SHOULD PARLIA MENT BROADCAST?
G. B. SHAW SAYS: "YES!
EVERY FIVE YEARS”
Should Parliament's dobates and | MP. for North St. Pancras 'says: proceeding bo broadcast?
"I was the first to raise the ques- tion in the House in 1924.
"Y
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Mr. G. B. Shaw answers first: 667ES, provided it were not I took the view that the Budget
done
often than Speech might be broadcast with Indvantago because of its goneral about once in five years!
interest and the fact that every- "Nothing ever happens as a con- Boquence of what goes on in Parlia-body wants to know what it con- ment.
The really interesting broad- cast would be the proceedings at the meetings of those gentlemen, whoever they may be, who really govern the country.
Mr. George
M. P. says:
Lansbury, Labour
tains at once.
"The dimculty is, however, that the Opposition would claim a right of reply. This would lead to a debate, and the debate would be too long for broadcaaling, m
"Longer experience of the House and further consideration of the question have made me think that it is better to handle these ques
that is to get the leading figures to go to the broadcasting studio and speak or debate briefly and at a more appropriate time in the evening.
"First of all, my own reaction is against broadcasting of Parlin- mont. I think that if it were donelons in the manner now adopted, at all it should be done in such a WAY AB to allow all the members In the debate to be heard. There should be no discrimination between front and back bench speakers, That, I believe, would make the broadcast too long and unendurable to the listening public.
"I should object to it being done on special occasions because there is great disagreement as to what is an important subject of debate. Some people would think that foreign affairs, or the Budget, or the condition of the poor were the most important subjects and the decision on Buch matters would in all probability rest with the Gov- ernment of the day. I don't want to trust that power in the hands of the Government.
·ALWAYS A BIAS
"On the general question of broadenst report", that of observers in the Gallery, I think these are quite unsatisfactory. The idea that the B.B.C. can pro-
nonpartisan duce unprejudiced,
observers is, in my judgment, pure and simple nonsense. Anyone who Hatena knows perfectly well that there is always a tendencious bias in such descriptions.
The function of the B.B.C. is to report summaries of political debates. These should be, not what the B.B.C. thinks the public ought to hear, but fair, equal xum-- maries of the speeches they pro-" fess to give a summary of.
IN FAVOUR
Captain Sir Ian Fraser, the blind
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OCCASIONALLY GOOD "had not thought of the prob- lum before, but on a snap judgment I am rather against the iden, ex- cept perhaps for broadcasts an an occasional dny-such as when there ia an oration," says Mr. James Maxton, M.P.
dis-
"Ordinary Parliamentary cussion should be pure debate with simple, clear statements. The pre- sence of the microphone would tend to make members strive after ora- torical effects to attract and away the multitude of listeners outalde.
"It would destroy the sincerity of debate and militate against clear judgment.
"*] can see the advantage of broadcasting some important state- to the ment to the Empire or world, but beyond these occasiona the microphone in the Ilouse would be undesirable. In any case, I am Pure that a daily broadcast af Par- liamentary proceedings would not be in the least interesting to the rast masses of radio listeners.
MAN-IN-THE-STREET
Says the Man-in-the-Street: "it would be interesting to listen to a really important sitting 131 Parliament. But alternative pro- grammes should be available for steners who do not care about politics and for people who, tired after a long day's work, want re- | |laxation and amusement,
"I think that broadensts should only he made on occasiona of national importance and where the Issue is a clear one that everybody understands. For most debates I should prefer to 'real n summary in the paper.
"The names of the speakers would have to be announced, other- wise it would be a jumble of !speakers:and-words.".
AND THE WOMAN
"I should like to listen, once at any rate, to a Parliamentary debate, especially If it could be done with- out the members knowing that the public was listening," said the Woman-in-the-Street.
"How often? Well, I should have to hear it once before decid. ing whether I wanted any more. But I do not think It should be very frequent. To follow a debate would mean settling down to listen for all the time that it lasted, I should seldom have so much time music or ather to spare. With entertainment you can switch off
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY
“BRAVEST DEED
OF YEAR"
AWARD TO NAVAL. OFFICER
The annual general court of the Boyal Humane Society,` ́Admiral· Cresswell J. Eyres proalding; awarded the Stanhope gold medal for 1934 for the "bravest dood of the year" to Lieutenant Hugh' N. A. Richardson, R.N., for saving the life of a seaman who fell over- board from H.M.S. Wolfhound while at anchor- In Lamlash Har- bour during aqually weather,
The Incident happened during the darkness of the early morning of January 7 last year. Two.life- buoys that were thrown to the. seaman falloi to reach him. Lieutenant Richardson throw off bla overcoat and scaboote, dived fully clothed, and on reaching the man tried in vain to tow him to the nearest buoy. He swant back for a buoy, which he placed under the seaman's shoulders, while he himself grasped one of the beekete. Lieutenant Richardson asalated to get the scaman inte a boat, and In so doing lost his hold of the lifebuoy and was swept again loe- ward into the darkness. When the boat found him 10 minutes later nearly half a mile from the ship he was in a very exhaustod condí- tion. The boat, unable to make headway against wind and sea, had to be benched.
Silver medals were awarded to the following:-Ali Akbar, who plunged into the Ichbar Rivor, North-Weat. India, while it was in heavy flood, and rescued a coolie who had been swept off his fect in- to the stream; Juma Kalanzi, who fought a crocodile and forced it to release a native boy it had seized and was submerging in the Nile on August 16; and Jack Richards, who rescued two men from a heavy sea in Lea Bay, Devon.
The annual report stated that 551 самен had been dealt with during the year, an increase of 59 over 1933, and 671 persons had received recognition in the form of a medal or other award for saving 578 lives, and attempting to savo 68 persons who were drowned or succumbed to foul gas. The cases were distributed as followa:—— England, 379; Wales, 42; Scotland, 60; Ireland, 31; India and the Dominions, 33; and foreign, coun-i tries or at sen, G.
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DOCTOR ROBBED BY PATIENT!
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NEW LESSONS IN PREPAREDNESS
MASS FLIGHT_PLANS OF US. AIR CORPS
Washington.
New York, Mar. 5.
The newly organised Goneral After Dr. J. P. Hoguet perform- ed a difficult operation and saved Headquarters Air Force will test the life of his patient, the grate its wings in a first practical de- monstration of its ability to pro-. ful patient offered the doctor fortune in diamonds for a mere tect outlying American territory $7,400. Dr. Houget protested such a mass flight from Washington March, the War to Panama in generosity, but at length accepted.
He took his diamonds to an Department announces.
Fen Martin bombing planes, com- expert and was told they had been prising the 31st Bombardment purchased in a Woolworth store. All this happened in 1931 and the Squadron of the First Wing, will make the fight. Captain Harold doctor has been looking for D. Smith, Squadron Commander, patient since. Recently police will be in charge of the flight and asked him to view Eugene Celen-will be accompanied by 15 of his tano, 45.
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"I never Baw you before," men. Celentano Baid to the doctor.
"Oh, yes you have," replied the doctor. He told the polico just where on Celetano's abdomen they would find the scar made by his scalpel and how long it would be. Police looked and the scar was there.-United Press.
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The flight, which was charoc- terised by the Air Corps as a rout- ing test of air navigational and technical training for the crews, was compared to the flight Inst sum- mer by 10 planes from Washing- ton to Fairbanks, Alaska, and re- turn-United Press.
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