Word: broadcasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most positive of all official reactions to the Vimalert licensing came from the executive offices of the White House (see p. 13). Pending passage of a Neutrality Act amendment, the State Department broadcast its sincere regrets that the original act had not quite worked. Among those Washington diplomats who received these regrets most graciously were Spain's de los Rios and Russia's Troyanovsky, whose underlings were vigorously denying that Vimalert nowadays has any further dealings with Amtorg. Meantime, nobody had actually set eyes on mysterious Mr. Cuse, the cause of all the commotion. At his Jersey City...
...absurd," snorted Leader Lewis in an amazing New Year's Eve broadcast in which he defied virtually the whole of U. S. Big Business, "for such a corporation to pretend that its policies are settled locally. Every one knows that decisions as to wages, hours and other conditions of employment are made at a central point for all the plants controlled by General Motors...
...Major away, at a time when many admen thought his peak of popularity was passed (TIME, June 22). It was up to the Thompson agency to top radio's top show in a year when novelty and unusual program ideas were being demanded in no uncertain terms by broadcast sponsors. The agency's answer was a program called "The Good Will Court of Human Relations...
...Governor Lehman and New Jersey's Governor Hoffman. The lower court judges and retired magistrates who served received $250 each, "for charity." An endless stream of stammering unfortunates appeared to feed its microphones. Not too sure they liked the idea, but reluctant to cross a good client, National Broadcasting Co.'s officials convinced themselves the program was "a good thing," had it broadcast from a private studio where no visitors were allowed...
...York lawyers finally asked the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for an opinion on the question of whether or not it was ethical for a judge to give legal advice "in connection with a publicity medium." For Chase & Sanborn other lawyers argued that the broadcast was "humane'' and a "great system of public education." Nevertheless, the justices of the Appellate Division frowned heavily on the Good Will Court last week. They ordered all New York State lawyers henceforth to stay out of Chase & Sanborn's court...