Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-27
Mack Faces V Probe
Says He Won't Quit


| grant" to the Public Service
Television application. This
vote was three for public serv-
ice, two for the Katzentine APP
plication and one for L. B. Will
son, Inc. Mr.. Mack explained
that he did not participate be-
cause he was not familiar with
the record of the case at that
time.
'Berated" by Katzentine
About two weeks after this. "
Mr.. Mack continued, MR.
Katzentine called on me and
berated me for not having voted
for his application and told me
he understood that I was COM
mitted to Mr.. Whiteside to vote
for Public Service. I denied
this.
Il told Mr.. Katzentine that
Mr.. WhiteSide had done no
more than he. Mr.. Katzentine,
had done. and that l was not
and never had been committed
to anyone to vote for any of
the four applicants"
! Mr.. Mack said that when the
commission took it's final vote
in February. 1857, overruling
the recommendation of FEC
Examiner Herbert Sharfman,
he was the first to cast his vote.
He voted for Public Service
Television. Inc, as did the three
Republican commissioners. Nc
Connaughey, Doerrer, and Lee.
Commissioner BARLEY voted for
the Katzentine application and
Commissioner Hyde voted for
L. B. Wilson. Inc.
Gives His Reasons
Mr.. Mack gave the following
reasons why he did not favor
the Katzentine application:
THE past record of opera
ton of his radio station, as
shown by the evidence. left
doubts in my mind as to how
he would conduct the operation
Of a television station.
Mr.. Katzentine testified at
/ the FEC hearing that he would
extend to the operation of his
proposed television station the
same policies he had pursued
| in the operation of his radio
station in Miami. The record
shows that Mr.. Katzentine pro-
posed to telecast a substantial
number of programs that had
been broadcast over his radio
station. He had engaged in the
practice of using So-called free
lance announcers who received
their remuneration on the basis
of the announcements which
they could go out and sell.
This practice led to an alb
dication on Mr.. Katzentine'S
part of control over those seq
ments of the day during which
the free-lance announcerS were
on the air. The results were
long announcements and over
commercialization which Mr..
Katzentine failed to control. It
has long been a settled policy
of the commission to condemn
such practices.
Carried TipSter Ads
Furthermore Mr.. Katzen-
tines station in the past had
carried advertising for horse
racing tipsters While these
very serious matters were found
to be of little consequence by
the examiner (Mr. Sharfman)
I studied them carefully and
felt very strongly to the con-
trary. The final decision did
show that the majority of the
commission disagreed with the
examiner and only one of the
seven commissioners would
have adopted his initial deci-
sion"
Asked about his financial
dealings with Mr.. Whiteside,
Mr.. Mack confessed that
throughout my career I have
not been what might be called
a money-maker." He said he
borrowed money from banks
and others besides Mr.. White
side.
Mr.. Whiteside," he insisted
has never in his life attempt
ed to use any financial obliga-
ton of mine to influence my
actions either private or Of
fetal.
I'm all of the conversations
Mr.. Whiteside had with me, he
did no more than to expound