Political Broadcasts: Equal Time: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5389, H.R. 5675, H.R. 6326, Bills to Amend the Communications Act of 1934 to Provide that "equal Time" Provisions Shall Not Apply to News Programs ; H.R. 7122, H.R. 7180, H.R. 7206, H.R. 7602, Bills to Revise, Extend, and Otherwise Improve the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315) to Bring Into Focus and More Proper Perspective that Section of the Law Governing Political Broadcasts ; H.R. 7985, a Bill to Amend the Communications Act of 1934 with Respect to Facilities for Candidates for Public Office. June 29, 30, and July 1, 1959U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 277 strani Considers H.R. 5389, H.R. 7122, H.R. 7985, and related bills, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend and expand broadcasting equal time provisions. Focuses on consequences of FCC ruling in the Lar Daly Case. |
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Stran 272 - When I use a word ... it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
Stran 74 - 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...
Stran 245 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Stran 45 - Nothing in this Act shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the radio communications or signals transmitted by any radio station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the right of free speech by means of radio communication.
Stran 14 - ... provided, that such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provisions of this section. No obligation is hereby imposed upon any licensee to allow the use of its station by any such candidate.
Stran 8 - The charges made for the use of any broadcasting station for any of the purposes set forth in this section shall not exceed the charges made for comparable use of such station for other purposes.
Stran 41 - Resolved, That the Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. McCarthy, failed to cooperate with the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration in...
Stran 174 - Has qualified for a place on the ballot or (2) Is eligible under the applicable law to be voted for by sticker, by writing in his name on the ballot, or other method, and...
Stran 14 - ... (4) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events (including but not limited to political conventions and activities incidental thereto), shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the meaning of this subsection.
Stran 47 - Surely a command that the government itself shall not impede the free flow of ideas does not afford non-governmental combinations a refuge if they impose restraints upon that constitutionally guaranteed freedom. Freedom to publish means freedom for all and not for some. Freedom to publish is guaranteed by the Constitution, but freedom to combine to keep others from publishing is not.