Fight Brewing
Over Channels
For Television
Movie Maker*. Would Close
Channel*. To General
Publie
Washington. — A lively fight
ls developing in Washington on
the question of allocation of tele
vision channels A spokesman at
the Federal Communications
Commission said that a hear
ing, to decide whether additional
wave lengths should be allocated
to movie interests, would be held !
at some future, unknown date. |
The only allocations thus far,
ol wave lengths to be used only
fur transmitting movies, have
been on a temporary and exper
imental basis. The motion pic
ture industry is pressing for
® permanent and additional wave
length allocations at present,
however, and the FCC must de
cide on a fixed policy sooner or
later.
Opponents of the plan to allo
cate wave lengths for moving
picture use want television wave
lengths kept free, just as radio
wave lengths have been. They
argue sponsors will buy and
• transmit movies over free tele
vision wave lengths anyhow, cit
ing actual examples now in prog
ress.
The motion picture industry
wants to use the special wave
lengths it is asking to show mo
vies in television houses, just as
m a theatre. It wants to charge
admission, and be protected in
that no one else could tune in on
^ its closed wave lengths.
Toward that end, the Thea
tre Owners of Ajperiea, Inc.
have published material to in
fluence public and congression
al opinion. The latest booklet,)
out this week, contains a plea
from Gael Sullivan, excutive I
director of the organization. Says
Sullivan:
the American people,
^ vvi*l not for long throw away their i
leisure time watching stupid tele- ,
vision programs because they hap
pen to be free. . . .
Through our (theatre own
ers) combined buying powers,)
know how , and televising over
closed wave lengths, we can of
ler a superlative quality of talent
No one likes to invest
additional money in an enter
prise that has been ailing, but
• this is no longer a question of
likes or dislikes .... it is a
question of survival.”
Opponents of the theatre-owner
dan foam at the mouth when
television is referred to as ailing.
They say it is just a baby, grow
ing with tremendous speed, and
argue that profits are but a mat
ter of time. The theatres are the
ailing industry, say opponents of
0the closed wave length plan, and
tlujy must improve the quality 1
of their product or face increasing )
television competition.
Opponents of the closed wave I
length plan say competition is
what Hollywood needs. They leel) j
it would be wrong to turn over 1
an atmosphere wave length to a
private business exclusively. And
to another proposal, of the mowe
industry, that slots be built in
television sets, into which coins:
could be dropped for reception
of movies, opponents of the plan
object strenuously. The FCC must
decide whether to allocate w'ave
lengths to stations only, or to
industry also. The lobbying, and
button-holing, on the subject is
hot and heavy in Washington
these days.
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Drippings
Compiled By Bill Sharpe
SUBSTITUTE
(Southern Pines Pilot)
An Army chaplain was entrust
ed with the duty of finding places
for boys of all denominations to
I w . ship, during the recent man
euvers at Came Mackall. His
search took him through several
towns in the Sandhills and he fin
ally landed at Aberdeen, where
he stopped at a service station to
gas up and also to inquire, "Is
! there a svnogogue here?"
j “A what?” asked the station at
tendant, looking slightly mysti
fied.
"A synagogue. I wanted to find
if you had one in this town."
The attendant scratched his
head briefly, then brightened up
as he reported, "Well, no, I don’t
believe we do—but we have a
swell Junior Chamber of Com
merce.”
♦ * *
A LITTLE LATE
(Asheboro Courier Tribune)
Went home to dinner the other
day and the wife was out mowing
the lawn. In eight years of mar
riage, It's the first time that ever
happened. It must be because I
had the mower sharpened the
other day. If I’d known that,
would have had it sharpened long
ago.
* * »
A DOG & A CHAIR
(John Wesley Clay,
Winston-Salem Journal)
1 told you Wednesday about the
old mountaineer who had shelter
ed a stray hound dog for fourteen
years yet to this good day he does
not claim ownership of the dog.
Should the original owner come
‘•long and claim the dog the moun
taineer would turn jt over to him.
I said that was real honesty and
that honesty had made America
great.
Of course there are lots of
Americans who are not that hon
est. There are plenty of people
who Wv)uld never think of steal
ing from you, but they would bor
row things and never return
them. This same mountaineer is
not above reproach in that re
spect. Another resident of the
! lulls told me that many years ago
this mountaineer borrowed a
rocking chair fr6m His front porch
while he was away. And he not
only forgot to mention the fact but
also forgot to return the chair. It
was said by the neighbors that the
mountaineer’s baby had the colic
one night and he borrowed the
chair to rock the baby to sleep in.
In all he has rocked six babies to '
j sleep in the chair.
| Through the goodness of heart!
the owner has never laid claim to
j the chair. It it has served a good
purpose in the mountaineer’s cab
in that is recompense enough. i
And that is another thing that
has helped to make America!
| great, goodness ot heart. And we
j got that from our fathers,
CiO TO THE POST OFFICE
(Waynesville Mountaineer)
We have just made a discovery,
or found a perfect prescription . . .
or something. If you feel the least -
j bit discouraged with the world or!
its inhabitants (and who doesn’t i
( have these spells?), take a brisk!
walk down to the Post Office and '
back. Our trip was an errand but
it* had the same elteet. We met
I people we hadn’t seen in ages; we 1
spoke to people we didn't even I
know and everybody seemed glad j
to see each other, and we settled t
back to work with a deep sense
of gratitude that we knew people,
liked people and that we lived in
this wonderful place.
BI T IT S THERE
(Dillon Herald)
1 he average householder can
comfort himself with the thought
that his lot of land contains morel
than $40,000 worth of uranium. I
The catch is that a fantastic
amount of work is required to ex
tract the uranium. It would mean
digging down about a mile deep
and processing about 2 1-2 mil
lion tons of dirt and rock.
THAT’S WIIY
(Sanford Herald)
Norman Branch joined his
brother from Charlotte on a trip
- .."
■to Tennessee last week-end. They
gave a hitchhiking farmer a 20
|mile ride in the mountains
"When we let the fellow out—
I dressed in overalls—in the next
tow n, Norman said, "he stomped
his feet on the concrete sidewalk
; and said: 'Oh. now 1 know why
they built the town here; they
! can’t grow cotton here .'
NEVER ENOUGH
(Goldsboro News-Argus i
Overheard at the Fremont road
celebration last week when the
crowd of people was swelled by a
goodly number of office seekers
l was this comment:
“Look at that Politicians bak
ing hands with one anothe:. There
aren't enough voters: to go a
round!”
TOO RADICAL
(la Years Ago, Moore Co News)
Southern Pines is to have a ref
erendum on the question of city
mail delivery. The office is en
titled to this service but many
business men there oppose its in
auguration for fear that free da
livery might keep many winter
residents from their daily trips
down town for their mail.
To a person standing on the
moon the earth would appear to
shine, as the moon shines to earth
inhabitants
Backs Arms-Aid Bill
TISTIFYING Jn support or the j
$1,222,500,000 arms-aid program,
Gen. Omar Bradley, Chairman of |
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells the
House Foreign Affairs Committee |
in Washington that the best chance
of postponing war is ‘‘by remaining |
strong.” Bradley declared the pro
gum puts this country “one step |
clwer to establishing a reasonable
security.” (Inter national t |
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SCREEN SCRIBES PLAN APPEAL
AT A PRESS CONFERENCE in Washington, five of ten Hollywood writers
charged with contempt of Congress declare they will carry their fight
to the Supreme Court and “insist” that it be heard. They are (1. to r.)
Kdward Dmytryk, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Alvah Bessie and Her
bert Biberman. Two of the ten, who refused to state whether or not they
are Communist*, are now serving one-year sentences. (International)
Trouble On The High Sens
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The rascally seaman, Douglas Fowley, shows his true colors as lie
threatens star Itoddy McDowell aboard the shark-fishing boat in
"Killer Shark," Monogram drama at the Watts Theatre Saturday.
U. S. SENATE VOTE SHOWS:
Graham Favors Abolition
Of Segregation In
D. C. Schools
In 1949 the U. S. Senate was considering a bill known as "Home Rule For the District of
Columbia" which would give D. C. City Council the right to abolish existing segregation in
their schools.
Senator Eastland of Mississippi proposed an amendment which would give the people of
Washington a right to vote on whether they desired to abolish segregation in their schools.
t This amendment was designed to give the people in Washington, D. C., the right to vote on
segregation.
WE URGE YOU TO READ IT IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Every Southern Senator Voted For This Admendment
EXCEPT
GRAHAM, PEPPER, and KEFAUVER
Nineteen Southern Senators voted for this Amendment, including SENATOR HOEY of
North Carolina, BUT it was defeated by Graham-Pepper-Kefauver who voted with North
ern Republicans and Democrats. Thus,
Graham Denied People Of Washington, D. C., The Very
Same Rights As Are Guaranteed North Carolinians
Yet, he talks glibly today about handling the Race Problem in the North Carolina way.
WILLIS SMITH ALWAYS HAS - AND ALWAYS WILL-UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS !
OF THE SOUTH - i
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Support Willis Smith For U. S. Senate i
MARTIN COUNTY COMMITTEE FOR WILLIS SMITH \