THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
communications for business purposes and for the promotion of
international understanding, government facilities should be avail-
able in cases where adequate privately owned facilities do not exist
or do not furnish reasonably adequate service. It is therefore urged
that legislation be enacted which will authorize the use of govern-
ment facilities under these conditions but which will also contain
definite assurance that the government will not compete with pri-
vately owned communication facilities and that the use of the
government facilities will be discontinued immediately upon the
establishment of adequate privately owned facilities. (Resolution,
Fourteenth Annual Meeting, 1926.)
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The rapid growth in the use of radio for entertainment and
educational purposes, as well as communications purposes, has made
it of urgent importance that the necessary regulation to prevent
disorder and interference in the use of the air be promptly provided.
The characteristics of radio render this essentially a problem for
federal rather than state control.
Regulation of radio communication should not invade private
management. It should be based upon the principle that the inter-
est of the listening public is the paramount consideration in radio
broadcasting. Other forms of communication are primarily for the
service of the sender, but broadcasting serves the listener. No regu-
lation should attempt to force upon the public undesired program
matter. Station owners, like newspapers and magazines, must be
free to select and edit their program material. (Resolution, Four-
teenth Annual Meeting, 1926.)
CRIME
Crime and the criminal present one of the greatest problems of
self-government, and the alarming increase of crime in the United
States has made this subject one of grave importance to the citizens
throughout the entire country. We shall not realize a better condi-
tion of affairs in our national, state, or city life until our citizens
engage themselves actively in the formulation of constructive plans
of cooperation toward just punishment of crime,
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