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ARTHUR
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CONTENTS
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MARCH
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of
America's
foremost
radio
experimenters
RADIO
BROADCAST
r
ol.
I
No.
6
October,
1922
The
March
O
SPEAK
people
is
of
Radio
the
THE
DANGERS
IN
UNRELIABLE
BROADCAST
LECTURES
of
censorship
to
a
"free"
generally
like
waving
a
red
The
mere
fact
that
flag
at
a
bull.
some
one
is
going
to
censor
something
before
letting
it
be
publicly
dissem-
inated
arouses
at
once
a
violent
antagonism
to
the
movement.
But
if
the
censorship
be
a
wise
one,
evidently
administered
for
the
public
lecturer
with
a
certain
au-
furthermore
the
audience
does
thority
and
not
have
the
face-to-face
contact
with
the
speaker
by
which
can
be
judged,
to
some
ex-
tent
at
least,
the
reliability
of
the
statements
itself
vests
made.
The
message
offer
was
this
particular
lecturer
had
to
contained
in
the
advice
to
treat
can-
good,
we
should
support
and
welcome
it.
We
are
constantly
subject
to
such
censorship
in
the
United
States
mail
service,
for
example,
and
only
those
who
would
make
themselves
expense
of
the
gullible
part
of
the
public
by
floating
some
fake
stock
scheme,
or
dispensing
obscene
literature,
really
object
to
rich
at
the
it.
by
a
dietary
regime.
From
the
manner
in
which
the
speaker
proceeded
it
might
be
concluded
that
the
medical
profession
had
re-
cently
adduced
proof
from
experimentation
to
the
effect
that
cancer
was
a
blood
disease
and
cer
could
be
controlled
or
eliminated
by
certain
If
such
were
the
case
dietary
precautions.
no
greater
benefit
could
be
conferred
on
the
Recently,
a
lecture
was
delivered
from
WJZ
by
a
Mrs.
Hale
on
the
subject
of
cancer
treat-
ment.
This
lecture
should
never
have
been
permitted.
As
the
lecturer
proceeded,
it
was
evident
that
instead
of
benefiting
the
public,
here
was
a
case
where
the
broadcasting
service
human
race
than
the
rapid
dissemination
of
such
information,
but
any
one
with
common
sense
knows
that
this
would
not
have
been
left
for
a
lecturer
who
was
evidently
not
even
familiar
with
the
well-known
sources
of
infor-
was
being
used
no
doubt
unintentionally
with
positively
harmful
effects.
With
increased
power
must
always
come
increased
lecture,
listeners,
responsibility.
its
Thus
a
broadcast
mation
on
cancer
treatment,
and
whose
knowl-
edge
of
the
subject
has
been
recently
gleaned
from
a
superficial
reading
course not
properly
absorbed
because
of
lack
of
scientific
training
and
ability.
with
must
possibly
hundred
thousand
be
examined
for
false
state-
As
counter-evidence
ties
to
the
so-called
authori-
ment
and
dangerous
advice
much
more
thor-
oughly
than
when
the
lecture
is
delivered
in
a
hall
to
a
is
still
few dozen
people.
This
examina-
tion
more
necessary
in
the
case
of
the
which
the
lecturer
quoted,
we
learn
by
interview
with
Dr.
Francis
C.
Wood,
one
of
the
acknowledged
eminent
specialists
on
can-
cer
and
its
treatment,
that
"we
can
safely
say
that
90,000
physicians
in
the
United
States
do
not
believe
what
this
radio
lecture
because
the use
of
the
station
woman
says."
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Radio
Broadcast
good
likely
For
the
information
of
those
who
may
have
been
influenced
by
this
talk
on
cancer,
we
note
in
passing
that
the
diet
treatment
for
cancer
was
advocated
and
practised
by
the
old
Roman
and
Arabian
physicians
and
that
the
records
show
that
one
of
the
Roman
Emperors
died
to
result,
before
permitting
its
presentation.
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
TO
HELP
REGULATE
ALL
GOVERNMENT
RADIO
years
ago
government
officials
cared
but
little
which
of
them
assumed
authority
over
the
growth
and
application
of
radio
communication.
With
the
recent
tremen-
from
cancer
after
having
been
subjected
to
a
strictly
controlled
diet;
that
some
of
the
sources
quoted
gave
out
over
fifty
years
ago
the
ideas
presented
by
the
lecturer;
that
one
physicians
quoted
has
because
of
his
unbalanced
views,
been
publicly
repudiated
by
the
hospital
on
the
staff
of
which
he
formerly
served;
that
the
dog
experiments
referred
to
as
proving
that
cancer
was
a
blood
disease
involved
the
treatment
of
a
growth
the
nature
of
which
was
not
even
identified
with
that
of
can-
of
the
better
A
FEW
dous
growth,
however,
it
was
inevitable
that
known
some
dispute
should
arise
between
different
departments
as
to
whose
traffic
was
the
more
important
and
so
should
have
"the
right
of
way."
It
is
evident
that
there
must
be
much
difference
of
opinion
in
such
matters
and
that
is
some
super-departmental
since
1875 active
work
has
been
carried
on
by
well
trained,
disinterested
observers
to
find
any
cer;
and
that
necessary
to
harmonize
the
various
requirements.
The
supervision
of
radio
has
long
belonged
to
the
Department
of
Com-
merce,
it
having
been
primarily
a
ship
control
service.
relation
between
diet
and
cancer
growth
and
none
has
been
found!
A
fact
often
cited
by
diet
enthusiasts
to
sup-
port
their
theories
is
the
comparative
absence
of
cancer
among
prisoners,
due
presumably
to
The
Navy
is
of
course
vi-
tally
interested,
as
radio
communica-
tion
probably
trebles
the
fighting
efficiency
of
the
Signal
Corps
must
be
contin-
ually
developing
radio
as
it
will
often
be
the
fleet.
The
the
simple
diet
of
prison
for
this
is
life.
The
real
reason
found
to
have
nothing
whatever
to
do
with
the
diet.
Statistics
give
the
average
age
of
the
inhabitants
of
our
prisons
as
about
twenty-four
and
statistics
further
show
that
the
average
age
at
which
cancer
shows
itself
is
most
valuable
means
of
communication
avail-
able
on
a
battle
front.
We
understand
that
even
in
peace
times
the
Signal
Corps
operates
58
traffic
stations
and
that
somewhat
over
200
official
messages
are
transmitted
from
Washing-
ton
daily
by
Army
radio.
The
Post
Office,
with
its
airplane
service
now
well
under
way,
naturally
much
interested
in
radio
regula-
tions
because
of
the
relation
they
bear
to
air
is
forty-five!
In
addition,
we
were
offered
the
advice
of
some
physician
advocating
a
theory
tronic
vibration
rates."
of
"elec-
Now
it
so
happens
that
of
are
well
enough
schooled
in
the
activi-
ties
of
electrons
to
know
that
this
combination
we
The
Department
of
Agriculture
is
navigation.
awaking
to
the
fact
that
radio
service
for
the
farmers
is
an
important
field
for
its
activity.
words
is
a
camouflage
for
a
woeful
"elect-
ronic"
ignorance,
calculated
to
impress
a
sus-
We
have
been
able
to
find
ceptible
clientele.
no
evidence
connecting
electrons
with
cancer
and
believe
the
whole
idea
nothing
but
pure
Because
of
these
varied
interests
and
their
conflicts,
there
has
been
recently
organized
an
inter-departmental
committee,
the
business
of
which
is
to
advise
Secretary
Hoover
regarding
priority
of
material
and
schedules
for
stations
disseminating
government
information.
The
activity of
the
committee
will
be
advisory
only;
its
first
recommendation
will
undoubtedly
be
to
have
the
different
departments
cease
using
radio
channels
for
traffic
which
can
just
as
well
be
carried
over
land
wires.
There
are
at
pre-
sent
eight
primary
government
broadcasting
stations
sending
out
news
and
information.
This
number
will
undoubtedly
increase
so
that
"bunk."
If
any
one
hearing
.this
in
lecture
was
influenced
by
such
a
way
as
to
put
off
immediate
consultation
with
a
reputable
physician
in
a
suspected
case
of
cancer,
then
instead
of
hav-
ing
dispensed
a
truth
which
"may
reach
and
help
save
some
life,"
the
lecturer
has
jeopard-
ized
some
life
which
by prompt
measures
might
have
been
saved.
The
next
time
a
broadcast
lecture
on
health
topics
is
to
be
given
let
us
hope
those
in
charge
of
the
station
will
get
the
best
information
they
can
as
to
the
harm
or
it
the
advice
of
the
committee
will
soon
be
needed
by
Secretary
Hoover
in
allotting
channels,
time
schedules
and
material.
The March
personnel
of
the
committee,
headed
by
Dr.
S.
W.
Stratton,
includes
representatives
from
the
departments
of
Agriculture,
Interior,
Justice,
Labor,
of
at
Radio
457
The
Navy,
Army,
Post
Office,
State,
Newark,
has
been
using
the
36o-meter
ether
channel,
during
what
seems
to
certain
other
stations
a
disproportionately
large
share
of
the
time,
and
has
refused
to
agree
with
these
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Harris
&
Ewing
THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ON
GOVERNMENT
BROADCASTING
From
left
to
right:
James
C.
Edgerton,
Post
Office
Department;
F. P.
Guthrie,
Shipping
Board;
Capt.
H.
P.
Perrill,
Chief
Coordinator's
Office;
Dr.
S.
W.
Stratton,
Bureau
of
Standards;
J.
C.
Gilbert
and
W.
A.
Wheeler,
Department
of
Agri-
Dr.
Stratton
has
been
made
culture;
A.
E.
Cook,
Department
of
Labor
and
L.
J.
Heath
of
the
Treasury
Department.
chairman
of
the
board
Treasury,
Budget,
Shipping
Board,
and
the
Bureau
of
Standards.
WAR
BETWEEN
BROADCASTING
STATIONS
foreordained
fact
that there
would
IT
eventually
be
conflicts
between
various
broadcasting
stations,
especially
in
the
neigh-
borhood
of
New
York,
where
a
large
number
of
them
have
been
installed.
This
has
recently
come
to
pass.
We
have
had
the
experience
of
listening
to
a
jumble
of
signals
of
just
the
kind
anticipated
dance music
competing
with
a
lecturer
for
the
ear
of
the
radio
audience.
From
the
press
notices
it
seems
that
WJZ,
the
Radio
Corporation-Westinghouse
station
WAS
a
other
stations
on
what
they
think
a
reasonable
It
is
probably
because
of
division
of
hours.
this
attitude
on
the
part
of
the
Radio
Corpor-
ation
station
that
the
Radio
Broadcasting
Society
has
been
organized
recently,
banding
together
broadcasting
stations
for
the
purpose
of
allotting
them
hours
in
what
they
regard
a
reasonable
division,
with
the
idea
of
averting
the
kind
of
interference to
which
we
have
re-
It
seems
that
WJZ
felt
cently
been
treated.
itself
above
such
a conference
that
its
right
to
the
ether
should
be
unchallenged
by
later
comers
and
it
was
not
until
the
counsel
for
the
Broadcasting
Society
had
started
action
to
have
the
license
of
WJZ
revoked
by
the
federal
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