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Show THE BULLETIN Bruckart$ Washington Digest r T r' 1 rn A Restore National Confidence I.Vast Resources of Nation to Be Made Available Again for Receivers Placed on Sale Old-Lin- The dictionary 'defines the word, "confidence," aa meaning: "trust in, or reliance upon, another; a belief in a person or a thing." The dictionary might "well have added that confidence is something quite intangible but yet 'it is a condition of national or state thought about its governmental policies as well as a condition of individual thought. It might have add-further, that confidence can be destroyed more easily than it can be (maintained, or recreated when it once has been destroyed. In any event, the thing about which we have heard most in Washington lately is the necessity for establishing a feeling of confidence throughout the country. The necessity exists, it is explained freely, because the depression continues and millions of persons, who would like to work, are not working. In some places, where political is important, the movement is called "business appeasement," nut that is a difference between tweedle-de- e and tweedle-duIt remains as an effort to recreate national confidence so that all of the ,vast resources of the nation can be made available again for all of the people. All of this is only a prelude to the ! d, . face-savi- ng declaration that: Congress has taken the bit in its teeth with a determination that indicates rather a unified effort to restore the country's confidence. It apparently is going to guide the policies and work out solutions for the .various problems that are viewed as destructive of a feeling of assurance among the bulk of the people. In other words, congress seems to have assumed a leadership in national life that it has not had in recent years, and is moving sincerely to bring back prosperity. , President Hoover's Plans Wrecked by Stock Market The course of events that has led up to the latest development (a development that has both political and economic significance) has been rather a wandering trail. It had its headwaters back in 1930 and 1931, when Herbert Hoover, then Presi dent, sought to stem the tide of rushing waters of depression by inviting dozens of business leaders to He Washington for consultation. was seeking to restore confidence, to encourage the country to feel safe. Those were days, it will be recalled when "prosperity was just around the corner." Mr. Hoover wanted to bring it out where it could be of some use. Wen, Mr. Hoover failed because the stock market crash had so destroyed the confidence of the country in him and in his policies of government that there was no possibility of recreating it. The folks simply would not believe in him, nor in any of his works at that time. Along came the elections of 1932 and Mr. Roosevelt took over the job in 1933. Those days need not be reviewed, except to point out that no man ever had the complete confidence of a people as the new dent held it Congress did as it was told, thereafter. Of course, there were ups and downs but the scene was dominated by the personality of Mr. Roosevelt, a condition that continued through about six years. That brings us to the mistakes in politics which Mr. Roosevelt made in 1938 reorganization of the government, proposed expanding of the Supreme court by appointment of six justices of his own choosing, charges that business leaders were attempting to submarine the New Deal policies and destroy the Roosevelt administration. This was the In quick succession, beginning. there came important gains for the Republicans in the 1938 elections, fear among many old line Democrats that their seats in congress were being jeopardized by mistakes of various New Deal agencies and laws, and in general a doubt that their party should be allowed to remain under New Deal leadership. Democrats Decide To Assume Leadership And I believe it is the latter Old-lin-e con- dition of belief among the old line Democrats that is chiefly responsible for the sudden blossoming of congressional determination to take leadership. Some observers hold the conviction that many members of the house and senate feel they should protect their own hides and that, to accomplish this, they must assume national leadership instead of leaving the policies to be theorized and by such as Jerome Frank, Thurmond Arnold, Tommy Corcoran, Secretary Ickes, and others of that type. That is only saying numerous house and senate members believe the country has lost confidence in that sort of leaderblue-print- ed Tests Apparatus suring nature. This is the same Mr. Hopkins who used to be head of the relief spending. What happened? The stock mar ket that ruined Mr. Hoovers ad ministration showed its confidence in the new statements of 1939 with only a little less feeling than it did in the years when prosperity was just around the corner. The market dipped down only a few days, but if the stock market can be regarded as an answer for any question, the stock market must have said, "pfooey." Anyway, there arose immediately the new and very potent movement in congress for a program of "busi ness appeasement." One of the first things to happen was a declaration by Senator Harrison, Mississippi Democrat and one of the really powerful men in the senate, for a cessa tion of spending. Or, specifically, senator Harrison demanded a cur tailment of spending, a start toward a balancing of the national budget. in the belief that the whole country is fearful of the gigantic national debt. Shows Days of Rubber Stamp Congress Are Gone By JOSEPH W. LaBINE History will remember April of 1939 became as the month America television-consciou- s. The research of more than 10 years, the expenditure of more than $10,000,000 will be climaxed when radio manu facturers place commercial television receivers on the market for the first time. At least this announcement was made last October by David Sarnoff of the Radio Corporation of America, speaking for the American Radio Manufacturers' association. Simultaneously, when ur full-ho- Hio-hl- rt . A ot rt rt no-long- Congress Will Co Slow on Increasing National Debt - C Woetarn Newipapcr Union. Rabid Dogs Do Not Avoid Water ship. Dogs with rabies do not avoid waOnly recently, it may be recalled, ter, although this erroneous opinion Mr. Roosevelt voiced an assurance is common among the laity. Mad that business would have no new dogs are often very fond of water taxes to burden it. He spoke conf- and will rush into it, thrusting their idently about the future. Others, re- heads and swallowing with great flecting the President's position, in- difficulty. Rabid dogs have been cluding Secretary Hopkins and Sec- known to swim streams in their retary Ickes spoke pieces of an as rovings. .'. r Alang thm lramie nt thm V V f.' w. w fm . r (.rn'M;.. "w mrLf'a wHHiHngi tirw turn m KtmpirG State building, can be seen the new apparatus erected for television iHimmiH. autre iruTiiwn wares are not rejieciea bacH to earth, r. onlv to thm hnrixnn ttmihl "mm thm -they are effective t IHB r broadcasting apparatus. across the plate. There are 441 received fairly clear images telelines on the full plate and by the vised from London and bounced time each is filled with its light off the ionosphere. and dark dots you have a finished Artistically television compares picture not entirely different from with motion pictures. Only it has the halftone pictures used to illus- more ramifications. The first pertrate this story. Examine the pic- formance must be betures closely and you'll see the dots. cause it is the last performance. From Dots to Impulses. There are no retakes to correct Somehow, these television dots poorly acted scenes, nor any time are transferred to electric impulses. to debate the proper instant to "fade amplified and shot through the air in" a second or third camera. Techto receivers, whence the picture nicians, actors and audience are is recreated bit by bit. AH this constantly alert, which indicates the takes place in about of change television may make in your -- 'f w letter-perfe- one-thirtie- th a second. Since each complete image contains 200,000 dots, you set 6,000,000 a second, which is a lot of dots. There's good reason for televi sion's narrow broadcasting range. To transmit both pictures and sound requires a "channel" six times the distance from top to bottom of your radio dial, which means that television must turn to the unexplored field of ultra-showaves. Here is encountered still another problem. itcguiar "long" radio waves shoot into the air, bounce off the ionosphere and come back to earth. Not rt sponsors. Many firms now using sound radio would cladlv invest 160.- 000 in a half-hotelevision show provided they got something in return. But in New York, where American television has reached its highest development, the number oi receivers by next December will be far less than 10,000. It's simply not worthwhile to spend S6 on each of these possible 10,000 prospects! Population Counts. Meanwhile, however, television- is ts realize the New York metropolitan area will by virtue of its population be the first site of operations. That's why experimentation and sale of commercial receivers is beine confined largely to this vicinity. Much can be learned from Eng land's experience. Youthful John L. Baird began experimenting with British television back in 1925 and today there are 10,000 receivers in the 30 to radius surrounding Alexandria palace, London. This, incidentally, includes more than 25 per cent of the total population of England and Wales, making British television more feasible commercially. Two systems are used. the Emitron camera which like the American method uses electrical signals, and the Scophony system which uses a mechanical process and "scans ' by strips instead of dots. The latter camera permits televised pictures to be reproduced on a large screen, encouraging the development of television theaters. Don't expect television too quickly; in fact, be thankful its pioneers are holding back their achievement until they've something more permanent to offer, otherwise vour in vestment might be a total loss. In the opinion of the federal communication commission, television is not ready for standardization or commercial use by the general public. But by the time 1939 is out this viewpoint may change. ultra-fashionab- le 'Shewing the White Feather The phrase, "showing the whit feather," comes from A bird which had a white feather In, its tail was regarded as a poor fighter. The term is used of cowardice. cock-fightin- g. HOTEL UTAH ) Palace of) Jluxu'aj for DISCRIMINATING TRAVELERS f ct GUY Wise and Otherwise If a man could live by the sweat of his brow, what a jolly time he would have in hot weather. Gangsters no longer have their pictures on the front page. Most of 'em have been framed and hanged. A girl always feels so sorry for a fellow who gets himself engaged to some other girl when he might just as well have had her. Men are always ready to share the money burdens of a wealthy heiress. A pretty new hat may not effect a woman's brain, but it always goes to her head. Don't Aggravate Gas Bloating B yaat GAS BLOATING to Munad by oonrtipatlon deal oipott to get the rabtfyon oeek by test doctoring toot tonueh. Whet netd to the DOUBLE ACTION of idkriks. TUe imnedy to BOTH earminatiTo nad oathirtio. CaiBioativas wmm and eootao tU atOBaek aid enS OAS. Cathartiea that aatqineUy and gently. Jawing the boweb of earned GAS BUMTIMhsadu&aaT oa, bout etomaeh and nam for AaUw ka dot. not gnpe-- fe not Adlorika acta on tha itoaaca and BOTHTewela. It nlierae STOMACH GAS almost at oasi, and often leawrai bowel wattoi ia lam thai itwo houn. Adlerikaane ban moumendad by many doetom far loam. Get the casino Adlerika today. In Splendor A wedding ceremony CAIRO. whose complexities and magnificence outshine any in modern hisPrincess tory is uniting Fawzia of Egypt and the youthful crown prince of Iran (Persia). Celebrations started long before March 16, the wedding date, and will continue long after, to be culminated April 21 in a second marriage ritual in COSl OX A mm bU If SaUotaUdngetoiw Destitute He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. Bo iste. IIESflOM ; You never seem to have a cold, EtheL aVSPMH i Princess Fawxia Egyptians are participating in the eavetv of Cairo, a threeMlav hniMaw having been proclaimed following ine weaaing. A royal welcome, aerial and mili tary escorts and special trains fea tured the prince's arrival in Egypt. In his honor the tomb of Mohammed All founder of the present Egyptian dynasty was reconstructed at a to dw. T COMBES, M--k, Salt Lake City Iran, Egypt Royalty Wed dition land. I ROOMS from 02.50 Newapaper Union. Teheran, Iran capi tal. Important because it unites the two most influential Mohammedan nations, the wedding is nevertheless said to be a love match since the prince and prin cess met during a winter sports expe- iiii aditUmal hotpKilKy of the We Unexcelled cuiiine. Famous Empire Room. 50-mi- le 6 Western pj i A betHufdl inferior, with wirivalled cordlilHy and charm, in the ami Ideal location In the city. Lssuriow, tastefully appointed rooms. Service eve to the ng 10-in- ch m ur Although the origin of the name "pumps" for slipperlike shoes is unknown, one authority suggests that the title is, a variant of "pomp, since shoes of this type first were worn ia circles. ur the New York World's fair opens April 30, commercial telecasting will begin in the Manhattan metropolitan area. Before the year is out additional transmitters will be operating commercially at Schenectady and (possibly) Los Angeles. But this most fascinating of mod ern sciences will still be wearing short trousers, ensnared m more technical, economic and artistic dif ficulties than the complicated motion picture industry ever imagined. Strange to say, the least of these problems is that of technique. Ten years ago visionary television engineers dreamed of the great future in this business, once equipment could be perfected. The weird situation today is that television is mechanically quite perfect but programming and financing have been neglected. Horizon is Maximum Distance. The receivers going on sale next month will project an 8 by image into your living room, provided you live within horizon-rang- e of the Empire State building or a 1,500 foot mountain near Schenectady. Also provided you can pay from siso to S1.000 for a receiver. The former has sight only, the lat ter both sound and sight. Behind that image in your living-room is a devastating complexity of electrons, light beams, photograwaves. Standphy and ultra-shoing before a camera in the Empire State building, your favorite politician will harangue his unseen audience with gestures as well as vocal inflections, all of which are picked up by a camera-soun- d combination. Whereas a regularly photographed image is transferred to the plate chemically, television does it electrically on a plate made up of several thousand tiny silver dots which react electrically to -- Pomps Frem 'Pomp' casts will become an important fac tor in training both children and adults. If S10.000.000 has already been spent to bring television into its present infancy, many more millions must be spent to rive it the polish of our modern radio pro grams. The distance handicap and the expense of "oioine" mav be technical problems, but they're business problems, too. Add to this the television pro- The National Broadcasting fact that a half-hocost will auction 160,000 (over one company's television announcer, station) while a sound ra Betty Goodwin, steps before a dio show costs only $30,000 over the television camera in the Radio complete national hookup. City studios. Nets York. These things frighten would-b- e The foreign policies of the admin istration were dragged out onto the floor of the senate for examination under a magnifying glass. Of course. Betty Goodwin's image is tele the senate did not force any real shot through like air bv vised, change in the international relations electric impulses, and comes out which Mr. Roosevelt has estab lished. From lone observation in this way. Washington, I doubt that the sen so ultra-showaves. lnd ate s criticism of these policies was pendent they proceed in a straight any too sound, but it had to engage line out over the horizon and zip in debate on the subject to let the off into snace. never returnins rvm. country know it was watching every television sequently all audiences thing that was being done. It ob. . are connneaa to eye-snox the transviously had the effect of demonstratmitting station. ing to the country that the days of tne rubber stamp congress are gone, The one excention is that hnui). ana it constitutes another bit of evi casts may be "piped" from one dence of the new Washington leader city to another with coaxial nhi but a mile of this wire costs a small ship. The real demonstration of coneres- fortune and it is therefore imprac sional vitality, however, came the tical. other day when Senator Harrison, 'Ghosts' Cause Interference. as chairman of the senate finance Even on ultra-showave and and committee, Representative within the horizon radius, television of North Doughton Carolina, as does not always have clear sailing. chairman of the house committee on "Ghosts" pop up occasionally in the ways and means, joined in a letter form of reflecting surfaces which to Secretary Morgenthau, request send an extra delayed image into a on a statement tax ing treasury the receiver. Empire State building The two program. congressional broadcasts often encounter a ghost leaders urged a new and sound tax in the Palisades, a vertical wall of program and an administration re rock on the Jersey side of the Hudassurance against further heckling son river. Large surfaces like gas ox ousiness to the end that business tanks also provide ghosts. would try to go ahead. What they Sometimes freak waves may be were asking, therefore, were some reflected from the ionosphere, prosigns which could give business. ducing ghosts of broadcasts being great or small, a feeling of confl made miles away on the same uence that the government at Washlight wavelength. During the past winington would quit pulling hair. It was a natural request of the areThe trick is that these silver dots ter Dr. DeWitt R. Goddard, working arranged regularly in lines on television at Riverhead, L. I., treasury. The treasury always has the fundamentals of every provided tax program. Capitol Hill had read Mr. Roosevelt s pronouncement con -cerning no new taxes" as mean would be no changes in there ing the tax structure, however, and there were a good many leeislators who felt revision of some, and aboli tion ox other, taxes were advisable. There are numerous signs that congress is not going to be in any hurry at all to pass a law that will allow an increase in the total na tional debt Present law provides tnat the treasury may issue notes and bonds ud to S45.00O.0OO.000. The current total is not so far below that figure, and Secretary Morgenthau has asked congress to boost the limit to $50,000,000,000. Congress apparently is not so sure that there should be an increase in the debt limit It is a tvne of confidence rather, a lack of confidence that is plainly visible, i believe the debt total will have to be increased because there is no provision made for enoueh taxes to offset the vast spending pro gram lor reliei and national defense upon which Mr. Roosevelt has launched. There is no place to get that money, therefore, except by borrowing. So about the only good that can come from congressional barking on this score is to awaken ine country as to the dangers of its great national aeot. From all of these things, one is pretty nxeiy to get the hebeejeebees. One can hardly helo wonderinewhere we are headed. But it seems to me that there orobablv i need for a confidence that thus far has not been mentioned in this discussion. This is a confidence in funda mental Americanism. The voters of the country can comnel sound rav. ernment on the part of those who make the policies and, on the surface, it appears now that the voters are telling congress what to do. of Mount Vernon. First Broadcasts Planned This Year From New York Gty As Infant Industry e All People; Democrats Responsible for Sudden Determination to Assume Congressional Leadership. WASHINGTON. Meant Veraoa Memorial Hlfhway The Mount Vernon Memorial highway begins at the western extremity of Arlington Memorial bridge ia Virginia and extends approximately 15ft miles along the Virginia shore of the Potomac river to the eitato Television Sprouts Commercial Wings, Backed by 10 Years Experimentation ssm KBss MSWER Switzer- million SZ3U,000. The royal couple are being accompanied by Egyptian Queen Mother Nazli on their honeymoon trip to Shahpour, Iran. There they will be met by the empress of Iran and two of her daughters. The party will travel by special train to home life. Teheran for four days of wedding New Field for Programming. celebration beginning April 21. On Once established, television holds April 24 the prince will take his tremendous program possibilities. bride to their permanent residence, Writing for the Christian Science the marble palace. Since this date Monitor, Volney D. Hurd visualizes is the anniversary of the accession evening foreign affairs discussions to the throne of the shah of Persia, with the commentator pointing out it will have a double significance spots of interest on the map of this year. A few minutes later news Europe. Princess Fawzia, westernized like events of the day may be recreat- Egypt's beauteous young queen, ed by motion pictures taken at the is well versed in her native actual scene a few hours earlier. Arabic and speaks excellent EngThe next morning a cooking school lish and French. Her next probwill show someone actually prepar- lem will be modern Perlearning ing food. Visual education broad- - sian, her new native tongue Fa-rid- a, Perhapi I'm just lucky. But at the first sign. They contain aa alkaline factor, you know. I always use Ludea'i LUDEM'S MINTHOt COUOH DlOPi Great Stimulator 5' . Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Emerson. 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