RADIO BROADCASTING BY ALIENS FROM THE UNITED STATES

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: June 25, 1958
• Content Type: MF

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Rar~_o arc ,?c.~.sti.? By Aliens r _ron the United States
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s a s today i'ea .s t 'Ci OV YOU SevOVc
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of e,;isla 't?` on ~ 71?i c"', Y>rc erts aliens -'O"i ohta?ninZZ a Ii ce se
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broadcast in the United States.
STATINTL
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~PIITED r
of e i} Z ti) aces ove r all channels of inter Mate and
transmission; and to provide for the use of such c' annels,
t not the i;dnersri ` tie ,kct specifies that a license. is
for t: e cperc t~ion or use of lany apparatus for the transmission
'he LYrpos of the the ter motif other thin -s -s "to maintain the
en -We%.era _ Corim unication Cora:". i.ssion_ .",)ay reject an application wi'i:.r.-
C tr+..". as tl r_enial of due process of law. However, there are occasions
communications or s' `nals by radio. 177 The Federal
!ti'_'~ii. .. ion Coy,;-ions cone ucts -ea-,-in,-,s on applications for i.ieen fie:'
.: t: '.? ^ 1:, ,;. C: 'I_i8.1_ of a .'.Y-anted by ste tuft' us S ? J' r
.f an admits r2E is an alien, his ap'Jlication ,,Till be
1t'"lOLl't. a Grin v Decau.se he is d1.SC1u l]C1P_C1 by Section 310(a)
Station license .. ecui -ed hereby shall not be ",ranted
to or held b --
i alien or the r oresentative of c ny alien;
.ti' f'v`rei '. 1 foverr_r:,eat or the representative thereof;
An" co~'-_zoration or- a n i 'zed under the laws of any foreign
i
act L ; at o2:.
_r.? r,
, _ v Sc;
:C within he i
_ . _ + , ~?1 ) C:~' uij.iG i?~`Gc+.CiCd.S {,,?_. ~ ng , i b ~'.~;! ~_..,i a1'-
i c of ~C._ 7rt:3S i1C'!1 involve.,... raai,.) ?..: a.. ;;:._L _ion
' - a - ` has f; e .- .'.
}_ Y {{y0: :c1 ~ine~ t?i. t~ fire C on :.'?ress i_a :_._r> r o cts
.;~ tr e 7L;' lc
!. .- a .io croa(ieasting for the PUrpOse of saf eg uardi,
C,_ 'F'?. .. It .. men' hold h ` t overnmental control does not co.r .31 e ._' u -LO:1ct provisions j 1 _ ee sneecI1 does not 1 Chide` ~'_7C Y ght
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i;Ci _zt3r'_ ::iz;tl.o f?C)_1i.11lO5 L,Fily_.iiOLl_V a .UC2T?SG.2
subject to the ^O`71Fio _S of the Fe E'rEil 07':7unications
,ate public interest and be P. trustee for the public. i~aCl. o
1
S 1
o a liceen se, .. rano Cro.ad1R::t'. g 'a.tiO m us j- it
'
)I.l the t~0?1 and 'end rl,a ,L }'_ ,=0__ ?1 of . T .c.~.c:~?_C:^:> _ ,, :'~,Z.ZOCct..1. 1 ._ .
Act of 1.~-1`3
".C'.' O ?1 0!1i? cies ti r TirO''?1::1".ll: s'tc:Y use (.:{Curt under lice-se. To
Communication Commis ion -i s Congress f adm _n1S-
:.ve= a--cent to aid in carryf out e GB j cc' ih fives of G:: P_ v !?r < 1.'?'* i
--'t. of l _ as amended (Ti lei +7 U$C 151-'009 j; section 3C?l of waic'.?~
1%,1 F 2d 517; cert.
L _,ro=tai:~ CO.; 1945,
319 U6 :'90 P,-' 474 .
47
tic .,70
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t? . Ca51tca.t .. 1, .-~. .. .. -
(".'^C,!_n,-.~. VV 3."JE?t OT )~ r. +}O
r
O Ol' by any Cp:i?J'-T 1 .. _, .,
l lows of a to ci cc 1. __. i~'
(ti C:frao L,tion iLii iCt1' CfT' ?_, } rect1`?r X11'
G" COC Or 1OO Of whic!L '.t'?'?' Of ~? Ct?r O1
C:.._ ., L?G:. _~ eC. the aeCr t.ar'r of Commerce and Labor that the latter had no
C.'.. Cre;-Jio'_'. to deny the application.' The Attorney General's o llr`iion t.r,as
In fact that the 1912 Act did not exclude domestic corporations
cock -vas owned or controlled by 1 orei ?;her s . The r eC7ui recnt of
2 of the Act was net in that case even though the stock. was
by Germ -n interests. Af)par~.rt?y the E was some pressure to withhold
ice 'SC until the German government would ; uarantee the of
`u._
2.
:a ^r.crr, Pa.dio and Television Ea-w; p 544.
29 Op. Atty Gen. 779.
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in and co _ . r'n 1 it cor']ora ions Or ;'
O rate coast, T:i On" in Gerlnr y for grans is r3
2 of '.'?... .i.`'.i.r Act "a-Ile," to
Of within t,-!e Unie
O G r;:: rsl in of "VI,
rrtor to and durinrr, is orld. .:der I. --L Secretar,%r -the :'iavy
": ....~a eco :'.c.'cd. Govr'_'nment oT.TnE 1'?>:27_U G':' all lall radio in
1:. tae threat Oi 1'OPP.i' n uOmi raton of .. .rrC) 'rod
,,, cP_szin~
- "^dl In he tG World War perio,r', Gtres. did. not,
.~
Co,
hut in lieu thereof considered le i s ation
and oneration, with nositive assurance that
)E Ct:'Y ^( p'.r ite atC a citizen> ', that directors and.
C' S
n'.GS ?'Gut . he United States citizens and t'^!l.t fair-fi*t-s
tv i.e ~r^,___nd ss in the A o]'
d1-G c' 1.12, t?ric h alto; e;. ..:1icn
station, uay?.ouo wily d7.ist-,i bed% nary r4
e ti.-at 'oroadcastirv Cu-ht to be limited to citizens of 1` e
only, there ,was insufficient demand to am nd the 1(')'12 Act
a.?1 '1 C
e;O s
r''' 'n5ion of r.3 11 ) r oacas'C,i??`t; in 1;I1!3 10,20 i
:_1C CG%1 ,_ p7.S of the Act. Con dress soon r eCO2;nized tnna`!~ _ eo to
in .':t1Ct Become of major i'mportccnc to the country, and. in
192=
St..? ;,.. ve White introduced a Iii l_l ?l'Y7_C1? was a serfOu
a i . ' S to
; ` 19'L2 Act. Section
..e . _2 of this hill
G'biccns,' to aliens and defined an alien With 1ourt-" c %larit r.
l_ls also made 1'i, clear C? ia' COn;ress Wished to reaf'?'i.'^!1 that
e to t, r eoe racii.0 comr2t?nicte;ion was "tile i'na1.ienable n OF'.sessicn
;)Le of the Uni t e _ i j . States and their Govera,::en_t. u A sa 'result of
i;C 1 is over several years ay the Secrcta.l ~' of Commerce
i
a and
L!', ers o.L l once, 'ess , the Radio Act of 192'( was passed. -L-.
Tr. _rovid..^-.;j i Or more elaborate r estw fictions and.
ola en A .en ownership of radio stations. The est On of t'
C7 l O_ o eiE;:']
i'??i-`) ;.rC'. 3 C?: _:L,.,' :`T :_,.'"_rt'rine with such auestio:t:3 es mono-ply,
>9 . oc i"-n COi?',..~'CC ral_ Ca !' 11 en e. "i
v l,rn #'SS was 11i'ii1'_S. CC r a
is a:C r t. i ; vor C .17 e1inl' f~a{;,i Irv o-, t 1-n T
i 4. 0 Tilt x'Sf1I i1rOoabl tir
"wed by ec:plained the du'sers i'2'0,1 c. .i on.. _rr
]rop r :' 11: E omi a
n
tet.X ~lC'otifo'rei n-Qaz d radio stations in vY s?
..States ;or1G.. and dur 1 r' ':'far :L;.-1.n ? 027 C0 ?ss was
_i . ulw.
of Sec ;'l c].r of ti, Navy to CO?'^.,. _t ?f' on lot -
Dr~c
''rr''~ r a
vC` O:1 ._ r t.e and
53.
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f, CC!':??O-rc,. ,ior, or aE.ioci8 ion or(ran zed t1 der'
C, 'r t)c Or' osS t n \1C ) ; ;,
J:C o O. _;Ac h more than o e- "i f''Ll1 Cx ' CcI,')'
I ' , ; . V~ : _ t)~r a Tl`, or t F l i' rCprC sent ~lt~_ves OY' ; .u c Cor
or by at1Z Co::..: ci.., CO::'T)r'~'r?c ~=tGi'_1
r, -c ;SOC'~ ion or ';ani ed. under the ?aws of a foreign country. tt
President 13i^osevelt took. Office he
s. r 'Vl th CG i'uni cations ~.i'.'YT~. i mittees in!. both youu: _s
i r ?C the alien oGmcrs -,ii nr ovi `:ion again Came ti-p for i't3scu =:L U, ..
It ;i'?s G111C:a out that even t':r? 1.927 A,ct had a loopho"I"? whic,-,
pel't'
holding coil r)e to o` n `a' --0 t tes c i ni ca ti on
r c, ..ra su ; c' i .rs ri?~ Of radio was ii'_tcer_ded. to ` earl,
t O'. r O':3n coma t!~i es i?rill -meet the requirements of national
~.i'.'..+~ so Uhat their personn_rcan be -aspr 7
be in our r~.~ -rp, drill l.~ in
-)cat t: for ?Tar, :tail can shift p2'O! i:f) 1y f om peace to war 7,
a
t tus
obvious from its testimony that the Navy was concerned o nl;r C? 'th
ri
C`_ 3 communications ei_ng controller'. bar u ert C:r_.t,c. r r no
:1 C we rt; a ir l" on LIl } 1 'F" c n n+^ ern -
c C E_ t O_ _ .C.hLt. C C?=~ O..I1E'1' i_7 b f i or i n ~o\, e
c on-CC%1:i;'_t rC'_c^^. _ I)T'O7.C.cas-i: 'ice r1 Ja ua "~" of
the Joint
a rd Navy issued 3 i J ;;_,^~r tJia.pe r to rotr~,ri~ the .tai-Y;. and
'iall are of' a commercial natuce
c5iiig thy' nati o?defense. tt The Taper recommended: that tall
al co munjca-ons facilities in the United States and its nossess'_ons
S be owned . . . arioperated exclusively by citizens of the
--es. tt Txceptio_ s were noted w'Th? ch moon into account. corporations
in '_?T;_ C1 stock was owned by aliens."
Study of Communications by an interdena.T tmental 6ommi i tee 23 January 193
J O.
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+.i'C3._'?_T3';s before Committee on, interstate Commission on S. 2910, U._
Sce?
i__;; raoroted into the 1931. Ac +)
ap ni1y 1,*' ' c r'f u-no-ut Opposition.
_rt _r.n_.__.
of for eign-contr o no.,? L ca b--cIn,. a..G iYs As
l
{ ceri Ietiti vel T. However, the military was st7.i_i al ar'me'd Over t,:Ie
j?(( 'l :. .,c.~ emphasized the military, espionage, and Y1ro's.} _'?'-?",_
CJ1.Lst,ieS O'f' al.r_.-n- o.ntrol?r'.radio`. Con r'ess lY X92 ''.1ctSSe1 T'Il<
O ?ici, TtiT+11CC1 i nc-hi%ied the striri ent - i?Ohibitions on al em J:ocruicasti it
r' :i. Cvit . nce 1.C1 S;?o'J that by !93!r U.S. co;! mer cial, radio Geri. -row) to at least to some ` ?natoi J that it coulCl take ca'n'e o-
?n: in ':;he s=teps to be taken to allow an t ll.en to
Lees-u from t e United States the : of vowinc- -joints should 'cc included
:
So ction 606 c) of I,-i .-c'i:, i ves the Pr 1 '" it
o, r
-c
CIt interest of nationa to see en rules ._n?
OY(S cc^.r_)'dilcable to a.ll stations ` devices. T- ,r v also
l :_i: S ct??1 n_ ._ which are- su:Lta!}le- for use as )s= i .,, n l
T`:i s ?J" : e n has been t? eleg%,ated. to ODN.
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! .. .. 1 .: 1 J,' TCI F OY; )C? t :1 to
}t'. C L 1C no re c ~1 to rfr-CO?".;t!".rc 2.' ~~I'o '~C3.^ ` inn .
ari-
:' aie of "ea] of cc..lt'L,aG-j_o i not as .'7 ~17]_1Ca .e
Ii ilrovisj.ons of the. l:ct?s of 1S')12, 192; or i93
t `c, invrt~ (,%-':ed comparatively 1ittlc -interest in corm, it-tee
o:t?;-. G'.i the :lox of either House.
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