The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-05
RADIO HASPART
IN ESTABLISHING
PEACE IN WORLD
Nations Can Keep Informed
Of Trend in Thought of
Others.

Radio is remaking modern life so
rapidly and In so many directions
that the extent and character of its
ultimate development can not safely
be predicted.
While the effects of the new art
OF communication upon certain as.
poets of life like public entertain
ment. education and politics are be-
coming fairly evident, its permanent
results upon complex modern civil
zation as a whole cannot be forecast
at this stage of its development.
In one direction its possibilities for
affecting human society have not
as yet been generally realized. 1. e.,
promoting world peace.
Whatever form of machinery may
eventually be developed for main
tanning peace, radio undoubtedly will
play a prominent part in creating
the spirit Of international goodwill
necessary to make It function sue
cessfully.
One objection which is always
raised to an international organiza-
ton 10 promote peace Is that It Is
an organization OF governments and
not of peoples. Professor Jacks of
Oxford has emphasized this point in
his pleas for League of Peoples"
Radio Has Opportunity
Whatever views one may hold as
to a league of nations, there will be
general agreement with the PROPOSE
ton that to make any league or as
sociation effective, there must be
back Of It a desire for peace in the
hearts of the people in every nation
composing the organization. 1t is In
creating this state of mind that radio
has one of its greatest opportunities
for service to modern society.
Dreams Of enthusiasts for world
wide broadcasting from a single sta
ton may not be realized, but already
radio has spanned oceans and con-
nected continents. Developments in
broadcasting and receiving in one
country are eagerly watched in
another. Canada and the United
States listen with interest to each
others broadcasting stations. In
England, fans listen to stations in
Holland, Frnace and Denmark;
hearing programs in foreign Ian
guage inevitably stimulates a desire
to learn the language, or to brush
up" on 1t If one already knows some
thing of the foreign tongue.
A Universal Language
A common language which all
people understood would unquestion-
ably help to promote peace, but there
seem to be insuperable obstacles in
the way of a universal language.
The next best thing is the ability to
speak and understand the language
of other countries. Thereby the
people of one nation become better
acquainted with the thoughts, hopes.
ambitions and daily lives of the peo-
pie in another. knowledge Of each
other and a community of interest
promote mutual tolerance and COOP
Grafton.
1t has been suggested that some Of
the leading American broadcasting
stations might make a humble but
useful beginning toward promoting
international solidarity if they would
broadcast for a fifteen or twenty
minute period each day program in
some foreign language for the bene-
fit of people within our borders from
other lands.
When the homes of the nations
are in touch with the trends of
thought and progress throughout.
the world by means of radio, an i'm
portant step toward world peace will
have been taken.