Evening star., 1924-10-07
URGES NEWSPAPER
SYSTEM FOR RADIO
Hoover Wants Organization
Like Press Association to
"Cover" Events.

Radio manufacturers, broadcasters
and technical experts from all sections
of the United States put their heads
together at the initial session of the
third national radio conference today
to work out a solution to the myriad
of problems that have grown up with
the development Of popular radio
telephony. The conference will be in ses-
sion three days at the Department of
Commerce.
Hoover formally opened the conference
at meeting in the auditorium of the
Department of the Interior by propos-
ing the organization of a national sys-
tenn OF radio programs through a broad
casters association to give service
much as the press associations do for
the newspapers. The talk was broad
cast by WCAP and Is other stations
scattered from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Coast and linked together by
special long-distance telephone cir
cults.
Standards Bureau Work.
Immediately after the convening of
the conference today Secretary
Hoover announced the personnel of
seven subcommittees charged with
detailed study of the problems of the
important radio conclave. George X.
Burgess, director of the Bureau of
Standards, followed him by reading
a technical paper describing the re-
suits of the bureaus latest researches
in radio.
Mr.. Burgess paper analyzed the
possibilities Of using ultra-high power
broadcasting stations, expressing the
belief that If the super stations were
geographically isolated from the
smaller ones-for instance, 80 miles
away from the larger cities-both
classes of stations could operate
simultaneously with no more inter-
ference with each other than is ex-
perienced between ordinary stations
operating within the same city today.
Discussing problems of radio inter-
ference. Mr.. Burgess said that when
ships of the sea discontinue present
sending apparatus and adopt the con-
tinuous wave system, radio will en-
ter new stage of perfection.
Plan Practical Study.
The conference committees went
into session Immediately after the
presentation Of the paper, first to
select q central committee to CO.
ordinate their work, and later to
begin a practical study Of the prob
lens assigned to each.
Secretary Hoover. in presenting
his views at the opening session last
night, reiterated his opposition to
any attempt to monopolize the air,
declaring that local broadcasting sta
tions are of first Importance. and
must not be driven from the field.
The Secretary's suggested plan for
a national program association would
provide for a self-sustaining system
of interconnection OF radio broad
casting stations. and the Offering
through those stations Of the best
tainment
Must Cover Field.
my proposition" Mr.. Hoover said,
''is that the local station must be able
to bring to it's listeners every impor-
tant national event with regularity.
The local station must be able to
bring to its listeners the greatest
music and entertainment of, the Ma
tion, but far beyond this 1t must be
able to deliver important pronounce
ments of public men, 1t must bring
instantly to our people hunderd and
one matters of national interest. To
this it must add matters Of local in
terest. This can only be accomplish
nection on national basis with ma
tioally organized and directed pro-
grams for some part of the day in
supplement to more local material.
"It may be stated with assurance
that the greatest advance in radio
since our last conference is the COM
plete demonstration of the feasibility
of interconnection. We owe
debt of gratitude to those who have
blazed the way. The pioneers have
been the American Telephone and
Telegraph Co.. in wire interconnec-
ton, and the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Co. in radio inter-
connection through the use of short
wave lenths.
"It Is our duty to consider the pos
sibilities and potentialities of inter-
conr ection as a regular daily routine
of the Nation. Unless it be syste-
matically organized we cannot expect
its continuation. realize that this
matter, except in SO far as it may
be fostered ana encouraged, does not
lie in the Government 1t would be
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