Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-02

this year may be given to the coun-
try by television, the President at
10 o'clock tomorrow night will make
a Commute radio talk on all net
works which White House aides have
described as an overall report to
the Nation"
This message, it has been indi-
Gated strongly, will point up the leg
islation that Mr.. Truman has asked
and on which Congress has failed to
act and is designed to reach the
voters while members of House and
SeTate are at home, where they
can observe the immediate reaction
of their constituents.
The President abandoned hope of
having regular news conference
this week in view of his heavy
schedule which includes tomorrow's
nightfSpeech and the cabinet meet
ing Fiday.
A news conference has been
tentatively scheduled for 1920 am
next Tuesday.
Kle President made no set ap-
poifItments today, reserving most of
his time to speech writing and other
paper work
The arrangements for telecaSting
the State of the Union message,
which is expected in large part to
be an amplification of tomorrow
nights speech, were announced last
night in New York by the American
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Plans Not Definite.
However, White House Press Sec
rotary Charles G. Ross said today
1t is by no means certain" that
Mr. Truman will deliver his message
to Congress in person.
He told reporters that White
House agreement to the television
arrangement was conditional on the
President appearing on Capitol Hill
and said that is where the matter
stands now.
He made clear that reports that
delivery of the message will be tele-
cast were premature.
Workmen have been installing
television equipment at the Capt.
tol Tor several Gays.
The A. T. & T. said the images
and sounds of the event, including
scenes both at the White House and
the Capitol. would be telecast by
three New York television stations
and one Washington station.
Use Station Here.
The Washington outlet for the
visual broadcast, according to pres
ent plans, will be Station W3XWT,
now being erected atop the Har-
rington Hotel at Eleventh and
streets NV by the Allen B. Dumont
Laboratories of New Jersey. 1t is
understood that the transmitter will
be completed by the date of the
Presidents address.
A. T. & T. engineers said that the
telecast would be not only the first
radio perturbation of a President
addressing Congress, but also would
mark the opening of a 225- Long
coaxial cable to provide regular
television service between New York
and Washington. AS result, num-
Der OF other Washington television
broadcasts are planned by New
York transmilJers.
President Truman has spent the
last four days and five nights writ
ing his speeches and relaxing aboard
the Williamsburg on the cold, rainy
Potomac.
Ice Curtailed Trip.
Because of ice and fog the yachts
skipper did not take her the 10C
miles to Chesapeake Bay as origi-
nally planned. Last night the
yacht anchored off Mount Vernon
after leaving her previous anchorage
off Quantico, Va, at 3 pm
Except for tax revision, limited
Government reorganization author
ity and a single administrator fol
surplus property, Congress left Mr.
Truman's domestic legislative pro-
gram in various stages of frustra-
ton when it went home before be-
fore Christmas.
Mr.. Truman, tomorrow night, is
expected to speak in behalf of most
if not all of his remaining proposals
Army and Navy merger, fact
finding boards for labor disputes
employment aids, health insurance
these are some of the things
high on his schedule.
SteeIman on Yacht.
An indication that labor man
agement troubles would have q
prominent place in the address was
seen in the presence aboard the
yacht of DR.. John R. Steelman, the
Presidents newest administrative
assistance and former head of the
Cancellation Service of the Labor
Department.
Other speech advisers who left
with the President last Friday
shortly after he returned by plane
from Missouri, were Judge Samue
I. Rosenman, retiring special coun.
sell Admiral William D. Leahy
personal chief of staff; Charles G
Ross, press secretary, and George
z. Allen, one of the presidential ad.
visers. Secretary of State Byrne.
twice visited the Williamsburg ane
Reconyersion Director John w
Snyder also spent some time with