1 grade P-1, junior radio engineer, $2,000.-Examine logs of radio stations in the maritime mobile service submitted to the Commission by order, in particular those of ship stations. This is very desirable from the standpoint of obtaining detailed factual information relative to the handling and routing of traffic, conformance with published tariffs, operating procedure in accordance with international regulations, and the extent of interference in various regions. The results of this study would indicate the possible need of amendments to regulations or law or the need for additional regulations or legislation to promote the efficiency of the service and safety at sea. Thorough examination of a station long at the time of the station inspection cannot now be made by inspectors due to lack of available time. Review reports from monitoring stations relating to the transmissions made by United States and foreign ship, coastal, marine relay and mobile press stations, and handle all correspondence relative thereto. Assist present engineers in replying to inquiries, by letter and by telegram, concerning the explanation or interpretation of regulations and law relative to ship and coastal radio stations and title III, part II, of the act. These inquiries are received from the 15 field offices at ports, from station licensees and from numerous shipowners and radio operators. In many cases, an early reply is imperative if the same is to be of any use. The shipping industry does not move slowly, and delays involve difficulties. It is anticipated that this correspondence will continue to increase. Assist in a study of the need for special legislation relating to the safety of life and property on the Great Lakes and on the inland waters of the United States. Prepare data for and assist the various delegations and committees involving personnel of the Commission such as the C. C. I. R., I. R. A. C., North American Conference, Cairo Conference, etc. 1 grade CAF-3, clerk-stenographer, 1,620.-To assist the present stenographicclerical personnel ir performing the following duties: CLERICAL AND STENOGRAPHIC Stencils to be cut on following matters: (a) Rules and regulations. (b) Press releases on exemption applications. (c) Instructive memorandums to field offices. (d) Forms (applications for ship inspections, reports of inspectors, and notices of violations to shipowners and licensees. Typing of letters. Typing of interoffice memoranda. Typing of engineering reports to the Commission on (a) applications for exemptions, applications for construction permits, applications for licenses, applications for modification licenses. 1 Grade CAF-3, clerk, $1,620, 1 Grade CAF-2, clerk, $1,440.-To assist the present stenographic-clerical personnel in performing the following duties: MAINTENANCE OF FILES (a) Complete file of licensed ship stations with important particulars as follows: Name of ship, document number, call letters, auto-alarm, direction-finder, date of certificate, owner, equipment (radio), class of ship, tonnage, lifeboat data, emergency power, date of annual inspection, licensee. (b) Correspondence and memoranda file. (c) Equipment file. (d) Distress cases file. (e) Auto-alarm data, operation, etc. (f) Mimeograph reports file. (g) Ratifications and adherences, Madrid Convention and Safety Convention, file. (h) Safety and safety radiotelegraphy certificates issued, file. (i) Publications relating to safety of life at sea; for example, publications of BMIN, Hydrographic Office, Coast Guard, etc. Maintenance of address list RC-30 for the mailing of press releases, etc., pertaining to the enforcement of Public, 97. Furnishing field section offices with technical data concerning radio equipment in use aboard ships. 1 Grade CAF-2, clerk, $1,440.-To assist the marine unit in the work outlined for the preceding listed personnel and, in addition, to assist the Washington office of the director, field section, in the handling of correspondence with the field offices, with shipowners, operators, and licensees, and in the maintenance of the files of that office. Total appropriation for Engineering Department (Washington, D. C.), $20,320. LAW DEPARTMENT TELEGRAPH DIVISION, PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT 1 Grade P-4, attorney, $3,800.-Have charge of matters relating to prosecutions, proceedings for suspension of operator licenses, investigations, forfeitures, remissions, and mitigations; liaison with Department of Commerce and State Department; conduct hearings and other proceedings relating to exemptions and issuance, modification and cancelation of certificates; assist in preparation of reports to Congress; render assistance as required in connection with Great Lakes study (no attorney contemplated at the present time for special assignment to Great Lakes investigation). 1 Grade P-3, associate attorney, $3,200.-Preparation of Rules of Practice and Procedure, review of substantive rules and regulations, review of instructions to the field staff, preparation of advisory opinions for the Commission as to the interpretation of the act, and insofar as they relate to ship radio matters, the International Telecommunication Convention, Madrid, 1932, General Radio Regulations Annexed Thereto, International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929, and the Ship Act of 1910, so far as it affects the Great Lakes. One grade P-1, junior attorney, $2,000.-Handle routine matters in connection with operators licenses, assist in collection and study of radio safety laws and rules and regulations of other countries, supervise dockets, prepare forms, perform preliminary work in connection with legal phases of type of approval of apparatus. One grade CAF-3, clerk-stenographer, $1,620.-Clerical work, stenography and record keeping. Total appropriation for law department (Washington, D. C.), $10,620. The United States and territories are divided into 21 administrative districts' each district headquarters being in charge of an inspector in charge. The inspect tors on the staff of the field office conduct examinations for various classes o operators' examinations, grade the papers and issue licenses to successful applicants. Inspections are made of all classes of commercial radio stations on shore, on ships and aircraft. Investigations are made of unlicensed stations and evidence obtained for prosecution of violations of the Communications Act of 1934. Field strength survey are made of stations for the purpose of determining the coverage and the efficiency of the radiating system of the station. At the monitoring stations, measurements are made of frequencies of all classes of stations and, in addition, the inspector observes the quality of emissions, the points of communications, the nature of the communications and whether or not interference is being caused by the improper operation of the station. Inspectors are also required to appear as witnesses at hearings and trials. At the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1937, there were a total of 71 inspectors, of which number the equivalent of 32 were actually engaged in marine radio inspection. Before the safety convention became effective in November 1936 the equivalent of 22 inspectors were actively engaged in this work. Ten addtional inspectors were authorized as a result of the additional work imposed by the Safety Convention. The additional inspectors required and listed below are based upon the additional work imposed on the Commission which results from the provisions of Public, 97. Because of the new provisions, the inspection work is divided into two parts: (1) a detailed yearly inspection of every United States ship with a certification on the ship's radio station license that said inspection has been made (sec. 360 (b), Communications Act); (2) additional inspections at frequent intervals as may be necessary to insure compliance with the requirements of the Communications Act, which inspections may, for brevity, be termed routine (sec. 360 (b), Communications Act). An analysis of each type of inspection and the number of inspectors required is given in the following: Annual inspections.-The records indicate that there are approximately a grand total of 1,675 United States ships (exclusive of the Great Lakes) which come under the new legislation. Each of these vessels must be given a thorough inspection at least once each year. Of that number approximately 900 were subject to the safety convention before Public, 97 became a law. The Commission has, since November 1936 been attempting to give each of those 900 ships a thorough inspection, which was necessary before a safety certificate could be issued as required by that convention. Thirty-two inspectors have been attempting to perform this work but the results to date indicate the impossibility of expecting that small number to give a yearly inspection to the 775 ships which will be added as a result of Public, 97. One reason for this inability to perform the work is the extensive coast line of the United States and the large number of ports where vessels are made available for inspection, requiring a large distribution of the inspection force. Routine inspections.-In order to carry out the requirement of Public, 97 (sec. 360 (b), Communications Act) that additional inspections be made at frequent intervals to insure compliance with the requirements of the Communications Act, an additional group of inspectors must be provided. The records indicate that there will be approximately 1,675 United States ships which will come under the provisions of Public, 97 which should receive routine inspection in between the yearly, detailed inspections. In addition to these ships of the United States, it will be necessary to make routine inspections of approximately 900 foreign ships which sail in and out of our ports and which come under the provisions of the safety convention, as well as Public, 97. This gives a total of approximately 2,575 ships which must be given routine inspections during the year as they sail in and out of our ports. Therefore, the following additional inspectors (20) are required for annual and routine inspections, to be divided among the various ports in proportion to the activity of those ports. New offices should be opened at two ports in Alaska, and one at San Juan, P. R. It is also advisable to open offices at Tampa, Fla., and Savannah, Ga., since reports from the collector of customs indicate that there are many.clearances of both passenger and cargo vessels from these ports. The following personnel would be required for these new offices: Monitoring.-Section 4 (o) of the Communications Act of 1934 requires the Commission to investigate and study all phases of the problem and the best methods of obtaining the cooperation and coordination of radio and wire communications for the purpose of obtaining maximum effectiveness in connection with safety of life and property. In order that an intelligent recommendation may be made to Congress, as required by section 4 (k) of the act, it is necessary for the Commission, through the medium of its own personnel, to obtain firsthand information as to the conduct of communications. A radio listening watch of 24 hours for this specific purpose is necessary. It is desired to establish two monitoring stations of four men each, one for the west coast and one for the east coast, as follows: Equipment. The following items of technical equipment are also recommended for use of inspectors in carrying out the new program: The legal staff of the Commission, as of August 16, 1937, all personnel being engaged in the performance of services in the District of Columbia, will consist of 32 attorneys. The Department is organized into three divisions, corresponding to the divisions established by the Commission; and the duties of the various divisions of the Law Department correspond to the jurisdiction of the respective divisions of the Commission. The general counsel supervises the work of all divisions and calls on the divisions for services as needed in connection with matters pending before the Commission as a whole (matters of major importance or not falling under the jurisdiction of any one of the three divisions). Each division of the Law Department is headed by an assistant general counsel. The Broadcast Division consists of 14 attorneys, who, except for calls by the general counsel as indicated above, are engaged exclusively in broadcast work. The Telephone Division consists of six attorneys, likewise available only for telephone work and for calls by the general counsel. The Telegraph Division has exclusive jurisdiction of safety of life at sea matters, i. e., for the administration of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention and Public, No. 97, approved May 20, 1937. Eleven attorneys are assigned to the Telegraph Division. In turn, the Telegraph Division is divided into sections, the assistant general counsel supervising the work of the entire division and making calls on the various units for work outside their principal function only in emergencies Three attorneys are assigned primarily to handle all legal work of the Commission with respect to the regulation of wire telegraph carriers, including rate proceedings, extension-of-lines cases, the handling of complaints and investigations, etc.. Three attorneys are assigned to the work of handling radio applications for various types of instruments of authorization issued by the Commission, including the important point-to-point telegraph, emergency, aviation, police, coastal, marine relay stations, and all Alaskan radio services. During the past fiscal year more than 4,000 legal opinions were prepared by this unit for the guidance of the Commission in making decisions in these cases.. One attorney is assigned primarily to the international phases of wire and The full time of two junior attorneys is now devoted to safety of life at sea 1 3 3 1 2 1 11 The additional appropriation requested contemplates the employment of three additional attorneys, one to relieve the attorney temporarily assigned so as to permit him to return to his regular duties, and two additional attorneys, the justification for which has already been furnished. All the additional attorneys will be assigned to duty in Washington, D. C., making a total for the Law Department of 35 persons on duty in the District of Columbia. DUTIES OF RADIO INSPECTORS It is desired to emphasize that an inspector of the Field Section performs work for the Broadcast, Telephone and Telegraph Divisions of the Commission. These duties include the inspection of ship, aircraft, broadcast, aeronautical, police, special emergency, point-to-point, coastal, amateur, and all other classes of stations licensed by the Commission. In order to accomplish this work efficiently, the United States is divided into 21 administrative districts, 13 of which are located at major seaports of the United States, as follows: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Miami, New Orleans, Galveston, Los Angeles (Port of Wilmington), San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, T. H. In addition, three administrative headquarters are located at Great Lakes ports, namely, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo. The five remaining inland district headquarters are located at Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, St. Paul. The Commission also operates seven monitoring stations at strategic receiving locations throughout the United States, four of which are directly associated with major seaport offices, namely, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles (San Pedro), and Portland, Oreg. The duties of a radio inspector at a seaport office, in addition to that of inspecting ships, includes the inspection of aircraft, aeronautical, police, special emergency, point-to-point, amateur, experimental, and all other classes of stations licensed by the Commission. Two inspection trips are made each year throughout the radio district for the purpose of accomplishing these inspections. Other trips are also necessary for the purpose of making investigations of the operation of unlicensed stations, investigations of interference, improper operation of stations, and attendance at hearings and trials of offenders being prosecuted for violations of the Communications Act of 1934. Applications for the various classes of operators' licenses are examined, and, with the exception of amateurs, the papers are graded by the inspector in the field. Examinations are conducted at cities other than those in which the headquarters are located, and inspectors, on schedule, visit these cities and generally remain from 1 to 3 days for the purpose of examining the applicants for the various classes of professional and amateur licenses. Inspectors at the monitoring stations are required to measure frequencies, observe the characteristics of the emitted signals, the points of communication, the nature of the communication, and identify stations causing interference to other services. Upon receipt of complaints of interference to broadcast reception, inspectors frequently have to visit the home of the complainant, generally at night, when he is at home, for the purpose of determining whether or not the interference originates from a transmitting station over which the Commission has jurisdiction, and describe the method of relief, if possible. If the interference originates from the operation of an amateur, police, or other station, it is necessary to visit the station and to make a special inspection for the purpose of determining that it is being operated in accordance with the terms of its license. Inspectors are required to conduct field strength surveys of radio stations, which generally take from 2 days to a week, and at the conclusion of the survey in the field, it is necessary to work up a report and a map showing the propagation characteristics of the station, the efficiency of the radiating system, and other determinations. Engineering details of this nature require from 3 to 4 days, in addition to the time required to accumulate the data. Inspectors frequently receive requests from other branches of the Federal Government to assist in identifying radio stations causing interference to their service. In addition, they are required to observe the standard frequency transmissions of the Bureau of Standards and cooperate in furnishing information relative to propagation tests carried on by that Bureau. Supplementing previous testimony, 5 inspectors and 5 clerk-stenographers will be employed in the proposed new offices at Ketchikan and Cordova (Alaska), San Juan (P. R.), Savannah (Ga.), and Tampa (Fla.); 8 men will be employed for 2 special stations for the purpose of maintaining a 24-hour watch on the channels employed by ship and coastal stations for communication; 20 additional inspectors |