Evening star., 1936-03-07
UNCLE SAM SPEAKS
His Is One of the Most Active Voices in Radio.
With Many Government Agencies Con-
tributing Popular Programs.

products. data on supplies and weather
information. In addition there Is the
great broadcast Of the Forest Service
down to and including such SEEM
ingly trifling thing as how to put out
match in the woods.
THESE farm programs are more
thoroughly worked out perhaps
than any of the programs broadcast
by the Government. They fall into
three classes-the interview. the dia-
logue and speech, respectively.
Speeches usually are made by ex-
ecutives of the department. These
men have not the time to work up
dialogue or an interview. (Yes, it
takes time and lots of practice to
put on a good radio program)
So far does the Department Of Agri-
culture go to put on good and en-
tertaining program fof the public that
1t writes its SkitS and turns them
over to the broadcasting company
for Interpretation by "reap' actors.
And they are extremely popular.
From the farmer and the farmers
wife let us skip over to the Com
merce Department. Here are 10 di-
visions under one head that vitality
enter into the life of the people and
the Nation. There is the Division
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
the Bureau of Aeronautics, the Bureau
of Fisheries, and so on down the list.
Each of these bureaus and all Of
the others of the Department Of
Commerce have interesting messages
to get across to the public. Just what
is being done in commercial aviation
to make flying safer? What is the
latest fish menu worked up by spe-
cialists in fish dishes of the Bureau
of Fisheries? Where does salmon
come from? What are the more
edible fish? Which have the smallest
bones? And so on ad infinitum.
And then there's the daily chit
chat of the Commerce Radio Division
on actual business conditions and
little known facts about some particu-
lar industry. frequently coupled with
financial and commercial sidelights.
On the news comment end Of the
Commerce Department programs
dramatized sketches are given. These
are carefully worked out under the
supervision of production experts and
all the facts contained in them are
carefully checked and cross checked
so that no error creeps into the broad
cast to act as boomerang upon the
program.
The Commerce Department only
recently inaugurated its radio service
to the public. And the public's re-
action to the program has been highly
pleasing to those who have sponsored
it, the fan mail being quite eclat.
Next comes the Park Service. Here
is a seasonal broadcast from one Of
the most popular agencies Of the
Government.
THE park programs are seasonal
because the parks are not much
of place to loll in during the
Wintertime. The chief thought be-
hind the park programs is to get
you to go to the parks" enjoy them
during your vacation, see America
and come home happy, invigorated
and ready to plunge into another II
months of work with vim and zest.
All manner Of suggestions are con-
tanned in these park broadcasts-how
you can travel through them, the
cost of staying there and what there
Is there to see.
From the parks we switch over
to the Children's Bureau Of the
Labor Department. Here is where
we meet up with little Johnny's and
Susie's mother and tell her all about
the things that are good for Johnny
and Susie to eat-spinach-and why!
But there is another side to the
Children's Hour-one that is not so
beautiful to picture-the delinquent
child and the crippled child. All
manner of helpful things are broad
cast from the bureau in this field.
Hints that will help bring back to
the home and family circle the boy
or girl who has strayed away and
destined in time. if no helping hand
is reached out, to become a problem
of the home and community. And
then there Is the help rendered the
crippled children of the Nation
through broadcasts that have at heart
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