Evening star., 1922-03-12

comes the answer: 'Blanton has de-
manded roll call"
These are not mere fanciful pictures.
Any one of them could be made true
at short notice. and several of them
are actually true now. Can you not
vision the new era of political cam
paigns.
In 1911 Taft made tour of the
country involving $4,000 miles OF
travel. He made more than 2O0
speeches in half as many cities. In
the next presidential campaign the
candidates for the highest office in
the gift of the American people can
make a direct viva voce appeal to
practically every voter Simultaneous
ly. In every moving picture house In
the country reel can be run on
Showing the candidate making the
speech, while his voice issues from
the amplifier.
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ONLY a couple of years ago 1t was
- thought wonderful-even her in
the capital--when the news spread
about that Representative William 3.
Mckinley of Illinois campaigned his
district in a private sleeping car on his
own interurban railway system. To-
day Senator Mckinley can talk to
gatherings in every city and town IN
his state simultaneously without STIR
ring out of his own desk chair IN
the Senate Office building.
President Harding's inaugural ad-
dress was read by tens of thousands
beyond the reach Of his unaided voice
on the Capitol plaza through the as
sistance Of the amplifier. His voice
eulogizing the spirit of the American
soldier as typified in the unknown
dead" at the Arlington Memorial Am
nhitheater was carried by the RADIO
nhone to many thousands. hundreds
Of miles out of sight. That was just
the beginning Of radio-telephony.
The proposal made in the bill OF
REPRESENTATIVE Vincent Brennan ana
the suggestions made above Oh "ha'
this will lead to are not 1antastlc
predictions. Representative Brennan
hill would direct the Navy Depart
ment to install in the Capltol equip
ment for transmitting through the
Arlington wireless towers broadcast
throughout the land the debate and
speeches in Congress. Representa-
tive Brennans bill is just iittie
bit ahead of radio telephony develop
rents to date, in this respect alone
that broadca sting of debate depends
upon the development OF higner-
nower tube transmitters. but even
that is on the way to accomplish
ment.
AS it is today, any individual men,
her of Congress could make a speecn
on the floor and have it go through
instantaneously. so, that nus own
voice could be heard all over MS
home district by any number OF per-
sons having receiving equipment
and it would cost Congress practical
lv nothing to install such service.
WHEN Congress last session. oe
w came impressed with the dan
s.r in the far east, and especially IN
o,,tlying American dependencies oi
having the people fed doctored news
which did not truly represent the
American viewpoint and position ana
attitude, the Navy Department was
authorized to carry press messages.
So today the Navy is broadcas'lhs
United States news.
Few persons realize that the navy
now is doing a bigger radio business
than any other concern in the worid.
The Navy radio plant is valued At
se5. .ooo. 900 to s30,o00,000, with> sta-
tions in Peking, China. and all over
the world. During the war. 1or e&-
ample. the Navy built the Laiasette
station, near Bordeaux, TOR the use
Of the. American expeditionary forces
at a cost of approximately s4'ooo'ooo'
and sold it to the French TOT thal
The French have agreed 10
handle all government business TOT
the United States Navy through the
LAFAYETTE station without cost.
The Navy started broadcasting by
through the navai
aircraft radio laboratory >statlon IN
Here Uncle Sam uses the
to keep the country wen
and happy, and for several months
United States public health service
example, regarding the
care and cure of diphtheria-as well
as concert programs, have been broad
casted. Here. also. are sent out sug-
eestions to amateur radio operators.
Col. c. c. Pierce, assistant surgeon
has received replies frem
such far-off places as Jacquet River,
N. B.; Tuinucu. Cuba, and Winfield,
Kan, stating that they had heard
these broadcast messages. The bull
letins are prepared by L. J. Heath, the
expert, and are sent out
on Tuesdays at AIS pm. on a LOO
meter wave length. and on Fridays
on 375-meters at p.m., eastern
standard time. The Tuesday lectures
are repeated on Wednesday at pm.
on 375-meters. Through the cooper
alton of the American Radio and Re-
search Corporation these health serv-
i've bulletins are sent out from four
other stations in different parts of the
country. acting as relay stations.
The Navy is working with the hum
dreds of amateurs to improve the sys-
TEN Of broadcasting. The very effec-
tive Navy radio service handles the
major portion of all the governments
business by wireless. The Navy sends
out the time twice daily from the Ar
lington wireless towers. Some idea
of the wide range of the Navy's radio
service is shown by
the fact that any day a message can