Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-26
Radio and Ie|evIsIon
Ban In House Draws
Furry d Protests WI

Furry 81 Protests
Protests mounted today against
Speaker Rayhurnis ban on broad
casting and teleGAstlng OF House
committee hearings but seemed
unlikely 70 cause immediate action
by the House,
Members Of Congress as well
% ofiicials Of radio. television and
newsreel motion picture com.
panles objected TO the ruling made
suddenly yesterday BY Mr.. Ray
burn.
The Speakers breakdown
promptly took Q House COMMITTEES
on Un-American Activities sub.
committee OF the cir and nv
screens In Detroit.
Radio and nv stations In Wash.
ington and elsewhere Joined In the
protests. NH
But Mr.. Rayburn showed no
sign Of altering either from his
personal opposition to broadcasts
and telecaSts Of House proceedings
or his Interpretation that House
rules give no authority for broad
casting or telecasting such pro-
ceedings, including COMMITTEES
hearings In or out Of Washington.
Martin Challenges Action.
House Republican Leader Mar.
TIN, who took the floor yesterday
TO challenge the Speakers inter-
probation Of the rules, told re.
porters he doubted anything could
be done about II. He disagreed
with Mr.. Rayburn's Interpretation
but did not question the Speakers
authority. car" T7i
Speaker Rayburn also put the
issue up to the House. He an.
flounced there would be no more
radio or TV reporting Of House
committee hearings as long as he
Is Speaker--unless the House
adopts an explicit rule allowing
such programs.
Bans Newsreels, fsecOrdines.
The ban applies not only to
live" nv and radio broadcasts
but also to i1ewsfeels or tape re.
cordings. II does not bar radio
reporters and commentators from
hearings, Mr.. Rayburt1 explained
Neither does IL apply 10 senate
committee hearings,
This morning, he said The rules
Id0 not authorize use Of ifiotl0fi
picture cameras either Tor later
tlSe, Oh Nv or for showing III news
reels In theaters,
Station WMAE Ahd WMAtufV
piafi 10 e6ver The Senate blgtpIet
crime subcommittee heApIheS
xheh they resume Kenneth Il
BerkeleyI station director kaldl
He said ne dlSaapeed with thg
taybllrn ruling end believed thRt
ef0gdegStS end teIeeaStS Of that
a alRba sh assNIas 10 allowed "As q
u,| sIebg 4. Hagea! president OF
W1VFl iheu e9mmeAted thRt he
hepeg 0theF 6tatlens lW9Hla lain
llm Nh HPRlnR members III 'tha
House 70 Vgte 4 pP0Mpt reversal
" speaker HREhHPn's alsePlmlnAs
keFE gHilhRr". Hel IA, we'll a. MP,
Aerkeleyl AAlA PAal9 and nv eaHipr
nant Y silent ana aees net disturb
Conference Requested,
zen HH9Hse, vice president and
general MANAGER Of Station
IWWRg, telegFaphed Speaker RAY
pHEn that "the broadcast OF npen
committee hearings Ia q legitimate
news and public service function
Iot q radio station to It's lstaners
who, 40 citizens and constituents,
have 0 vested right to hear as it
happens what tranRpires at COM
mittee hearings"
Harold ., Fellows, president of
the National Association of Broad
casters, wrote Mr., Rayhurn re-
guesting conference to discuss
the ruling.
In Minneapolis, Jim Bormann,
president OF the National Asso.
citation Of News Directors, strongly
objected to the ruling and opened
q campaign among the repre-.
sentatives to have 1t reversed.
Mr.. Bormann's telegram to Mr.
Rayburn said free speech euaran.
tees are invovled. He added, 1--WE
respectfully submit that It is not
Q question Of whether authority
they can be prohibited"
Mr.. Bormann also has urged the
Radio Correspondents Association
here to Join In o campaign for
clariflcatioil Of House rules.
Walter Compton, general man.
ager OF VITO, the Dumont sta.
ton here, Said he was mot IN
sympathy with" Mr. Rayburn'N
action and added, II certainly hone
the House will reverse the ruling,
Protests BY some members OF
Congress. including Republican
members Of the Committee on Tn.
American Activities, termed the
ban raw censorship" and O VIC.
lation Of free speech. w
Representative shafer, Repub.
licAn, Of Michigan described the
shut-oh % "on0 OF the raweNt
examples Of censorship ever 10
come TO my attention" m
Representative jackson, Demo-
crat, Of California, q member OF
the subcommittee holding hearings
IN Detroit, said The ban was q
"dlaservice 10 the public"