21 FEBRUARY 1925, Page 2

The' Radio Association. also fears that the present Bill would

act as a restraint on amateur research workers with home-made sets, and it trusts that these people will be safeguarded. These objections- seem to us • in' the main reasonable, and we hope that the Postmaster-General will see his way to amend the Bill—at any rate, in some respects. On the other hand, we trust that there will be no factious opposition, and that some measure 'of the sort will become law, for the present state of things in which there are said to be 2,000,000 unlicensed sets cannot be -allowed to continue. If it is really decided that there is no other way, in the long run, to ensure licensing, we should even be disposed to concede the -right of search.