Evening star., 1933-05-07
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
ON ALL NETWORKS
President Addresses Nation
Tonight at 9:45 on Legis-
! Iative Program.

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT will go
before the microphone tonight to
review the accomplishments Of
i his administration since March
and discuss the remainder OF
the program of legislation he wants
Congress to enact before adjournment
Of the special session.
The address will come direct from
the oval reception room on the first
floor of the White House from GAS to
10 o'clock. WRC, WMAL and WJSV
will broadcast the message, which also
will be carried to the Nation over the
Columbia network and the combined
chains of the National Broadcasting Co.
In addition to the Presidents ad.
dress, WRC will broadcast the usual
array of N. B. c. attractions. These
include the Variety Hour, with Bert
Lahr and Rubinoff and his orchestra,
the Capitol Theater family" presenta-
tion and the Manhattan Merry Go
Round.
"The Radio Pulpit"
WRC also will broadcast the first
of the Spring and Summer series of
DR.. Ralph w. Sockman in 1.-The Radio
Pulpit"
In place of the Moonshine and
Honeysuckle series WRC has sched-
uled at 1890 a new dramatic sketch
called Folks in Dixie" The drama
was written by Carlton Moss, author
of the Careless Love" sketches.
Will Rogers will be back on the air
over WMAL at 8 o'clock for the second
of his series of broadcasts. The come
dian has been in Washington nearly all
week. and Is expected to make some
mention Of what he saw, especially at
the Capitol.
Under the baton Of Eugene Ormandy,
the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
will begin new series Of Spring sea-
son concerts at 1890. The concerts
will last an hour. Tonights broadcast
will be In keeping with the Brahms
festival now being observed In music
centers throughout the civilized world.
The building OF the Panama Canai
will be dramatized during the Great
Moments in History" program from
$50 to 7. The action will largely be
concerned with the fight to remove the
yellow fever obstacle to the construc-
ton of the canal
The Pages of Romance period from
4:3O to will feature Earle Lar1more,
star of many Theater Guild produc-
tions. He will take part In a sketch
called Radio Sweetheart"
International Radio Forum.
The International Radio Forum at
lis will bring talk from Vienna by
Count Coudenhove Calergi. president OF
the Pan American Union. His topic
is rs Pan Europe Dead?"
Ten outstanding vocallsts, two OF
them new to radio, will join with
Frank Westphals Orchestra in pre-.
senting the first of q new series OF
Chicago Variety programs today over
WJSV and afiliated Columbia stations
This broadcast is scheduled from to
$50.
George W. Wickersham. president OF
the American Bar Institute, Will speak
at 5 o'clock in THE Lawyer and the
Public" series. He will explain the move
ment for simplification Of the law.
Gertrude Niesen will sing "Moanm
Low" as the feature Of the Columbia
Revue from 9 to $50. She also will
offer IT Would if I Could, but Can't"
Rev. George F. Strohaver, dean OF
chemistry at Georgetown University,
will preach on the Washington Cath
olic Radio Hour over VOL. His sub
ject is Georgetown University, the
Oldest Catholic College in America"
The Old Fashioned Gospel Taber-
nacle and a Church Of the Air pro-
gram are among VOLS other outstand-
ing attractions.