The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-04

evening. There was the usual
code and program interference
the code being the most annoying
| to listeners. Some noise was EN-
cOuntered here and there. but
high power stations were easily
tuned.
Seldom in the history of political
campaigns has more constructive
plan of popular education in the
issues of the day been outlined, and
perhaps never before has such an
opportunity been offered for this
purpose than radio listeners heard
last night from IS broadcasting sta
tions as the intent of the Voters
Service programs fnaugurated by
the National League of Woman
Voters.
To tens of thousands of American
families the promise was made that
a bipartisan, Informative dis
cussion of every live issue before
the people would be presented week
after week, that all may be in
formed as to what issues will be
before the people during the COM
ing Presidential campaign.
Coupled with the radio effort of
the National League of Woman
Voters is a nationwide movement
of the American Library Associa-
ton to place at the disposal of
listeners carefully selected set of
books in all public libraries each
week dealing with all sides ana
phases of the subjects to be dis
cusged before the microphone. Two
eminent Washington correspondents,
Charles G.. Ross and Ashmun n.
Brown, are to have an important
part in the development OF the
plan which will bring to the micro
phone not only politicians, states
men and other campaign workers,
but well-known authorities on poltt-
ical economy, sociology, history, cd
ucation and world affairs generally.
DEFINITE PLAN
OUTLINED BY SPEAKERS
The plan outlined in short
addresses by Merlin Hall Ayles-
worth, president Of the National
Broadcasting Company; Belle Sher-
win, president of the National
League of Woman Voters; and
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barn.
ard College, and commented on by
Representative Theodore Burton Of
Ohio. One-half hour each Tuesday
evening will be devoted to the dis
cussions, alternating between Wash
ington and other important places.
We hope radio listeners will not
consider the performance of the
famous Paulist Choristers in the
Voters Service program last night
as a real sample of the way this
organization can sing. Just what
was the matter with the singers
last evening we cannot quite de,
termine-unless they had not re-
hearsed their Geiections sufficiently.
We hope also that future programs
will not only bring better singing
but better selection of musical
program to alternate with ne
speech making and discussions.
The big splash on the wave
lengths last evening was made by
Joe Cook vaudeville and musical
comedy star. as general director of
the Eveready Hour. Up to the
time the rather maudlin and poorly
presented Rain or Shine" sketch
was presented in the last Is min
utes Of the broadcast, Cook had
made a record for entertainment,
even for an Eveready hour. that
will stand for long time. Phil
/ Cook. the inimitable Cotton" of
the Air Weavers program, Likewise
brought the family name promi-
nently to the fore during the course
of the evening and the Seiberling
Singers presented a program of ex-
cellent music in a rather dead level
manner.
Colby Hartman and his descrip-
ton of the operation of the projec-
ton room of A motion picture thea
ter provided the star feature for the
WMAII Movie (lnh nYercirnc