Radio: Fuss and Fiddlesticks

By the U. S. Communications Act of 1934 and by international agreement it is illegal, without proper authorization: 1) to intercept radio communications not intended for the general use of the public, and 2) to discuss them in print, on the air, or any other way. In the last few weeks the air has fairly crackled with important, and usually coded, admiralty radio messages—Germany calling all ships home but its submarines; Britain ordering a Mediterranean blockade; U. S. Navy telling its personnel the score. These and others appeared in the U. S. press,...