Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-28
RADIO AIDED
BY COOLIDGE
Greatest Progress Is Made
During Administration
Records Show

The American people have be-
come radio conscious in the real
sense during the administration Of
calvin Coolidge as president. Radio
as In it sinfancy when he as
sumed office. Due to the personal
interest and official support given
70 this latest OF scientific marvels
by mr.. Coolidge. radio and its by
product, b-roadcasting, have reached
unexpected degrees Of popularity.
mis- Is true OF IL as a business. and
OF It's use for educational, enter
tainment and religious purposes.
1t may properly be said that the
advance in broadcasting to the eff
ficiency 1t has attained has paral-
ltled the advance which Mr.. Cool
tdge, as an executive, has made into
the confidence Of the American
people," said j. E. Smith, president
Of the National Radio Institute,
Washington.
Therefore radio broadcasting Is
certain to be indelibly associated in
n public mind now and in the flu
ture with the administration Of the
man who IS soon to leave his high
office" added Mr.. Smith. He con-
tintied: When Mr.. Coolidge took
office. radio was discussed and used
hut casually. Today, il is familiar
70 al men and radio sets are to be
found III probably so per cent Of
American homes"
President Harding's inaugural
speech was carried well over the
capitol grounds by means Of mag
nifiers but no further. Mr.. Coolidge
was the first president to deliver an
inaugural address directly to the
listening millions all over the coun-
Try. Since then he has been a reg
ular and interested user OF the
mike" He has participated per-
sonally IN many Of the epoch-mak-
ing occasions on which some new
achievement Of radio has been sig
That much Of the success which
PRESIDENT Coolidge achieved In his
campaigns for economy IN the gov
eminent budget, and his sug9es-
ticns OF economy as an individual
practice has been due to the mi
fophone, hardly will be denied.
About the time he became pres
hent." continued Mr.. Smith, "prog-
resa was beginning to be marked In
n development OF vacuum tubes,
ana short wave lengths we're first
being used TO advantage. Witness
tneir achievements as he prepares
70 leave office. During his admin
iStration broadcasting concerts were
first heard by members OF the Nc
MILAN expedition in the Polar re-
RionS, Britain heard programs
broadcast by us, and we first heard
Britain"
Mr.. Coolidge had been president
more than three years before Trans
Atlantic Radiophone service was
opened to the public. The Federal
RADIO commission, evn now irving
70 find itself due to its newness.
was not authorized under an act
approved by him until February %.
1877. In fact, chain b~roadcasting
was not successfully realized until
ne had been in office about five
years. a remarkable hook-up of iO6
stations In the United States having
been arranged on one occasion in
1873. This hook-up called for ap-
phone and 1900 miles Of tele-
graph circuits in securing program
coordination and auxiliary COM
munication.
Mr.. Hoover. while secretary Of
commerce under Mr.. Coolidge, prov
ed his friendship for radio. His
accomplishments in connection with
the proper use and control Of IL in
the interest Of the public mean that
the radio era which became such a
reality under President Coolidge
VIII continue under Mr.. Hoover
when he assumes office.