Television Opens New Era in Politics
Millions Will See and Hear
National Conventions in 48
N ew t .4 is a / yr« and Com m tnlainr.
W A S H IN G T O N .—R e p o rtin g o ffic ia l W a sh in g to n e n te r e d
a n ew e r a w ith th e o p e n in g of c o n g re s s io n a l c o m m itte e h e a r ­
in g s on th e a id - to -E u r o p e p r o g r a m .
I T H A D T O C O M E . . . Sooner or la te r someone was bound to b ring
out a co m b in a tio n a irp la n e and auto m o bile, and this is C onsolidated-
V u lte e 's first e x p e rim e n ta l m odel along th at lin e. W ing and pow er
p la n t are d etach ab le fro m the au to m o b ile-typ e fuselage.
A F IfS REVIEW
French Premier Quits;
Marshall Hits Russians
DIVIDED:
AU France
FOURTH ESTA TE
A ll Gaul is divided into three parts
—Com m unist, Socialist and DeGaul-
E ditors P o lle d
list.
Unable to make an im pression on
Am erica's weekly newspaper e di­
the tu rb u le n t French scene. Pre- tors, the s till, sm all voices fro m
_________ m ie r Paul Rama- the grass roots, would make H a r­
d ie r resigned his o f­ old Stassen of Minnesota th e ir per­
fice in the face of sonal choice as the Republican pres­
widespread
Com­ idential candidate in 1948. accord­
m unist - inspired ing to a straw poll conducted by
strikes and F rance’s Publishers’ A u x ilia ry , newspaper
e l d e r statesman publication devoted to the weekly
Leon Blum was g iv ­ field of jou rn a lism .
en a m andate to
A t the same tim e, w ith laudable
fo rm a new Social­ o b je ctivity, the editors expressed
ist government.
th e ir belief th a t Gov. Thomas E.
The situation in Dewey of New Y o rk would be the
France had never one to receive the GOP bid.
Leon B lu m
been worse. It was
President T rum an, as v irtu a lly
touch and go, w ith the te rrify in g the only conceivable D em ocratic
possibility of a c iv il w ar loom ing as candidate, was chosen by the edi­
a result of the present deep unrest. tors for that p a rty's nom ination.
lanche of digits. Everybody
U nderlying cause of it a ll is They also conceded overw helm ing­
You always w ill have to have
laughed. The mere thought of
France's prostrate economic condi­ ly that the D em ocratic delegation
a reporter to strain the news
ONE m illion among a ll those
tion and the prospect of a cold, hun­ would give him the nod at the na­
through; you can’t d eliver it
ciphers seemed absurd.
gry w inter. Even if U. S. stopgap tional convention next year.
com pletely in the raw . It takes a
Publishers' A u x ilia ry d istributed
aid is rushed through im m e diately
human
brain,
not
a
machine,
to
Now Senator Vandenberg is very
500
ballots to country weekly edi­
it
w
ill
fa
ll
fa
r
short
of
being
the
o
il
in te rp re t it.
m eticulous about m aking state­
needed to pour on the troubled w a­ tors in 48 states and tabulated the
ments concerning foreign policy. He
Already changes in the technique ters. Superimposed on that situation
never w ill agree to an ad lib itu m in ­ are developing. One. fo r instance,
were these p o litic a l factors;
te rvie w on the a ir, w on't allow h im ­
heard over the networks is unique in
The Socialist governm ent, tr y ­
self to be quoted, except from a pre­ form , and television w ill im prove it.
ing to pursue a moderate
pared statement.
Perhaps you have listened to the ex­ course, was being squeezed between
The day after the “ one m illio n ’’
cellent sum m ary of the United Na­ the stronger Communists to the le ft
rem ark, one of m y colleagues was
tions in which you hear portions of and Gen. Charles De G aulle's R ally
kidding him .
the speeches of the delegates w hich of the French People on the ex­
“ How did you like it. Senator," he
were recorded when they were trem e rig ht.
asked, "W hen you m ixed up m il­
made and between them an an­
The Communists, true to the
lions and billions, and it not only
nouncer reading a prepared script
• teachings of M arx, were try in g
went out over the air, but also your
adding and m u ltip ly in g went out to and a com m entator sum m arizing, | t0 f oment revolution by instig atin g
explaining, interpreting. Now you the p aralyzing strikes a fte r th e ir
some 150,000 television spectators?”
w ill see, as w ell as hear, what goes legal and p o litica l methods to over­ results on the basis of 218 com­
on here, there and everywhere, ju s t throw the government had failed.
M y friend expected the sena­
pleted ballots, representing a 43 6
as you did at the televised hearings
to r to h it the ceiling. But quite
General De Gaulle, seeking the per cent return.
referred to e arlie r.
the contrary. He was so pleased
Although the straw poll contacted
• governm ental reins fo r him self,
when he realized the number of
a
representative section of sm all­
has said he would deal w ith the Com­
In order to do this job of sum­
people television had brought
m unists w ith a strong, a u th orita rian town e d ito ria l opinion, its results
m
arizing
and
interpretin
g,
a
into the caucus room to see and
hand. De Gaulle is feared because cannot be held e n tire ly conclusive
man m ust be as thoroughly fa­
hear senators and witnesses dis­
because of the unknown quantities
he stands fo r to ta lita ria n is m .
m
ilia
r
w
ith
the
subject
m
atter
cuss what Vandenberg consid­
present at the tim e it was conduct­
The
real
struggle
fo
r
France
is
be­
as any reporter who w rites an
ers such a v ita l m atter that he
ing waged between the Communists ed. C a lifo rn ia 's Gov. E a rl W arren
im
p
o
rta
n
t
news
story.
He
must
forgot his old prejudices.
and DeG aulle's followers. Moderate had not yet declared-his candidacy
have sufficient background and
Socialism is sim ply caught in the fo r the Republican nom ination, and
experience, e n o u g h general
Television helped draw both the
the M acA rth ur sentim ent was bare­
m iddle.
knowledge and specific inform a­
Republican and D em ocratic na­
ly a ripple.
tion to select the proper record­
tional p olitical conventions to the
According to the election forecast
ed portions, to give them the
c ity of Philadelphia. Television m ay
section of the poll, 36.9 per cent of
w eight they deserve and pick
have a very definite effect on the
the editors believe President T ru ­
IF ith Russia
type of man and woman who w ill
the salient points to be sum­
man w ill be re-elected; 21.9 per cent
To
his
Chicago
audience,
it
sound­
enter public life in the future, and it
m arized.
(
th
in k Dewey w ill be the next chief
ed as though U. S. Secretary of State
ce rta inly w ill have its effect on re­
of state; 12.4 per cent fa vor Eisen­
He
w
ill
be
a
reporter
or
comm
en­
George
M
arshall
was
fu
ll
up
to
here
porting methods used in covering
tator, w ritin g his story w ith his lips, w ith Russia's obtuse and exasperat­ hower; 9.5 per cent have confidence
public events.
picking out the "quotes” by pouring ing tactics in the field of interna ­ in T aft, and 5.4 per cent believe
Roger Clipp, general m anager of
Stassen w ill be elected.
the stored-up soundwaves from the tional relations.
Station W F IL and W F IL-T V was se­
E ditors polled were predom inant­
wax record or the w ire recorder
He
made
it
clear
th
a
t
the
state
of
lected to sell to p o litica l com m ittee­
out through the spout of the m ic ro ­ active resentm ent of the Soviet U n­ ly Republican. A GOP candidate
men the television advantages of
was named as personal choice by
phone onto the air.
ion, to w hich Am ericans have been
Philadelphia, which is on the co­
The profession is the same. Only goaded by thé obstructionist actions 66.7 per cent and a D em ocrat by
a xia l cable—the highway that car­
30 per cent.
the technique changes.
of Russian leaders, can in no wise
ries the images. I t stretches from
• * *
be interpreted as w arm ongering.
Washington up into New England
m an’s) w ith Russian policy, in d i­
President Trum an im bibed some
and west to Schenectady.
Thus, M arshall charged Russia cated th a t perhaps a U. S. u ltim a ­
1,260 calories on the firs t meatless
P hiladelphia’s advantage, said Tuesday. But he’ll probably need w ith blocking European recovery tum dealing w ith Soviet obstruction­
C lipp, is its central location which more on Thursdays. T ha t’s the day and w aging a deliberate a n ti-A m e ri­ ism was not too fa r distant.
As a m a tte r of fact, a strong pos­
allows it to draw upon the pool of he meets w ith press and radio cor­ can propaganda cam paign.
skille d television personnel located respondents.
“ I t is tim e to ca ll a h a lt to such s ib ility existed that M arsha ll m ig h t
• • •
in fla m m a to ry practices,” he said. make ju s t such a stand at the Lon­
in the East and makes it easily ac­
cessible fo r hard-to-get equipment.
Germ an Communists joined Nazis The U. S. refuses to “ stand by and don conference of foreign m inisters
He estim ated th a t financing the job even before the Soviet alliance w ith watch the disintegration of the in te r­ to discuss Germ an and Austrian
w ill require $175,000 fo r both con­ Germ any in the war. They m ay do national com m unity to which we be­ peace treaties. A w a itin g the confer­
ence w ith utm ost seriousness, the
ventions.
the same now, and we’ll have the long.”
secretary of state told his Chicago
I
t
was
one
of
the
m
ost
angry
de­
old
beef
sandwich
they
used
to
ta
lk
In addition to the regular sta-
listeners th at:
nunciations
yet
made
against
Rus­
about
in
G
erm
any—brown
outside
tion coverage, television receiv­
" I t is rny purpose to concentrate
sia
by
a
high
U.
S.
o
fficial,
and
and
red
inside.
ers and large screens w ill be
solely on finding an acceptable basis
• • •
there
was
a
d
istin
ct
possibility
that
placed in the basement of Con­
People w ith high blood pressure it was a reasonably accurate reflec­ of agreement to term inate the pres­
vention h a ll and in adjoining
usually
suffer from "in h ib ite d ag­ tion o f the tem per of the tim es. M a r­ ent tra g ic stalem ate and to speed
C om m ercial museum. In this
gressive impulses,” says Journal of shall’ s Chicago address, added to the advent o f a new era of peace
w ay, a ll the p a rty m embers
L ivin g . Which makes it easy to bet a ll the other recent expressions of and hope fo r Europe and the
who cannot find room in Con­
disgust (including President T ru- w o rld .”
on what Stalin won’t die of.
vention hall, plus about 25,000
spectators a day, can be accom­
modated close to the actual
scene of a c tiv ity .
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FED UP:
ATOMS AND AGRICULTURE
According to Clipp, coaxial cable
and established re la y links w ill tie
together at least 14 stations in the
East. In addition there w ill be a
special, e xperim ental East-to-West
netw ork of stations to ca rry into the
M iddlewest.
As he talked to politicos, Clipp
tossed off a few im pressive figures
h im se lf—m ore than 68(4 m illio n peo­
ple populate the area to be covered
by televising the conventions. T hat
• a n y people add up to some 257
electoral votes, he added.
This is in contrast to the situation
in 1940 when the GOP convention in
Philadelphia was covered by two
video
cameras
whose
pictures
reached an audience of less than
10,000 viewers.
Of course, not everybody In
every state where the coaxial
cable stretches its length w ill he
W ashington State college at P u ll­
man, m a jo r e xperim ental emphasis
is placed on a griculture.
Investigation of the application of
the atom to a gricu ltu re has been
given im petus by the estim ate of
W illia m W. W aym ack, m em ber of
the atom ic energy commission and
Des Moines, Iowa, newspaper pub­
lisher, th a t radioactive isotopes m ay
be in stru m e n ta l in increasing fa rm
production in the U. S. by 240 m il­
lion dollars in one year. Over a pe­
rio d of 10 years, such an increase
would pay fo r the tWo b illio n dol­
lars spent on developing atom ic
energy during the war.
Value of the Isotope to a g ricu l­
tu ra l research is s im ila r to that
hopes and hopeless odds m ight go,
no coach in the country even ap­
proaches tile record of Capt. Tom
H am ilton, who handles the Navy
squad.
C aptain Tom, a rugged individual
w ith unusual charm , found his first
th rills on the a ir ­
c ra ft c a rrie r E n te r­
prise in the late
war, where his ship
was bombed, to r­
pedoed and other­
wise assaulted in
the Pacific. Both
H am ilton and his
ship had a b rillia n t
record.
He w a s
brought
back
to
handle a sadly de­
pleted Navy squad a
H a m ilto n
year ago.
N avy won its first game in 1946
against Villanova and lost a ll the
others, finishing w ith a great stand
against an A rm y team that had Da­
vis, Blanchard and Tucker enrolled.
H am ilton's team needed only one
final play fo r victo ry.
I f y o u 're stuck fo r C h ristm a s
g ift ideus—consider g ivin g sino k-
1 era on yo u r lis t, e ith e r of these tw o
i popular g ift ite m s th a t d eniers ura
fe a tu rin g n o w ! F la v o rfu l C am el
I c ig a re tte s o r m ild , m e llo w P rin c e
A lb e rt S m oking Tobacco.
W ith
these g ifts y o u 're sure to please-—
m ore people are sm oking C am els
than ever before, and m ore pipes
sm oko P. A. than uny other tobac-
j col Besides, they in ru n u m in l-
' m u m o f fuss o r bother fo r you-—
fo r they conie a ll ready g ift-
w rapped.
The C am el ca rto n is
c o lo rfu lly dressed fo r the occasion,
co n ta in in g 200 m ild , cool lla v o rfu l
ciga re tte s. And P rin c e A lb e rt fo r
C h ristm a s g iv in g is offered in the
p op ular fu ll pound co n ta in e r. Even
u g ift cu rd is u nn ece ssary—fo r
both Cam els nnd P rin ce A lb e rt
have space fo r cheery C h ris tm a s
greetings. And w a it till you see
w ha t a h it yo ur g ifts w ill m ake —
y o u 'll feel jo lly us St. N ick h im ­
se lf.— Adv.
T h is season, u nd erm anned N avy
d rew this schedule — C a lifo rn ia , Col­
u m b ia , D u ke , C o rn ell, P en n sy lv an ia ,
N o tre D a m e , G e o rg ia Tech , Penn
State and A rm y .
T h is w as a te rrific schedule for
any te a m — M ic h ig a n .
Pennsyl­
v a n ia , N o tre D a m e , Southern C a li­
fo rn ia or T exa s. I t w as fa r beyond
the reach of a young N a v y team
w ith Its lim ite d fo otb all personnel.
Y e t as N a v y was bowled over week
a fte r w eek, it alw ay s c a m e back
ligh tin g, g ivin g a ll it had le ft. T h e re
w ere no b reath in g spots in N a v y ’s
schedule.
A Record for Courage
Both H am ilton and Navy have
given a ll they had. Hoth have set a
record fo r courage — of b attling
against odds since the season
opened. But there is n 't too much
fun. especially fo r Navy, in being
knocked down week a fte r week,
struggling desperately to win one
game each year.
Everyone seems to realize this ex­
cept those handling the destinies of
Navy fo otball—who don't have to
take the weekly beatings.
Just as the w ar broke out, Navy
called Swede Hagberg, a b rillia n t
subm arine commander, to handle an
all-star squad. Hagberg is high on
anyone's lis t as a subm arine com ­
mander. He was com pletely bew il­
dered at Annapolis w ith such men
as Jenkins, K elly, Hoernschemeyer,
M in isi, Scott, W hitm ire, Deinaree,
three stars from Texas and too
m any others to mention. •
Hagberg was one of the ablest
of a ll subm arine commanders. He
was not a football coach.
W alla ce W ade, a g re a t coach for
15 years, lost two or th ree coaching
ye ars as an a r tille r y m a jo r. " I 'm
so fa r b eh in d ,” he told m e, " th a t
it w ill tak e a t least th ree years to
catch up.” O th e r ve te ra n coaches
h ave told m e the sam e thing. You
can drop out two years in this m od­
e rn coaching pace— and come back
lost in a fog.
Hagberg never had a chance.
Then H am ilton was brought in.
H am ilton had been away from foot­
ball action fo r m any years. He never
had a chance against such men as
F rank Leahy, F ritz C risler, Lou L it­
tle, Red B la ik, George Munger and
m any m ore I could mention.
As sm art and as able as H a m il­
ton is, he w ill need at least two
more years to have his chance—to
get his feet on the ground and m atch
the Leahys and the C rislers—and
even then he w on't have th e ir m ate­
ria l.
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M ID IC A T ID
IF YOU WERE A WAVE,
WAC, MARINE or SPAR
Find out w hat
Nursing
{•
The five adm irals I talked w ith
at the last A rm y-N a vy game told
offers you! \
me they were going to stick to th eir
present system fo r coaches—three
years—and then back to Navy serv­ — an education leading to It. N.
ice—w ith a new man in. This m ay
— more npimrtuiiiliea every year In
look to be a happy plan—but it won’t
hospitals, public health, etc.
work. Not a chance in the world.
— your allowance under ilia G, I. Rill
I would vote 100 per cent to keep
o f Right» often cover» your entire
H am ilton on the job. He w ill be bet­
nursing course.
te r in 1948 and much better in 1949.
— ask for more information
B ut to yank h im out and bring in an­
at the hospital where you i
other navy man means N avy suicide.
would like In enter nursing.
I t m ay be H am ilton wants navy
service in place of coaching later on.
I wouldn’t know about that. But W N U -1 3
49—47
H am ilton now is just beginning to
get his grip.
a
Red B la ik, at A rm y, has been
coaching fo r more than 20 years—
A rm y , D artm outh and back to
A rm y again. Red is a high-class pro­
in other fields of research. Its rad io ­ fessional coach w ith long experience.
a c tiv ity p e rm its its use as a tra ce r
N avy is the only football squad
through the organism s of plants and
anim als. Applied in fe rtiliz e rs to the that keeps changing coaches. They
soil, its progress can be traced in are out of the job ju s t as they are
th e ’ liv in g plant, pro vid ing a me­ finding w hat i t is a ll about.
dium fo r the understanding of p ^ n t
They te ll me from Annapolis that
life and n u tritio n never before a v a il­ N avy w on't have a professional
coach — or keep such a man as
able.
Several isotopes are being used H am ilton in a fte r his three years ol
to study soil chem istry of potash football service. This is a ll rig h t if
in the hope of finding m ore effec­ the a dm ira ls and the leading navy
tive ways of fu rn ishin g n u tritio n to officials get a kic k out of seeing
crops. Another is being u tilized to young m idshipm en knocked down
study the effects of application of and ham m ered around week after
lim e to the soil. S till other areas of week. I don’ t th in k they do. Foot­
research
m ay
yield
im p o rta n t b a ll coaching today is ju s t as much
knowledge on absorption by g rain a science, a m a tte r of experience,
of phosphate and chlorine from the as handling a battleship or any form
of navy craft.
earth.
Isotope To Help Farm Income
Not only did the atom ic bomb ex­
plosions at Hiroshim a and Nagasaki
reveal the presence of a new and
te rrib le w ar weapon, but they also
m ay have ushered in an era of
greater progress and prosperity fo r
the A m erican fa rm e r.
Researchers at Oregon State col­
lege in C orvallis cu rren tly are con­
ducting experim ents which they be­
lieve m ay add m illio n s of dollars
w orth o f produce to the nation’ s
yield in a g ric u ltu ra l products.
Key to th a t expanded production
is the radioactive isotope, a by-prod­
uct o f nuclear fission, which is be­
ing used in experim ents th a t reach
into every field of n a tu ra l science.
B ut at Oregon State college and
M any of the hlghcst-cliixs people
in England attend ro y a l recep­
tions, society weddings and other
exclusive functions w earing clothes
rented fo r the occasion fro m Moss
llro th e rs of London. Even peers
have been known to re n t th e ir
robes of erm ine and velvet fro m
O FAR as excitem ent, th rills , b it­ this establishm ent to w cu r at ro y a l
ter
disappointm ents,
surging ceremonies.
S
B vB A V K H A G E
The caucus room of the senate was crowded; a dozen m em bers of
the senate foreign relations com m ittee were seated at one side of a long
table, facing the spectators. Chairm an Vandenberg was in the m id dle ;
at a sm all table opposite h im sat the witnesses. Secretary of State M a r­
shall and Undersecretary of State Lovett. The newsfolk (some 125 of
them) packed several green baize-covered tables placed at rig h t angles to
the senators'.
handy to a television set In June
The room was a glare of light.
and July of *48, but we count
Powerful bulbs had been substituted
four or five to a set o rd in a rily ,
fo r the ordinary
and when a big show is on, the
ones in the crys­
spectators jum p to 30 per set.
tal
chandeliers.
In addition, there
M ore and m ore taverns, hotels
were great klieg and public places are in s ta llin g tele­
li g h t s g la r in g vision sets. In fact, out in Chicago,
down, and. be­ some people became concerned
fore the hearings when they found that children who
were over, more otherwise wouldn’t enter a tavern
than one p a ir of went in to see the televised baseball
sun - glasses ap­
and football games. So they started
peared.
a campaign to purchase television
Secretary M a r­
sets which could be installed in
shall was tossing
schools and Sunday school rooms.
off the billions as
They charged a nickel or dim e en­
he s t a t e d the trance fee u n til the set was paid for.
amounts needed
fo r long - range C h a n g in g T e c h n iq u e »
Baukhage
and short - range
recovery, in te rim emergency re lie f M a r k D e v e lo p m e n t
and medium • range rehabilitation.
They say the Washington co rre ­
“ Two billion, six hundred and fifty- spondents, as a result of a ll this
seven m illions . . . five hundred and televising, are getting “ klieg eyes.”
ninety-seven m illion s . . . five hun­ Someone suggested that perhaps re ­
dred m illions . . . one hundred and porters w ill be televised rig h t out of
fifty m illions. . . .”
existence. They won’t. The tele­
Pencils scratched, senatorial pen­ phone did n ’t drive out the telegraph.
cils as well as reportorial.
Although the teletype has p re tty
much replaced the telegraph opera­
“ Then that would be one m il­
to
r (m anual sender) somebody s till
lion . . .” mused Vandenberg
has to w rite the messages.
aloud, confused by the ava­
Elite of England Rents
Finery for Royal Doings
T h a t N ag ^ in ^
B ackache
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modern life with Its hurry and worry.
Irregular habits, Improper eating end
drinking—its risk of exposure and infec­
tion—throws heavy strain on the work
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
over-taxed and fail to Alter exceee acid
and other Impurities from the life-giving
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, dlcxlnees, getting up nlghte,
leg peine, ■welling—feel constantly
tired, nervoua, all worn out. Other signs
of kidney or bladder disorder are some­
times burning, scanty or too frequent
urination.
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kidneys to pass off harmful excess body
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