D. INTERNAL REGULATIONS OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE C. C. I. RADIO

ARTICLE 1

The first meeting shall be opened by the administration organizing the session.

ARTICLE 2

The President and Vice President shall be elected at the first plenary session.

ARTICLE 3

The secretariat of the session shall be composed of officials of the International Bureau of the Telegraph Union and officials of the administration organizing the session, to whom may be added other specialists from administrations members of the C. C. I. Radio.

ARTICLE 4

(1) Representatives of international scientific organizations dealing with radio and representatives of international broadcasting organizations permitted to attend meetings of the Committee shall be entitled to participate with consulting voice.

(2) Representatives of the industry or in general of private enterprises other than those referred to in Article 33 of the General Regulations annexed to the International Radiotelegraph Convention, who are with the official delegation of their country, may be present at meetings, but without deliberative or consulting voice. However, at the request of the delegation concerned, the President may authorize these representatives to take part in discussions.

Discussions shall take place in French.

Delegates when speaking are particularly requested to do so slowly and distinctly, separating their words and making frequent pauses, in order that their colleagues may easily understand them.

'In its First Plenary Meeting, the C. C. I. Radio unanimously adopted, for the work of its first meeting, the following vœu:

"The official language is French. However, each delegate has the right to express himself in another language, after which his words shall be immediately translated into the official language. Each delegate has the right to have any speech translated into another language."

ARTICLE 6

The minutes shall as a rule give only the principal points of speakers. A delegate, however, has the right to ask that any declaration made by him may be inserted as a summary or in full in the minutes, provided he supply the text by the end of the meeting at latest.

ARTICLE 71

(1) The delegation of each administration shall have one vote. The experts of authorized operating enterprises may participate with consulting voice. However, when a country is not represented by an administration, the representatives of the said enterprises of this country shall as a body and whatever their number have one deliberative voice.

(2) In case of illness of the member or members of a delegation, the latter may entrust its vote to another delegation; no delegation, however, may have more than two votes.

(3) The voting shall be by roll call in alphabetical order in French of the names of countries represented.

(4) No motion shall be carried unless adopted by an absolute majority of votes cast.

(5) In case of a tie, the motion is rejected.

ARTICLE 81

(1) The session may refer, to special committees established by it, the questions submitted to its deliberations. These committees may in turn form subcommittees.

(2) For voting in committees and subcommittees, the rules of Article 7 shall apply.

(3) In committees and subcommittees the delegations appointed to these may alone vote.

(4) The President of the session shall propose for the approval of the assembly the names of presidents for each committee. The presidents of committees nominate the president of each subcommittee for approval by the committee. Committees and subcommittees appoint their own reporter (s).

'In its First Plenary Meeting, the C. C. I. Radio adopted the following proposal submitted by the British Delegation:

"The British Delegation thinks it desirable to show, in the minutes and reports of the C. C. I. Radio for each proposal, whether it was adopted unanimously, or if not, how many delegations were in favor of its adoption and how many opposed it."

(5) For the participation of representatives referred to in Article (1) and (2) in the work and voting of committees and subcommittees, the rules of Article 4 shall apply.

ARTICLE 9

(1) The C. C. I. Radio shall pronounce its opinion on the questions dealt with at the session. At the last full meeting a summary shall be given of the conclusions, containing in particular the opinions approved and the list of questions still to be examined.

(2) The organizing administration shall undertake the transmission of opinions approved to the International Bureau of the Telegraph Union, with a view to their communication to administrations and private enterprises concerned (Article 33, Paragraph 1. of General Regulations).

APPENDIX 2

A. PROGRAM OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE C. C. I. RADIO1

ORGANIZATION

1. Organization of the Committee, particularly with regard to the method of conducting its labors hereafter.

DEFINITIONS

Proposals for the Definition of Several General Radio Conceptions

2. What is the meaning to be given to power of a transmitter? 3. What is the meaning to be given to ultra-short, short, average, and long waves?

4. Recommendation for the practical application of Article 13 of the General Regulations of Washington with respect to the information concerning the normal radiation power of transmitters on ultrashort waves.

STUDIES RESULTING FROM THE GENERAL REGULATIONS OF WASHINGTON

Suppression of Interferences

5. Study of the measures to be taken towards standardizing as precisely as possible the frequency-meters that are used for the adjustment of sending instruments as compared with their national standard instruments (Article 3, Paragraph 2, of the General Regulations). Study of the organization of a permanent international service for the checking of frequencies.

6. Study of the methods now technically available for the maintenance of the waves emitted by a station as accurately as possible at the frequency that is authorized and recommendation for the fixing of the tolerance permissible for the difference between the mean frequency of emissions and the recorded frequencies (Article 4, Paragraphs 2 and 3, of the General Regulations).

[Proposed by the Netherland Administration and enclosed with Circular Letter No. R 30/36, dated July 6, 1929, of the International Bureau of the Telegraph Union, Radiotelegraph Service, and with Despatch No. 1954, dated July 3, 1929, from the American Minister at The Hague. This superseded the program enclosed with Circular Letter No. R 30/13 of May 1929—H. F. W.]