Evening star., 1938-07-08
C0NNERY ATTACKS
R. c. A. OFFICIALS
Charges Corruption Of F. C.
) c. Members and Looting
of Stockholders.
~ the Associated Press.

o the Associated Press.
Representative Connery, Democrat.
0 Massachusetts,, said yesterday there
. evidence that the Radio Corpora
6on Of America, ''or those officially
Gcting for it, corrupted elected repre-.
entatives, debauched judicial officials
and looted and defrauded their own
Hockholders
Representative Connery, in state
ment printed in the last issue of the
Congressional Record, which was pub
hshed yesterday. also said r. c. A.
~+or those acting for it," paid "some
100000 in dividends to preferred
stockholders when their total earn
ings were less than $l2000,000."
He added that the Columbia Broad
casting System listed its securities
On the New York Stock Exchange at
a presumed value of $50 900, 900, when
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission showed the total cash invest
ment of those who originally held
these securities was less than ST.
100000
Accuses F. c. c. Members.
Demanding an investigation of what
he termed the radio monopoly" Rep
resentative Connery accused unnamed
members of the Federal Communica-
lions Commission of fostering mo-
popoly.
: He also said:
An investigation Of the radio mo-
nopoly will show wherein two of the
commissioners, who, by their official
lcts made the present monopoly pos
sible, on leaving the commission were
presented with a vice-presidency Of
the Columbia Broadcasting Co.; that
. present high executive Of one Of
the radio chains secured his position
and draws princely salary each year
because of his ability to influence
J. Washington banker to advance sew
eral thousands of dollars to an Of
ficial OF a governmental agency. IN
charge of regulating radio, to equip
radio stations. which he held with
others, contrary to law.
Z Officials Not Named.
Z Representative Connery did not
name the officials. He said condi-
atoms in the Communications Commits
fion were "deplorable' and that "the
Influence Of the radio monopoly will
plague Congress until a real congress
rional investigation is made and
proper remedial legislation enacted"
ef@Mr. Connery praised George Henry
Payne, who is minority member of
the Communications Commission and
who has deplored what he called
ABUSES" in the radio field.
The Pied Pipers of the radio
monopoly" Representative Connery
said. realizing the justification of
complaints cited by Mr.. Payne, sum-
moned their following to eliminate
any public oficial who had the
temerity to challenge the radio mo-
nopolists' right to continue to do as
they alone saw fit
He charged leaders of the monop-
oily" with evolving a gigantic INTEL
lectual idea that Commissioner Payne.
when he was before the Rules Com
mittee, might be represented as not
having told the committee the truth"
Representative Connery referred to
hearing on his resolution for a con-
gressional investigation of the Federal
Communications Commission. The
resolution was defeated in closing days
Of the session.
Commissioner Payne, Representa-
tive Connery added, was frank and
fsarless despite endeavors to enmesh
MN in the chicanery of police court
examination"
Mr. Connery described Chairman
frank R. McNinch Of the commission
as a Charley Mccarthy dancing TO
tne music OF the radio Pied Pipers as
ne did in 1928 when he deserted the
democratic party to support President
Hoover"