Evening star., 1936-03-02
FORUM ADDRESS
!: ! BY vANDENBERG
"A Layman Looks at the
Supreme Court" Topic of
Michigan Senator.
BY THE RADIO EDITOR.

~ ENATOR ARTHUR VANDEN-
BERG of Michigan, frequently
mentioned as one of the out
standing Republican possibili-
ties for the presidential nomination,
Will be the speaker during the Ma
tional Radio Forum tonight on WRC
and a coast-to-coast network of other
National Broadcasting Co. stations.
The forum, arranged by The Wash
ington Star, will be broadcast from
1890 to II O'Clock.
sSenator Vandenberg's topic is "A
Iayman Looks at the Supreme Court"
sAlthough Senator Vandenberg has
supported some parts of New Deal
legislation and policies. he has been
a vigorous opponent of other parts.
He is firm supporter of the Supreme
Court and its powers and of the Con-
sutution.
THE latest realization of the en-
gineer-the l-pound radio station
that does its sending on 300 mega
cycle or one-meter wave-probably
Will have its formal introduction to
broadcasting simultaneously with the
1886 national conventions.
Development of this equipment,
which is small enough to be housed
in cube only 3 inches on side
and required battery supply weigh
ing about pounds, was brought
about through the desire to have
broadcast apparatus that would not
be SO cumbersome as portable trans
n1itters used heretofore
Since announcement that successful
tests had been carried on up to
distance of 4 miles, the N. B. C. lab
ratory, in which the station" was
designed, has been at work to make
the transmitter still more easily port
able than the first model-A box with
two 10-inch rods sticking from it to
serve as the antenna.
1t is hoped to have the job COM
pleted in plenty of time to make addi-
tional tests before the conventions
go on the air. Its use for floor pick
ups during the selection of presiden-
tal candidates will permit greater
mobility on the part of the announc-
ers. who will be relieved of trailing
along wire attached to microphone,
as in the case of past broadcasts.
THE tiny transmitter also is ex-
pfcted to be adaptable to special
broadcasts where the ordinary equip
nent tends toward a handicap.
FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE, JR.,
who directs radio publicity for
Ypung g. Rubicam, Inc, in New York,
says the firm has been swamped with
requests for tickets to Jack Benny's
broadcast from the National Press
Club Auditorium March IS. AS a re-
suit he makes this announcement:
THE seating capacity of the Ma
tional Press Club Auditorium, where
the Jack Benny program will be staged
March Is, unfortunately makes it i'm
possible to honor all the requests for
admission to the broadcast that have
already been received There have
already been more applications than
there are seats. With the exception of
the few tickets allotted to the repre-
sentatives of the press and company
officials, the balance has been made
available to the general public.
In fairness to all those who sought
admittance to the program it was de-
tcided to distribute tickets to appli-
cants in the order in which their
requests were received. In addition
to the regular program there will be
a second performance not heard in
tins area, but broadcast specifically
tor listeners on the West Coast. In
order to make it possible for the
greatest number of Washingtonians
to- view the show, requests to see
Benny have been filled for this re-
peat broadcast also"