Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-11
CABINET MEMBERS
ON FORUM TONIGHT
Secretary of Navy Adams
and Secretary of Labor
Davis to Speak.

Two members of President Hoover'5
misunderstanding of Navy Adams and
Secretary of Labor Davis-will speak to
the Nation tonight in the weekly ma
tional radio forum arranged by The
Evening Star and sponsored by the
Columbia BroadcaSting System. j..
The usual coaSt-to-ccaSt network OF
Columbia stations will broadcast the
forum discussions, beginning at 3
o'clock, Eastern standard time, and
lasting for n half an hour. Secretary
Adams is expected to outline the prob
lens of the Navy Department, touching
particularly on the new naval construc-
ton program, the largest and most
significant since 1916. Secretary Davis
portion of his talk to the activities OF
his department.
Another cabinet officer, Secretary of
Commerce Lamont, also will face the
microphone tonight during the weekly
Universal Safety series broadcast,
National Broadcasting Co. feature, dis
tributed locally by WRC. His subject is
"Safety-A National Problem
Music by Orchestra.
The. musical portion of WRC's bill
will be provided by the General Electric
Symphony Orchestra, under the baton
of Walter Damrosch; the ChoristerS,
the Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra, the
Mayf1ower Orchestra, the Wardman
Park Dance Orchestra, Ben Pollack's
Orchestra and Lew White, organist.
A symphonic climax to the obSerVa-
ton of National Music week will be
reached during the DamroSch program
when the orchestra plays for the first
time over the air the prelude to the
third act of Robert Braine's American
opera Virginia" Other numbers on
the program are Schubert's Moment
Musical" Mendelssohn's Spring Song"
the "Andante" from Brahms SYMPHONY
No. g" Saint-Saens' Algerian Scenes"
Debussy's Afternoon of a Faun" and
the Strauss waltz, Roses From the
South"
A brass band Of 10 pieces will assist
the Choristers in their program, which
also is designed as a Music week fea-
ture. Songs of the American colleges
predominant on the program. These in
clude Yales Down the Field" Har-
wards "Harvardiana," Princeton'S Go
ing Back to Nassau Hail." Cornell's
Alma Mater" and the songs of West
Point and Annapolis.
Aside from the National Radio Forum
WMAL's program contains a number
of attractions of local origin as well as
several Columbia features, among them
the first of a series of new broadcasts
to be given weekly by Roger w. Babson,
internationally known statistical expert.
salon orchestra will provide a musical
background for the BabSon broadcast.
GIee Club on Program.
Outstanding among WMAL's features
to come from its own studio will be
concert by the Catholic University Glee
Club, under the direction of DR.. Leo
Behrendt and a talk by Isaac Cans of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
on Promoting Retail Trade in Wash
ington."
Signor Luigi Calbi a versatile italian
musician and a member of the And So
to Bed" Co., will give half hour pro-
gram over VOL this evening from $50
to o'clock. His program includes
banjo, cello, mandolin, violin and piano
solos He also is a skilled lutte player.
VOL has scheduled two other must
cal features, a dance program by the
Castillians Orchestra and a concert
by the Silver String Revelers. amos
n Andy also will broadcast at their
regular period.
WJSV's principal offering tonight will
be talk by Representative Browning
of Tennessee, on What Shall We Do
With Muscle Shoals?" The stations
musical program will be provided by the
Shenandoah Ramblers. the Catskill
Trio. the r. F. &c P. Fiddlers and
Atwells Louden Rangers.