HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 6 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE WIRE OR WIRELESS IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME 2 DECEMBER 4, 1929, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1930 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate Commerce 1898 1029-2083 1753 2168, 2204 1836 Sykes, Hon. Eugene O. Terrell, William D. Thompson, Hope.. Vallance, William R. Alaska map and map of the radio net covering the United States. Statistics relative to use of radio channels.. Statement concerning the agreement and the text of the agreement reache between the representatives of the United States and Canada at a con- List of cable-landing licenses and acts of Congress authorizing landing of cables on shores of the United States prior to the hearings before the Interstate Commerce Committee, United States Senate, in 1920. Cable landing licenses issued by the President since the hearings of the English print of the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference, 1928. 690 721 Report of the American delegation to the European Radio Conference at 843 Amendments recommended to S. 6 by the Interdepartmental Radio Ad- Arrangement between the United States and the Dominion of Canada License agreement, General Electric Co. and Radio Corporation of America_ Traffic agreement, Radio Corporation of America and Marconi's Wireless Annual report of the directors of Radio Corporation of America, 1928. Radio Corporation of America v. Splitdorf Electrical Co.---. COMMISSION ON COMMUNICATIONS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1929 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call of the chairman, in room 412, Senate Office Building, at 10 o'clock a. m., Senator James Couzens presiding. Present: Senators Couzens (chairman), Howell, Pine, Brookhart, Kean, Pittman, Dill, Wheeler, and Wagner. Present also: William C. Green, special counsel to the committee. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order, please. I want to announce for the record that earlier in the week I requested the presence of Mr. Owen D. Young, of the Radio Corporation, and he asked to be excused this week because of a meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce, called at the request of the President, and he asked that he be excused until some day next week. I told him that we would arrange some day next week. I wanted to make that statement for the record, because I had announced to the committee that we expected Mr. Young down here on Friday or Saturday of this week. The program this morning is that we have Mr. Terrell, of the radio division of the Department of Commerce here. He is here in response to a request, to be examined by Mr. Green, counsel to the committee, so Mr. Green may proceed to inquire of Mr. Terrell, with the assistance of the committee, if he desires. Mr. GREEN. Will you swear Mr. Terrell, Mr. Chairman? (Mr. Terrell was duly sworn by the chairman.) TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM D. TERRELL, CHIEF, RADIO DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mr. GREEN. Will you give your full name and position, please, Mr. Terrell? Mr. TERRELL. William D. Terrell, chief of the radio division of the Department of Commerce. Mr. GREEN. How long, Mr. Terrell, have you been chief of the radio division of the Department of Commerce? Mr. TERRELL. Since March 1, 1915. Mr. GREEN. Since that time have you had supervision of the radio work in the Department of Commerce? Mr. TERRELL. I have. Mr. GREEN. And that position has continued up until this time? Mr. TERRELL. Up until this time; yes, sir. Mr. GREEN. Now, Mr. Terrell, will you, for the benefit of the committee, as briefly as you can, summarize the functioning of the |