Evening star., 1929-06-30
RADIO SEEN AS AID
TO WORLD PEACE
President of Broadcastlng
Company Visions Closer
Contact of Peoples.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.
,ecisl Dispatch to The Star.

BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 29.-M. H. Ayles-
worth, president of the National Broad
casting Co., Inc.-now the largest sys-
tenn in the world-has always been
called "Deac" by his intimates.
He was born III Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
spent most OF his childhood in Des
MoineS and moved with his parents to
Colorado, where his father, DR.. B. o.
Aylesworth, was elected president OF the
Colorado Agricultural College.
Young AylesworCh had lots of school
ing. He attended Colorado University,
Colorado Agricultural College. the Uni
VerSlty of Wisconsin and the University
OF Denver. Then he finished up at CO.
lumbia University.
Educated as lawyer, he set out his
Shlngle to practice in Colorado. Before
ne really got started he was appointed
chairman of the Colorado Public Serv-
Ice Commission he was then barely 90,
AS result of certain railroads fail
ing to comply with the regulations of
the commission, when bad wreck oc-
CURED one newspaper called the mem
pers OF the commission 'murderers."
one OF his aunts saw this and said: at
always knew that Aylesworth boy would
do something horrible like that. His
lather was minister"
Joins Power Company.
But after four years with the COM
mission he resigned to associate him.
self as an executive CT the Utah Power
& Light Co, which at that time had
spread, throughout Utah and Idaho.
Ittie later r. b. Ballard of Los
angeles, chairman of the National
Electric Light Association, who had met
tne young man and had been impressed
with him. induced AylesworJl1 to take
tls managing dlrectorship OF that asso-
clation and help build it up.
So before "Deac" AyIesworth knew
what actually had happened he found
himself in New York as the head of
this new and what has since become
a very powerful institution.
inns remarkable success in meeting
the important problem of public rela-
tions IN connection with public utility
aeveiopment was responsible for his Sc
lection as head Of the National Broad
casting Co, Inc.
1t was Owen Young. now famous as
an international negotiator and finan-
cter and chairman of the General
Electric Co., then interested in radio
sales, who conceived the idea of 1ink-
ing up the individual broadcasting sta
licns INTO national chain. This was
but four years ago.
None of the men who heIped in tha
formation of the National Broadcastinr
Co, Inc, ever thought for a moment
OF making any money out Of It. BIIt
mere was q need for 1t. Men Of the
Yonng type saw what was coming In
radio ana decided to organize the conn
pany,'' is the way Aylesworth put it to
me. SO what has developed into a na-
tional institution Of education and en-
teTtalnnent was organ zed along these
lines.
Has Gracious Manner.
Ayleswcrtl1 is far from the type of
iletion-bred executive who sits fianked
oy numerous secretaries, transfixes his
visitors with his eagle eye and drips
wisdom as he talks. Easy and gracious.
with warm grip and friendly smile.
ne grests you when you step into his
cflce. He discusses any subject frankly
and is frank to admit that he doesn't
know everything.
In appearance he is straight. has a
somewhat tllin-lipped mouth. with a
prominent nose, long in line from the
bridge. His black eyes are set in firm,
healthy flesh. He has high fore
mead and fattensd black hair, a little
thin
His youthful face, with its beaming
smile, makes the visitor feel fight at
home from the start. He is a good
example OF the well proportioned man
of medium stature"
No one dreamed that the National
BroadcaStlng Co., Inc, would expand
as 1t has. Least of all Mr. Aylesworth
Wnen he took over the work. green. in
experienced. unprecedented.
Three things seemed to him irnpor-
tant. He expressed them then:
The first thing, it seems to me. is
TO find what programs will give the
fullest measure of service to the public.
Second, to establish the best facilities
Tor such service. Third, to make the
entire structure sustaining. If broad
casting IS to survive, it must stand on
its own legs"
At the beginning he had to move
easy. for 1t was a "ticizlish business"
To accomplish results he had these
resolutions fixed in the back of his
head: Finer programs for stations: no
long speeches, and no competition with
the newspapers; developing the CONF
pany nationally
Four years later I met him in his
New York Offices. He had Just re-
turned from Europe and was all-en-
thusiaStic over the possibilities of inter-
communication between the peoples Of
the world, especially between those Of
the United States and Europe.
Peep Into Future.
What is in store for the future2
Perhaps a universal language will be
gradually evolved whereby the pee
pies of the earth will be able to un-
derStand each other on even terms
IL may be English or some other lam
guage; but radio furnishes the best
way OF spreading that, language, what
ever 1t may be, over the face of the
globe. I have visions of an evenings
program, the numbers of which are
made up from all parts of the world"
said this radio leader. And then he
went on:
Say. the first number, Fritz Kreisler
playing his matclllesS violin in Vienna;
Hall, London: the third number. the
Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro;
fourth number, Paul Wl1iteman and
his band in Carnegie Hall in New York.
II believe this will help us in at
tanning more tolerant and friendly
attitude toward the peoples of the
world. We will get accustomed to hear
ing Frenchman discussing the diff
ference of policy between France and
another nation. We viii hear the point
OF view of the German and the Rus
attitude toward other peoples is bound
to develop.
Mission of Radio.
"Radio will do much TO bring about
q state of world peace. IL Will be Off
f1cult to hate a nation after one hour
OF its lovely symphonic music, or to