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with confidence that they will
receive the most popular pro-
grams.
Robert c. Sprague, president OF
RTMA. also wired Frank STAN
ton, CHS president, asking for
time on the Obs network to
answer Mr.. Stanton's broadcast of
last Sunday night.
The color decision, the Pilot
suit continued, has resulted in
cancellations of orders with Pilot
and even larger cancellations by
consumers of orders previously
placed with dealers.
Worse Condition Feared.
Plaintiff and it's Dealers" the
suit continued, find themselves
burdened with a large stock of
black-and- white sets which have
been rendered unsaleable" as a
result of the decision. 1t said the
conditions will become progress
sively worse unless the color de-
cision is suspended.
The Pilot suit contained criti-
cisms of CHS color previously ex-
pressed by a majority of manu-
facturerS in statements following
the decision: That because of its
incompatibility it cannot be re-
ceived on present sets even in
black and white unless they are
specially adapted, and that at the
present stage of development the
size of CHS color pictures is lin
tied to 121a inches by the mo-
tor driven color disc used in front
of the picture tube.
CHS contends the development
of tri-color direct-view tubes will
make it possible to dispense with
the color wheels and to produce
pictures as large as those of black
and-White sets.
Fl The Radio -Television Manufac-
turers' Association said that a pro-
gram designed to give the public
"all the facts" about color tele-
vision and the future of black and
white television was approved
yesterday at a meeting in the
Roosevelt Hotel by a committee
under the chairman ship of DR..
w. r. G. Baker, vice president of
the General Electric Co., Syracuse,
Ny.
I'm the opinion of RTMA set
manufacturers" DR.. Baker said.
"the growth of color televiSion un-
der the system approved presently
by the Federal Communication
Commission will be necessarily
very SLOW.
Set manufacturers are conf
dent that completely electronic
color system which will be COM
patible with present black and
white sets will be developed by the
industry's engineers in the rela-
lively near future. And when this
is developed, color telecasts can
be received in black and white on
present sets without any extra set
equipment or any receiver modif1-
cations"
Public to Be Informed.
DR.. Baker said the committee
will establish a subcommittee to
prepare factual information for
presentation to the public and
the trade in an effort to clear up
the confusion created by mis-
understanding of technical issues
and the circulation of misinfor-
nation.
1--WE are confident that once the
public knows the facts" DR.. Baker
said, "it will have no hesitancy
about continuing to buy black and
white sets in large numbers while
the industry works out the tech
nical problems of future color
television.
The association said that I'm
accordance with broadcasting reg
ulationS and traditions calling for
equal time for both sides of con-
troversial issues, RTMA requests
Is minutes between pm. and
$50 pm. Sunday, october %, on
CHS radio network for rebuttal
to attacks on television manu-
facturers made by you last Sun
day"
Other suits against the FEC
were expected momentarily, in
Guiding one by Radio Corp. of
America, which was the principal
competitor of CHS in the color
television hearings.
RCA is expected to seek an in
junction on the ground of "irre-
parable injury" the magazine
Broadcasting said.
Usually the FEC is sued in
Washington, its official home. But
lawyers pointed out that a prior
case against the FEC originated
in the New York Federal court
and later went to the Supreme
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