Washington, Jan. 13, Mr. Joseph Pierson, president of "Press Wireless, Me." and long chairman of the newspaper and [press association committee which thas endeavoured to obtain press radio channels, told the Interstate Commerce Committee of the Senate today that' the Radio Corporation. of America held a monopoly on radio equipment which prevented Press Wireless from operating the wavelengths which the Goyernnient at ast assigned.
Mr, Pierson said that Press Wireless had received a copy-of Radio Corporation of America contract which would permit the Radio Corporation representatives and. compel the press group to surrender its own patent rights, paying a 5 per feet, royalty on gross receipts and a 45 per cent, profit on any equipment which might be rented from Radio Corporation.
All of this, according to Mr. Pierson, is intended to compel Press Wireless to "make the press colony of the electric and power empire which seems to be grasping after complete control of the water ud air of the United States, Several attacks have been made on the Radio Corporation of late, one of the major complaints being in connection with contracts which compelled use of Radio Corporation equipment. 'The Radio Corporation holds an' important basic radio tube patent in this connection and assailants of the corporation declare' that this patent is antedated by a similar earlier invention in possession of the Navy Department. Efforts have been made to cause the Navy Department to press its claims and break the Radio Corpora~ tion patent rights but Navy officials declined to comply with this desire,
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