INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE
EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
S. Res. 13 and S. Res. 163
AUTHORIZING INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS
RELATING TO INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN
(Including testimony on S. 825, by Mr. Bricker, to authorize the
Federal Communications Commission to establish rules and regula-
tions and make orders with respect to networks and their activities)
MARCH 26, 27, 28, MAY 14, 15, JUNE 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, AND
JULY 17, 1956
Printed for the use of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1957
EDWARD JARRETT, Clerk
HAROLD I. BAYNTON, Chief Counsel
KENNETH A. Cox, Special Counsel on Television Inquiry
WAYNE T. GEISSINGER, Special Counsel on Television Inquiry
NICHOLAS ZAPPLE, Staff Communications Counsel
1 Appointed April 18, 1956, to succeed Strom Thurmond, South Carolina, who resigned on April 4, 1956.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'
Abeloff, Irvin G., vice president, WXEX-TV, Petersburg, Va..........
Ashworth, Mrs. Lucille, studio manager, Chester Rakeman Scenic
Studios, 530 West 47th Street, New York, N. Y.
Breen, Edward, president and general manager, KQTV, Fort Dodge,
Iowa..
Bryant, Joe H., president, KCBD-TV, Lubbock, Tex.
Busby, Francis E., director and vice president, WTVY, Dothan, Ala_
Carpenter, Murray, president, WTWO, Bangor, Maine-
Chisman, Thomas P., president and general manager, Peninsula
Broadcasting Corp., WVEC-TV, Hampton, Va
Cohan, John C., president, KSBW-TV, Salinas, Calif
Essex, Harold, vice president, WSJS-TV, Winston-Salem, N. C.......
Floyd, Joe, president, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, S. Dak..
Gilchrist, T. S., Jr., general manager, WJHP-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.
Gross, Harold F., president, WJIM-TV, Lansing, Mich.
Harris, Jack, vice president, KPRC-TV, Houston, Tex_
Havens, Wilbur M., president, Havens & Martin, Inc., WTVR,
Richmond, Va., accompanied by Walter Bowry, treasurer; Martin
Hutchinson, and John Midlen, Washington counsel, Washington,
D. C_____
Hayes, John S., chairman, special committee of CBS television
affiliates, and president, Washington Post broadcast division,
WTOP-TV, Washington, D. C., accompanied_by_Ernest Jennes,
counsel, Covington & Burlington, Washington, D. C...
Hough, Harold V., director, WBAP-TV, Fort Worth, Tex_
Houwink, Frederick S., chairman, board of governors of the ABC
Television Affiliates Association, general manager, WMAL-TV,
Washington, D. C., and accompanied by Harold V. Hough and
Sarkes Tarzian_
Howell, Rex., president, KREX-TV, Grand Junction, Colo...
Jahncke, Ernest Lee, Jr., vice president and assistant to the president,
American Broadcasting Co., New York, N. Y..
Kintner, Robert E., president, American Broadcasting Co., New
York, N. Y., accompanied by Robert H. Hinckley, Ernest Lee
Jahncke, Jr., James Stabile, Harold Morgan, and Frank Marx... 2465
Lambert, Edward C., general manager, KÕMU-TV, and director of
television, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Landau, Ely, president, National Telefilm Associates, New York,
N. Y., accompanied by Thomas Wall, Raymond E. Nelson, and
Justin M. Golenbeck.
McConnaughey, Hon. George C., Chairman, Federal Communications
Commission, accompanied by other members of the Commission and
certain members of the staff of the Commission.
McElveen, H. Moody, Jr., vice president and general manager,
WNOK-TV, Columbia, S. C...
McGannon, Donald H., president, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.,
Inc., 122 East 42d Street, New York, N. Y., accompanied by
Joseph Baudino, vice president; John Steen, legal counsel; and
Ralph Harmon, vice president in charge of engineering
Meyer, A. C., president, WCIA, and Independent CBS Affiliates in
Illinois, Champaign, Ill..
Moore, Richard A., president, KTTV, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.,
accompanied by John O'Mara, director of research; Prof. Donald F.
Turner, Cambridge, Mass., legal adviser; John R. Vrba, vice presi-
dent in charge of sales; and Lloyd N. Cutler, attorney at law,
1625 I Street NW., Washington, D. C.
Statement of-Continued
Parker, Everett C., director, Communications for the Congregational
Christian Churches, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y., accom-
panied by Frank Ketcham, counsel, 1828 Jefferson Place NW.,
Washington, D. C..........
Putnam, William L., treasurer and general manager, Springfield
Television Broadcasting Corp., Springfield, Mass..
Rogers, Lawrence H., II, vice president and general manager, WSAZ,
Inc., Huntington, W. Va...
Rogers, W. D., Jr., president, KDUB-TV, Lubbock, Tex..
Rotondo, Peter J., 429 West 53d Street, New York, N. Y.
Saddler, Owen L., executive vice president, May Broadcasting Co.,
Omaha, Nebr
Sarnoff, Robert, president, National Broadcasting Corp., New York,
N. Y., accompanied by David Adams, Joseph Heffernan, Mel
Beval, John Sonnett, and Thomas Ervin_.
Steinberg, David, president, Imperial Scenic Studios, Fort Lee, N. J..
Stanton, Frank, president, Columbia Broadcasting System, 485
Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y., accompanied by J. L. Van
Volkenburg, president, CBS television; Richard S. Salant, vice
president, CBS television; William B. Lodge, vice president in
charge of engineering; Sidney S. Alexander, CBS econumist; and
Judge Bruce Bromley, member of Cravath, Swaine & Moore,
attorneys at law, New York, N. Y.
Stuart, Harold C., executive vice president, KVOO-TV, Tulsa, Okla
Swezey, Robert D., WDSU Broadcasting Corp., New Orleans, La__
Tarzian, Sarkes, president, WTTV, Bloomington, Ind..
Thornburg, Donald W., president and general manager, WCAU-TV,
Philadelphia, Pa...
Turner, Prof. Donald F., counsel, KTTV, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Wagstaff, Walter E., vice president, KIDO-TV, Boise, Idaho__
Warren, William W., executive vice president, KOMO-TV, Seattle,
Wash..
Whitmire, B. I., general manager, WFBC-TV, Greenville, S. C... ... .... Statement submitted by:
Baltimore, David M., WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Bartlett, Paul R., president, KFRE-TV, Fresno, Calif.
Damm, Walter J., WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, Wis..
Lord, Nathan, WAVE-TV, Louisville, Ky
Manship, Douglas L., president, Louisiana Television Broadcasting
Corp., Baton Rouge, La..
Stuart, Harold C., executive vice president, KVOO-TV, Tulsa, Okla. Communications from
See, Harold P., KRON-TV, San Francisco, Calif
Barnes, Hon. Stanley N., Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division, Department of Justice, dated May 24, 1956, to Hon.
Warren G. Magnuson-
Barnes, Hon. Stanley N., Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division, Department of Justice, dated May 29, 1956, to Hon.
Warren G. Magnuson
Biederman, Les., general manager, Midwestern Broadcasting Co.,
Traverse City, Mich
Bigley, W. M., general manager, South Arkansas Television Co.,
Inc., El Dorado, Ark., to Hon. Oren Harris, House of Representa-
tives, Washington, D. C...
Borel, Richard A., secretary, CBS television affiliates advisory board,
Chicago, Ill__.
Bricker, Hon. John W., to Howard Buffett, Buffett-Falk & Co.,
Omaha National Bank Building, Omaha, Nebr.
Bricker, Hon. John W., United States Senator from Ohio, questions
propounded to KTTV witness, and answers thereto by letter dated
May 11, 1956, from Lloyd N. Cutler, counsel, 1625 I Street NW.,
Washington, D. C..
1570-1574; 1574-1591
Bricker, Hon. John W., United States Senator from Ohio, to Len
Higgins, manager, KTNT-TV, South 11th and Grant, Tacoma,
Wash
Bricker, Hon. John W., to station KVOS-TV, Bellingham, Wash..
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