Arizona sun., 1947-12-05

amounts needed
Baukhage for long range
and short range
recovery, interim emergency relief
and medium range rehabilitation.
''Two billion, six hundred and fifty
seven millions five hundred and
ninety-seVen millions five hun
dred millions one hundred and
fifty millions. :"
Pencils scratched, senatorial pen
ellis as well as reportorial.
'"Then that would be one mill
lion :" unused Vandenberg
aloud, confused by the ava
lanche of digits. Everybody
laughed. The mere thought Of
ONE million among all those
ciphers seemed absurd.
Now Senator Vandenberg is very
meticulous about making state
ments concerning foreign policy. He
never will agree to an ad libitum in
terview on the air, won't allow him.
self to be quoted, except from pre-
pared statement.
The day after the lone million"
remark, one of my colleagues was
kidding him. 4
''How did you like it, Senator" he
asked, when you mixed up mill
lions and billions, and it not only
went out over the air, but also your
adding and multiplying went out to
some $50, 900 television spectators?"
My friend expected the sena-
tor to hit the ceiling. But quite
the contrary. He was so pleased
when he realized the number of
people televisiOn had brought
into the caucus room to see and
hear senators and witnesses dis
cuss what Vandenberg cOnsid-
ers such q vital matter that he
forgot his old prejudices.
Television helped draw both the
Republican and Democratic ma
tional political conventions to the
city of Philadelphia. Television may
have a very definite effect on the
type Of man and woman who will
enter public life in the future, and it
certainly will have its effect on re-
porting methods used in covering
public events.
Roger Ciipp, general manager Of
Station WILL and WFIL-TV was Sc
lected to sell to political committee
men the television advantages Of
Philadelphia, which is on the CO.
axial cable--the highway that car.
ries the images 1t stretches from
Washington up into New England
and west to Schenectady.
Philadelphia advantage, said
Clipp, is its central location which
allows it to draw upon the pool of
skilled television personnel located
In the East and makes it easily ac-
cessible for hard-to-get equipment.
He estimated that. financing the job
will require $175.OOO for both con-
ventionS.
In addition to the regular sta
ton c0verage, televisiOn receiv-
/ ers and large screens will be
placed in the basement Of Con-
vention hall and I'm adjoining
Commercial museum. In this
way. all the party members
who cannot find room in Con-
vention haIl, plus about $4,000
spectators q day. can be accom-
modated close to the actual
scene Of activity.
According to Clipp, coaxial cable
and established relay links will tie
together at least IA stations in the
East. In addition there will be a
special, experimental East-to-West
network of stations to carry into the
Middlewest.
AS he talked to politicos, Clipp
tossed off a few impressive figures
himself-more than 681s million peo-
pie populate the area to be covered
by televising the conventions. That
: many people add up to some 257
electoral votes, he added.
This is in contrast to the situation
in 1910 when the COP convention in
Philadelphia was covered by two
video cameras whose pictures
reached an audience of less than
10000 viewers.
OF course. not everybody in
every state where the cOaxial
cable stretches its length win be