MR C. G. SCRIMGEOUR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 March 1942, Page 2

MR C. G. SCRIMGEOUR

SECOND STRING TO BOW WISHES TO JOIN WATERSIDERS’ UNION. SUGGESTED FUSION OF RADIO SERVICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 11. Stating that he wished to have a second string to his bow should it become necessary Mr C. G. Scrimgeour, Controller of Commercial Broadcasting, said in a telephone conversation from Wellington that he had applied for membership of the Auckland Watersiders’ Union. The application was made about 10 days ago, and up to tonight Mr Scrimgeour had not received the union’s decision. “I sought entry into the union because at the time I made my application it appeared to me that I might need something to fall back upon,” said Mr Scrimgeour. “If application is favourably received it does not mean that I will necessarily take advantage of it right away, but there is nothing like being prepared. “At the time of making my application I understood that there was a suggestion of amalgamating the two broadcasting services, and such a move might reljeve me of my post as Controller of Commercial Broadcasting,” said Mr Scrimgeour. “I also understood that Professor J. Shelley, Director of Broadcasting, would take charge of the amalgamated services, and rather than take a secondary position in that event I would prefer to select my own avenue of service.”