Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
\ Ado, the instrument of
commu n / C tion which
President Hoover as Secre-

n President Hoover as Secre-
l. y tary of Commerce did much
to promote during it's infancy, has
brought the Presidents voice to
almost every citizen Of the United
States.
Records of the National Broad
casting Co. in Washington dis
close that President Hoover has
addressed the radio audience %
times in the IA months he has
headed the Nation. President
Coolidge in his entire seven years
in Office spoke over the radio 81
times.
Speech making over the radio
was not new to Mr.. Hoover when
he became President. He made his
first radio talk in 1924. From 1924
until he became President Mr..
Hoover made % radio speeches.
In all, President Hoover has made
As appearances before the micro
phone.
President Coolidge made many
of his radio addresses from the
study in the White House. How
ever, President Hoover has only
spoken over the radio twice from
the Executive Mansion. Most Of
President Hoover's radio talks
have been picked up from various
points in Washington. Some half
q dozen of the addresses were
made outside of Washington.
President Hoover's addresses
are always read from manuscript.
On occasions when the President
is addressing two audiences, a
group of people in front of him
and the radio audience, a special
speakers stand is used. This
J stand Is so constructed that the
Presidents manuscript Is placed
almost on level with his eyes.
Thus 1t is not necessary for him
to look down while talking.
Whenever the President talks
over the radio special precautions
are taken to eliminate any. inter-
ference. Broadcasting equipment
at the point where the President
talks Is installed in, duplicate.
Telephone lines which carry the
Presidents voice to the studios
are installed in triplicate. The
Presidents voice is sent over two
wires. In the event trouble de-
velopS on one, a switch to the
other wire can be made in a sec
ond or two. The third wire is for
emergency use.
President Hoover has never been
late for a broadcast. Several
times he has been ahead of time,
but in these instances he con-
Sented to wait until the time the
network was ready. If the White
House states the President will
talk 10, 20 or 80 minutes broad
casters know they can be assured
this will be the length of his talk
within Is or 80 seconds.
Except for the words Ladies
and Gentlemen, the President of
the United States" no other
introduction is usually given when
the President speaks.
A FTER % chapters by as many
= authorities on every branch of
radio, which Martin Codel has
placed between the covers of his
book, Radio and It's Future"
comes the twenty-ninth and
closing essay by DR.. Lee DeForest
on the subject "The Future of
Radio"
At first 1t seems peculiar that
he who is known as the Father of
Radio should be chosen to write
the final chapter concerning the
future. One might think that
DeForest would speak of the early
days, the birth of broadcasting,
or a chapter of "reminiscences.
But on further consideration we
see the wisdom Of Editor Codel in
choosing DR.. DeForest to gather
up all the foregoing articles and
finish off the volume with a
glance into the future.
For the future depends largely
on the past, and perhaps no man
In the field of radio has a better
right to speak Of the future than
he who has grown up with radio,
who knows the past but is not
buried therein, who has for the
past quarter century continued to
work in his chosen field, unwilling
to live on the glories of inventing
the vacuum tube. DR.. DeForeSt is
at once conservative and progress
sive, interested in the past, inter
ested just as much III the present
and in the future.
After reviewing the rapid strides
of radio DR.. DeForest hesitates to
speak of the future; then, on the
basis of what has gone before,
makes some interesting observa-
tions. AS to transmitting power
by radio, the author, viewing the
matter economically, notes that
"a transmission system that starts
out with thousands Of watts and
ends in thousandths of watts Is
hardly economical. That, pre-
cisely, is radio power transmission
as we know it."
On the subject of television,
however, DeForest is more hope
full, After giving due credit to
G. Francis jenkins for his ad-
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