The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-19

for the tlftleth time YEARLY pl
"No, 1 can't ring them now.
Not before II. All right, I'll
take the message.
Above, in their suites, Gosden
and Correll were rising to a New
York day whose demand on their
time. could they fulfill the ZAP
pointments" asked. would have
taxed an Arctic afternoon in mid
summer.
Offers Galore for Them
Letters. kilograms. phone mes
sages burdened a nearby table.
They sifted the pile to determine
which were urgent, which from
friends requiring answers, which
from "cranks" seeking audiences for
this and that reason.
Many were from exploiterS offer
ing inducements" that would ride
the offerers IL on the boys popu-
larity.
Breakfast in their rooms; a short
business chat together. They de-
scend, beat their way through the
crowd assembled below, bowling to
greetings, explaining for the hun
dredth time:
You'll have to see the NBC about
that proposition" Correl stumbles
over the word. A smile betrayS him
and the crowd responds, laughing
loudly as some one gives it in
"Andyese."
Both smiled in Gosden's Chicago
apartment as he recalled the incl
dent.
Town Gets Them
The whirl of the town sure got
Us at first" laughed Gosden. y
never saw so many people who
wanted to see US in all my life. We
never try to avoid anybody, and
that makes it harder. Actually. we
we're jealous of the time it took to
shave.
ct always felt a little guilty about
getting a shine" said Corren.
Let me give you a 1irst-hand pic
ture of what we were up against"
said Gosden. Here's a day in New
York for us" He rose, clicked coins
In his pocket, paced back and forth
across the room. Correll sank back
in his chair, chuckling in antici-
patton of what was coming.
Well, let's start something like
this:
Phone Calls Pour In
Eve get up-if we can: remem-
Der we have a lot of friends In New
York whose hospitality has no time
lnlit-especially at highland go
back to bed. No, wait a minute
don't monkey too much with that,
we're Just sleepy. ..
I'VE rise about 9 a. m. and then
the MICH call up. We average
about fifty to sixty phone calls a
day" Gosden interrupted, paren-
thetically.
Can you come over to the NBC
and meet So-and-So2" asks voice
over the phone.
Us-'We'd like to very much, but
we've got an episode to write.
voice-"Tnisl take you only a
minute"
80 over we 20 and meet very
important man whom we're glad to
know. While we're talking to him,
the head of the department. in
whose ONCE we happen to be,
answers the telephone. We hear
him say into the transrnitter:
"'Yes, they're here now. Ill send
them right up
Turning to us he'll say: Mr..
Aylesworth. (M. H. Aylesworth,
president of NBC). wants to see you
up We so, fixing OH ties for the
president and brushing the circles
from under our eyes. trying to be
nonchalant, but all the time realiz-
ing we're In the presidents office.
Smoking our cigars and feeling
that the smoke annoys him we
finish our chat with the president
and as we're leaving his secretary
says:
"Mr. Asnby "a. L. AShby. gen.
eral counsel to the NBC) wants to
see you
Anything legal always takes FIVE
times as long as anything else, and.
as Mr.. Ashby turns to answer his
phone. we say to each other: How
about writing that episode How7'
THE call is Mr. McClelland
George F. McClelland. vice-presi-
dent). I want you go to lunch
with Mr.. SaSsafraSs. a big station
owner in Nebraska
Episode StiH Waits
We'll. this is good for us also,
but stiIl the episode isn't written.
So We 60 TO lunch and return TO
the Office with McClelland only to
md that the concert artist service
Of the NBC Is waiting TO see US.
at seems they have q telegram
from San Antonio. wanting TO know
II we can appear at a lodge clubs
banquet. Then In walks Mr.. Tram
nell (Siles Trammell, vice president