appeals instead of all radio law questions being passed upon by the District Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. This is especially important from the standpoint of building up a series of legal interpretations of radio law by different inferior courts of the United States. The Your committee has substituted a new section for section 13. purpose of the new section is identical with the section passed by the House, but your committee believes the language of the new section more nearly places radio stations on the same basis as newspapers in connection with broadcasting information as to lotteries. Your committee has added section 14 as a new section. This amendment strikes our section 18 of the radio act of 1927 and substitutes the language of section 14. Section 18 of the radio act of 1927 reads as follows: If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station, and the licensing authority shall make rules and regulations to carry this provision into effect: Provided, That such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provisions of this paragraph. No obligation is hereby imposed upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by any such candidate. The committee amendment is as follows: SEC. 14. (a) If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such station; and if any licensee shall permit any person to use a broadcasting station in the interest or support of or in opposition to any candidate for public office, or in the presentation of views on any side of a public question to be voted upon at an election, he shall afford equal opportunity to any other person to use such station in the interest or support of any opposing candidate for such public office, or for the presentation of opposite views on such public question, or to reply to any person who has used such broadcasting station in opposition to any candidate. (b) The commission shall make rules and regulations to carry this provision into effect. No such licensee shall have power of censorship over the material broadcast in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. No obligation is imposed upon any licensee to allow the use of his station by any candidate, or in the interest or support of or in opposition to any candidate or political party, or for the presentation of views on any side of a public question. (c) The rates charged for the use of any station for any of the purposes set forth in this section shall not exceed the regular rates charged for the use of said station to advertisers furnishing regular programs, and shall not be discriminatory as between persons using the station for such purposes. The purpose of this amendment is to extend the requirement of equality of treatment of political candidates to supporters and opponents of candidates, and public questions before the people for a vote. It also prohibits any increased charge for political speeches. No station owner is required to permit the use of his station for any of these purposes, but if a station permits one candidate or the supporters or opponents of a candidate, or of a public question upon which the people are to vote, then the requirement of equality of treatment and of no higher rates than the ordinary advertising rates shall be charged. Section 15 is a new section providing for a transfer of the radio inspection service from the Department of Commerce to the Radio Commission. This legislation has repeatedly passed both the House and Senate either as a separate bill or as part of a general bill such as this and your committee thinks properly belongs in this bill as one of a series of amendments to the radio act of 1927. Section 16 is a new section designed to give the commission control of all studios or apparatus in the United States used in connection with a broadcasting station in a foreign country for the purpose of furnishing programs to be transmitted back into the United States. The Radio Commission has recommended such legislation. Your committee believes this is the only method whereby the commission can control radio programs originating in the United States to be broadcast by a foreign station and thereby transmitted back into the United States. That practice is now being carried on in connection with one station of high power just across the Mexican border and owned by American citizens, and your committee is informed that other stations to be used in the same manner are being planned. The operation of this legislation will not interfere with any broadcasting that is in the public interest of the people of the United States and will empower the commission to regulate broadcasting originating in the United States. Section 17 is a new section designed to impose license fees to help pay the cost of regulation of radio stations by the agencies of the Government. That cost at present is approximately $1,000,000 per year. The radio commission estimates the fees which this amendment will provide will amount to approximately $670,000. Your committee believes such fees are entirely just, because without governmental regulation the interference between radio stations would amount to chaos so far as radio reception is concerned. The Radio Commission prepared the list of charges for the various items and your committee has followed the commission's suggestions in most of the fees prescribed. It will be noted that the fees are highest on broadcasting stations and commercial stations. These stations charge substantial fees for the use of their facilities and can well afford to help pay the cost of regulation. In order that the Senate may know the amount of revenue each of the different fees will return to the Government your committee is printing the estimates as furnished by the Radio Commission. 18. Broadcasting, station fees-estimated.. 19. 100 stations, at $60.--- -$275,000 20. 25 stations, at $30.. 6,000 21. 5,000 examinations per year, at $3. 22. 5,000 examinations per year, at $1. 23. 12,000 amateur operators' licenses per year, at $1. 24. 6,000 commercial operators' licenses per year, at $2. (b) 12,000 sailing inspections per year, at $2.50- 27. 1,000 voluntary inspections, at $10. 6, 500 500 670, 500 72D CONGRESS 1st Session } SENATE { REPORT USE OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR CAMP SITES, REFINING WORKS, AND OTHER PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH MINERAL PERMITS AND LEASES APRIL 11 (calendar day, April 14), 1932.—Ordered to be printed Mr. NYE, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3638] The Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3638) to authorize the use of public lands for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes in connection with mineral permits and leases, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass with the following amend ments: On page 1, line 7, after the word "unoccupied" and before the words "public lands", insert the word "nonmineral". On page 2, lines 3 and 4, strike out the words "three hundred and twenty" and insert in lieu thereof the words "one hundred and sixty". On page 2, line 9, after the word "acre" and the colon, insert a new proviso, as follows: Provided further, That such lessee or permittee shall be given a reasonable time after the termination of the lease or permit to remove personal property and improvements from such area: This bill was introduced at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, as set forth in his letter of February 9, 1932; and this letter and the letter of the Secretary under date of April 4, 1932, which sets forth fully the necessity for the proposed legislation, are appended hereto and made a part of this report, as follows: Hon. GERALD P. NYE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: There is transmitted herewith a draft of a bill to authorize the use of public lands for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes in connection with mineral permits and leases. SR-72-1-VOL 1-71 Legislation of this character would aid in the orderly administration of the mineral leasing laws, and I, accordingly, recommend that such a bill be introduced with a view to its enactment into law. Very truly yours, Hon. GERALD P. NYE, Chairman Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In further response to your request of March 23, for a detailed report covering the necessity for the legislation proposed in S. 3638, a bill to authorize the use of public lands for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes in connection with mineral permits and leases, I beg leave to invite attention to the inclosed memorandum that has been prepared by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. I believe this memorandum will give you all the necessary information in regard to the matter. Very truly yours, RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Memorandum for the Secretary. Reference is made to the letter of Hon. Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate, for report to the committee covering the necessity for enactment of S. 3638, which proposes to authorize the use of public lands for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes in connection with mineral permits and leases. This bill is similar to H. R. 9072 on which you, February 25, 1932, reported favorably to the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives. Section 12 of the act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), authorizes permits for additional 40 acres of land to be used by the holder of a phosphate lease, and section 25 of the act, as amended by the act of December 11, 1928 (45 Stat. 1019), authorizes permits for like areas to be issued to the holders of sodium leases. The bill provides for larger areas to lessees of phosphate and sodium and to the holders of leases and permits for potash, coal, oil, and gas and oil shale, the issuance of such permits to be discretionary with the Secretary of the Interior and an annual rental to be charged for the use. While in the great majority of cases the permittee or lessee can locate his camp site, etc., on land included in the permit or lease, there are cases where additional lands are desirable and necessary for the convenient and efficient operations under the permit or lease. The necessity for such additional lands is apparent where the land subject to lease is of the nature of the potash deposits known as Searles Lake in California, dry on the surface but containing salt crystals and brine beneath the surface. In such cases the refining works or camp structures must be built on solid ground. In some cases it will be necessary to acquire lands suitably located for railroad-to-mine connection, and where water can be brought in or developed, and suitable for building refineries and houses for employees, also dumping places for the waste material. This in some cases will require considerable areas outside the leased lands. Often coal outcrops may be on high cliffs so that the coal must be brought down over tramways to places suitable for tipple and other buildings necessary to the mining. and shipment of the coal. Also, sometimes lands outside oil and gas leases and oil-shale leases will be needed for sites for refineries, tank farms, etc., in connection with operations under the leases. To allow the use of such additional areas as are found to be needed at a fair rental during the operations under the leases and permits appears to be in the interest both of the United States and the lessees. C. C. MOORE, Commissioner. |