Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-04
TEXT OF PRESIDENTS SPEECH
AT WORLD RADIO CONFERENCE
Chief Executive Commends to Delegates
Policy of Candid Discussion. Generous
Cancellation anad Cooperation.

! President Coolidge spoke as follow.
at the opening of the international
Radiotelegraph Conference here this
afternoon:
| Ladies and gentlemen:
! 1T is my privilege to extend II
the delegates Of this conference 9
| most cordial welcome on behalf of the
people Of the United States. Seldom
| has a more representative world con
| ference assembled. The presence here
of delegates from SO large q proper
ton of the nations of the earth is OF
itself sufficient evidence of the i'm
pOrtance which will attach to- your
delibers tons. The large number y!
subjects to be considered IS II once
apparent when it. is renenbered tina
! there has been 40 conference OF this
nature for aocl. IS years. NeaA--...:::.!y.. 8
-1ece caHe rec. May Improvement
n ir3,ns:c .c.!nG; and ~ecs;r g rea:-
messages a.c :. per.ectiy lremenoo!. IS
Expansion IN their Use.
1t Is scarcely 80 years ago that
the transmission of intelligence by
radio began. For almost 25 years 1t
was largely confined to government
use. mostly in navigation. Within the
past five or six years has come the
enormous popular development which
has brought the radio receiving set
into such general use in the home
and the construction of so many pri-
vately controlled broadcasting sta.
tons. The chief marvel and useful
ness OF this modern invention lies in
the instantaneous service it is able
to render over great areas of the
carth's surface. using as it's medium
OF transmission only the natural ele-
ments of the atmosphere. In military
defense, in navigation. in commerce,
in education, in musical and theatrical
entertainment it has come to play a
great part in the life of our people.
Holds Great Promise.
Communication is one of the inn
portant supports of civilization. If
we glance at any of the backward
portions of the earth we shall see
ut once that methods for the trans
mission OF intelligence are lacking
In such places there are few and
poorly constructed highways, rail-
roads are lacking, telephone and tele-
graph lines do not exist. newspapers
do not circulate. the radio Is I'M
known and. finally, there is almost
nothing in the way of post office serV-
ice. These are the necessary equip
ments for people desiring to live
according to modern standards and
become partakers in modern progress.
81 believe that the radio holds great
promise Of reaching into these dark
places of the earth because the cost
of it's installation and maintenance
will represent almost nothing in com
parison with the cost of the other
means of communication. To use it
does not even require an elementary
education Of reading and writing. It's
main weakness appears to me to lie
In the fact that it produces no per-
manent record for future considera-
ton.
Most Perfect Order.
IAN instrument of such far-reach-
ing magnitude, fraught with so great
a power for good to humanity. nat
urally requires national and interna-
tional regulation and control. TO the
end that there may be the most per-
feet order and the largest possible
uniformity in it's use and enjoyment.
1t is to consider methods and rules
for securing these results that this
conference has been called. ] COM
mend to you the adoption Of the
policy of candid discussion. generous
Cancellation and ide co operation,