NAEB Newsletter (August 9, 1934)

3 and establishments, such as the Civil Service Commission, Federal Trade Comission, Aeronautical Board, and so on throughout the numerous boards and commissions, all of which have a story to tell, but in telling it they should ever keep in mind the fact that it has gat to be humanized to the point where it’s interesting enough to hold the people’s attention. The Smithsonian Institute', like the Bureau of Standards, can tell a thousand untold tales of interesting and his-* torical value, but again comes the question—the way you tell them# "Remember in presenting these natters to the various department heads that you’ve got to tell then exactly what you want and how you want it, because they are not radio minded and, like all people igiorant of radio matters, have their likes and dislikes and cannot steer an even keel# It should be remembered that radio meets all classes, as well as the: masses, "Any other way I can help you in this matter, you have only to call on me# I am vitally interested and sincerely hope that it goes through," From FRANK F. NALDER, THE STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON: "Dean Carpenter and I have received, and read with care and interest, your circular of July 20 concerning electrical transcriptions for broadcasting infor¬ mation about the work of Government Departments# We are much interested to read these responses to your suggestions# "Station KWSC will gladly broadcast such transcriptions. We understand, of course, that the expense of preparing them will, as it undoubtedly should, be borne by the departments involved, "Government departments and scientific institutions at Washington serve the American people in many important ways. Under present conditions it seems likely that those services my bo expanded and elaborated. Hence, there is every reason for conducting a continuous process of public education concerning these depart¬ mental services. Since this work of public education will be in the interests of the departments and the citizens of the nation, the expense of preparing these transcriptions and furnishing or circulating thorn among the educational broadcast¬ ing stations should logically be borne by the public through the departments served. "Our educational radio stations, which are entirely free from commercial obligations, are the right ones to broadcast this information to the public. Furthermore, thqy offer through electrical transcriptions, a means whereby in the interest the voices and viewpoints of leading men in departmental organizations nay be hoard. I believe it would be a fine thing if many such tran script ions could be prepared, and if their broadcasting could be featured by educational stations at certain unifom hours. KWSC is willing to participate in such a pro¬ gram, "We think, too-, that in each instance a mimeographed copy of the material recorded on the transcription should aocompany the disc# Before putting such a transcription on the air, the station should know what it is going to broadcast, and so be able to give suitable introduction and to fit such broadcasts intelli¬ gently into its other program material# "We hope that the departments at Washington, in response to your energetic efforts, may soon produce a number of highly instructive transcriptions and make them available for broadcasting." From A, G. W00LFRIES, CHIEF AMOUNCER, WOI, IOWA STATE COLLEGE: "Your mimeographed letter of July 20 arrived in Mr. Griffith’s absence. While I do not have a record of your previous correspondence on the matter of reaord^ngs for circulation in the association, I am sure that this station will be very happy to assign the necessary time to this feature# It seems to me that a daily fifteen or thirty minute program would be the ideal set up providing that