In her "A Woman's New York" column in the Washington Post, Alice Hughes writes: "Girl About Town--Mrs. Elizabeth Faff upset our Mayor La Guardia the other day with a distracted squawk that our municipal radio station, WNYC, played the national anthem far too often, and at difficult hours. Mrs. F. wanted to know specifically whether she had to hop from bed or bathtub whenever the speaker gave out the tune. Hizzonner was stumped. Finally the flag association ruled that when sitting in the living room, one should stand--but whenever the action would be forced or unnatural, such as eating at table or when splashing in the tub, one should let it go."

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The Daily Worker refers to WNYC as "the people's station" and says, "it points the way to the breaking of the monopoly under which radio is staggering. The time is not far off when other cities, and states, will follow the lead that has been set by New York, and establish radio stations that will work for the people. Then and only then will radio realize its true potentialities as an instrument of education, culture and freedom."