The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-09
Weekly Radio Programs
Scheduled By AFL In 1916
Lubor's Views Will Be Car
ried BY Networks In
New Setup


Federation of Labor has completed
arrangements for the most ambitious
and comprehensive radio educational
program in its history.
Beginning next Jan. Z, the Fedora
tion will broadcast Il weekly radio pro
gram over national network each
and every week of the year, President
William Green announced.
Time for these programs was made
available to the American Federation
of Labor by three national boardcast-
ing chains as a public service and in
recognition of the important place
which labor holds in the life of the
nation.
The programs will be carried by the
National Broadcasting Company for
the first thirteen weeks of 1945; by
the Columbia Broadcasting System the
following thirteen weeks and by the
Blue Network for the remaining
twenty-six weeks.
The Mutual Broadcasting System
said it could not participate by allot-
ing ii regular series of programs but
will make available an equivalent
amount of time for broadcasts of spe-
cial events and features by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor from time TO
time during the year.
by means of these radio programs"
Mr. Green declared, THE American
Federation of Labor will be able to
present its news and views directly 10
the American people and TO its seven
million members.
1t is our purpose to make these
programs as interesting and informal
tive as possible. We are determined to
build up large and regular audience
for these programs. TO that end urge
all central labor unions and State
Federations of Labor To persuade their
local radio stations TO carry the Fed
eration's programs offered by the ma
tional networks.
Likewise, ] urge all members of
the American Federation of Labor to
listen 10 these programs and to per-
suade their families and friends to
tune in regularly.
The American Federation of Labor
appreciates the opportunity offered to
il by the radio networks and il be-
lieyes that their cooperative attitude
will go far toward cenenting friendly
and constructive relations between or
ganized labor and the radio industry"
The plan for expanding the Fedora
tons radio activities was presented to
the Executive Council AT its meeting
last January as the most effective
means at hand of creating better I'M
derstanding of labor's problems and
developing greater good will toward
labor.
Following the Executive Councils
approval of the plan, negotiations were
undertaken with representatives of the
four radio networks. These negota-
tions eliminated with luncheon meet
ing In Washington last August at
which Mr.. Green presented the Fedora
tion's specific proposals to the heads of
the four networks. Acceptance was al
most immediate.
While many details still remain to
be worked out, the following broad
outline gives the salient facts of the
AFL's l945 radio schedule as 1t now
shapes up:
The first program Will be- broadcast
over the facilities of the National
Broadcasting Company on Sunday,
Jan. Z, from 10 10 80 PM, Eastern
War Time Ii will be entitled Labor
Forum" The panel will include an
outstanding AFL representative, as
well as representatives OF business and
agriculture. The same pattern will be
followed on the next twelve programs.
Timely and important topics will be
chosen for discussion NJ each forum
On subsequent NBC programs later in
the year under sponsorship of business
and farm organizations the AFL will
also have representation.
After the NBC series Is concluded, n
new series viii be broadcast over
CHS. This will be an entirely different
type of program, featuring interviews
with labor leaders and Industrial
chiefs on plans for reconvelsion and
the creation of new postwar Job oppor-
tunities. The exact time for this series
of programs has not yet been allotted
but Obs has assured the Federation
good spot"
The final series over the Blue Net
work will be- broadcast beginning the
second half of the year from q 40 10
Z PM, Eastern War Time, each Sat
urday evening. The nature of these
programs will be announced later