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Ballyhoo. A Scotsman, a onetime engineer who was in charge of Britain's munitions for two years during the War is Sir John Charles Walsham Reith. He was a featured guest at the meeting, for since 1927 he has been director-general of British Broadcasting Corp. He was knighted in 1927 for his able management of this government monopoly which permits no radio advertising and gives British radioauditors not what they want but "what they ought to have."* Sir John arrived at the New School just in time to tell the meeting that the U.S. system of competition among...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bringing Up Radio | 6/1/1931 | See Source »

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