Show battle over radio in news service ASHINGTON the battlo battle washington W over control of radio in the dissemination of news all over the world la Is scheduled to bo be fought out in the international radio conference which the lie president has planned to call lato late tills this fall according to advices advises received in official quarters the controversy of which limits if any should bo be placed over the radio not net to preserve tho the functions of newspapers and news newa agencies lias has developed with the progress of radio in some quarters it being alleged that radio was encroaching in a field properly belonging to the news organizations of various kinds and various remedies have been proposed some borne of which have been fought and others of which are favored I 1 jn the last year representatives of 28 25 national news agencies including all the principal kuropcak Kurop can countries and many of tho the largest of such agencies in operation met in berno berne switzerland where the subject was considered in detail and it was decided to press for atlon action nt at the corning coming international coin communications conference along certain lines which they decided would effectively protect what they regarded as their proper sphere some of these measures are limiting the receiving range of all private stations penalties including payment of damages confiscation of apparatus and forfeiture of license for violating the he secrecy of radio messages fixing a word rate rae for press broadcasts irrespective of the number of addresses included in the collective list even those which are artificial or of blind reduction of present telegraphic press rates would ulso also be proposed to the conference other measures of a similarly sweeping character ore are proposed for consideration at the coming coining conference the european meeting condemned by resolution the radio telephone as a menace to news agencies which might deprive thein of their means of existence and as a menace to tho the public because of the uncontrolled spreading of press news tho the american conference plan hinges on the disposal in europe of tho the preliminary conference which was scheduled for may alay but lifts bus been postponed for the time and no definite date sot set the american con conference terence cannot under tile the existing arrangement bo be called until tills this preliminary gathering has concluded tta its work |