Evening star., 1948-11-07

toSttlcT tHree-Way pariey WNlcn
provided video viewers with the
most complete view any one had of
Fridays welcome for President Tru-
man. Taking ones ease at home
was no way to welcome the man
from Missouri who showed 'em, of
course, and parade enthusiast we
know admitted she'd rather have
been there to join the cheering.
Still, without participating, tele-
viewers saw the whole Truman well
come-the arrival of his train and
the meeting with Senator Barkley.
the passage of the motorcade up
Pennsylvania avenue, the arrival at
the White House and the Presi-
dents response there to his welcome
nome. 1t was a colorful and COM
mendable job of cooperative re-
porting that was done by WMAL-
TV, WNBW and WTTG. Especially
on the part of the man who watched
Igreeters climbing onto the rear
platform of the Presidents train
and observed, People are both
literally and figuratively climbing
aboard his bandwagon at the mo-
ment."
Since it is quite probable that YOU
too, sat up all night with a radio or
televiSion set, it ought to suffice as
a report on Tuesday night to say
that both visual and nonvisual
broadcasting came through in fine
style. If any one thing was estab-
hshed from a radio standpoint 1t
was that video showed its superiority
here, too. The boys had trouble
finding varied pictures to make up
visual entertainment, and often
were merely photographing sound
broadcastS in progress. 1t became
evident early, however, that voting
trends could be followed lot more
easily when seen as well as heard.
There are a number of things
that stand out in memory. . The
way Truman's lead always was
greater on ABC than on NBC and
the way Dumont tagged behind
both. :. The businesslike efficiency
of the Newsweek coverage on Du-
mont. The lively ABC coverage
with Winchell and Pearson giving
an implausible impersonation of
newspapermen, hats, harassment
and alb. The obvious surprise
of the men on the Time-Life-NBC
telecasts when they discovered they
were not going to lock up a Dewey
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Mr.. Winchell turning analyst as ne
surveyed the swing in Senate and
House and the Truman popular
vote to say that this just proved
that any Democrat but Truman
could have been elected. The
highly dramatic Wednesday morn
ing picture on NBC when the cam
era focused for long seconds on
the still life of the deserted rostrum
at Republican headquarters. hung
with tired bunting and pictures of
quote our next President unquote
The final collapse of the Luce
man, who was supposed to explain
things, when he said despairingly,
Isn't this the most amazing elec-
ton ever? What do you suppose
could have happened?"
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Program Notes: Helen Hayes, who
has been busy in London with The
Glass Menagerie." finally arrives
one week from tonight on the Elec-
trio Theater (WTOP-Sunday, 9
PM, for which she was signed as
a permanent star. Her debut on
the program will be made, fittingly
enough, in Victoria Regina" which
Miss Hayes calls the greatest ad-
venture of my career" The first
of a new series of programs, Call
ing All Youth" will be broadcast
today at s:45 I'm. over WGAY. The
series will originate in the studios
Of the Washington Missionary Col
lege. rs Congress Doing It's
Job?" which has been a popular
Washington public service feature
for several years, returns to WWDC
tonight at 6:45 o'clock. Ed Hart
will conduct the interviews. .
Morning in Maryland" the break
fast-with-Brooke Johns show on
WBCC daily at 7:30 am, seems to
have won a considerable enthusi-
astic audience. :. The next indus
try shaking news in radio may be
the announcement of the switch of
Jack Benny, Phil Harris and Edgar
Bergen from NBC to CHS on Sun
day nights.
Representative Hugh Scott. chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, will make his first radio
annearance since the election when