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10 Thi News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Tuei., Aug. 23, 1949 Give-Away Programs Will Continue Despite FCC Ban Pending Decision By Courts By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. (JPh-Your favorite radio and tele vision give away programs probably will lay on the air long after Oct. 1. That's the date when a Federal Communication commission order would bar all, or most, of them from further broadcasts. The FCC issued the order last week on tnese grounas: . ! a "consideration." The FCC mat tnc giveaway or jhckki saj,j. programs are lotteries or "gilt wh.i cn-h a -hnmo i He. enterprises and so are contrary , sif,nPd ,Q nduce members of the to a law governing radio. public to listen lo the program The radio people say this fCC and to a, nome available for interpretation is wrong. "'y " selection as a winner or possible fight It in court so federal Judges can decide wros rignt, And the radio people almost surely will get a court order per mitting the shows to continue till there is a court decision, inai will be a good while after Oct. 1. The case revolves around this part of the law There can be no broadcasting of "any advertisement of or In formation concerning any lottery cift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes depend ent in whole or In part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes." Legal Definitions The FCC said a radio lottery is generally one involving a prize awarded as a result of lot or chance, where the contestant con tributes something of value, or is required to be listening or view ing the program over a receiver. Legal definitions of a lottery Include three points: a prize, chance, and a "consideration." If you bought a ticket in some neighborhood lottery from a ped dler on the street, the three legal points of a lottery would be tul fllled: you were buying the ticket to win a prize; there was a chance of winning It; and the money you paid was your "con sideration." But Is Is It a "consideration" when all you do Is listen to a radio, without spending a penny, Jn the hope you can answer a question if the master of cere monies calls your telephone num ber? The FCC thinks It Is. It be lieves the time you give to lis tening, In order to win a prize, I prize. winner, there results detriment to those who are so induced lo listen when they are under no duly to uo so. Dissenting Opinion This interpretation of "consid eration" has never been estab lished In a court, government at torneys siiy here. And one mem be of the FCC itself, Miss Frieda llennock, who disagreed with the majority of her fellow-commu-sioners, said: "This is the first instance In which a scheme has been called a lottery when the sole consid eration supporting It is nominal or other than the payment of something of value." But the FCC order, going be yond Just the word "lot I cry," bans from the air any "gift en terprise, or similar scheme." That's broad enough to cover a wide variety of giveaway pro grams. Suppose you do answer the question when the radio pro gram, to which you've been lis tening, calls you on the phone. Can't you consider the prize you men get ior tne rlgnt answer a gift? Tax Mutt Be Paid Not according to the FCC. And not according to the Internal Revenue bureau which collects income taxes. Under the income tax law, if you receive a gift for which you've done nothing at all, It's tax free. Hut if you answer the phone with the right answer that wins the prize, the revenue people say you've earned it and you must pay tax on the prize you get. II It s a casn prize, tne tax Is easy to figure. If it's a prize in goods, you have to pay a tax equivalent to the value of the THE AMAZING PORTABLE DISHWASHER AMERICA'S WOMEN ASKED FOR . . . Washes All the Dishes . . Pots and Pans . . No Installation . .No Extra Expense . Not r prmanent House fixture! "The greatest house hold work-saver of modern times." say women all over Amer ica. This amazing new O-E Portable Dish washer ends kitchen sink slavery ...washes 11 dishes, glasses, sil ver, pots, and pant for you. And it's port abe no installation cost. Connects to your hot water faucet. Geti you "out of the kitch en into the living room." Extraordinary low cost. See it today. Ask for free demon stration. You'll be thrilled. GENERAL ELECTRIC DISHWASHERS AiraiT'OH, A HEIRLOOM, N MY MATOLt? 3 ' ' Mil HEV? PASSEWT ME TH' MONEY I BUST IT OFF, THEM.' ) FOR. TH' LAUMPRV ) ---rr VASEL1ME WOULD WAS IN THIS (Jj' 1 BE BETTER-' M A TEA ROT, BUT feT BUTTER-1 GOT I FORGOT THEY J WAA: TO GET GOIM'.' J4 DON'T REACH J YA fut- IN IT-THEY f Vg. 1 LM ' WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY .-r.V.tn,'? j OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams Faye Emerson Roosevelt Proves She's Brainy As Well As Beautiful By ED CREACH NEW YORK, Aug. 23. D It s sounds like a terrihle thing to say about a girl especially when she's an actress and as pretty as a tree-ripened peach. But those rumors you've been hearing are true, and truth will out: This Faye Emerson Roosevelt Is brighter than a shiny new dime, and a Roosevelt dime at that. In four apiearances on a radio- telivision quiz show, the late President's daughter-in-law haj done more than stump the ex perts. She has bowled them over. She has left them groggy. It is not fair that she should have so much beauty and so many brains, too" growled Greg ory Ratoff, the movie director, in a Russian accent as mien as the sour cream on a cheese blinlz. Some of those present got the Impression Ratoff wasn't entire ly kidding. In her gentle, un bumptious way Miss Emerson had jus fielded a question which the man from Hollywood had booted all over the studio. She has a habit of doing that In other appearances on the show called "Who Said That?" she out-expertcd H. V. Kaltcn born, left (juentin Reynolds at the post, and built up a three to one margin over one Elliott Roosevelt her husband. Has Respect Of Males "Men," says quizmaster Rob ert Trout, "respect Miss Emer son and it's not just because she dresses up a television screen. "Besides, If there's a joke being concocted in the vicinity she wants to be in on it. And I'm well aware that she'd love to turn the tables and ask me a question I couldn't answer." As for Miss Emerson herself, the brown-eyed blonde from Beaumont, Texas, looks on the whole thing as just good fun. "I love working in television," she says, "and esecially on a program with no rehearsals. I get a real kick out of working with such blight, quick-thinking people. "I'd also like to do a tele vision show of my own as a commentator, and not just about receies and fashions. . . . "No, I don't do any speci.il studying before 'Who Said That?' I Just read the seven or eight paers I read every day. Fan mail? Yes, there's been quite a lot. It's surprising how many letters begin 'I am a Re publican but .' "There was one priceless letter from a woman who misunder stood something I'd said about Thomas E. Dewey. She w rote in to complain that I'd called him a 'Red'.'' Here's Few Samples ' In each session of 'Who Said That?" Trout reads quotations from the week's news and a panel of experts, or would-be ex ports, tries to name the well known persons quoted. See how you'd make out with these: 1 "I get bored in Hollywood the big automobiles, the swim ming pools, the rich houses. . . ." 2 "Nearly all the songs I hear these days are the lousiest pile of trash I have ever listened to." 3 -"I won't retire until my brain., wear out." Guest expert Emerson rattled them off in order: 1 Gregory Katoff. 2 -Frank Sinatra. 3 Connie Mack. One of the experts who didn't recognize the Ratoff quote was Ratoff. He had a right to complain. Ads On The Moon? He Might Do It, States Columnist By ED CREACH (For Hal Boyle) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. VP) When a man Duilds a better mouse trap than his neighbor, the next thing he wants is to build a bigger mousetrap. Then a still bigger one, And, in the end, he's miserable if he hasn't built the whoppingest mousetrap ever. Something like that has hap pened to Douglas Leigh. Leigh is a boyish, soft-spoken Alabaman who has made himself a millionaire by creating those razzle-dazzle electric signs that swing, sway, hiss, rain and other wise startle the crowds on Broad way and elsewhere. You've seen them, in the mov ies if not in the original: the Ni nf wHtr that roars over Times Square, 50,0(10 gallons a minuie; ine uwnipa advertising from the sky; the gi ant soldier blowing giant smoke rings. Called Lamplighter "Spectators," they're called. And Leigh has dreamed up thj more spectacular of them. lies been nicknamed "the lamplight er nf Kroadwav" and "the sign painter of America." So what next? How fantastic can you get? Let's sit down in Leigh 8 Rock efeller Center office and listen to a man, who s as lull ot weas as a boy with a new slingshot and a bag of pebbles: "Well, there's our walking man. He'll be as tall as a seven and a half story building and n will look from the sidewalk as if he's stepping from the top of :i theater ngni nown umu oiau wav. "Then there's the 175-foot sign we're doing for a bank ill Min neapolis. A real whopper. They'll be able to see itformile sacross the wheat fields. And tell from It what the weather's going to be. Watch For Stork "You know about our stork? It's going to be 220 feet long and it will fly through the air. carry ing a baby. We're doing it with lights on a blimp. "Won't the stork make peopic nervous? Like newlyweds, you mean? Oh, I suppose there will be a lot of wisecracks. , ." Leigh is a low-pressure talker, something remarkable in the ad vertising business. He's 39 and looks about 30. He also looks a mite discontented. Why? That's where the bigger mouse trap comes in. "For years." Leigh confesses, "I've been looking at the Em pire State building. Longingly. Tremendous advertising possibil ities and I haven't been able to do a thing with it. . .so far. Northern Lights Prospect "Another idea I've had is to paint an insurance ad on the Rock of Gibraltar. Never reallv expected to do it. Still, England owns the rock and she's hard up for dollars. I wonder. . ." Playfully or so I thought I asked Leigh if he had considered harnessing the Northern Lights, sometimes known as the aurora boreahs, for huckstering pur poses. His gray eyes glowed. The same glow In the eyes of small boys contemplating a neighbor's pear tree. "As a matter of fact." Leigh said, "we have something very special coming up. Lights In the sky that's all I can tell you now. I wouldn't say it will he more spectacular than the North ern Lights, but well, you'll see for yourself when we unveil it." After that, I didn't dare ask it he were keeping in touch with all the rockets-to-t he-moon proj ects, Just in case. But I did put the question to one of his asso ciates, who nodded soberly. "If anybody gets to the moon," he said, "Doug will plant adver tising signs all along the way." The Newj-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. 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