Evening star., 1938-05-05
RADIO PEACE POLL
TO Be LAUNCHED
Gabriel Heater to Sound
Sentiment of Listeners in
Broadcast Tonight.

Gabriel Heater, conductor of the
We, the People show, will inaugurate
a peace poll by radio during the pro-
gram tonight. Mr.. Heater is to re-
quest his listeners to register their
sentiments on questions of defending
the United States against attack and
fighting overseas if war were declared
on another nation. Since his period
has been shown by surveys to COM
mand one of the largest audiences, the
director hopes for a representative
poll. Among the guests on tonight's
program will be an American who flew
a fighting plane for the Spanish Loy-
alists: Frank Taylor. Robert Taylor's
English double, and Prof. Haywood
Pearce of Emory University, who ap-
parently solved the mystery of the
Roanoke Island colony.
N. B. c. says that National Music
Week will be celebrated with special
program from the University Of Roch-
ester (WMAL, $500. Mentioned first
among the programs features, how
ever, are discussion of Are We Facing
Another World War;" and How Long
Will the Present Depression Last?" by
members of the faculty and a descrip-
ton Of experiments with small strato-
sphere balloons. A few snatches of
music have been squeezed in They
will be provided by the Eastman
School Symphony Band, swing SYM
phony" orchestra, two glee clubs. a
piano team and bass soloist.
Hoover to Speak.
Former President Herbert Hoover is
to be heard speaking on The DAN
gerous Road of Democracy" (WJSV,
81 before the Grassrooters' Conven-
ton in Oklahoma City. Mr.. Hoover
is expected to draw heavily upon OBJ
servations during his recent trip to
Europe. Among the other speakers
tonight is Paul M Tyler of the United
States Bureau of Mines, who will ex-
plain the uses to which rare metals
are being put during the Adventures
in Science program (WJSV, 10:45).
Alan Mowbray and Montagu Love of
the films are to speak on lighter
subject-their recently completed book
when they are interviewed by George
Mccall (WJSV. 1918.
Skipping from talks to the variety
shows. one notes that Clark Gable is
to recreate his Blackie of Manhattan
Melodrama" during the Good News OF
1888 program (WRC, 81, that Robert
Young will be master of ceremonies
again and that Meredith Wilson will
lead the orchestra in his choice of
the most beloved serenade of all
time" An hour earlier Rudy Vallee
takes the microphone and presents
Boris Karloff in a new one-act play,
the Colgate University Glee Club and
the Sisters of the Skillet" comedy
team. On the same station at o'clock
Bing Crosby offers Alec Templeton,
blind pianist; Beulah Bondi of Holly
wood and Walter Huston of Hollywood
and stages everywhere.
Engineer in Interview.
Other features-A New York Gen.
trail engineer is interviewed in his cab
and his tasks dramatized during the
Americans at Work period (WJSV,
$500 :. Mr.. Mergenthwirker's Lob
blies" return CWOL, 81 :. The Road
side Players go on the air and ask
members of the audience to vote on
aspirants for roles in the seasons first
production (WRC, 10:30) DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University receives the New York
Academy of Public Education Award
(WMAL, 81.
Tomorrow--Don Buckley, who plays
guitar and accordion and sings, is the
guest of Lee Everett (WMAL, 7:30
ann &. Winners in the oratorical
contest of the National Forensic
League are presented (WRC, u
The Silver Jubilee of the United Syna-
gogues of America is celebrated
(WMAL, 4:3O) John H. Fahey,
chairman of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board. addresses the annual
conference of the National Association
of Mutual Savings Banks (WJSV,
2:30) =. Radio Guild offers James
Forbes The Commuters" GAM.