the to 2l megacycle
band, just below the controversial
ultra high band for which Federal and
commercial interests are competing To
be specific. the five channels are 6.l20,
$3.50, 1l,730, 1880 and II 500 kilo-
cycles
One of these frequencies is on loan
to the Columbia Broadcasting System,
in addition to four short-wave fire.
quencies of its own. Columbia has
asked the F. c. c. to assign to 1t per-
manently this frequency and one other
from the group Of five. This, however,
would pretty well wreck the plan for
the pan-American station and the
ALLEGATION Is not likely to be made. it
is said, unless the Federal Government
definitely abandons the international
broadcast idea.
Rex Martin "in Picture"
An important figure in the pam
American broadcast picture is Rex
Martin, newly appointed South Amer
ican aeronautical adviser to the Com
merce Department. Martin promoted
the Pan-American Aeronautical Con-
ference held here two years ago, a con-
ference which, Secretary Of Commerce
Roper said In a letter Of commenda-
ton to Martin, was a great success
and extremely gratifying to all con-
cerned"
Martin was adviser to the American
delegation to the Pan-American Com
mercial Conference at Buenos Aires in
the Spring Of 1885 and has been ac-
lively interested since that time In the
improvement Of pan-American rela-
tionships and the promotion Of this
country's interests in South America
through the development Of interna-
tional air commerce and radio broad
casting.
AS chairman Of the Radio Technical
Committe for Aeronautics. composed
OF representatives Of all Federal de-
partments and agencies and aeronau-
teal and commercial radio groups,
Martin has waged an unceasing tight
for the reservation for Government
use OF these international channels
and OF the broad ultra high frequency
band from 80 to 200 megacycles.
1t Is Martins suggestion that South
American Ambassadors, consular Of
ficers and industrialists be invited to
60 through the great American in
dustrial plants and to broadcast their
impressions to their fellow country
men from the pan-American station.
Foundation Studies Problems.
Many of the problems of interna-
tionAl broadcasting of the type pro-
posed for the Federal Government are
being worked out today by the World
Wide Broadcasting Foundation, which,
with the aid of Harvard University,
carries on q series Of daily interna-
tional educational and news broad
casts from short-wave station W1XAL,
in the University Club at Boston.
More than $500 students, in all
parts Of the world, now are enrolled
for the broadcast courses, which are
supplemented by prepared texts, ac-
cording to Walter s. Lennon, founder
Of the foundation and = member Of
the Radio Technical Committee.
The foundation Is meeting the Ian
guase problem through courses Of in
struction in the Ogden system Of
"basic English" simplined form Of
English with regular verb forms and