1956 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 7015 By Mr. THOMPSON of Louisiana: By Mr. MULTER: veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' H. R. 10813. A bill to establish a sound H. R. 10820. A bill for the relief of Alexan­ Affairs. and comprehensive national policy with re­ dra Vasilievna Ghermanoff; to the Cam­ 956. Also, petition of Fred L. Ickes and spect to the fisheries; to create and prescribe mittee on the Judiciary. others of Stark County, Ohio, for a separate the functions of the United States Fisheries H. R. 10821. A bill for· the relief of Ezra pension program for World War I veterans; Commission; to strengthen the fisheries Dweck;_to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. segment of the national economy; and for - By _ Mr.. _O~NEILL.: ___ _ 957. By Mr. BRAY: Petition of 22 mem­ other purposes; to the Committee on Mer­ H. R. 10822. A bill for the relief of Maria bers of Post No. 172, the American Legion, chant Marine and Fisheries. G. Connolly; to the Committee on the Ju­ Jasonville, Ind., in support of H. R. 7886, a By Mr. McCARTHY: diciary. bill to increase pensions to World War I H. J. Res. 610. Joint resolution to establish By Mr. POWELL: veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' a Joint Committee on Foreign Information H. R. 10823. A bill authorizing the Secre­ Affairs. and Intelligence; to the Committee on Rules. tary of the Navy to receive Zaudie Makuria, 958. By Mr. BUSH: Petition of the depart­ a citizen and subject of Ethiopia, for in­ ment of Pennsylvania executive committee, struction at the United States Naval Acad­ the American Legion, urging enactment of PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS emy at Annapolis; to the Committee on necessary legislation to declare November 11, Armed Services. now known as Veterans Day a national holi­ Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private By Mr. RHODES of Pennsy1vania: day; to the Committee on the Judiciary. bills and resolutions were introduced and H. R. 10824. A bill for the relief of Sonja 959. By Mrs. CHURCH: Petition of the severally referred as follows: Spieker; to the Committee on the Judiciary. City Council of the City of Waukegan, Ill., By Mr. DORN of New York: By Mr. SCHWENGEL: urging that the Congress include in any H . R. 10814. A bill for the relief of Willem H. R . 10825. A bill for the relief of the Federal highway construction legislation the Fransen; to the Committee on the Judiciary. estate of Robert Joseph Welch; to the Com­ requirement that in every highway project By Mr. FINO: mittee on the Judiciary. where Federal funds are used, to make it H. R. 10815. A bill for the relief of Maria By Mr. TEAGUE of California: possible for municipal governments to be Ragusa Chiapetta; to the Committee on the H. R. 10826. A bill for the relief of the reimbursed for all changes to its water and Judiciary. estate of Charles 0. Fairbank; to the Com­ sewer facilities required by such projects; By Mrs. KELLY of New York: mittee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 10816. A bill for the relief o'f Lillian By Mr. WAINWRIGHT: 960. By Mrs. KEE: Petition of Mrs. Caro­ Ida Brown; to the Committee on the Ju­ H. R. 10827. For the relief of Melvin Grant; lyn Barosky, president, Wood-Venable Auxil­ diciary. to the Committee on the Judiciary. iary 8519, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kimball, H. R. 10817. A bill for the relief of Dr. H. R. 10828 A bill for the relief of Maitland w. Va., and 9 other members of Wood-Ven­ Thomas B. Meade; to the Committee on the McKinley Joseph; to the Committee on the able Auxiliary 8519, urging immediate en­ Judiciary. Judiciary. actment of a separate and liberal pension By Mr. LANE: program for veterans of World War I and H. R. 10818. A bill for the relief of George their widows and orphans; to the Committee T . Moore and Carl D. Berry; to the Com­ PETITIONS, ETC. on Veterans' Affairs. mittee on the Judiciary. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions 961. Also, petition of John F. Boyd, of By Mr. MAHON: and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk Alderson, W. Va., and 43 other residents of H. R. 10819. A bill to provide for the con­ Monroe and summers Counties, W. Va., urg­ veyance of certain mineral rights to the and referred as follows: ing immediate enactment of a separate and descendants of James H. Haney, Bledsoe, 955. By Mr. BOW: Petition of Mildred Car­ liberal pension program for veterans of World Tex.; to the Committee on Interior and ter and others, of Stark County, Ohio, for a War I and their widows and orphans; to the Insular Affairs. separate pension program for World War I Committee on Veterans' Affairs. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Criticism of TV and Radio Commercials radio to a community. I highly recom­ We are typically American in the business mend that you read it. The full text of - sense, and I firmly believe that our industry Is Unjustified is suffering unnecessary abuse from some Mr. Raind's letter is as follows: of its critics. While criticisms of specific KDRS, abuses by a few stations may be completely EXTENSION OF REMARKS Paragould, Ark., March 31, 1956. valid, the tendency to smear them across OF The Honorable E. c. GATHINGS, the entire industry is unfair to many of us. House of Representatives, I sincerely hope that you will find an HON.E.C.GATHINGS Washington, D. C. opportunity to speak up for the great ma­ DEAR CONGRESSMAN G,\THINGS: The as­ OF ARKANSAS jority of the Nation's radio stations and saults upon radio by Representative CRAIG in defense of the typical small city Arkansas IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOSMER and others, in my opinion, accent station which builds its entire service arotind Wednesday, April 25, 1956 the negative. It seems to me that radio its people and their needs. needs something of a champion among Con­ If the emphasis remains upon the nega­ Mr. GATHINGS. Mr. Speaker, a few gressmen who will accent the positive. tive aspects, may I then recommend that days ago I received a letter from Mr. I feel sure that you appreciate the services someone be equally unfair in appraising Ted Rand, general manager of radio which the radio industry has rendered to other aspects of the American scene which station KDRS, Paragould, Ark., regard­ the Nation. Moreover, I am confident that might be loud, noisy, and obnoxious in their you have intimate knowledge of the manner own way: ing recent attacks made against the ra­ in which many Arkansas radio stations re­ Used car dealers illuminate their lots in dio and television industry in the House late themselves to their communities. a manner which is bright, glaring, and dis­ of Representatives. Mr. Rand is an out­ In our community, we do not merely give agreeable to me. standing business and civic leader. lip service to the goals, dreams, problems, Service stations fly masses of distracting The principal complaint against these and purposes of our people. We roll up our pennants and twirling silver devices. They media was that both television and radio sleeves and pitch in. We devote time, talent, display huge day-glo signs. They distort the stations increased the sound volume and energy to the building of our commu­ natural beauty of my town. when commercials were being presented. nity. We try to do our best in support of Magazines cluttered with attention-getters those groups which are creating happiness continually force me to turn to page one­ According to Representative CRAIG Hos­ within our community-from a home-dem­ hundred-and-something for a continuation MER, of California, "these excessively onstration club's bake sale to a citywide cam­ of the article I am reading. loud commercials" applied to networks paign to raise $100,000 for a new industry. Full pages of my ne_wspaper contain noth­ as well as local programs. Mr. HosMER We have time for our churches, Girl ing but advertising. I find this annoying. asked the Chairman of the Federal Scouts, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, cancer, nurs­ Billboards put to shame the loudest radio Communications Commission to look ing home, schools, civic clubs, service clubs, commercial I have ever heard. These bill­ into the matter and advise him of the farm groups, and every other similar organi­ boards obliterate the landscape, and they Commission's findings. zation. We rarely receive any direct remu­ divert my attention from the some..what im­ neration from our work on behalf of these J>Ortant function of operating my auto­ Mr. Rand's letter, giving views and groups, although we do feel that our com­ mobile. observations of an owner and operator munity service policies are directly respon­ I pay to see commercials at my neighbor­ of a radio station, is good reading in­ sible for our overall successful business op­ hood theater. deed. His letter portrays the value of eratic~. Times Square is simply a disgrace. 7016 CONGRESSIONAL RECOR_D -~'HO:US)}) April 25_ Anyone who will ackn9w}eqgecthe ~ futilit:y, Growth of commercia-Z ractto- st.tiUons:-Con. ·We ·Do Not Want Vigilante·s- of these observations may then wond~r witll.. 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